Are you a happy-go-lucky person or do you hardly smile? Are you a perfectionist or you can adjust yourself to any situation? Do you like to socialize or do you like to spend time in your own cocoon?

Personality is the entire totality of who you are. It describes you and is the backbone of your life as a whole: your tastes/preferences, likes/dislikes, present conditions/future behavior and so on. Let us see what your personality type is and what does it say about you:

1)    Are you serious and quiet?

2)    Do you find yourself dependable, responsible and thorough?

3)    Are concentration, hard-working nature your strengths?

4)    Do you like to accomplish tasks on time?

5)    Are you a perfectionist and well-organized?

6)    Are you quiet and reserved?

7)    Are you always interested in knowing how and why things work?

8)    Do you have excellent skills with mechanical things?

9)    Are you a risk-taker and live for the moment?

10) Are you uncomplicated in your desires?

11) Do you find yourself quiet, kind and conscientious?

12) Are you extremely intuitive towards people and concerned for their feelings?

13) Are you more individualistic rather than leading or following?

14) Are you quietly forceful?

15) Do you have a well-developed value system and would stick to it at any cost?

16) Are you reflective, idealistic and love to serve humanity?

17) Are you extremely loyal?

18) Can you easily adapt to different situations?

19) Are you mentally quick and can see all possibilities with ease?

20) Do you find yourself creative, mostly with writing?

21) Do the words independent, analytical, original and determined words fit you best?

22) Do you have an extraordinary quality of transforming theories into actions?

23) Do you have a well-defined knowledge base, value system, competence and structure?

24) Do you have high standards for performance and completion of task?

25) Do you consider yourself as a born-leader?

26) Are you friendly, adaptable and action-oriented?

27) Would you consider as one who is focused on immediate results?

28) Do you mostly live in the here-and-now perspective?

29) Do long explanations often make you impatient?

30) Are you overly loyal to your peers?

Let’s take a ride through your answers now. Have a look into the table below:

Questions 1-5 mostly answered Yes……………The duty – fulfiller personality

Questions 6-10 mostly answered Yes………….The wonderful mechanic personality

Questions 11-15 mostly answered Yes………..The protector personality

Questions 16-20 mostly answered Yes………..The nurturer personality

Questions 21-25 mostly answered Yes……….The scientist personality

Questions 26-30 mostly answered Yes……….The doer personality

So this was a layout of common personality styles. Some other personality types are: The thinkers, guardians, performers, care-givers, the inspirer and so on. Human personality is multi-faceted and dynmic too.

The way you are born and brought up, the situations and environment rotating around you, your own experiences and belief systems…all these factors play a vital role in shaping up the way you are today. Personality theorists have found more than 1000 styles of personalities. Gradually they were grouped and put in sync. Personality is the most fascinating feature of a person. It defines you as a person and also defines the way you will be accepted in the society.

Personality malfunctioning occurs when there are personality deficits or faulty coping systems. Other than that there are specific personality disorders too. Keep reading my next blog to know more about the development of personality, personality distortions and management.

Best Wishes,

Sareeta