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Post by Amalcas on Nov 12, 2005 19:32:18 GMT -5
An amazingly comprehensive test of one's personality: Click here. I came out as an architect type several years ago, but always felt that, while I empathized strongly with the personality, it was more of what I wanted to be, not what I was. Retaking it, I have changed types, negligibly and dramatically; I am a Mastermind Rational. Mastermind Rationals are described here and here. I agree with the descriptions, though I will note that I have become cynically aware of the faults they paint. Granted, this doesn't mean I've overcome them entirely. Also, I'm not really a perfectionist; I think I naturally would be, but its been...burned out of me. I think its returning, though. The one thing that really touched me as true is that I hate to be a leader, and wait till incompetence is shown, then I take control. When I take control of a group, my concept of self expands to include the members, in an odd way. I control them as easily as an arm or a leg, and as naturally. The only thing I really fight is the exultation of power. So...what are you all?
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Post by dianaholberg on Nov 12, 2005 23:18:08 GMT -5
Protector Guardian
(Introverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging)
(I think last time I was Mastermind Rational, but I've mellowed a bit...)
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Post by Tara on Nov 12, 2005 23:39:23 GMT -5
We had to do this for school. Mine was INFP Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 13, 2005 0:43:44 GMT -5
Well I am a ENFJ Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Which is tag Idealist by the one dude.
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Post by littlepea on Nov 13, 2005 9:52:29 GMT -5
i got ENFJ - teacher idealist - extroverted intuitive feeling judging, with the percentages like this (respectively): 67 25 62 1 i thought i would be more perceiving than judging, who knows ... there was a BBC personality test that went out on tv and proved to be highly accurate (they had a group of people and they each took a personality test then were divided into groups according to their pesonality and made to do specific tasks while the experts predicted how they would react with amazing accuracy ... ) and you can do it here. when i did it i was go-getter, which suited me fine
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Post by dianaholberg on Nov 13, 2005 10:42:32 GMT -5
These are definitely tests that change with stages in life... for instance, just five years ago I came out "spontaneous" across the board and now I'm definitely not -- kind of had enough of my own spontaneity ;D
I came out on that second one as Nurturer:
Planner - Facts - Hearts - Introvert
Out of curiosity I tried answering the questions the way I would have 10 years ago and came out Go-getter:
Spontaneous - Facts - Heads - Extrovert
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Post by littlepea on Nov 13, 2005 14:39:21 GMT -5
uh oh ... does that mean in 10 years i'll be just like you diana? maybe with my presence on the board you're getting a bit of insight into how you used to be and a reminder of the sort of mistakes you used to make
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Post by Amalcas on Nov 13, 2005 16:23:53 GMT -5
The bbc test marked me as a realist. I remember taking this before, and thinking that it was a bit inaccurate, as I had to answer about half the questions "the best I could." Still true, and still feeling inaccurate.
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Post by dianaholberg on Nov 13, 2005 17:50:27 GMT -5
maybe with my presence on the board you're getting a bit of insight into how you used to be and a reminder of the sort of mistakes you used to make heh... I was an extrovert, but I was career focused... didn't spend much time on subjects such as those we discuss. So no, it doesn't mean anything for you
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Post by littlepea on Nov 13, 2005 21:54:53 GMT -5
well, not just this sort of stuff, just a general approach to life - you can see how you might have appeared to others in your youth ... ah forget it
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Post by Tara on Nov 14, 2005 10:18:36 GMT -5
Well, I personally have seen a change...unless it was me who changed in viewpoints.
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Post by littlepea on Nov 19, 2005 10:23:55 GMT -5
i was reading some of my past e-mails that i have left in my university e-mail account from 2 years ago and as i read i was just thinking how foolish and witty i was at different times. just, like, e-mails to my parents letting them know how i'm getting on and i talk about playing football and how i'm getting better and want to try out for a semi-professional side (which i'll probably never be good enough for) and how i'm enjoying uni but plan to work a bit harder in the near future (which i never got round to doing) and then the odd joke which i'd forgotten about which actually made me l-o-l in the uni microlabs ... makes me think about how i've changed since then ...
i haven't really changed at all, have i? ;D
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Post by Sue on Nov 19, 2005 10:55:10 GMT -5
My type is INTJ or Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging (Mastermind)
Just took that other test as well, and it said that the four aspects of my personality are: Planner, Ideas, Heads, Introvert--which leads to "Mastermind". However, I also question the accuracy of this test!
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Post by Amalcas on Nov 27, 2005 18:56:23 GMT -5
Then it is probably not accurate for you. I've found, as so far, it has not told me anything which I could not, eventually, see as true about my self. In the two times I've taken it, I have changed a good deal. I feel...old now. Not physically, by any means, but mentally. I once had so many choices; quite literally, I could do anything I wanted to in life. But since then, door after door has been closing on me. I cannot pursue challenges of the body, as my back prevents me; I cannot catalyze change, as my conscience destroys me. Its a long story, and one I really can't tell. I can't remember much anymore. My life isn't a blur, it simply isn't there. Something around me will trigger something inside me, and images and sounds and feelings and words and thoughts and everything comes back to me, but never do I feel they are my own. I am entirely disjoint; my past is not mine to know, my future is not mine to claim. For once in my life, I am changing in ways I cannot see, in ways I cannot predict. All I know is, the last door is closing, and I stand here, and I must make a choice. I am waking up. The beast cowers as the angel rises. The light vanquishes the dark. I am waking up.
As you may have guessed, this is why I'm not here all that much; way too much on my plate. I should come here more though, as it lets me think freely, though I can't afford the time it takes (I have about three things I should be doing right now, and must be done immediately). Goodluck, and goodbye, till next weekend, I well imagine.
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