My personality type according to Carl Jung

Have you every done one of those personality type tests? I learned about this one when I went to holistic nutrition school and when I took the test I was amazed at how accurate it was.

This is one of the coolest questionnaires to find out what personality/temperament type you tend to be and what sort of careers and schools are suitable for you.  I have to say that it is right on point for me. 

Carl Jung classified people using three criteria:

• Extraversion - Introversion
• Sensing - Intuition
• Thinking - Feeling

Isabel Briggs Myers added a fourth criterion, Judging-Perceiving.

The first letters of the different combinations of the four criteria denote a type formula. For example:

ISTJ   -  Introvert Sensing Thinking Judging 

Upon completing Jung Typology Test you will obtain your type formula, strengths of the preferences and the type description. It may help you to identify your life style in general and with respect to the specific areas of activity. You will also obtain the list of the most suitable career choices based on your personality, along with some educational institutions where you can receive a relevant degree or a training. http://www.humanmetrics.com/

Use this website to discover your Myers Briggs Type:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

When you get the results you can click on a link that takes you here http://keirsey.com/4temps/provider.asp to get the explanation.

My Results:

Guardian - Provider - ESFJ

Providers take it upon themselves to insure the health and welfare of those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the Guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of social institutions such as schools, churches, social clubs, and civic groups. Providers are very likely more than ten percent of the population, and this is fortunate for the rest of us, because friendly social service is a key to their nature. Wherever they go, Providers happily give their time and energy to make sure that the needs of others are met, and that social functions are a success.

Highly cooperative themselves, Providers are skilled in maintaining teamwork among their helpers, and are also tireless in their attention to the details of furnishing goods and services. They make excellent chairpersons in charge of dances, banquets, class reunions, charity fund-raisers, and the like. They are without peer as masters of ceremonies, able to speak publicly with ease and confidence. And they are outstanding hosts or hostesses, knowing everyone by name, and seemingly aware of what everyone's been doing. Providers love to entertain, and are always concerned about the needs of their guests, wanting to make sure that all are involved and provided for.

Friendly, outgoing, neighborly - in a word, Providers are gregarious, so much so that they can become restless when isolated from people. They love to talk with others, and will often strike up a conversation with strangers and chat pleasantly about any topic that comes to mind. Friendships matter a great deal to Providers, and their conversations with friends often touch on good times from years past. Family traditions are also sacred to them, and they carefully observe birthdays and anniversaries. In addition, Providers show a delightful fascination with news of their friends and neighbors. If we wish to know what's been going on in the local community, school, or church, they're happy to fill us in on all the details.

Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which makes them perhaps the most sympathetic of all the types, but which also leaves them somewhat self-conscious, that is, highly sensitive to what others think of them. Loving and affectionate themselves, they need to be loved in return. In fact, Providers can be crushed by personal criticism, and are happiest when given ample appreciation both for themselves personally and for the tireless service they give to others.

Here is a second one a did recently -  https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

I got PROTAGONIST (ENFJ-T) - Protagonists are natural-born leaders, full of passion and charisma. Forming around two percent of the population, they are oftentimes our politicians, our coaches and our teachers, reaching out and inspiring others to achieve and to do good in the world. With a natural confidence that begets influence, Protagonists take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community.

These are fun tests to take to start getting to know you better, and to remember your why for choosing to do what you do.

In love and gratitude,