I just took a personality test to find out what colour I am. I know. You'd think I'd either: already know that, or that I would have worked out by now that I don't need to know that. Or have better things to do. However....
I followed a link from Charettes blog. Charette, by the way, is yellow. Double yellow in fact. She wasn't happy about it, since it might seem to indicate a shallow personality. Here is how she was described:
"YELLOWS are motivated by FUN. They are inviting and embrace life as a party that they're hosting. They love playful interaction and can be extremely sociable. They are highly persuasive and seek instant gratification. YELLOWS need to be adored and praised. While YELLOWS are carefree, they are sensitive and highly alert to others' agendas to control them. YELLOWS typically carry within themselves the gift of a good heart. (There's more, but that's the basic gist.)"
Hmmn. Not completely admirable, but not too bad.
I should be so shallow! - I, dear reader, am red! :
"Reds are motivated by Power. They seek productivity and need to look good to others. Simply stated, reds want their own way. They like to be in the driver's seat ...reds value whatever gets them ahead in life. What reds value, they get done. They are often workaholics... They will, however, resist doing anything that doesn't interest them."
Hmph!
I do have, (seriously), an objection to this. (Reds are probably also always objecting to things... !)
The test directed that I must answer the questions (which were focussed on personality descriptions of myself), from what I can remember of myself as a child. It stressed that I had to describe myself as I was then and not as I am now.
It got me thinking. Surely I have changed a lot since I was 2, or 10, or 15. I hope I have. I hope that I am less concerned now than I probably was then, about getting my own way. I hope that I have learned by now to be more inclined to forgiveness; less inclined to take offence, or be judgemental. Less inclined to value the opinions of the world, and more anxious to value the opinion of God. More knowing about how important it is for us to help each other along the way.
If I haven't, then I don't know what the gospel is for!
Surely the basic tenet of the gospel is that we can change. Happily, joyfully, gratefully, we have the opportunity to change and the Perfect Pattern to follow.
I don't think the results of the test are important. It's perhaps a description of where we have been. I know that I need to effect a lifetime of change to get where I need to be. I'm actually ok about that :)
I am so thankful that, because of the Atonement of Christ, I can one day be coloured just right!
AND - Even though I know it's not important - I am interested in what colours you are? Here is the link if you would like to test yourself. If you do take it, would you please let me
know the results? :)
http://www.colorcode.com/personality_test/
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I am blue, very blue. "blues are motivated by Intimacy. They seek to genuinely connect with others, and need to be understood and appreciated. Everything they do is quality-based. They are loyal friends, employers, and employees. Whatever or whomever they commit to is their sole (and soul) focus. They love to serve and give of themselves freely in order to nurture others' lives."
ReplyDeleteIt turns out I am, as usual, and very unsurprisingly, very mixed up. I'm a yellow, becuase I am 60% yellow, which means that I could be almost half of something else, or a good mixture of the other three. Some of the questions seemed quite contradictory in the second half, so it was tricky at times, and I don't think I was anything...I wonder if that's bad.
ReplyDeleteHOWEVER...
I love that you're the power-hungry one, and that it's sort of giving you a complex :)
Mum, these tests don't actually mean ANYTHING!!! YOU get to choose who and what you are! :) And I love you just the way you are :)
xoxoxoxoxox
I'm yellow. I didn't see that coming! I'm only 37% yellow though, about 25% something else, and about 33% something else, and then there's a little sliver of the last one.
ReplyDeleteMum, I can't believe you made me go and take this test! You know I hate these tests! They drive me crazy! How can they expect to put someone in a box like that! They're so unreliable! And you're usually picking the least false of all the options! When I was younger, and we did these on paper, I would often add my own option at the bottom of each question, so that the imformation could actually be accurate! (mind you, the fact that i did that, and that these tests make me so cranky, probably tells you something about some colour that I'm supposed to be!) And see? That's exactly what I'm talkinga bout. Read the desciption of 'yellow' does that sound like someone who'll rant like crazy about one of these tests?! No! And yet, here I stand, an apparent yellow.
*deep breath*
Don't worry mum. Don't let that computer label you! You go and be whatever colour you'd like to be! :)
xo Tammy