Recently I went on a course for work about Impact and influence course run by Sarah Lane from Coaching Lane. Before i took part I really wasn’t sure what to expect, I had to fill in a huge great questionnaire full of questions that ask a couple of weeks before the day and then wait and see what happens.
One of the things I could never understand about myself is introversion and how big a part it plays in my personality and what it kind of meant. I knew that some don’t see me as introverted but I always did, but this is just one of the questions I had…
What did I find?
On the day there was a number of us all in the same room and waiting for the results of kind of who we are in a way. But before that we’re told that this particular assessment is looking at four aspects of our personality:
Introversion / Extroversion
Sensing / Intuition
Thinking / Feeling
Judging and Percieving
This model is based on the Myers Briggs model used since around the 1950’s to help companies work out who people are and how they can work better together. For me thought this has been an amazing glimpse into me.
There were a few things we had to bear in mind on this, often how we are is a reflection of who we are most comfortable being as a person, we can venture away from these traits but we find our energy in these places. This was useful as it helped me to work out what was going on from the results of my assessment.
Introversion / Extroversion
So… I’m introverted. Not just a little either but by quite a bit. So why then am I not too afraid to speak out in groups and meetings?
Simply put – I am, but I get annoyed at how slow things go at times or how people are acting and something needs to be said, so I’ve learned extroverted behaviours. But my strength lies in introversion.
Sensing / Intuition
In this argument I’m more on the sensing side of life, so this is to say that I percieve life around me as I sense it. I’m meant to be practical and tradional apparantly, liking things to be the way they are just because it’s how it’s been done.
This is the part I don’t agree with here, but ulike with the extrversion bit I think it’s harder to quatify… so I need to work on this to see where I really am at.
Thinking / Feeling
This bit isn’t a great surprise to me, I’m a feeling kind of person rather than thinking. So I exhibit compassion acceptance, tolerance and that kind of thing. I’m happy with that.
Judging and Percieving
This one is bit weird to work out from the titale but essentially it’s about being either scheduled and organised or spontaneous. So this is where I show as being organised ish, like things scheduled and know what I’m doing rather than doing it on the fly.
This isn’t so bad, but you know maybe a bit of spontonaeity woudln’t hurt in my life? I don’y know…
So this was the start of me finding out about me and it was quite exciting, I hope to write a few posts on this kind of looking at who and where I am in this kind of messup and confusing head.
Sorry about that 😉
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