Carl Jung Self Reflection

Who are you? How do you relate to your friends and coworkers? Are you easy going or active and full of energy? These are questions that were concerns for Carl Jung and ____ These scientist created a personality based test to help people identify their own personal characteristics. Today, we will delve into the results of my personality assessment to discuss my character traits and how those traits help me engage with my peer in both professional and social settings.

Just to give you a little insight into who I am, I an extremely busy African American woman. I am over forty years of age, I have two children ages 22 years of age and 19 months. (I know that is a big age difference) I am employed as a customer service representative, taking classes

For instance, several years ago, I was the Program Liaison for a non profit organization. I was responsible for finding resources and creating opportunities for disadvantaged community members. I truly loved my job and I worked extremely hard to provide supports for the community. The director of the organization was the exact opposite of my INFJ personality, she was an ESTP. She actually fit into the personality description presented by Human Metrics. She needed to be regarded and seen as the boss. She enjoyed competing with people even when there was no sound reason for the competition. Most importantly she needed to be the center of attention, if she was not the center of attention, she changed the direction of the conversation or program to make sure she was recognized. According to Astrologian.com ESTP’s can be unscrupulous, insensitive, and disconnected to other people and their feelings. I find their worst traits assessment for ESTP types extremely

I was truly hurt by her actions and I eventually left the organization. There was another situation that occured while working for the same organization. I had submitted a rough draft for a grant proposal the rough draft was overlooked by my boss and supervisor however, they later submitted a completed version of my proposal to a grant committee and received a large grant to open a new non profit organization.

Both instances were extremely challenging learning experiences. I felt like the organization did not operate from an ethical standpoint and I eventually left the organization and started my own community based project. With the new information that I have learned from the MBTI personality test I know there are steps that I could take to improve the outcome of the situation:

Schedule a meeting with supervisors to discuss my ideas for improving the scope of programs and services offered through the organization. This way people who feel the need to be in charge and the center of attention can bring their input and ideas to the new proposed