PL 101: The Big 5 (Discussion 3)

@GlenM

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

While I was aware that I have a generally supportive personality as emphasized by the MBTI, I was astonished to discover I landed in the 96 percentile on Agreeableness. I learned that I am very well-organized and reliable with a score in the 86 percentile on Conscientiousness. The latter was surprising as I tend to see myself as rather disorganized.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

1. Agreeableness (96 percentile)

This means I am greatly interested in other people. I care for them with empathic concern. That I wish to contribute to the happiness of others, and aid people who are in need of help.

2. Open-Mindedness (89 percentile)

This means that I am open and very curious about other persons and in the world. I'm eager to learn new things and tackling new challenges. I will happily ponder on abstract and philosophical concepts.

3. Conscientiousness (86 Percentile)

With this score I am thoughtful and goal-directed. I think about how my behavior affects others. I take my time to prepare and is mindful of details. I plan ahead and enjoy having a set schedule.

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

By being aware of these strengths in my personal life, I can benefit from having extensively more gratifying resolutions socially, academically and introspectively. By having my strengths identified I can start working on and keep maintaining a better belief in myself and my capabilities. It can help me remind myself what I want to work towards in life. Projects that lights up my passion flare and keeps me motivated.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

Career - As identified on both of these tests, my strengths lie with helping others in some aspect. Helping finding solutions to human challenges and create real change in others' lives would be major factors when finding a career of passion. I would have projects that I can take my time on, and focus on in detail to accommodate for my meticulous nature. Something that can also provide me with new challenges to tackle.

7 Cups - Since you always help others in some shape or form no matter what leadership role you take on 7 Cups, I believe I have a have a home here with our wonderful community. From my already established fascination for Psychology and Mental health, and the strengths that I have identified on these tests, I believe that I can contribute well to community-building and helping people feel understood, heard and supported.

@GlenM

Catching up!

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

Most of my results weren't a surprise. I think I'm a little more introverted than extroverted (extroverted introvert), and I certainly have a messy desk. But I don't feel I'm as irresponsible as the test results said. And this contradicts my hardworkingness pointed out in my 16 test.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

Open-Mindedness High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; Low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative. You enjoy having novel experiences and seeing things in new ways. (Your percentile: 92)
Conscientiousness High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; Low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent. You probably have a messy desk! (Your percentile: 10)
Extraversion High scorers tend to be sociable, friendly, fun loving, talkative; Low scorers tend to be introverted, reserved, inhibited, quiet. You are relatively social and enjoy the company of others. (Your percentile: 77)
Agreeableness High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous. You tend to consider the feelings of others. (Your percentile: 73)
Negative Emotionality High scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy. You are a generally anxious person and tend to worry about things. (Your percentile: 92)

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

I can be more aware of my conscientiousness, and find ways to be more dependable and organized. I can continue to work on seeing things in new ways and being more patient, and find ways to improve my "negative" emotionality.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

In the previous test (16), being a diplomat, being open-minded and considerate will be beneficial here. That I believe in the good in people and try to give people the benefit of the doubt. That I want to continually grow and learn and develop my skills and experience.

@GlenM

My results:

Open-mindedness: 68th percentile

Conscientiousness: 72nd percentile

Extraversion: 38th percentile

Agreeableness: 86th percentile

Negative Emotionality: 44th percentile

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

Some of the main things I learned about myself include that while I am relatively open to new experiences, I also like to have some routine or some degree of structure. I also learned that I am not particularly nervous nor calm; this was interesting to learn because I thought I would lean a little more to the nervous side. It was also nice to see some overlap with the strengths that I learned about from taking the 16 Personalities test.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

My top three strengths according to this test are Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Open-mindedness.

