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
Great learning
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â?
ENFP-A / ENFP-T
Campaigner Personality
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself
I have learnt about some of my tendencies which include having so many ideas, interests, and hobbies that sometimes I struggle to fit everything that I care about into my life. Management is important.
I have also learnt that I easily lose interest over long time serious staff and I should keep on finding joy on things like house chores.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Curious
I tend to go beyond my comfort zone in search for new interesting things. For example, I tend to search Pinterest, Google and of course YouTube to find interesting ways of doing normal day to day stuff.
Perceptive
I value everyone because I feel like they all have a role to play in my life. Sometimes I do a gratitude test where I list the names of people that I have interacted with and the positive things that they impacted in my life.
Enthusiastic
I like sharing the things that interest me with people who bother to listen. For example my birthday challenge idea which was to come up with a number of activities that corresponded to the number of years that I was turning and to do them all.
@GlenM
The accuracy of this test is unthinkable!
Here's my observation based on the results.
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please Â
INTP - A (Logician)
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I happen to question everything that's put in front of me until I know for a fact what is it that I'm dealing with. This drains tonnes of reserve energy but is in some ways, fruitful at the end.
I find it hard to decipher emotions on a deep level but that doesn't stop me from trying.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Analytical - The need to analyse everything before stepping into something is a boon. It helps in making rational analysis of events and come up with an apt solution to proceed further
Open minded - This trait often helps me make good connections with personalities that are not me or inclined towards my side. An ability to contemplate and mirror the thoughts of the other person is indeed an asset.
Curiosity - As they say, "Necessity is the mother of all inventions". But, dare I say, "Curiosity is the mother of all necessities". The urge to know more about certain aspects of people, things, procedures and framing a tailored solution based on the combined curiosities is what has got me through so far and hope it continues further.
@GlenM
Just took the test, now.
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please
INFJ - T [Turbulent Advocate]
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I learnt that I am motivated by principles rather than practicality. I also learnt that I may have trouble managing day to day tasks but have a clear view of long term goals. I also learnt that my category is a rare one :)
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Intuition, sense of mission and connecting with people.
I have Creativity, Imagination and sensitivity.
1. My personality type is ENFJ-T
2. I learned that I wouldn't hold back if someone needed help, no matter the situation, I also learned I act more on my feelings.
3. Receptive, Reliable, Passionate.
Receptive: strong opinions but far from close minded, even if we don't agree with someone we recognize the persons right to
voice their truth.
Reliable: We keep our promises and responsibilities through, even when it's hard to do so
Passionate: Briming with interest and take pleasure pursuing hobbies, as a result we rarely find our self at a loss for something to do.
@Moonlemon48
Wow, we have the same personality and strengths.
@GlenM
My personality type is:
INFJ-T
I am introvert, intuitive, emotional and emphatic person who loves helping others, gets sad often and sensitive to peoples behaviour.
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.
@yourfriend5 Want to share more about the unique combination of traits you have?
ESFP-T Entertainer (It was something else completely different last time I took this.
I learmed my personality can change based off of who i'm talking to mostly at the time.
Bold, Practical and Original were my top 3 strengths.
@TrickyRicky
Those are pretty good strengths
1. What is your personality type? Include your 4 letters please
INFP
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself?
I have an inclination to help others and ignore my own needs - typical me - and that I'm emphatic, creative, and enthusiastic in changing the world.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? Please describe them.
Empathy - I can listen to people and discern their emotions quickly and easily. I'm able to stand in their shoes, think from their point of view, and understand what they're going through more than anyone else.
Creativity - I have a creative streak and rich self-expression. I'm inclined to express myself through imaginative worlds, fictional characters, and connections blossomed from my inner landscape.
Honesty - Pretending to be something else that I'm not frustrates and uneases me. Therefore, I'm described as straightforward and grasp opportunities before they drift away
@xinyii11 nice personality!
@GlenM
1. I have a protagonist personality: ENFJ-T
2. I am thoughtful and idealistic and I strive to have a positive impact on other people. I learned that I am also receptive, reliable, passionate, altruistic, and charismatic.
3. I am receptive: I have strong opinions but they are non closed-minded. I am reliable: I am not bothered by most things except for when someone is feeling depressed. And, I am passionate: I love pursuing my hobbies and I don't find myself at a loss for something interesting to do.
Nice character! @HereToHelp135
@GlenM
1. What is your personality type? Mediator, INFP-T
2. What were the main things you learned about yourself? The main thing that I learned is I'm more of a turbulent personality than an assertive one. I also learned that empathy is a valorous quality of mine, what I ofter just forget about it, being, I think, more of a passive side of me.
3. What are your top 3 strengths or gifts according to this test? First of all, what I think applies to me is Open-Minded. When I look in the past, I can see how often I just accepted everyone, with an idea they had and with any beliefs. I think it is a passive quality because I don't observe in day-to-day basics. The second one is Creative. In this one, at my first glance, I wasn't sure about it because from as far I know I'm not a very creative person, but after I read about what it means I understood it's not about if I can draw or anything, more of viewing the world from a different and abstract perspective. Idealistic is on my profile too, and I think it applies only partially to me because I like more science and the "real" things, but I can't lie I don't stay in the night, looking at the moon and asking philosophical questions.
@Darius08 you are a nice personality :) nice to meet you
