PL 101: Understanding Your Gifts and Strengths from the MBTI (Discussion 2)

It's been really intresting to see all of your results and to hear your perspectives on them!

I feel like I've gotten to know you all a bit better and it's nice to see that some of you are the same personality type as me :p

@GlenM

1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please

My personality type is INFJ-T (Advocate).

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

I have actually taken this personality test a couple years ago, and I am surprised to find that I got the exact same results. Something that I learned about are the career paths that are best suited for my personality type. I aim to be a psychologist in the future, and it was reassuring to see this career listed as a great option for my personality type! I also learned about some of weaknesses (can burn out easily and extremely private). While I don't want to dwell too much on my weaknesses, I do want to acknowledge them so I can actively work on improving them. I also learned about some of my strengths which I will discuss below.

3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.

A. Creative. I used to think being creative just involved being artistically gifted, but you can be creative in many areas of your life. I find that I am most creative when trying to figure out ways to solve a problem or adapt to situations.

B. Insightful. I am able to make connections between people and events/actions. I can also usually tell when someone is being dishonest or not.

C. Inspiring and Convincing. When I talk or write about certain things, my passion and pride for the topic shines through which can inspire others.

This was a really fun exercise!

1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters, please

The personality type I got was the INFJ-A which is the advocate personality.

2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
That I make most of my decisions on feelings than logic which is true but most of the time when supporting people I support well on autopilot as thinking just slows me down unless I get a tough texter.

3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
That am insightful that I can see through dishonesty and disingenuous motives that people have.
That am Altruistic that I won't do an action just to benefit myself.
And that am decisive as I plan to do medicine so I want to impact the world as I can before my life book comes to a end.

@GlenM

ENFJ-A

The main thing I learned is that I am more extroverted that I really consider myself to be!

Top 3 strengths: Reliable, charismtic and natural leader

@GlenM

1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please - I am a Mediator (INFP-T)

2. What were the main things you learned about yourself? - I am led by my values and principles. I am pretty skilled at expressing myself in a number of ways, one of them being poetry. I am also pretty skilled at learning languages (no surprise xD). I'm not someone who is out there and wants to do everything and interact with everyone. I just focus my attention on one cause. I pretty much already know all this stuff because I've been into the MBTI for about 2 years now and I've read a lot about my personality type xD

3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them. - I am very creative in the sense that I can find multiple ways to see something or that I can come up with ideas that don't cross the mind of others. I seek peace and harmony. I'm not into the idea of lording over others or exerting my power or whatever. I just want everyone to be heard and things to be done fairly. It also upsets me if I'm in a situation or environment where there's someone at the top with a domineering and bossy attitude. And lastly, I am dedicated and hardworking. Looking at my life, this trait only seems to show in areas I actually have interest in. Like I only put in a lot of effort into learning languages, learning guitar and studying some specific subjects at school. If I seem to be lazy in doing something or I grudgingly do it or I don't want to put the effort, I most likely don't care much for the project or task.

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Really enjoyed taking this test and learning more about myself. I found it very accurate!

My Personality Type : INFP (Mediator)

Mediators tend to be quiet, open-minded, imaginative, and apply a caring and creative approach to everything they do.

What I learned about myself:

I have learned more about my strengths as well as my weaknesses, allowing me to focus on my strengths and be more aware of my weaknesses. This will allow me to turn my strengths into towering stregnths and know which weaknesses to watch out for. I also learned that mediators are quite rare, making up just 4% of the population.

Top 3 Strengths:

Very Creative – Mediators combine their visionary nature with their open-mindedness to allow them to see things from unconventional perspectives. Being able to connect many far-flung dots into a single theme, its no wonder that many Mediators are celebrated poets and authors.

Dedicated and Hard-Working – While others focusing on the challenges of the moment may give up when the going gets tough, Mediators (especially Assertive ones) have the benefit of their far-reaching vision to help them through. Knowing that what they are doing is meaningful gives people with this personality type a sense of purpose and even courage when it comes to accomplishing something they believe in.

Passionate and Energetic – When something captures Mediators imagination and speaks to their beliefs, they go all in, dedicating their time, energy, thoughts and emotions to the project. Their shyness keeps them from the podium, but they are the first to lend a helping hand where its needed.

@GlenM

1. What is your personality type? I am an ENFJ

2. What were the main things you learned about yourself? I learned that people with my personality type tend to put the needs of others before the needs of self. I am (as the test indicates) drawn towards careers that involve helping others which is why I found social work to be the most fulfilling career choice. As a leader, people with my personality type tend to lead a team in an way that makes everyone feel satisfied and involved in achieving a goal.

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

Tolerant – Protagonists are true team players, and they recognize that that means listening to other peoples opinions, even when they contradict their own. They admit they dont have all the answers, and are often receptive to dissent, so long as it remains constructive.

Reliable – The one thing that galls Protagonists the most is the idea of letting down a person or cause they believe in. If its possible, Protagonists can always be counted on to see it through.

Charismatic – Charm and popularity are qualities Protagonists have in spades. They instinctively know how to capture an audience, and pick up on mood and motivation in ways that allow them to communicate with reason, emotion, passion, restraint – whatever the situation calls for. Talented imitators, Protagonists are able to shift their tone and manner to reflect the needs of the audience, while still maintaining their own voice.

1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please

INFJ
93% Introverted
62% iNtuitive
75% Feeling
63% Judging
[58% Assertive]

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

The INFJ description highlighted morality as something that explains many tendencies and behaviors. I haven't usually thought of myself in these terms, but it makes sense. Things I recognize in myself like perfectionism, diligence, seriousness, intensity, and meticulousness could all plausibly arise from a feeling of, "These things are right/wrong and it is important to act in a way that respects that."

The reason I don't think of myself as being especially morally driven may just be because one of my moral values tends to be, "Don't impose your beliefs on other people since that can hurt them."

3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.

Sensitivity is something sort of central for me:

• Creativity: sensitively connecting to one's own personal feelings/reactions and harnessing/leveraging the energy of those experiences to generate action/expression
• Insightful: noticing subtle connections/patterns based on sensitivity to nuances/details, identifying and articulating what feels most meaningful/interesting
• Inspiring and convincing: being sensitive to others' values/motivations/feelings and expressing things in a way that harmonizes with their perspectives/experiences

The first bullet point feels like another way of expressing "The problem is the path".

I am altruistic, empathetic , audacious , sincere hardworking and trustworthy.thats few of my personality traits

@GlenM

heyaaa ^^

1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please i'm an enfp type ^^

2. What were the main things you learned about yourself? that i'm a person who prefers to keep the options wide and use creativity rather than being part of the routines, that i'm an outgoing type of personality who cares for others and willing to help and the fact that i need to try focusing on a task rather than starting multiple activities because i can be really disorgnized and get distracted easily

3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them

according to the test:

highly creative: well i agree to this cause i have many ideas for projects no matter if it's just for fun or something serious and always planning for the start-up job i want to have in future and people mostly laugh at them and say this is too big and can't be done. which i consider is good, if they're not laughing at your ideas, you're not thinking big enough!!

warm, emphatic and caring i do deeply care about people and i can feel what they feel when i try to, which i almost always do, but about warm?? and about that am i showing how much i care and love people?? i dunno, i hope i'm doing so...

strong people/communication skills normally, this is true, i can get along with almost any kind of person and have many friends where ever i go to, though trough the last year i guess this was changed a little bit... i've found it really hard making friends after my come out and a few things that made my life a bit harder... anyways, i really think that "i am" a communicative person so i think i'll be the one i was before as soon as i feel safe trusting people again...