Monday, July 24, 2006

What's your Emotional Intelligence Quotient?

Hmm... higher than I would have expected. Interesting questions, anyway.

Your EQ is 140

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.
111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.
131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.
150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Personality type (Myers-Briggs, approximately)

I thought this wasn't bad at all for a quick test, although results should be taken with a large pinch of salt and checked against descriptions in books and/or relevant web-sites. Online personality tests of this sort are generally fairly inaccurate.

Still, I answered as carefully as I could, trying not to think about what the responses would lead to, and it gave me the correct personality type.

You Are An INFJ

The Protector

You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity.
Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is.
You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience.
You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them.

You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

What Enneagram number?

Online tests for the Enneagram are notoriously unreliable, since this personality system is about motivations more than behaviour. Still, I thought this one wasn't at all bad for a short questionnaire, and it gave me the correct number:

You Are 9: The Peacemaker

You are emotionally stable and willing to find common ground with others.

Your friends and family often look to you to be the mediator when there is conflict.

You are easy going and accepting. You take things as they come.

Avoding conflict at all costs, you're content when things are calm.