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Anna Gage: Character Traits - Coggle Diagram

- - - - I generally agree with my personality type. However, there is one key trait in the ESTJ personality type that is too generalized for my personality: difficulty expressing emotion, and only seeing merit in facts, not emotions. I would argue that I'm a fairly emotionally intelligent person, and one of my key motivators is understanding, or connecting to other people. I'm also quite emotionally expressive and enthusiastic, which further disproves this weakness suggested by the test results.
  - - - This strength is clear in the way that I work through my homework or projects in a clear shot until they have been completely finished. It helps to describe my work habits quite well. However as someone with a shorter attention span, I often get work done less efficiently when I sit at my desk for three hours trying to complete all of my work in one shot.
    - - I think this strength manifests itself really well in the extra curriculars and courses I choose to pursue. The ability to stick to my beliefs has served me well in debate and model UN, making it easy for me to dig in my heels, and argue my point of view, even when it is challenged by someone else.
  - - - This is very evident in the way I tend to work in groups: always believing that my method of completing a project is the correct one. This, combined with my strength of being strong willed makes it difficult for me to arrive at compromises when performing group work.
    - - This discomfort with change is quite true for me, and shows itself in my adherence to tradition, and methods of studying. There's a reason I've studied for math tests the same way since I was 12 years old: I'm afraid of having to change my routines, even if the change comes with more efficiency in my working abilities.
  - - - According to the MBTI results, ESTJ's are very reliant on the court of public opinion/others perception of them to decide what they are going to do next. I agree with this. Especially from an academics perspective, I am highly motivated by my grades, and usually believe my learning is a failure if I don't reach my goals. Most of my insecurities are also the result of believing I am disliked by the people around me, further proof of me being overly aware of 'social hierarchy', and adapting my personality based on how I think people perceive me.
    - - This ties into the weakness of being stubborn, and the strength of being strong willed. I usually enter into an argument when I believe I am correct, and want to prove to others that I am correct. It drives the reason why I enter into arguments, or participate in extra-curriculars that require a large amount of debating.
- - - - I can almost immediately understanding how my friends are feeling, and this has allowed me to foster strong relationships throughout the years. This ability to read emotions doesn't only occur in my friendships, but also with acquaintances, allowing me to be socially aware with all populations.
    - - I think this strength is evident in the way that I enjoy all of my courses. I equally like working through the analysis of a book with a partner, as I do solving a math problem alone for a few hours.
        
        For example, in model UN, there is a lot of prior foreign affairs research required before attending a conference. At the conference, when writing working papers being passing resolutions, all ideas for clauses are written as a team. I enjoy both of these components equally, and believe I can work successfully on a team, as well as individually.
        
        This is going to be a key factor for consideration in my career down the road, as I can't handle working individually, or in a team for too long. I need to find a career that balances working alone, with social interactions and team work, as this allows me to be most successful.
  - - - This is especially evident when I become frustrated. If I am frustrated in the least with my work, it quickly deteriorates into more and more emotion, usually ending with me crying over my math homework. I would like to improve upon handling and rationalizing my emotions more.
    - - From an academic standpoint, I have trouble pacing myself. Even when I acknowledge that I become overwhelmed or tired easily, I can't stop myself from signing up for every opportunity I can think of, or studying as hard as I can. This depletes my social energy really quickly, and results in me burning out far too quickly. I have trouble finding a sense of balance and consistency in my effort level.
        
        This is combined with the weakness of "not giving myself enough credit for my work". It's a vicious cycle where I convince myself I'm not working hard enough, and therefore I won't succeed. So I study more, sign up for more events, work as hard as I possibly can for months, and then completely burn out, usually showing physical and mental symptoms of burn out at this time.
  - - - As soon as someone well-intentioned says something to me, such as praise for having achieved something, or a piece of constructive criticism, I immediately having a desire to prove them wrong, or achieve more than they think I can. I honestly think this kind of motivator is really problematic as a trait, as it just leads to burn-out, and an uncalled for need to prove someone wrong, when feedback isn't something a person should be required to 'prove wrong' in the first place.
        
        I had a conversation with my mom about this a few weeks ago. She was explaining to me that I seemed stressed recently, and maybe should drop one of my extra-curriculars to make things easier on myself. My first reaction? I signed up for bilingual debate provincials right after the conversation. Although this was something I was absolutely excited for, it was initially a reaction to my thinking, and my mom's thinking that I was overwhelmed. I felt a need to prove both of us wrong. Needless to say, I'm very happy I took the risk to sign up for debate as I now love it, but the initial motivator to sign up wasn't out of healthy behavioural patterns.
- - - - I tend to value the fostering of close relationships with others above all else. Even as someone who really prioritizes my academics, usually my desire to keep my friendships strong is prioritized over this.
        
        I also tend to trust people easily, and love people easily, which makes forming new bonds often an important task for me. However, I need the caring to be reciprocated in all my relationships, indicating the 'court of public opinion' motivator from my MBTI test coming into play here. Even when I am able to love freely, I still need the affirmation that people like me as a person.
    - - I believe in fairness under the idea of justice. It's part of why I like to argue so much, and feel a need to be correct so often. I have a strong desire for fairness on a systemic level, and argue about it often, hence my interest in foreign affairs and politics.
        
        I think my interest in fairness can sometimes be a downfall, as it often manifests in too much respect for rules. I see fairness more through the status quo, then I do from a perspective of wanting to change rules to make them more clear. This is due to a discomfort with change, and can end up with me wanting to justify adherence to rules that are inherently unfair.
  - - - My strength of love, and wanting to form relationships overpowers my ability to self-regulate. For example, in a class sometimes I'll want to talk to someone about something so desperately, that I'll completely ignore my coursework, and prioritize the fostering of the relationship over the completion of my work.
        
        This connects to my low self management score on the EQ test, and leads to burn-out, when I'm left completing more coursework that I should after school. I need to learn to be more productive during school hours, using it as an academic time, and not always a time for social connection.
    - - I think over the years, as my belief in science has increased, my belief in a higher power of the universe. I use too much rationality to explain everything, and throw the belief in emotions, or a higher power out the window, which really decreases my spirituality. However, I do enjoy contemplating abstract questions about life, which I think contributes to the idea of spirituality.
  - - - This is the basis of a lot of things I do, and the driver of many of my actions. I really enjoy forming new relationships, and actively seek out friends often. I think this will be a key factor in my choice to study either the humanities or a STEM subject. Beyond forming relationships, I find the idea of human existence and human connection really interesting, and potentially something I would like to study in a degree down the road (this could be the deciding factor between studying something like political sciences, instead of engineering or a pure science).
- - - - I've recently discovered a love for reading, and vocabulary as a whole, which is something I actively pursue as a hobby outside school.
      - I have spoken fairly fluent french since I was young, and take a lot of pride in the fact that I can speak two languages. Because of this, I think the reason my language intelligence was ranked so high was more so because of my interest in language, more so than my actual capability to speak or write with a lot of skill.
      - From an emotional standpoint the idea of language means a lot to me. This is why I ended up doing a comparative analysis of how 4 books represented the theme of alienation post 19th century, for my personal project. Words are a powerful tool for communicating emotion, fostering connection, and solidifying what human life was like at a period of time. I try to respect words as such.
  - - - I think in terms of social intelligence, I can read people quite well, but am too selfish with my social intelligence. I automatically assume that everyone is feeling as well as I am on a particular day, and adjust a room's energy to how I am feeing, instead of how a group as a whole is feeling.
        
        I just need to exemplify more social awareness, and read the room more before I speak to improve upon this.