MBTI, Holland Code, And Strengths To A Path Of Personality

I consider myself to be a self-aware individual. I have the ability to recognize my feelings, traits, behavior, and how certain situations can elicit certain responses from me. I deem the idea of knowing one’s self beyond the superficial to be incredibly important. It helps facilitate everyday interactions, and gives the power to manipulate our environment to our liking- whether it was an academic environment or a social one. This course, and the concepts studied in it helped me connect the dots and draw clearer conclusions on my preferences when it comes to academics, everyday life, and even career choices. The three inventories: MBTI, Holland, and Strengths led me to a path of self-exploration. Each of the inventories helped me collect thorough …show more content…
Moreover, the three inventories opened my eyes to how unprepared, and unready I am for a career. This is not a bad thing at all. On the contrary, I now know exactly how to go about finding a career that is a perfect fit for me. Knowing my MBTI, Holland Code, and Strengths is an essential part of preparing myself for a career, and ultimately knowing about myself as an individual and how to deal with situations and life in general.
Prior to taking this course, I knew that my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is INTP and I knew what the letters stood for, but I had absolutely no clue what they meant. However, after having delved into the MBTI inventory, I gained great insight as to what the personality preferences meant and how I can use them in my favor throughout my life. The biggest relief for me was learning that no one personality type is better than the other. It is all a matter of preferences and proclivities. In my mind, the word “introvert” had a negative connotation to it. It represented a deficiency in something. It was more like a personality trait that is inadequately lacking in …show more content…
I learned that I have 5 dominant themes that play a role in who I am as an individual, and how I interact with other individuals. My top themes are restorative, relator, significance, deliberative, adaptability. Prior to exploring the “strengths” inventory, I would not have known specifically how these words relate to behavior and personality. I now have gained much more insight about strengths and prominent themes in personality types. The majority of my themes describe me precisely, however, I fail to see the grounds for the “restorative” strength. I am not very adept at dealing with problems. More often than not, I can easily figure out what the problem is, but fail to resolve