Self-analysis Essay: Myers Briggs Personality Inventory

Self-Analysis Essay Name: Institution: Course Code:Date: Introduction This essay is about describing the results I got after undertaking a personality test. The aim of the personality test was to gain self-awareness and learn about my strengths and weaknesses. The goal was to enable me to learn how to improve my communication skills based on my personality. I completed four personal diagnostic tools that relate to personality and relationships (the Big Five Locator Questionnaire, the Emotional Intelligence Test, the Social Styles Test, and the Personal Style Inventory (based on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). This essay focuses on analyzing the results of the afore-indicated personality tests and expounds on what I learnt about myself on relationships, communication style and communication preferences. I will also describe the implication of my personality traits regarding my career growth and development and also highlight areas where I think I need to improve. Finally, I will also detail strategies on how to improve my communication and back them with solid academic sources that will guide me to achieve my aforementioned objective. Discussion Analysis of tools: Myers Briggs Personality inventory One of the diagnostic tools I have used is the Myers Briggs Personality inventory. The results from this tool show that I have an ENFJ personality. Stands for Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging. According to CITATION Kah11 \l 1033 (Kahle-Piasecki, 2011), people with ENFJ personality as are energized by time spent with others (Extraverted), who focuses on ideas and concepts rather than facts and details (Intuitive), who makes decisions based on feelings and values (Feeling) and who prefers to be planned and organized rather than spontaneous and flexible (Judging). According to CITATION Sus90 \l 1033 (Willette, 1990), the ENFJ type is also an extroverted thinker who sees possibilities and has both concern and vision for future possibilities. The Big 5 personality test The results from the big five personality test were as they appear below; Openness and experience I scored 3.6; conscientiousness, I scored 2.9; extraversion metric, I scored 3.1 agreeableness metric, I scored a 4.0. neuroticism, I scored a 2.5. According to CITATION Gur13 \l 1033 (Gurven, Rueden, Massenkoff, Kaplan, & Vie, 2013), a mix of Extraversion and Agreeableness which are my highest scored items reflect a general prosocial disposition. I can leverage on this advantage to build better relationship and expand my networks. Emotional Intelligence Test In this personality test, I scored a total of 88 out of 100. In each category, I scored 17 in Self Awareness; 17 in Managing Emotions; 16 in Motivating Oneself; 17 in Empathy and 21 in Social Skills. According to CITATION Dri18 \l 1033 (Drigas & Papoutsi, 2018), social skills which is my best performed item in this test are ‘the skills needed to handle and influence other people’s emotions effectively to manage interactions successfully.’ Understanding how to effectively handle people can help me build strong relationships. Additionally, understanding the emotional status of people can also help me communicate efficiently because I can decipher the emotional status of the people I interact with. Social Style Test I found out that my social style is expressive. I scored an assertive rating and responsive rating of 2.73 and 2.80 respectively. These scores are above average and they translate to an expressive personality. According to CITATION Fra93 \l 1033 (Gambino, 1993), expressive people ‘want to create a social relationship quickly and usually feels more comfortable in an informal atmosphere.’ This could explain why I usually feel uncomfortable in formal interaction circles and hence affect the way I express myself. Since I have realized that this issue stems from my personality, I will strive to actively try to learn how to establish relationships in formal environs. Similarities One of the overarching similarities throughout the personality tests is that I am extroverted. This is reflected in nearly all the personality tests; in the extraverted component in the Myers Briggs test, I scored highly in extroversion. In the big 5 personality tests, I scored relatively highly in the extraverted component which is also reflected in the social skills test where the results showed that I am expressive and I seemed to enjoy the company of others. In the emotional intelligence test, the social skills component was the highest with 21 translating to a fairly outgoing person. Concisely, I seem to enjoy the company of other people, I enjoy ‘fun’ activities. I am also talkative, assertive and energetic. These findings are relatable and I thought they accurately represent my personality. I also found out that I am fairly sympathetic and compassionate. Three of these tests which measured the metric of compassion or a variant of the same, I scored highly in those categories. I Scored a 4.0 in ‘agreeableness’ component in the big five personality test which is a very high score. In the Myers Briggs Personality Inventory, I was an EFNJ where F stands for feeling. Feeling means that I am predisposed to be compassionate, sympathetic and emotional to other people. Differences The key difference that shows difference scores is on my emotional status. The big personality test seems to find...