Character Analysis: The Keirsey Temperament Sorter

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is the most commonly used personality instrument in the world, and it is a tool that helps people better understand their personality. After taking the test, it was revealed that I belong to Guardian temperament. We are circumspection and cooperation. Seeking safety and a sense of belonging, we are concerned about the responsibility and obligation. There are four types of guardian: Supervisor, Inspector, provider and Protector. Guardian's biggest strength is logistics. We are good at organization, promotion, inspection and support. I shared my temperament results with family, and they agreed I am a Guardian as my personality. After our discussion, we conclude that I am sensing, feeling and judging. Compare to …show more content…
First off, Sensing means to pay attention to physical reality. Also, sensing people tend to notice the facts and what is important to them. This fits my personality well because I focus more on detail rather than not caring. Opposed to intuitive people, which are people who are more future focused and don’t really care about now and think more about how to go about doing things. In my life today, for example, I take it upon myself to get what I need to get done. Stated above, that is a characteristic or trait of a sensing person. Possibly that could affect my ability to lead, follow and work with a diverse population. Sensing can place barriers on the ability for me to lead because rather than focusing on how to accomplish a goal I tend to have the urgency to do it on my own without a plan. To follow ties in with the ability to lead because vice versa it is the same just with me under the supervision of another individual. Being sensing will help me develop a goal simply because I rely on detail and not scared to risk a chance to “Just do …show more content…
Reading what that word meant in terms of being a leader for the first time, I was shocked. I say that because I didn’t expect myself to be judging because I thought that I was the type to just go with the flow, which is a trait of a perceiver. After reading into what it actually meant I understood that the personality trait fits me the best. For example, I cannot do any homework or even go to bed at night if my room isn’t cleaned. Being this way, I have to make a day-by-day schedule to make sure I get all of the important things I need to get done out of the way, because if not, things will not get finished on time. In the long run, could this affect my ability to lead, follow and work with a diverse population? No, I don’t think so because it is a good thing to be on schedule no matter what I do in