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

Since I scored highly in agreeableness, this indicates that I tend to be good-natured, sympathetic, forgiving, and courteous. This strength is very beneficial in my personal relationships such as friendships, as this strength helps me to be sensitive to the needs of others. I scored high in conscientiousness which indicates that I tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, and careful. This strength is beneficial in my personal life as it allows me to be organized and able to balance all of my responsibilities so that I can attend to each of them to the best of my ability. I scored somewhat high in open-mindedness which indicates that I am relatively open to new experiences.This strength is beneficial in my personal life because while I tend to be original, creative, curious, and complex, I can complement these traits with my like for routines. These strengths that I learned about from the Big Five Test overlap with the strengths that I learned about from the 16 Personalities Test (creative, insighful, and, inspiring/convincing).

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

The strengths that I have identified on both tests can help me in many ways here on 7 Cups and in my future career. With my strength of creativity/open-mindedness I can come up with various projects to help improve 7 Cups, and as a future psychologist I can come up with creative ways to provide my clients/patients with the mental health treatment/support that they need. I can use my strength of conscientiousness here on 7 Cups to be a reliable and disciplined listener to some returning members that I have, which is also a good trait of a psychologist. Finally with my strength of agreebleness (which I think has some overlap with insightfulness and inspiring/convincing) I will be able to make connections between people and events/emotions as well as show empathy both here on 7 Cups and in my future career.

I am really enjoying this program so far!

@GlenM

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

I think an important thing I learned was that I have a pretty negative emotionality, which personally I categorized it as being shy and not the most talkative - seeing it put into words relating to "negative" makes me feel a bit weird haha!

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?
Agreeableness, Negative Emotionality (D:) and Open-mindness!

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

Being open-minded and generally agreeable as the test puts it, seems like two very important qualities when talking to others and making sure that everything will flow in a smooth matter! You're able to experience new opportunities and meet new people while making sure that you are making positive connections.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

When talking to members online, I think an important thing to show is that you are able to relate to them in some way or that you're listening. This extends to when you are a leader, you want to make sure your "followers" are comfortable speaking to you about any problems - using strengths like agreeableness can help people connect to you more.

@GlenM

This definitely was a lot of fun!

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

I learned that I am a person who is open to new experiences and adaptable to the changes. I prefer having some alone time.I tend to be reliable and helpful, also being quite forgiving and empathetic. I also figured I tend to worry a lot about things.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

Adaptable, reliability and helpfulness.

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

It helps me to figure out the areas I am good at and knowing this can help me with knowing myself better and being better connected with myself. Hopefully it can also help me use my strengths to maintain relationships and grow as a better person keeping in mind about my weaknesses.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

It can help me know the areas or things I am better suited at and things I might not be the best at and could improve on. My reliability and openness could be very helpful in leadership roles as I am adaptable to changes and tend to have good understanding of others and kind in general.

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I learned that I am open to try new things, but I don't like social situations.
2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?
I am agreeable, open to try new things, and am somewhat organized.
3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

I think the strengths that I am analystic, able to think of new solutions, and ordely when it comes to tasks. I think this could be helpful in my personal life becuase I can look at a problem, and try to figure out a good/logical solution to it.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

I think these strenghts can help me be make good descions, and help create/organize postiive things for the communitty on 7 Cups. I think that by being able to see a goal, and be able to see all angles of it is very helpful in a 7 Cups or workplace setting.

@GlenM

Openness: (99 percentile)

Conscientiousness: (53 percentile)

Extraversion: (65 percentile)

Agreeableness: (74 percentile)

Neuroticism: (99 percentile)

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

To be honest, I always knew I was more of an introverted person and that I worry a lot. I don't think I necessarily learned anything new, but it only proved what I always assumed about myself to be true. Those tests are definitely helping me understand myself better though.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

Openness: (99 percentile)

Agreeableness: (74 percentile)

Extraversion: (65 percentile)

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

The strengths I identified on both tests can help me a lot in my personal life. I am open to new adventures, and learning new experiences. I can be quite creative and I will always complete every task I have. I tend to be an introverted extrovert which makes me capable of getting my energy by interacting with others and from myself. I care deeply for people, and always find a way to connect with them on an emotional level which mostly strengthens the bond.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

On 7 Cups, those strengths are extremely helpful especially the openness. I am open to learning new things, am open to receiving feedback, and improving. And all of that helps me grow as a listener, leader, and a person. I can be quite creative and come up with new ideas quickly which helps me get involved in new projects or revive and improve old projects in the community. I also care for others deeply, and aim to connect with them emotionally which is great for listening, even in a professional relationship there has to be emotional maintenance.
In my career, my openness and creativity are extremely important. I aspire to be a writer so being open to new experiences meaning being open to working on projects of all kind of experiences. And I always manage to come up with new ideas for projects to work on.

