Marsha Mallow
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Posted - 2014.07.28 21:50:00 -
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Personality: INFJ
Variant: Turbulent
Role: Diplomat
My numbers seem fairly high compared to the other screenies, not sure what to make of that. Overall I'd agree with the results. Although as per earlier comments some traits seem to shift about depending on what I'm doing/mood. They cover that slightly on the site.
I found this particularly interesting (from the career info for INFJ).
Quote:INFJs dislike routine tasks, strictly impersonal work, or analysing small details. They are also very vulnerable to conflict and criticism. These traits mean that INFJs should avoid careers that typically focus on data rather than people or are prone to pressure and conflict, e.g., finance, audit, programming, data analysis, etc. On the other hand, people with this personality type are very insightful and creative; they tend to be excellent architects, musicians, artists, photographers, designers, etc. The best INFJ career paths revolve around these traits. Regardless of the career path, INFJs always need to feel that their contribution is meaningful. They need something more than just money or recognition.
The reason that section resounds is that after a decade in Finance I was made redundant and it was a real struggle trying to decide upon a new direction. The only thing I was clear on was that the work (whilst engaging, or distracting in some ways) did not feel meaningful, and no amount of money would ever take that sensation away. Having said that I've taken these tests before, so it's possible they just reinforce things you might want to believe. There's also something to be said for having a mixture of personality types within teams where similar work is performed, so I'm not sure telling people what career paths to avoid is appropriate. Those unhappy with their career might seize on it to justify a change, but a tarot card reader has as much chance as a personality test of predicting whether the change will be successful or not.
Considering INFJ is only supposed to be 1% of the pop, funny that there are two others of the same type here - or maybe not. It'd be interesting to see how the playerbase more generally fit into these types.
One thing that surprised me was this
Quote:In fact, certain Introverted types (e.g. INFJ or INFP) are often more sociable than most Extraverted types. In Western societies, Extraverted individuals outnumber Introverted ones by a large margin and consequently most people believe that everyone should strive to be outgoing, confident, have a large circle of friends etc.
I've always found it a contradiction to be an obvious introvert who prefers a small group of friends, whilst being unphased by interracting generally - but I assumed it was life experience overriding natural inclination. It's intriguing stuff anyway, might have a read of the other personality types.
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