I am one of those annoying people who greatly enjoy making ‘personality tests’. I just found this one at CCN.money (via an article I plan to write about later today). If you enjoy tests too, take it and drop a comment with your result in the comment section of this post.
My result:
Your final score:
24 out of 30
ANALYSIS:
You have a balanced view of what is within your control and what is not. Your responses to circumstances are fluid and complex, leaning toward internalism in some situations and externalism in others. You might, for instance, believe that much of what happens at work is under the control of others (external), but once you get home, your life is under your own control (internal) — or vice versa. (And some areas of life are beyond anyone’s control: a major illness, an economic recession, a terrorist attack…). As a manager, you’re able to adapt your approach to each individual case. Bear in mind that externals and internals need to be handled differently to achieve their best work.
Generally I agree with it, be it that I am more internal, in every area of life than this result shows. Seemingly, I gave an answer that doesn’t accurately reflect my views… One question, for instance, I was in doubt about was “whether I succeed in a major project is mostly dependent on my co-workers” -> well, most jobs are teamwork. So, to a degree yes. On the other hand, it is part of ‘my responsibility’ (in real life for me: working on a research (paper) with a group of people, or a presentation for instance) to get everyone on the same line and motivate everyone to do what must be done. The emphasis is – obviously – on the latter.
So my attitude is more: it is my responsibility to motivate people, but in the end, if a particular person does not want to be motivated, he or she can’t be: call it my ‘limit’ of ‘internalism’.
