After watching a video on youtube I stumbled across the https://www.16personalities.com/ personality test where you can take a short 5-10 minute test and find out your personality type.
I am often very skeptical of these type of tests and think they can be gamed a little. Also, how you perceive yourself is not always how you are in real life sometimes.
However, I decided to take the test as it was free and found out that I am a INTJ-A. I have heard of this abbreviation in the past, but it has completly left me what it is now, so I had to have a refresh.
INTJ stands for : Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging traits and the A means Architect. You can find the full details of this personality type here.
With that in mind, I was really surprised how accurate this test was and I could relate to the results. Part of the journey of life is also discovering yourself and this I think can influence other areas of your life.
I was also surprised to find out that it is the same personality type as Elon Musk, Arnold Schwarzneggar and Seven of Nine from Star Trek. I don't see myself as being similar to them, but it is a funny co-incidence!
Once you take the quiz, you can find out your % for some of the personality traits and see if they relate to you accurately. I was also suprised to find that there are some personality types that don't think at all. I am wondering how that must work as it seems quite puzzling at first!
From a video I was watching, there were 2 personality types that don't think and they were generally not so successful at things, which I can imagine being the case, because if you do something without thinking at all about it or the consequences, it probably isn't going to end up well for you. It certainly helps explain what sometimes might seem and look like totally irrational behavior by some people and doing something without thinking, but to someone without a thinking personality, its perfectly normal!
Now I am thinking about it, it is starting to make more sense that there would be people who don't think and some of the crazy things you see around you sometimes make sense.
Summary
Armed with my new knowledge about my personality type, I will see if it will help me in any of my endeavors. When doing something, I can then think, oh yes, I am doing this because I am INTJ-A, that makes sense. Does it make sense to try and fight against the traits of your personality though? Would that move me out of my comfort zone and not make sense or feel right to me I wonder, I guess I would need to experiment and find out.
Have you taken the test? Were the results accurate for you?
Thanks for reading.
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