Essay On Istj Personality

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After taking the Jung Typology Test, my personality aligns with ISTJ: Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging. ISTJ personality types like order, analysis, objectivity, and facts. In the workplace, ISTJ’s are reliable, loyal, objective, but are judgmental to a fault. Introverted sensing and Extroverted Thinking are great qualities when they are balanced. If those qualities are unbalanced, ISTJ types can be insensitive to feelings of others and make rash decisions. My temperament tested “SJ: The Guardian,” which is described as secure, dependable, and very devoted to the ones they love. I see the bigger picture in everything I do and everything has a lesson behind it. I am not just a woman, but also a role model for my children. Every …show more content…

A common problem for ISTJ types is they believe they have all the facts and make judgments base on those alone too quickly (Personality Page). Many of times, I have voiced my opinion and been wrong, because I did not take a second look and gather more information before I voiced my opinion. One of my strong qualities is that I can make decisions, but sometimes I make the wrong ones. Things being in limbo and the unknown are stressors for ISTJ types and especially for me (Personality page). I would feel better internally to have made a decision and it be wrong than to make no decision at …show more content…

I would be a better employee if I were more patient and listened longer before coming up with a conclusion. Others’ feelings and emotions have always pushed me in the opposite direction, but with making such a strong effort with this in my marriage, putting this practice in my work would excel my career projection. I also need to be more open to change in both work tasks and subculture. My “strategic planning” needs to be more flexible by making room for surprises and crisis’s. Overall, the biggest benefit of change would be if I practice loosening the control. Not everything needs to have structure and organization in the workplace in order for it to be efficient. I am slowly learning this process as a mother, since children tend to be unaware of the idea of organization. As a Christian, I need to learn to truly accept the Serenity Prayer and accept the things and people that I am unable to change, to have the courage to change the things I can and to be intelligent enough to know when I am at my limitations

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