CAREER LIFE CONNECTIONS

MY PERSONALITY

1. INWARD VS OUTWARD

Inward - is reserved, quiet, and calm. You view and deal with the world inwardly.
Concentrating and/or listening.

Outward- is expressive, lively, outgoing. You tend to view and deal with the
world outwardly. Interactive and or talking.

2. REALISTIC VS DREAMER

Realistic - is a practical person that tends to view the world for what it is today.
Using the senses: sight/touch/hearing. Tends to be into facts, product, getting
hands-on involvement.

Dreamer - is an idea person who tends to see possibilities, and views the world
for what it could be in the future. Thinks with your intuition, your ‘gut feeling’. You
like to play with ideas, invent things, and figure out the meaning behind things.

3. THINKING VS FEELING

Thinking - use your head, your mind… you are logical, critical, analytical, firm.
You do what is right, what is fair. You make decisions by thinking them through.

Feeling - use your heart… you are gently, considerate, appreciative, caring,
humane, and tender. You make decisions compassionately, directed by feelings.

4. PLAN VS IMPROVISE

Planning - disciplined structured, organized, and decisive. You see and deal with
the world in a step-by-step, logical manner. You make schedules, list and like to
see projects completed.

Improvising - live for the moment, free-flowing, spontaneous, random. You see
and deal with the world in a multi-faceted manner, free from structure. You wait
and see, improvise, created, and start many things.
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5. PEOPLE VS PRIVATE

People - prefers to work, learn, and participate in leisure activities with others.
You are more productive when working with others, are more effective in groups
or in discussion.

Private - prefers to work, learn, and play alone. You are distracted by groups of
people and tend to work more productively independent of others. You learn well
from books, audio, or video and you enjoy leisure activities where you develop
expertise or can be alone-relaxing with your thoughts.

6. STABILITY VS CHANGE

Stability - prefers an environment that is constant, predictable, and stable. You

prefer to work, learn, and play where the rules or regulations are clear, and the
people are ‘true blue’ solid individuals you can count on. You dislike
inconsistency interruptions, ‘broken promises’, and constant change.

Change - prefers an environment that has variety surprises, novelty, and

diversity. You prefer to work, learn, and play where flexibility, and change are
common, and the people are colorful ‘off the wall’ characters. You dislike rigidity,
repetition, over seriousness, boredom.

7. CHALLENGE VS COOPERATIVE

Challenge - prefers to work, learn, and play in an environment where there is

competition. You are motivated by goals, comparisons, and contests. You enjoy
debate, games, challenging circumstances, ‘insurmountable odds’ and any
situation where there is an opportunity to win.

Cooperative - prefers to work, learn, and play in an environment where there is

cooperation. You are motivated by feelings, concern, excitement, and support for
others. You enjoy sharing, cooperative ventures, friendship, and association with
others.

The 7 words which best describe my personality are:

 Inward
 Dreamer
 Feeling
 Improvising
 Private
 Change
 Challenge