What I Learned From the MBTI

What I Learned From the MBTI

Honestly, I have taken many different kinds of personality tests (including the MBTI) in my career and the results are always consistent. I find pretty much everything that they have said accurate for who I know myself to be. I have had others that know me well and even work colleagues read through my results and they agree with them, for the most part. 

At first these tests would get me a little upset, and I would try to "fix" things that I thought might be negative in the assessment. After a few times, I realized that I can't really "fix" anything that this test is telling me. It is generic and concentrated on the deepest roots of my personality. It is..."Who I Am"! Granted I am not this person all of the time. When the raw data is considered, I am pretty well balanced. Given the situation though, you will find more of one attribute coming out than another. I think this is how everyone would be. Generally though, I always go back to my roots. That is home.

When I look at some of the other types of personalities described in the test, I find that they describe me to some extent as well. They show the personality types that I tend to surround myself with (Logicians, Logisticians & Analyzers), the people that I shy away from (Commanders & Executives), and even people that I admire but know I could not be (Explorers).

Now when I look at my results I feel a sense of pride, not upset. I am proud of who I am and I am even more proud to know that I know who I am. I have taken this test so many times, and the results are always the same. I know who I am, which allows me to surround myself with people that may be better than me in some things and other people that I know I can help grow. Knowing who I am helps to make me the best person I can be.

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  1. AnonymousJune 2, 2019 at 12:44 PM

    Excellent introspection. Yours truly typically types out at INFJ, sometimes INFP. I understand the wanting to change piece; modern organization life typically conforms us to ESTJ (by making it seem like most need to be like that in order to best succeed, have the best time, influence others the most effectively, etc.).

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