Right now in my class at school we are learning about various personalities and studying each one in copious detail. I for one, am an ISTJ which is labeled as "The Examiner" and have what is called the SJ temperament.
"SJs are observant, stable and motivated by a need to maintain security. They are realistic, routinized administrators requiring tasks be completed correctly and that people behave appropriately. SJs make thorough examinations to ensure everything is done according to plan. They make sure no more and no less credit is given than due. When a need arises, they are quick to provide a solution, provided that the need is justified. SJs are not driven by impulse, but rather by concrete fact. By virtue of their reliable, diligent, industrious, persevering nature, they make excellent leaders."
Now...you might be curious as to what my overall point may be. My point is this...we all have strengths and weaknesses and we all have unique skills we can bring to the table. By learning this and actually grasping the reality of it, we have the recipe to succeed. Once we identify our weaknesses, we can then allow others to fill in our "missing pieces."
Okay, I promise I'm almost done. My last point is to give you an example of what I'm talking about and the best one I have is actually my job. At A&E we have MANY unique personalities and each one can bring something special to the company. When we put all of our pieces together, it's amazing how we thrive. The owner of our company has been working with April and me on creating a plan for marketing. Just one conversation with this man and you know he never runs out of ideas. The awesome thing about this fact though, is that April and I have the ability to "put legs" to his ideas. If the entire company consisted of only people with my personality, or only April's personality, we might just have legs and nowhere to run. Perhaps we would have no purpose! What a shame it would be to have the ability to run, but no direction.
So in conclusion, I'd like to remind you all (and myself) to stop for a moment when you get frustrated by another personality. We are much like the human body. Each part has a specific function but not all the parts do the same thing. All of us together are what make the unit work!
Rebekah
P.S. Stay tuned to our company facebook and website. Big things are in the works!
