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1. Personality
tests can only be as
accurate as you are honest. Simply put, no
personality test is perfectly reliable (though some do
come mighty close), but it really doesn't help if you
"fudge" your answers in an effort to "look
better".
So....don't be afraid
to take off the mask and tell it like it is, not how you
really wish it was.
2. Consider the reason why you're
interested in taking a personality test and select one
accordingly. It's not one-size-fits-all, you
know. By nature most humans are intrigued with
personality and enjoy revealing quizzes, but consider
what you hope to achieve and search for the best match.
Just looking for something
interesting and fun? There are plenty of free, fun
personality tests online. Everything from the "Annoying
Personality Quiz" to the "Zebra or Gorilla: Which Zoo
Animal Are You?" can be found online.
They may be great
fun, but don't expect them to give you much guidance on
what career you should choose based on your personality
traits. For that you have to pay more!
3. Hoping that you'll discover
something in your test results that will repair your
failing relationships or turn you into Miss Congeniality
overnight? Guess again. This is
not to say that a good personality quiz won't give you a
lot of food for thought about what you do or say that
manages to rub people the wrong way sometimes, but few
of us ever make major personality changes after getting
the results of our personality assessments. Sad, but
true! To a
considerable extent our personalities are rather fixed,
set in stone, semi-immutable . . . because of a major
part of personality is a tricky thing called
temperament, an inborn predisposition to 'be' a certain
way. This is usually what tests that identify your
"personality type" measure.
The good news is
that, even though we basically 'stay pretty much the
same' through life, understanding your foundational
personality can help you forgive yourself for being you
and give you a leg up on developing that magically thing
we all would like to have--self-esteem.
Hey, nobody ever said
that 'marching to the beat of a different drummer' was
gonna' be easy . . . but it helps if you learn to
understand a bit about why/how you're different and
then, just maybe, can learn to like yourself. Or even
learn to love it!
So tackle that
personality test, accept that face that peeks back
at you from its mirror, and start seeing something good
about being just the way you are. That, dear reader, can
be a big start on the road to building self-esteem. |
