The very first time I had personality test was long time ago back in high school. Over the years I did more tests and the results were always the same. So I wasn't surprised to find out that I'm the Di type of person. Dominant type. Since I can remember myself in the gindergarten, school or college back home, I was always a leading kid full of energy and atitude. Always participating in many activities and being in charge was natural to me. Sounds like a good thing to be leading type of person but there are minuses too. As I was making friends easily, I also had enemies. I realy hated that but I just could not be nice to everyone or put up with something that I didn't like. Basically-my way or the highway. I needed to control the situation most of the time and felt bad if I couldn't. Or not knowing what to do with myself because I had so much energy and ideas but no people to go along with me and make it happen. So I start writing for a school's newspaper, and later-for a local city paper. It felt good to express myself by working on different stories and managing my articles. By now I learned very well how to be just an employee and follow the rules without questioning. But that's only until I'm competent enough to have more responsabilities. There are times in which I step back and not get involved, it's all depends on situation. Some people are happy with the same kind of task over the years but I need some challenge, diversity. And that's just the kind of person that I was/am, nothing to do with need of beeing in power or above everyone else. I'm sure I could not change to another type - the real deal always comes up : ) sooner or later.
When it comes to working with different types of personalities - I think a mixture of all 4 types is perfect scenario. I don't see any problems to work with either of them, however, too many or absence of D's could be a trouble.
And when choosing a date, I would go for the opposite type, because more then one D is enough.
Surely, full of energy can do no harm but help one advance faster than others. However, it is also easy to be aggressive once he or she expect others to appreciate the effort. Frequently, people like this receive the opposite--rejection. I am glad you are just energetic in doing things without the aggression in your heart.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you are a Dominant type. Although I don't know you personally, we had some interaction in one of the classe's exercises and you seemed to persuade by communicating and convincing people, rather than demanding (more an I type).
ReplyDeleteI kind of went through the same experiences as you when growing up. I had too much energy and was not always understood by family and friends. Work is always a good way to channel this energy productively. As I grow older I also learned to step back sometimes and do not interfere in everything going around me.
I learned that I can't make the world my way. So in working environments and school,sometimes is better to pretend you agree with what is going on, but inside yourself you know what you stand for and what is your point of view... A question of who has the power.