One of my boss told me, "Try not to bring your work personality home".
Which I think is true, because with the line of work I'm in now, I would drive people nuts by always asking them things like "Can you do it?" "By when?" "Any risks?" "Mitigation plan?" "Any issues?" "Delayed by how long?" and what not.. #projectmanagementtalk
I also had a manager who would ask us to take personality tests and a client who gave us a booklet on our personalities. The same client also told me that most personality tests would give you different outcome as you grow and go through different phases of your life or thrown into a different environment (like changing between project teams), however whatever that was in the booklet I got, that should be the fundamentals of who I am and wouldn't change much even if it's 10 years from now and I have 3 kids juggling two different jobs..
And I agree!
I've been taking the Myers Briggs' tests since I was in uni (cause Raema would send us some quizes to find out which fictional character are we most like and it's normally based on the MB test personality type), and I swear I've been bouncing from being an introvert and extrovert a lot more often now that I am working.. The other two alphabets for my MB tests results also changes often with lots of different combination but one thing that remains is that I am always a "J" a.k.a. "Judging".
Recently I discovered this test where it gives you a percentage breakdown of say, how much of an introvert/extrovert are you. So I am always borderline introvert (I) - extrovert (E), observant (S) - intuitive (N) and thinking (T) - feeling (F) but I am very judging (J) person like more than 70% judging and less than 30% perceptive (P)...
"Wow Aisya, you're very judgemental!" - Zayana
I AM!
"Judging individuals are decisive, thorough and highly organized. They value clarity, predictability and closure, preferring structure and planning to spontaneity" - from 16Personalities.com
I find this explanation a perfect description of my "work personality".
I need people to give me a firm and direct answer, I need to know the plan and what other potential things that may disrupt the plan which then I need a back up plan and a back up of the back up plan, I like the known predictable stuff and I hate not knowing what's going on.. Not only does my work trains me to be more managerial type but I naturally have a habit of preferring order.
And today when Mummy asked search for flight options for my parents' potential holiday, after giving her various options of how she can get to Santorini, what's the pricing like and which would be the cheapest combo...
Dang that typo mistake (if you can spot it, yay you!) is annoying me....
Mummy: Are you sure it's that cheap? For two?
Me: Well it's cheap, but it's gonna give me a headache making the bookings for you guys.. So maybe after I charge you my service charge it wouldn't be that cheap anymore.. Hehehe :p
I don't bring home my work personality, I'm born with it #blessingandacurse
I find this explanation a perfect description of my "work personality".
I need people to give me a firm and direct answer, I need to know the plan and what other potential things that may disrupt the plan which then I need a back up plan and a back up of the back up plan, I like the known predictable stuff and I hate not knowing what's going on.. Not only does my work trains me to be more managerial type but I naturally have a habit of preferring order.
And today when Mummy asked search for flight options for my parents' potential holiday, after giving her various options of how she can get to Santorini, what's the pricing like and which would be the cheapest combo...
Dang that typo mistake (if you can spot it, yay you!) is annoying me....
Mummy: Are you sure it's that cheap? For two?
Me: Well it's cheap, but it's gonna give me a headache making the bookings for you guys.. So maybe after I charge you my service charge it wouldn't be that cheap anymore.. Hehehe :p
I don't bring home my work personality, I'm born with it #blessingandacurse
