I took the P-Type inven­tory yet again. Last year, right around this time of year, I took it and my results then were dif­fer­ent (14 Adven­tur­ous­ness and 13 Con­sci­en­tious with the oth­ers below 4). It seems I am lev­el­ing out a bit which is great! You can find more infor­ma­tion about the types here.

Sweet! I took this quiz today and did “scar­ily well” on it! Poor Jasi did a 101.5 because she can’t spell

Final Score: 123.5

Sweet! I took this quiz today and did “scar­ily well” on it! Poor Jasi did a 101.5 because she can’t spell

Final Score: 123.5

So I have two major per­son­al­ity types:

Adven­tur­ous

Dr. John M. Old­ham has defined the Adven­tur­ous per­son­al­ity style. The fol­low­ing eight char­ac­ter­is­tic traits and behav­iors are listed in his The New Per­son­al­ity Self-Portrait.

1. Non­con­for­mity. Men and women who have the Adven­tur­ous per­son­al­ity style live by their own inter­nal code of val­ues. They are not strongly influ­enced by other peo­ple or by the norms of society.
2. Chal­lenge. To live is to dare. Adven­tur­ers love the thrill of risk and rou­tinely engage in high-risk activities.
3. Mutual inde­pen­dence. They do not worry too much about oth­ers, for they expect each human being to be respon­si­ble for him– or herself.
4. Per­sua­sive­ness. They are silver-tongued, gifted in the gen­tle art of win­ning friends and influ­enc­ing people.
5. Wan­der­lust. They love to keep mov­ing. They set­tle down only to have the urge to pick up and go, explore, move out, move on. They do not worry about find­ing work, and live well by their tal­ents, skills, inge­nu­ity, and wits.
6. Wild oats. In their child­hood and ado­les­cence, peo­ple with the Adven­tur­ous per­son­al­ity style were usu­ally high-spirited hell-raisers and mis­chief makers.
7. True grit. They are coura­geous, phys­i­cally bold, and tough. They will stand up to any­one who dares to take advan­tage of them.
8. No regrets. Adven­tur­ers live in the present. They do not feel guilty about the past or anx­ious about the future. Life is meant to be expe­ri­enced now.

John M. Old­ham and Lois B. Mor­ris (1995). The New Per­son­al­ity Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. New York: Bantam.

Con­sci­en­tious

Dr. John M. Old­ham has defined the Con­sci­en­tious per­son­al­ity style. The fol­low­ing eight char­ac­ter­is­tic traits and behav­iors are listed in his The New Per­son­al­ity Self-Portrait.

1. Hard work. The Con­sci­en­tious per­son is ded­i­cated to work, works very hard, and is capa­ble of intense, single-minded effort.
2. The right thing. To be Con­sci­en­tious is to be a per­son of con­science. These are men and women of strong moral prin­ci­ples and val­ues. Opin­ions and beliefs on any sub­ject are rarely held lightly. Con­sci­en­tious indi­vid­u­als want to do the right thing.
3. The right way. Every­thing must be done “right,” and the Con­sci­en­tious per­son has a clear under­stand­ing of what that means, from the cor­rect way to bal­ance the check­book, to the best strat­egy to achieve the boss’s objec­tives, to how to fit every sin­gle dirty dish into the dishwasher.
4. Per­fec­tion­ism. The Con­sci­en­tious per­son likes all tasks and projects to be com­plete to the final detail, with­out even minor flaws.
5. Per­se­ver­ance. They stick to their con­vic­tions and opin­ions. Oppo­si­tion only serves to strengthen their dogged determination.
6. Order and detail. Con­sci­en­tious peo­ple like the appear­ance of order­li­ness and tidi­ness. They are good orga­niz­ers, cat­a­logers, and list mak­ers. No detail is too small for Con­sci­en­tious consideration.
7. Pru­dence. Thrifty, care­ful, and cau­tious in all areas of their lives, Con­sci­en­tious indi­vid­u­als do not give in to reck­less aban­don or wild excess.
8. Accu­mu­la­tion. A “pack rat,” the Con­sci­en­tious per­son saves and col­lects things, reluc­tant to dis­card any­thing that has, for­merly had, or some­day may have value for him or her.

John M. Old­ham and Lois B. Mor­ris (1995). The New Per­son­al­ity Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. New York: Bantam.