Introduction
“The Big Five Personality Test” describes personality based on five traits, which include: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. My score on the trait of openness was low; this means that I am a conventional, uncreative, and down-to-earth person with few interests. A higher score implies that a person is creative, original, complex, and curious. On the trait of conscientiousness, my score was high, meaning that I am a reliable, careful, self disciplined and well-organized.
A low score implies that a person tend to be undependable, disorganized, and negligent. My score on the trait of extraversion was low, meaning that I tend to be reserved, introverted, quiet, and inhibited. A high score implies that a person is talkative, friendly, fun-loving, and sociable.
Body
My score was high on the trait of agreeableness; this means that I tend to be courteous, forgiving, sympathetic, and good-nurtured. A low score implies that a person tend to be callous, harsh, rude, and critical. On the trait of neuroticism, my score was low; this means that I am secure, calm, relaxed, and resilient. The upside of my personality type lies on the traits of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Being well-organized and self-disciplined are crucial traits in the modern world full of competing interests.
The trait of agreeableness means that I am sympathetic and forgiving. Being sympathetic enables one to put himself in other people’s shoes, and it is the foundation of philanthropy. When interacting with others, differences can arise causing strained relationships. Being able to forgive is crucial in maintaining relationships with friends and family.
The modern world is full of pressure from different spheres of life, which can cause stress and depression to an individual. Being clam, relaxed and secure are valuable traits that can help one avoid stress, and focus on achieving his/her goals. Leadership is associated with the traits of conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion. My scores in the traits of openness and extraversion are low, while in the trait of conscientiousness, it is high. My scores in the “Big Five Personality Test” tend to show that I have low chances of becoming a leader.
This is because I am a reserved and conventional person. On the contrary, leadership requires charisma, which is the ability to persuade, convince and guide people. A person who is extroverted and open finds it easy to meet and interact with other people, and can easily convince them to embrace his/her ideas or follow him/her.
Conclusion
However, I still posses one trait associated with leadership i.e. conscientiousness, which means that I can hold leadership positions that do not require continuous interaction with people, for example, nonpolitical leadership roles. My personality gives me a positive attitude towards work and school. Being calm, organized, self- disciplined, and resilient enables me to focus on my goals at school and work, which enables me to complete my tasks in time.
Team work requires creativity, collaboration, and openness, and my scores in these traits were low. This implies that I cannot function that well in teams and groups. However, this does not mean that I cannot work together with others. The trait of agreeableness makes me empathetic, courteous, forgiving, and good-nurtured, which I think are valuable traits in group work. Psychologists have argued that no personality type is superior to others.