Tag: personality
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Which Personality Test is Best for YOU?
We talk a lot here about how a growing understanding of yourself is the KEY to personal growth and greater success in reaching your goals. And learning your personality type is one tool that can help you do this. However, there are SO many different personality systems out there, so how does one know where… Read more
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Strengths of Each Feeler Myers-Briggs Type for Social Change
We all have a role to play in making our world a better place through the pursuit of justice, liberation, equity, inclusion, and solidarity. Last time I introduced Deepa Iyer’s Mapping Our Roles in a Social Change Ecosystem, which helps us to identify our values and roles. Make sure to click here to read that… Read more
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Gary Smalley Personality Assessment
I recall sitting in my first graduate class, in a small computer room on the campus of Boston College, and participating in a discussion on the importance of connection and acceptance all while feeling detached, different, and alone. I had just moved to Boston to pursue a Masters degree in Sociology and, although excited for… Read more
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Gretchen Rubin’s The Four Tendencies
We’ve been in a series on personality on the blog (in the last post, Justine took us through The 5 Love Languages), covering the basics of some common tests and ways of understanding yourself and your preferences. Something I’ve learned over the past few years is the huge impact personality and an understanding of self has… Read more
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The 5 Love Languages
When I first heard about the five love languages I was very skeptical. I knew that it had helped a lot of couples through their marriage struggles, but I didn’t see how it could apply to my single life. Why would I need to speak a love language if I wasn’t in love? However, I… Read more