What's your Personality!?

Do you know your personality? No. Not your Myers-Briggs personality type, just your personality? I bet you do. You know how you like your things arranged, you know how you like to be treated, you know how you like to be communicated with. You know that you, for example, might prefer to look at the big picture before the details. Knowing your own personality style helps you understand why you react the way you do in certain situations, as well as helping to define what your needs are from others with whom you work or live.

There are many different free resources available on the internet that will help you identify your own personality type(s). While it’s good to remember that the online tests available are not run by a certified instructor; taking one or two of them can help you identify your own traits and the kinds of behaviors to which you are drawn.

Knowing your own likes and dislikes is helpful, but there is also a benefit from understanding personality types that are different from yours. When you participate in an assessment, whether its online or administered personally, you are given the opportunity to read about results that differ from your own - this is an opportunity for you to think about the people surrounding you, where their personality profile fits, and how you can adjust to meet their needs.

Taking advantage of resources available to learn about your personality style is a great way to ensure your needs are met, and to ensure that you are able to meet the needs of others. And, who knows, you may learn something about yourself that you never knew!

To learn more some free personality assessment tools, visit similarminds.com