PL 101: Understanding Your Gifts and Strengths from the MBTI (Discussion 2)
Please note: In order to successfully complete Course 1, you must respond to this post. Your comment/response should answer the questions/shows that you completed the given activity (if any). Read the post carefully and follow the instructions given. Save your responses to a document that you can later refer to. You will need to copy/paste your response in the course evaluation form at the end of each course to show that you have done the work and to refresh your memory.
-
Hello Leadership Crew!
I have just gone through the introduction thread and read about all of you. If you havent yet introduced yourself, then please stop by and share a little about yourself so we can get to know you. Im encouraged by all the great people that have joined. This should be a fun and enriching program!
Let me first zoom back and talk more broadly about your career and how we can help. When you become a leader on 7 Cups, we want you to find the work fulfilling. Fulfilling work means that it is:
a) work you are good at;
b) work that is interesting to you; and
c) work that solves an important problem or meets an important goal (Thiel, 2015).
The sweet spot is that blue area in the middle below.
If you do work that you are good at, but not interested in, then you wont do a great job. If you do work that you are interested in, but not particularly good at, then it wont be great work. If you do work that you are good at and interested in, but it isnt helping to solve an important problem, then we wont be a good fit for you. We need alignment on all 3 things. We work very hard at the beginning of your work with us to match your inherent strengths and interests with needs we have so that we can work together to solve problems that we all care about.
You have strengths â things that you are just really good at when compared with others. Operating out of your strengths feels good, is personally fulfilling, and enables you to hit flow states. As a result, you are much more effective and productive. Operating out of weaknesses is a drain. If you have to do work that you are not good at, then you wont be as effective. Doubling down on your strengths enables you to level up much faster and it helps 7 Cups make much more progress. Â
The next step becomes helping you find ways to identify your strengths, gifts or natural talents. You can learn some of this through self-observation - what do you seem especially good at? Are there things that just come natural to you that are more challenging for others? My wife, for example, is really good at writing; it just comes natural to her. Im pretty good at public speaking, whereas others find it more challenging.
Another way is to ask people you trust. You can say: What do you think Im good at? Or: what do you think are my top 1-3 strengths? Things that stand out to you about me? Note: only ask people you trust because sometimes people can give you feedback in a harmful rather than helpful way especially if they are not trustworthy.
For the purposes of this course, we are going to use personality tests to help you identify your strengths. Some of these are better than others; they are more reliable and have more research behind them. Broadly, we are using them here to help you begin to map out your strengths and to help you find ways where you can naturally excel here on 7 Cups, in your personal life, and in whatever career your are in or choose further down the road.
To start:
Go to this site here and take the test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Next, in the thread below, answer the following questions:
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Last, when people interact with one another, it makes the course more enriching and it allows us to learn more about one another. In addition to posting in the thread, please also be sure to respond in a helpful and positive way to at least 3 other comments in this thread.
You can also ask any questions in this thread and well respond to them as well.
Very excited to kick this off with all of you!
After fulfilling the requirements of this post, please check out the next post here! You must take part in the brainstorming/activities given in all of these posts to successfully complete the program.
This post is brought to you by the Leadership Development Program Team, find out more information about the program here.
1) INFJ "The Advocate" https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality
2) I've taken this test before and what I learned then and was reminded of now is that I'm really sensitive to critisism. This is and always has been a major weakness of mine. It's hard in the moment to remember that someone isn't just being mean.. but reading these results reminded me that the sensitivity is on my side.
3) Insightful – Advocates typically strive to move past appearances and get to the heart of things. This can give them an almost uncanny ability to understand people’s true motivations, feelings, and needs.
Principled – People with the Advocate personality type tend to have deeply held beliefs, and their conviction often shines through when they speak or write about subjects that matter to them. Advocates can be compelling and inspiring communicators, with their idealism persuading even the hardest of skeptics.
Passionate – Advocates can pursue their ideals with a single-mindedness that may catch others off guard. These personalities rarely settle for “good enough,” and their willingness to disrupt the status quo may not please everyone. That said, Advocates’ passion for their chosen cause is a key aspect of their personality.
I am a commander (ENTJ).
I seek personal growth and insapration. It is likley I can go in exsecutive positions in the work space.
I am efficent (can get things dine without a sweat), energectic (I like leading my team to victory), and self-confident (I trust my abilities).
1. What is your personality type?
INFJ-A (Advocate)
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
a. I do not take a proactive role in social groups. I keep forgetting that but personality tests do well in reminding.
b. I prefer rational thought over going by emotions although my response would be different depending on the context. In that way, I feel personality tests fail to account for subjectivity.
c. The differences in my Extroverted and Introverted percentage is insignificant and the questions highlight preferences rather than traits that are highly fluid. It helps to view results with a grain of salt and keep in mind that people adapt and personality remains stable to the extent we like and our environment demands us to.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
a. Insightful
b. Altruistic
c. Passionate
- I can be sensative sometimes and take everything as a critasisim and underestimate the value of emotions.
- I am a curious person and always trying out new things.
- I belive that everyone has there own right to what they Believe in
1. What is your personality type?
INFJ-A (Advocate)
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
1 I tend to take things as a critasism
2. I have a very low self estem and often double guess myself when I say sumthing or do something
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
a. Insightful
b. Altruistic
c. Passionate
@GlenM
The test is really adorable and precise and hereby reposting my results!
My personality type is:
Advocate
INFJ-T
I am a bit interovert, intuitive, emotional and emphatic person who loves helping others, gets sad often and sensitive to peoples behaviour. But still manages to handle the emotional ups and downs.
Main things I learned about myself is:
I have a unique combination of personality traits which makes me quite versatile.
My top three strengths/gifts according to the test:
Creativity, Imagination and sensitivity.
:)
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â
INFJ- Advocate ^-^
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I learned that I am very passionate about helping others and that I make decisions based on feelings over facts.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
- Creative – Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.
- Insightful – Having or showing an accurate and deep understanding.
- Principled – Acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong.
@SkyLindenHope
I guess your passion to help other is what brought you here! 
Nice qualities @SkyLindenHope
@SkyLindenHope
high-five!!
great to know to have someone similar to me here
@SkyLindenHope
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â
ESFP-A
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I didn't learn anything about myself. I know myself better than a pseudoscientific proprietary online test.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
- Bold – Entertainers aren’t known for holding back. Wanting to experience everything there is to experience, people with the Entertainer personality type don’t mind stepping out of their comfort zones when no one else is willing.
- Original – Traditions and expectations are secondary to Entertainers, if a consideration at all. Entertainer personalities love to experiment with new styles, and constantly find new ways to stick out in the crowd.
- Aesthetics and Showmanship – Not stopping at mere outfits, Entertainers inject artistic creativity into their words and actions, too. Every day is a performance, and Entertainers love to put on a show.
@HannahPalm
Looks like you've got some nice personality traits! 
@HannahPalm
You have an interesting personality! Wish you the best!
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I learned that I was exactly who I wanted myself to be and in general I was a reflection of the qualities I’d love to see in people. Sometimes, with life situations we tend to forget who we are, what our true capabilities are and how beautiful we are from the inside.
I’m glad I took this test because it reassured me of what a beautiful person I am. 
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Assertive - This means self assured / confident and resistant to stress. They don’t worry too much, but this is different from apathy. According to the test results, “Assertive personality types learn lessons from their personal histories, but they see little purpose in entertaining the same regrets again and again.”
Judging - This quality means clarity and closure, sticking with the plan rather than going with the flow. It’s as if Judging types always keep a mental checklist. According to the test results, “Whether a life goal or a response to an emergency, people with the Judging personality trait can develop a clear and actionable plan.”
Feeling - This means that people with this quality follow their heart and emotions. These might be displayed differently at different occasions, but however they do it, Feeling personality type tends to be caring, compassionate and warm. According to the test results, “For those with the Feeling trait, decisions tend to be based on the well-being of others.”
@bubblingBreeze14 It's very nice that you found out your personality is just the way you want it :)
@AmazingDog96
Thank You 
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please
My personality type is Campaigner, ENFP personality.
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
Main things I learned about myself from this personality test are that I am a good communicator and that I find joy mostly from helping others and when I share with others.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
My top three strengths :
Curious-meaning that I am not afraid to venture and go out of my comfort zone, because I can find fascination in nearly everything
Perceptive- meaning that no one is unimportant to me, and that I can pick up the slightest mood change in people.
Enthusiastic- meaning that when something inspires me and captures my imagination I like to share it with people who listen and also that I like to hear other people's ideas
@AmazingDog96
You yourself have some amazing qualities as well. It's great that you learned something new too :D You are unique and I believe that's what makes you who you are
@AmazingDog96
Curious and enthusiastic 
what a great combination
@AmazingDog96
Amazing qualities.
