My Personality Traits

Personality tests are important because they play a great role of helping one understand their character and helps one to utilize their strengths effectively and to also work on their weaknesses to help one become a better individual. This personality test has greatly helped me to understand myself in a much greater concept and I can now relate my life experiences with this character traits.

Normally, I am an individual that is social which makes it very easy for me to make new friends in any new setting.  There is no one time that I am ever alone, I am always in the company of my friends which could also mean that am a bit dependent. This social character code attributed to the fact that I love to listen to what other people are going through in life and I enjoy offering advice where I can to help the people that I interact with. This attribute has been proved in the personal test which shows that I am a social person who enjoys having fun which shows the accuracy of personal tests as taught in class.

Another attribute that the personality test has brought out is my organization as well as reliability traits. These two attributes are not really a surprise to me, because I am the kind of a person that always has to do list for every single day. I love having a plan for the day and so I always set some objectives for the day every morning which direct how my day runs. I always ensure that every objective of the day has been met and the ones that are not met due to time limitations or any other limitations are always the first on the list the next day. This in the overall makes me a very reliable individual. I am a believer in keeping promises and if I cannot accomplish something, I am always keen to alert that individual in good time to avoid any form of inconveniences. I consider this a special trait for me because this is what makes people trust me and it especially works well with my career path in psychology where I need people to trust me in order for me to be able to help them.

One other character brought out in this personality test that is helps me understand myself even much better is in regard to my emotional status.  I am the kind of an individual that do show outbursts when I get angry, this however does not mean that I just keep quiet and let things go. I prefer to approach the individual that has angered me and let them know that I am not happy with them and through this; we are able to sort things out in a mature manner without causing unnecessary conflicts or just overlooking things which can lead to larger conflicts in future. I believe in forgiveness because I understand that no one is perfect and we are all prone to making mistakes. All this shows that I know how to handle emotions well and this could be the reason as to why I tend to have so many friends.

This personality test has also helped me learn one of my weaknesses which I did not really know and it is the fact that I am not much creative and this means that I am not always open to new experiences. Reflecting on my life experiences and this new discovery, I realize that I am not that person that is comfortable with changes which is why I love concentrating what I am good at without being open to new ideas.

My personality traits especially the fact that I do not like seeking out new experiences can work as a good excuse for my not taking part in new activities that I am not familiar with because I am not comfortable being outside of my comfort zone. This trait could be related to the fact that I am very social and have many friends and it makes me dependent on them in most cases, therefore trying out new experiences on my own is a bit scary for me.

I however understand that this is not right and to avoid making such excuses, I need to start working on this weakness. I will start by setting my daily objectives list in such a way that I engage in a new activity every day starting with just simple activities like trying out a new food item that I have never tasted in my life. I will engage in these new activities with the mind-set that it is a learning experience which I am not expected to like or have much knowledge on which will help me create some sense of comfort in trying out new experiences. I believe allowing myself to engage in new experiences will make me a more open minded person who is interested in understanding new concepts. I believe that is especially good for a career in psychology where open mindedness is an important element to help understand concepts relating to human behaviour much better.