A useful personality test

It's been a while! It's been very, very busy!! After the last organization, I encountered some opportunities that weren't exactly right and also faced some dead ends. Luckily I didn't waste a ton of time on the wrong opportunities. I spent quite a bit of time and discipline working to break away mentally and emotionally from what I now consider "my past life"!

I can't believe I can finally say this, but my new "manager" is awesome on so many levels. I'm really enjoying the time I'm spending with a confident, stable and sharp-minded personality. If I were to describe him in 1 word, it would be "cultivator". He's excellent at cultivating things until they bloom and mature. Just today, he gave me the opportunity to go to a Christie's black tie event on Sunday. I told him I thought it would be better for him to give it to another colleague since I didn't even have a business card yet! But he said this event was more for enjoying myself, and looking pretty and networking and asking lots of questions so I can be around a certain level of people. I've never worked with someone so calm and centered and not stressed - it's such a nice change and I love gravitating towards that particular brand of successful personality. Not to mention.. he cares. He doesn't open his yapper about how much he cares, nor is he overly effusive. He simply shows he cares in every way possible - stoic chinese style. I am humbled by being coached by such a successful man.

So he also asked me to take a personality test this week. I totally laughed at this idea, as I've taken them all, and mostly when I was an adolescent! I was seriously impressed by this one though, so I wanted to share it with everyone. All the quizzes out there are garbage compared to this Tony Robbins DISC profile. I highly recommend using it. When I read my profile, I laughed out loud. I couldn't believe how accurate it was in terms of what motivates me, what I care least about and where I can be found lacking, and even better... it tells others how to interact with you to get the best out of the interaction! (Key for managers, right?) I think the notion that those in power have every single detail adjusted and tailored for them is kind of bogus. Yes, of course they hold that kind of power, but wielding it continuously just makes you a spoiled child. And who wants to follow or be led by a spoiled child, right? So the smart ones take stock of the assets and pitfalls of each of their employees at the beginning, and regularly throughout.

Just flipping through the results I find things like:
- You are fine with hard work, as long as it results in practical gains (economy).
- You like finding new, more efficient solutions (regulatory).
- Not good at lots of detail work or duties that require too much minutia.
- You like to be informed and kept in the loop.
- You have a "Cognitive" attitude: You look for deeper meaning in things.
- You like to develop quick utilities or procedures that are a new way to look at existing job responsibilities

Truly, I've never seen a report where I could find a concretely validating example of every single sentence laid out in over 45 pages. It was quite impressive and I'm lucky to FINALLY have a great manager who is interested in my success.

Link to Tony Robin's personality profile: http://www.tonyrobbins.com/ue/disc-profile.php
Start in the lower left corner where it says "Get Started Now" and enjoy the hundred pages you'll learn about yourself immensely, and in such a productive way! =)