What I Have Learned About Myself From My Personality Test

The topics this paper will cover include how the Holy Spirit has worked in my life, what I have learned about myself from my personality test self-assessments, insights with respect to my current life in my organization, my leadership and team skills, and various other personality insights that I have analyzed. The results of my Project One and Project Two Self-Assessment tests suggest that INTJ’s such as myself are generally not highly effective communicators. Additionally, we are typically not sensitive to others and their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. On the other hand, I discovered from my Project One and Project Two Self-Assessments that I am a fairly competent employee with tremendous leadership potential. I possess leadership†¦show more content†¦Although I strive to improve on anything and everything I pursue, perfectionism can slow team efficiency down, especially when that perfectionism chronically bogs me down. Furthermore, I get easily discouraged, and as a perfectionist, I am often over-critical of myself and others. Values and Attitude Insights. My Value and Attitude insight scores were as follows: (1) Power- 1 point; (2) Achievement- 9 points; (3) Hedonism- 3 points; (4) Stimulation- 10 points; (5) Self-Direction- 10 points; (6) Universalism- 10 points; (7) Benevolence- 10 points; (8) Tradition- 7 points; (9) Conformity- 10 points; (10) Security- 9 points. These results indicated that I do not value power, nor hedonism. On the other hand, according to my Project Two Self-Assessments, I highly value achievement, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, conformity, and security. Additionally, according to my Self-Assessment, my â€Å"Harmonizer† score of 7 indicated that I possess the moderate ability to mediate conflict through reconciliation or humor. 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