Chapter 2

Exploring Your Personality and Major

Chapter 2

Keys to Success:Find Your Passion

The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.

Mark Twain

How do you know when you have found your passion?

When Time Flies

Success is not the key to happiness.

Happiness is the key to success.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Anonymous

Personality Assessments

Do What You Are The material in the textbook

Based on the theory of Carl Jung

A Swiss Psychologist, 1875-1961

We are all born with a personality type.

If you understand your type,you can understand yourselfand others.

There are no good or badpersonality types, just differences.

The personality assessment identifies your preferences.

Demonstration: What is your preference?

There are advantages and disadvantages of each type.

Focus on your gifts and talents.

How to take the assessment:

Think positively. Answer honestly. There are no right or wrong

answers. There are no good or bad

personality traits—only differences that make us unique.

Personality Assessment

Helps you understand your personality type

Identifies your preferences Provides useful ideas for selecting your

career and major Helps you identify your gifts and talents Helps you to understand differences in

others

Taking the DWYA

Find a time when you are not tired or rushed.

There are no right or wrong answers. Each type has their own unique gifts

and talents.

Taking the DWYA

The test does not measure: Intelligence Psychological or emotional health

Taking the DWYA Answer the questions honestly to get the best

results. Answer the questions how you usually are

when you are not stressed. Do not answer the questions:

How you want to be How you have to be at home, work or

school How others want you to be

Personality Types

� Extravert - E� Sensing - S� Thinking - T

� Judging - J

� Introvert - I

� INtuitive - N

� Feeling - F

� Perceptive -P

Begin Self-Assessment

How we interact with the world and where we place our energy

E_____________________________|____________________________I Extraversion Introversion

What careers would match the preferences of the extravert? Introvert?

Self-Assessment

The kind of information we naturally notice and remember

S_____________________________|___________________________N Sensing Intuition

What careers would match the preferences of the sensing type? Intuitive type?

Self-Assessment

How we make decisions

T_____________________________|___________________________F Thinking Feeling

What careers match the preferences of the thinking type? Feeling type?

Self-Assessment

Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way

J_____________________________|_____________________________P Judging Perceiving

What careers match the preferences of the judging type?The perceptive type?

Personality Types

� Extravert - E � Introvert - I

EXTROVERT

TALKING

ACTION

SOCIAL

MANY FRIENDS

EASY TOKNOW

A Disadvantage: Speak and then Think

INTROVERT

QUIET

REFLECTIVEINTENSE

HARD TOGET TO KNOW

IN DEPTHRELATIONSHIPS

Disadvantage: Think, and then Speak.

MAY NOT GET AROUND TOSPEAKING AT ALL

Extroverts 75% of people

Introverts 25%

Use the Textbook to Check your Preferences

Introvert or Extravert?

Even though there are 16 personality types, we are all

unique because we are varyingdegrees of each type.

Where do you fit on the scale?Introvert or Extrovert?

E…X……………………………….IE………………X………………….IE……………………………...…X..I

Look at your book and your test resultsand think about this question. Write yourresults on the “Summarize Your Results” in your text.

Exercise: Talkers and Listeners

Free Write 5 Minutes

Choose one: I am an introvert I am an extravert I am a combination introvert/extravert

Personality Types

� Extravert - E� Sensing - S

� Introvert - I

� INtuitive - N

SENSING TYPE

WHAT CAN I SEE, HEAR, FEELTASTE, TOUCH?

USES SENSES

SENSING

DOWN TOEARTH

PRACTICALHARD WORKING

FACTS

SPECIFIC

IN ORDER

INTUITIVE

CREATIVE THINKER

CONCEPTSTHE FUTURE

HEAD INTHE CLOUDS

INSPIRATION

FANTASY

INGENUITY


Sensing or Intuitive?

Where do you fit?

S…X…………………………….NS………………X………………..NS…………………………X….….N

Sensing or Intuitive?

Activity:

Write about this apple:

Personality Exercise

Write about the picture for 5 minutes

By Ian Jackson


Choose 1: I am a sensing type I am an intuitive type I am a combination sensing/intuitive

type

Personality Types


� Introvert - I

� INtuitive - N

� Feeling - F

THINKING

LOGICAL

OBJECTIVE

CLARITY

FIRMNESS

JUSTICE

POLICY

LAWS

DETACHED

FEELING

SUBJECTIVE

HUMANE

HARMONY

SOCIALVALUES

INVOLVED

FAIR HEARTED

CIRCUMSTANCES

PERSUADE

60% Of women are feeling types.

60% Of men are thinking types.


Thinking or Feeling?

Do you prefer Thinking or Feeling?

T.…X…………………….………FT……………X………………..…FT………………………………X..F

Exercise: Thinking or Feeling

Free Write 5 Minutes:

Choose one: I am a thinking type I am a feeling type I am a combination thinking/feeling

type

Personality Types


� Judging - J

� Introvert - I

� INtuitive - N

� Feeling - F

� Perceptive -P

Judging means planned and organized.

