Throughout this blog, I explore the self. I want to understand Who I Am – Who We Are. This helps me understand the world. But people are not blue or red, good, or evil, introverted or extroverted. We’re no binary creatures. We’re much more complex. Psychology tests tend to peg people into a specific hole, and I don’t want to give this impression in this post. Everyone certainly falls along a spectrum. I only want some introspection. Psychology gives us a vantage point from which we can observe humanity. Once we understand who we are, only then can we understand the world around us.
Psychology is about how we see the world.
Philosophy is how the world sees us.
I find personality tests helpful in understanding past and current behavior. But they are more valuable in extrapolating future behavior. If someone has a specific personality, then they are prone to make specific decisions that follow a predictive narrative. This awareness helps external parties to understand behavioral patterns but also helps the subject to understand why they behave in a certain way.
- Intelligence Quotient (aka. IQ) – Although dated, this test gauges cognitive abilities. It may help you understand our strengths and weaknesses.
- Briggs Myers Test (aka. MBTI) – This test segments personalities into 16 categories. I found Briggs Myers very helpful in understanding my personality and how I differ from others around me. When I was young, I found it confusing when I met someone with a dramatically different personality. After this test, I began to appreciate the diversity of personalities. Once the mystery of someone’s personality is removed then their actions can be rationalized.
- Empathy Quotient (aka. EQ) – This was a pivotal test in my life. Understanding my empathy helped me recognize the empathy in others – or lack thereof. I realized that some people are inherently born with empathy. Others, like me, needed to learn empathy. My first lessons came from my mother. Then my ex-wife helped me tremendously mature my EQ. It was an uphill battle and took many years.
- Life Expectancy – This was an important test that I took in my mid-twenties. It brought me awareness of my genetics and how my lifestyle affects my longevity. From this test, I learned to eat better and to have a better mind and body balance.
- Big Five Personality Traits – The Big Five Test was developed from psychological trait theory, and identified five factors: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
- DISC Assessment – This test examines how an individual ranks in four primary personality types: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness.
- Process Communications Model Assessment (aka. PCM Assessment) – This methodology helps to understand, motivate, and communicate management effectiveness. This assessment categorizes six personalities: Promoter, Rebel, Harmonizer, Thinker, Imaginer, and Persister
- Enneagram Personality Test – This test reveals 9 personality types: Reformer, Helper, Achiever, Individualist, Investigator, Loyalist, Enthusiast, Challenger, and Peacemaker.
When I was twelve years old I asked myself, “Do I see myself as others see me?” This question was the beginning of my journey to self-awareness. Throughout my life, I met people who were completely unaware of how others saw them. Maybe they didn’t care. Or likely they didn’t have a personality of self-reflection to see themselves from an external perspective. I didn’t want to live a life of delusion.
Seeing myself from the perspective of others helped me to understand my strengths and weaknesses. To know my limitations. Knowing where to invest my time helped build my confidence. Understanding how others saw me helped view the world from a bird’s eye. This exposed me to emotional layers invisible to others and an ability to read between the lines.
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