Who am I? At some point we all have to ask this of ourselves and come to grips with who we are. It is imperative to have this answered for you to make progress towards fulfillment at every stage of life.
In order to get the most out of personality assessments, you need to suspend your beliefs, acculturation, and preconceived notions, anything not based in fact. You need to assume that, though well intentioned, up until now you have not had guidance during your education, training, perspectives, culture, and skills that meets this criterion. Personality assessments depend on your ability to be absolutely honesty about your character and temperament for them to be effective; you can and should be brutally honest with yourself as you do the assessments. Assessments are strictly confidential, unless you choose to share them with others. It will take time for you to digest the results, since your results may confirm or deny your existing image of self, offer surprises or new perspectives. So, suspend the disbelief and doubt for now. It will be worth your while moving forward.
Again, who are you? What do you want out of life? How do you want to live your life? What is important to you? How does your acculturation to date influence your thoughts? Think of it in terms of what you feel is right or wrong, worthy or frivolous, what you personally value without any external influence. Let your personal inventory be strictly about you, independent of your circumstances and environment as much as possible. Don’t limit yourself to strictly the reasonable, but do articulate even the outrageous dreams you may have.
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