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As was mentioned in a previous post, there are many different personality types. Have you ever wondered which one you fall under? Read on to see if you fit into one of these categories.

If you tend to be artistic, you may have an ISFP (Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving) personality. You might be quite and somewhat reserved. You may have difficulty meeting new people, as well.

Many individuals who exhibit an ISFP personality love animals and everything that has to do with nature. They are very perceptive and are always quite aware of what is going on around them.

If you feel a great sense of duty, you might have an ISTJ (Introverted Thinking Sensing Judging) personality. You are usually organized and succeed in completing almost ever task you are presented with.

You can be faithful and loyal but at the same time not necessarily in tune with the feelings of those around you. However, you typically are a generous provider, when it comes to family.

Natural born leaders, who have little tolerance for error, usually fall under the category of ENTJ (Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Judging) personality. Think ‘high-powered executive’.

Even though they can be quite influential, they are often overly sentimental. A trait they prefer to hide from the general public.

If you have ever wondered what type of personality you are, actually you could be one of several. There are more than 15 personality types on record. What follows is just a few of them.

If you are an ESFP (Extroverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving) you are, for the most part, spontaneous and optimistic. You love living in the moment and are often the center of attention.

On the other hand, you don’t particularly enjoy thinking about or planning for your future and you try your best to avoid looking at the long term consequences of your actions.

ESFJ (Extroverted Sensing Feeling Judging) individuals are caregivers. If you fit into this category, you are warm and energetic. You love to make those around you feel good about themselves.

You prefer being in control, whenever possible. You try very hard to ensure that you are well liked by everyone. Chances are very good that you were raised with a strong value system and would give your last dollar to someone in need.

If you are an idealist, you probably have an INFP (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving) personality. You allow your intuition to guide you, in most situations.

You detest conflict in your own life and go to great lengths to avoid it. However, you do all that you can to help others resolve it.

If you’ve often wished you had the strength of will to change that one bad habit, but have failed over and over. If you’ve repeatedly told yourself you are going to change this petty vice that you dislike in your personality but have never been able to stay with the preferred behavior more than a few hours or a day or two, there is hope. Best of all, the method is relatively simple and it doesn’t take a great deal of time or energy.

Habits are very ingrained things, they are things that have been done or seen for so long or so often that you no longer actually see them. That is one of the reasons why habits are so hard to change. Your mind is not resisting change; you really do want to change, it’s just that you are not used to thinking about the action that you’re performing that you call a habit. In order to change a habit, you need to find a way to remind yourself regularly that you’re in a self-improvement program.

One of the ways to remind yourself is to find a catch phrase about what you’d like to change. For example, if you’ve tried to break the habit of biting your nails but have not been successful. You keep biting your nails, because your brain doesn’t recognize that you are doing it. When is the last time you thought about chewing your food before swallowing it? So the first step is to develop your own personal catch phrase that will get your brain used to thinking about NOT biting your nails. Maybe it could be a phrase such as “Biting is bad” or “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” You may want to jot down a list of such phrases and choose the one that fits you the best.

Once you’ve chosen the catch phrase, and then determine to say it to your self regularly, as many times per day as you possibly can. You can write the phrase on a three by five card and put it on the refrigerator at eye level. You can stick it on the bathroom mirror. Each time you say it or see it, let your brain hear it. In other words, focus on the phrase long enough so that your brain will register that it’s being given something new to absorb.

In a day or so, you’ll want to move the cards to a different location so that it will continue to be a reminder to you. If the phrase is in the same place for more than a couple days, you soon will not see it either. You may need to enlist the help of a spouse or friend to move the card so that you will come upon it in unexpected places. How about the steering wheel of your car, or inside the shoe you will wear in the morning?

Within a few days of thinking of this catch phrase several times a day and focusing on the fact that you are no longer going to “bite the hand that feeds you,” you will find that as you thoughtlessly lift that finger to your lips, the phrase will come into your brain and you are reminded that you no longer are biting your nails.

You can use this method on any habit or character trait you want to work on and it usually requires about 21 days for your brain to be re-educated.

Personality comes from the Latin word “persona” which means “mask”. Thus, it can be said that personality is a ‘mask’ a person wears to face the world. No two persons are identical in terms of personality. A person’s tastes and ideas add to the colors of his or her personality. Effectively, personality is the outward reflection of a person’s inner self. To the world, personality is arguably the most long lasting map to the history of a person. If John is a person who likes to give to the less fortunate, people will remember him as a kind person. In a sense, personality is the colors of a person.

In the normal walk of life, we come across people who are more popular than others. Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity. Recently, there have been reports about Britney Spears gambling in casinos and jumping into cars without wearing panties. Soon, she’s No. 1 on Yahoo’s Top Searched Item List. It’s strange, isn’t it? Surely, Britney Spears is a colorful person, right? A person with a bright personality is usually more popular than a person with a dull personality, right? Beautiful people are usually more popular than ugly people, right? Actually, it’s hard to pinpoint what kind of personality is popular and what is unpopular.

Behavior can be described as the manifestation of personality in response to a situation. No two persons will react to the same situation in the same manner. This is because of the person’s personality. Let’s take the example of an introvert and an extrovert. We shall create a situation to study how they behave in the same environment. The introvert and the extrovert are placed into 2 identical rooms at the same time. Every effort is taken to ensure that the environment is the same. They are told to read a book in 2 hours. Then, we ask a group of hooligans to go into the rooms and thrash the rooms. How do you think the introvert and the extrovert will behave in such an environment? We don’t know but we know they will behave differently.

Are you satisfied with how your career is turning out? Are you constantly on the lookout for a new job? You may not consciously know it but your personality has a great bearing of your job performance. If you are extremely shy and hate to socialize, you are not cut for a sales job or a PR position. You may try to change your ways and take on a more outgoing style but you may not be happy. There are some personality traits which are inherent. For instance, a lazy person is hard to change. If you know yourself well, you will find a career that suits your personality and excel in it.

If you are not sure about your personality type, take a personality test. It will serve you well to know yourself a little better.