Personality

Personalities have really interested me lately. Being a typical college student who is trying to find her way in life, solidify her interests, and choose what she wants to do with her life (why do we have to make so many decisions while we're so young??), I love hearing about personality tests that will help me find my way and make decisions for me. Maybe not the best way to go, but hey why not? For my Business Ethics class, our professor had us all take a personality test on the first day of class and I loved it. It was based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) found here. It gives everyone an acronym that stands for their personality type, I am a ISTJ personality, and you can type those letters into Google and it will give you a long description about your personality and it is DEAD on. I found out so much about myself just by seeing my personality laid out in front of me and it was awesome. The test also tells you what things your personality type needs to improve upon and what you're good at and should exploit. What is probably the coolest thing about the test, especially for someone my age and why my professor had us take it, is that it tells you what career paths you will be most happy in. My professor is a big shot business guy who has a million jobs one of which is leading people to their ideal jobs. The first thing he always does is have them take a personality test because some people are just not meant to be in certain jobs even if their skills say otherwise. The test is just really beneficial and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about themselves.

If people are comfortable with themselves and know who they are and like where they are, they can truly feel self-fulfillment. This is one of the lessons my professor taught me and I've really taken it to heart. I've always been good at math, but I don't think doing math all day would be a good environment for me even if I could make a lot of money doing it. Money is definitely important, but not the most important thing and what you want to do is find a balance between a good salary and happiness in your work. It is very rare that you will wake up in the morning and say "Yea, I get to go to work today!" (as my dad always reminds me), but you should not be miserable and so it is important to find a place where you belong. Finding out more about your personality just may be the key to that.

P.S. I believe you have to pay for the other test that I linked to, so here's another one that I haven't tried personally but that also uses the Myers-Briggs model and might be helpful. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp