PL 101: Understanding Your Gifts and Strengths from the MBTI (Discussion 2)
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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!
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@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters, please.
INTJ - Architect
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
i have a rare personality type, I like to do things on my own
3. Top 3 Strengths
independent: creative and self motivated. Strive to do things on their own
Curious: opened to new ideas, rational and skeptical.
Determined: ambitious and goal oriented
@GlenM
Hello everyone,
1. I am a Consul (ESJF) not a surprise at all!
2. I did not learn much about myself besides the fact that I have a really caring heart & a want to help others. Some of the questions I could not relate to like the one about viewing art museums & that is okay.
3. Some of my super-powers according to the test could be the following:
- Caring: I care so much about peoples feelings if they are strangers or life long friends.
- Social: I am a very social person, I have the power to strike a conversation with anyone & everyone.
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Making Things Better: I can take any disaster & make it a positive for others. Lol yes I still have feelings but I do my best to take any situation & really make the best of it.
@GlenM
I love the questions honestly !!
1. My Personality type is Protagonist ENFJ-T
2. The main thing I learnt about myself is that I try to give myself time to feel secure, and fluctuating self esteem, and somtimes i have moodswings which requires time to maintain with the help of people whom i trust. I do admit im sensitive and emotional too.
3. My main strength of mine is that Im smart, good hearted, nature leader, creative, selfless, patient, outwardly enthusiastic, Imaginative, open minded, social harmony, tolerant, sportwoman and supportive.
@GlenM
1- My personality type : Advocate (INFJ-T)
2- Main things i learned about myself is that i trust people too easily and get attached to people, i feel like i am too kind, sensitive but also hard working if required. and love to help people in need.
3- 3 main things as per the tests
a) INTROVERTED: You’re mostly Introverted. You likely prefer fewer, yet deep and meaningful, social interactions and feel drawn to calmer environments.
b) INTUITIVE: You’re mostly Intuitive. You’re likely very imaginative and open-minded, focusing on hidden meanings and distant possibilities.
c) FEELING : You’re mostly Feeling. You likely value emotional expression and sensitivity, prioritizing empathy, social harmony, and cooperation.
@GlenM INFJ-T Idealism, determination, envisioning a better future
Strengths: Creative, insightful, altruistic
Weaknesses: Perfectionistic, avoiding the ordinary, prone to burnout
@GlenM
What is your personality type?
This is actually a confusing question to answer because my personally has changed over the years. When I was a little girl, I typed as an INTP. As I grow a little bit older, I typed as an INTJ. So I learned MBTI's cognitive function to fully understand the 'behind the scene' of how this personality typing works, and one thing that I know for sure is I'm an avid user of Extraverted Thinking (Te) which is the main function of ENTJ and ESTJ.
Upon further research, I have concluded that when I might now be fully extroverted, but I have a lot of things in common with ENTJ, so that's how I'm going to type myself in this case.
What were the main things you learned about yourself?
- I learned that my personality can help me what type of career or even lifestyle that is the most suitable for me;
- I learned that despite categorising myself as an ENTJ, I might not appear extroverted because as it turned out ENTJs are known to be quite the ambivert as per this scale:
- I learned that despite having "good" leadership skills (stereotypically speaking), I'm aware it still is a talent that needs to be exercised, hence my participation in this program.
What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
- Strategic thinking;
- Efficient;
- Organised.
@GlenM
My personality type is:
Advocate
INFJ-T
I am an introverted, intuitive, emotional and empathic person who loves helping others,
My top three strengths/gifts according to the test:
Creativity, Imagination and Sensitivity.
@GlenM
What is your personality type?
I'm an Advocate! INFJ-T ! I do agree that I am a quiet visionary. It's people who have the plan and stick to that ambition that really gets the ball rolling!
Even amongst my peers and junior staff at work, they do find my accomplishments admirable!
What were the main things you learned about yourself?
- Being an introvert, I learned that I tend to prefer fewer closer friends around me.
- As an intuitive, I learned that I am imaginative, open minded and curious!
- Being feeling, I am able to value emotional expression and sensitivity.
What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
- Visionary
- Determined
- Ambitious
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? ISTP-A
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I am assertive and won't let other people's stress get me down.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test?
Optimism & Energetic - rarely get stressed out when working on a variety of projects
Creative & Practical - Very imaginative and love making ideas a reality
Spontaneous & Rational - Flexible when it comes to changing situations or developing dynamics.