@GlenM

Closed-MindedOpen to New Experiences

DisorganizedConscientious

IntrovertedExtraverted

DisagreeableAgreeable

Calm / RelaxedNervous / High-Strung

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I found that it made me think about how I react and act. I know that I am fairly intuitive and tend to use that a lot in my roles.
2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?
I feel I am dedicated, conscientious and open to new experiences which helps me to see creatively and think through problems until I find the best solution.
3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?
Away from Cups I find that the strengths identified are in use nearly all the time, add to that active listening skills and I am really thankful for being here! I actually found myself 'listening' to the delivery driver the other day and I hope they went away feeling better.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?
I think that it would be a greatly useful tool to have all leaders take these tests. But they can be swayed if they are taken too often. I hope I am enthusiastic and motivational to my teams, and that they also find me calm and approachable.

Listening - One Step At A Time!

@GlenM I wonder if the higher percentages than expected were due to those being leadership types and so people were attracted to taking this course?

Listening - One Step At A Time!

@GlenM

On Open-mindedness, I was the 97th percentile, meaning that I enjoy having novel experiences and seeing things in new ways.
On Conscientiousness, I was in the 7th percentile, meaning that I probably have a messy desk! (which is actually very true xD)
On Extraversion, I was in the 9th percentile, meaning that I probably enjoy spending quiet time alone.
On Agreeableness, I scored at the 50th percentile, meaning that I am neither extremely forgiving nor irritable.
On Neuroticism, I scored at the 99th percentile, meaning that I am a generally anxious person and tend to worry about things.

Link to my results here

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

Hmmm... I think I already knew a bunch of what I was told. Nothing new honestly but it's just further confirmation of what I already know. I learned that I'm pretty introverted. Which is not much of a surprise actually xD The only surprise was being neither extremely forgiving nor irritable. I thought I learned more towards to forgiving side since I get told that I forgive people too easily. But I guess being neither one nor the other is actually a good thing.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

I'd say one of them is me being introverted. I know people might say that I need to interact more and whatever but being introverted just means that I'll only interact when it is necessary and that means I can save my energy for other things instead of interacting all the time and getting too drained to do other things. Another strength is my level of agreeableness. I think me being 50/50 in that aspects means that I don't have an issue with forgiving people but I'm also not a doormat and I'm not someone who hold grudges for long either. And my open-mindedness is also another strength. Even though I am pretty introverted (and will live a hermit life if given the chance xD), I still like to learn new things and explore. New ideas, cultures and lifestyles always intrigue me even though some of them may be a complete opposite of my beliefs and values.

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

My current personal life is mostly me being on my laptop all day and barely interacting with anyone in my family but I think those 3 strengths can help me become a better person if I work on them. My introvertedness (is that a word?) and open-mindedness work hand-in-hand sometimes. I might want to instantly become friends with someone or try out some new crazy idea due to my open-mindedness but my introvertedness mostly holds me back so I have the time to step back and think before jumping into anything. It also means that I rarely get my hands burnt from a friendship or any new idea/project.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

From both tests, I've learned that I'd be willing to hear the different perspectives that my fellow team members will suggest. It also means that I would be more likely to want to try them out and not just impose my will on everyone else. My introvertedness will probably lead to me either working with a small, tight-knit team or will lead to me only speaking up when I feel is necessary if I'm placed in a larger team. On 7 Cups, since my main role here is being a listener, it means that I'd be much better supporting people 1-on-1 than in group settings.

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