For the Psychology of Awareness class, we had to do the True Colors test last week, and take the Myers Briggs test in the testing center on campus. Today we got the results of our MBTI. A few years ago I took it and I was an ENFP. The latest results (they can change based on where you are at in life) show that I am an ENTP, but some of my results are right on the “slight” line. For example, I’m an extroverted introvert. I may come across as an extrovert most of the time, but I seriously need my introvert time. Without my down time, my quiet time, I am seriously cranky. My thinking and feeling are also close, so when I need to turn on the feeling part and turn off the thinking part, I can.
It was funny to see how my True Colors matched up so closely with my Myers Briggs results. I selected green as my strongest color, with orange as my second choice. I kept saying that it was a pretty close call, that green won out only by a slight margin. My Myers Briggs results peg me as a green with orange as my second color.
The positive side to all of this is that I am pretty self-aware.
I’m also realizing that I need to stop fulfilling my own self-prophecies. I often complain that I’m not organized. That needs to stop, and instead I just need to work on improving that weakness. I need to find that balance in my life, because I know it is what will bring me harmony.
At the end of the Myers Briggs results was a list of the 50 “top” jobs for our personality type and the bottom 25 jobs for our type. He warned that it didn’t mean we couldn’t be something not on the list, just that it meant that other people within our type were most frequently found in the jobs listed. So I started to look over the list – no surprise to see engineers, scientists, psychologists, etc. listed there. But I had to laugh when I read what was number 1.
Want to guess? Because really, it is pretty funny considering my posts over the past few weeks.
Photographer.
Yes, that is the field where you are most likely to find the ENTP residing. Maybe I’m a little more self-aware than I like to admit. However, I still have a need for knowledge and I’m not giving up on the dream of finishing up my degree. I have some photographer plans in the works at the same time though.
