Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Still an ENTP-9

It's the new year and I have been having a tradition of doing a MBTI + Enneagram test at the turn of each year. There is not much surprise this year - I am still the same person.

My 8-year history of MBTI scores are below:

I have the say that this test is extremely consistent. In terms of improvement, it still looks like that I think too much. It is becoming more clear to me that, in order to understand people, I need to develop my feeling. For now, I can understand others' feeling, but I don't feel what they feel. I hope that one day I will be able to do that...

My Enneagram history is below:

I am still a strong type 9. My "calmness" score is consistently high over the last 8 years. The second highest score is "perfection", and it seems that it is also fairly consistent in my whole life. One big change this year is my "helpfulness" score. Perhaps there is problem with the test on this one - because it spiked up so high last year, and crashed this year. Although I do believe the score has gone down a bit. I was quite exhausted by the end of last year, and began wondering about the long term impact of some stuff I did. I realized that the tools I have acquired in the previous years need to change, and I need to equip myself for the next phase of change.

Looking ahead, this year is going to very interesting. The key learning that I expect to see this year would be: (1) Growing a heart for the voiceless in this world, (2) Paradigm shift of locus of control and a redefinition of self, (3) Growing interpersonal skill with non-engineers, (4) Becoming fluent in language and processing of finance, (5) Enjoying the simplest elements of life (e.g., basic color, time, heat beat...).