JUDGING

PLANNED

ORDERLY

ORGANIZED

CONTROL

FIXED

CLOSURE

STRUCTURE

DEFINITE

Perceptive meansspontaneous.

PERCEPTIVEGO WITHTHE FLOW

SPONTANEOUS

WAIT ANDSEE

FLEXIBLE ADAPT

TENTATIVE

WHAT DEADLINE?

PENDING

Judging vs. Perceptive

Greatest source of interpersonal conflict


Judging or Perceptive?

Judging or Perceptive?

J…X……………………………….PJ………………X………………….PJ………………………………X…..P

Exercise: Judging or Perceptive?

Exercise: Where do you stand?

I can play anytime I have to finish my work before I play.


Choose one: I am a judging type. I am a perceptive type. I am a combination judging/perceptive

type.

Personality and Preferred Work Environment

Extraverts prefer environments that provide opportunity for social interaction.

Introverts like quiet for concentration.


Sensing types like a standard way of doing things and establishing a routine.

Intuitive types like change and finding new ways of doing work.


Thinking types are objective and rational and treat others fairly.

Feeling types value harmony and the support of co-workers. They know their values and apply them consistently.


Judging types like a work environment that is structured, settled and organized.

Perceptive types are comfortable in handling the unplanned or unexpected.

Personality and Decision Making

The introvert thinks up ideas and reflects on the problem before deciding.

The extravert acts as the communicator in the decision making process.


The intuitive type develops theories and uses intuition to come up with ingenious solutions to the problem.

The sensing type applies personal experience to the problem and comes up with solutions that are practical and realistic.


The thinking type uses cause and effect and applies logic to solving problems.

The feeling type considers human values and motives (whether they are logical or not) in the decision making process.


Judging steps go through the steps in the decision making process and make decisions quickly.

Perceptive types like to look at all the possibilities before making a decision. They do not want to make a quick decision.

What is your personal communication style?

Extrovert

Social types Start conversations easily Energized by talking to people Find it easy to start a conversation or

ask someone for a date In conflict situations, they talk louder

and faster

Introvert Rehearse what they are going to say before

they say it Need quiet for concentration Enjoy peace and quiet Often labeled as “quiet” or “shy” Find it difficult to start a conversation or ask

someone for a date Withdraw from conflict situations to think it

over

To improve communication, extroverts need to:

Pause to give the introvert time to think Avoid monopolizing the conversation

To improve communication, introverts need to:

Make an effort to communicate

Sensing Types

Are practical and realistic Like communication that is exact and

step by step Want concrete answers Like to get to the point Will describe a date in terms of actual

experience

Intuitive Types

They look at possibilities and relationships

They are often ingenious and creative They start imagining what the date will

be like before it even happens Talk about dreams, visions, beliefs and

creative ideas

Sensing and Intuitive Types

Sensing types need intuitive types to bring up new possibilities, deal with changes and understand different perspectives.

Intuitive types need sensing types to deal with facts and details.

Feeling Types

Prefer to avoid disagreements to preserve peace and harmony

In a conflict situation, they take things personally

Thinking Types

Are logical, detached and objective In a conflict situation, they use logical

arguments to prove that they are right

Feeling and Thinking Types

Feeling types need thinking types to analyze, organize, follow policy and weigh the evidence.

Thinking types need feeling types to understand how others feel and to establish harmony in the family and business environments.

Judging Types

They need events to be structured and organized in order to relax

They make decisions quickly and do not like to change them

They schedule and plan the dates When traveling, they make a list and

pack carefully

Perceptive Types They prefer the environment to be

flexible and spontaneous They like to keep their options open They provide the fun and find it easier to

relax They often feel controlled by judging

types When traveling, they are open to new

ideas and pack their suitcases at the last minute

Judging and perceptive types need each other.

Judging types need perceptive types to relax and have fun.

Perceptive types need judging types to be more organized and productive.

Exercise: Communication Scenarios

Personality and Time Management How do you manage

your time? Judging type Perceptive type

Judging Types

Naturally good at time management Use time management techniques to

meet deadlines Relax once the work is done If there are many projects, may find it

difficult to relax and enjoy recreation May need to work on stress

management

Perceptive Types

Prefer to be spontaneous rather than organized

May have difficulty meeting deadlines Work at many projects at once Take the time to relax and enjoy recreation Need to work on organization and meeting

deadlines to be successful in college.

Personality and Money

Judging types good at financial planning

Perceptive types can adapt to change and tolerate risk

Feeling types often attracted to low paying jobs that serve others

Other Factors in Choosing a Major If you have several careers that match

your personality type, consider: Career outlook Salary Working conditions Lifestyle

Chapter 2

Education

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