Personality Reflection

Turns out when I checked my paper after I got to my apartment, I wasn't an ENFJ afterall:) sorry to lower the number of ENFJ folk in our class ha!

But it turns out I am an ESFJ(Extroverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging), which is still pretty close! :) And like many of you who also took the Meyers & Briggs test, I was shocked at how accurate some of the results were for me. Like I said in class today, although these are my results, as Steve Smith said in his lecture Monday, these only represent my preferences, not necessarily what I always exhibit. Yet I found these preferences to be generally very true.

I learned several things about myself. One thing I learned is that as an ESFJ, I am a people person: i love people and I am warmly and sincerely interested in others! I want to like people and I have a special skill(as does my Mom:) of bringing out the best in others. This is so true! I love service and making others feel better! I get the greatest personal satisfaction from the happiness that I can hopefully give to others. This quality reflects my strong view that this life is all about serving other people ultimately and helping each other to return home to our loving Heavenly Father(Moses 1:39).

I also learned a little about my leadership potential from this test. It said that I have a strong desire to be liked and for everything to be pleasant which makes me highly supportive of others. It also said that I like to be in control(not usually the case for me?) and to help things be organized. Also that I take my responsibility very seriously and am thus dependable. It also mentioned that I respect and believe in laws and rules of authority and that I believe others should as well, which is very true of me. I believe that obedience is key to safety and true happiness. These are all very good qualities when it comes to being an effective leader.

Knowing both the weaknesses and the strengths of my personality type can help me better understand others as well. Knowing that being such a people person I am easily susceptible to be hurt from others indiffrence and that I don't understand unkindness, I can recognize when this happens that I should not take it personally or let it dissuade my desire to show kindness. Also I can let my love for others fuel my desire to help them achieve their own successes. Thus I can utilize my gifts and talents for the benefit of those whom I serve.