Paige Kruse 16 Personalities Analysis Paragraph October 1, 2019

2-1

The purpose of this activity was to give us an idea of what our strengths are and what
jobs we could be good at. The assessment gave us examples of strengths, weaknesses,
friendships, relationships, career paths, and our workplace habits. The assessment was quite
accurate, other than a few things that were not my personality at all. The assessment also gave
us a percentage on which way we leaned on a scale between two personality traits. These traits
were introverted or extroverted, intuitive or observant, thinking or feeling, prospecting or
judging, and turbulent or assertive. My results said that I was an Advocate. My code was INFJ-T,
which stands for introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging, and turbulent. I think that all of these
traits are completely accurate to my identity. One strength that was listed under my personality
type was decisive. That was one of the traits that I think is completely unlike me. I am a very
indecisive person. When someone gives me an option between two movies to see at the
theatre I cannot make that decision. I think that one of the reasons that I can’t make decisions
especially when they involve others is because I am a people pleaser. I want people to like what
I like. That’s just my nature. Decisions in general are just really hard and stressful for me even
when they are the littlest things. Contrary to the last trait, an attribute that is very accurate to
my identity is that I am a perfectionist. It’s one of my toughest weakness. I want every little in
my life to be perfect. Small things can set me off into a spiral of extreme anxiety. When I was in
grade 9 I took art and that was a very stressful course for me. It wasn’t the best decision I
made. For all my art projects I wanted to look them to be absolutely perfect. I spent hours upon
hours outside of school on them. At least triple the amount of time anyone else in that class
spent. My perfectionist ideals have faded slightly over the years as I have learned to embrace
my mistakes even though it’s hard. I still am a bit of a perfectionist and do feel a bit hurt when
things aren’t perfect to me or others. All in all, this assessment was quite accurate. It’s almost
scary, how exact my results matched my personality. When doing this assessment, I learned
that I have grown as a person, into someone who is creative and passionate to list a few
strengths. It made me think deeper about why I have these traits. Overall it was a really fun
exercise that was interesting, and informative.