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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to understand the importance of learning assessment and personalityassessment in the personal and professional life of an individual. Moreover, this paper will alsoreflect how the results of the tests to improve professional skills of an individual. Main context Learning style assessments are developed to understand the learning styles of a student. Differentstudents prefer to learn the same thing in a different way. There are different types of learningassessment tools, like VARK, Index of Learning styles etc. VARK is the acronym for Visual,Aural, Read or Write and Kinesthetic styles of learning (Barkley & Major, 2015). It is an onlinetool filled with questions, developed to evaluate how the student will prefer to learn theirsubjects. It is used to promote the concept of effective learning in a classroom setting. However,there are some disadvantages to this model as it does not provide any information about themotivation of the student. Another online learning assessment tool is Index of Learning Stylesassessment. It focuses on the four domains of learning styles, which are active and reflective,sensing and intuitive, visual or verbal and sequential and global. Active learners learn newinformation by actively participating in the activity and they are more successful to work inteams (Index of Learning Styles. 2018). On the other hand, reflective learners prefer to be aloneand think about the said activity. Sensing learners tend to learn about the practical and concretefacts, while intuitive learners are more open to explore new possibilities. Visual learners usediagrams, figures and demonstrations to effectively learn new things, while verbal learners preferwritten and spoken instructions in order to understand something. Sequential learners prefer tolearn something logically and methodically, while the global learners tend to understand thetopic in leaps and bounds without applying any logic.According to my index of learning styles result, I am an active and sensing learner. I prefer tolearn a new thing in steps and applying logic (Morey, 2015). I slightly prefer teachers whoclearly gives verbal instructions with respect to the teachers who use visual aids to convey theinformation. I agree with the results of this study and my strengths have helped me to cope withany difficult situation. An active learner prefers to work in groups to understand and solve anyproblems. As an active learner, I prefer to try things out before giving it much consideration.Active 11Sensing 7Visual 3Sequential5Table 1: My Index of Learning Style scoreOral communication is much preferred by me to convey information and instructions to my teammembers, rather than visual aids. I tend to learn new things methodically and logically ratherthan understanding it in leaps and bounds. These strengths will help me to deal with anyuncomfortable situation both in my professional and personal life. However, there are somedisadvantages associated with my learning style. Participating in an activity without giving itmuch thought can cause disturbances in my professional life. In order to make critical decisions,one must critically reflect the available information and consider all the options. It can help the1 | Page

organization to prevent any unfortunate events and loss of financial capital. Sensing learnershave the tendency to find a connection between the information available to them. Problem-solving skills of a person can be increased by developing their intuitive skills and theircapability to assess the available information. Intuition will help the person to look forinnovative ways to solve the problem and sensing will allow them to use concrete data and factsto recover from the problem. A greater amount of information can be conveyed with the use ofboth visual aids and oral communication. In the professional world, effective communication isvital to carry out the business performance of the organization. Effective communication can beachieved with the help of explaining the things clearly and using diagrams, flowcharts for bettertransmission of the information. A sequential learner will increase the level of theirunderstanding methodically and follow logic to understand the situation. In professional life,sequential learners tend to be more successful as they follow every instruction step-by-step toachieve the business goals of the organization. The results of this test have helped me to identifymy strengths and weaknesses of my preferred learning style. Using the results, one can improvetheir skills to adapt to the situations that do not meet the demands of their personal domains oflearning style. A person can work to increase their strengths and reduce their weaknesses toeffectively manage their personal and professional life. A positivity ratio is defined as an exact ratio between positive and negative emotions, which isused to differentiate successful and unsuccessful people. Positivity is defined as a characteristicof a person, who accepts both the positive and negative aspects of the world. A 3-to-1 ratio ofpositive to negative emotions is defined as a standard to determine whether a person isflourishing in their life or they are languishing (Barbara Fredrickson: The Positivity Ratio, 2018).This ratio considers a wide range of emotions of human psychology, both positive and negative.According to this ratio, a person needs at least three heartfelt positive emotions to balanceagainst one negative emotion of the person. Expression of negative emotions in moments ofdifficulty is considered to be a necessary part of achieving success in their personal andprofessional life. Appreciation, kindness, openness, sincerity, and curiosity are some of theexamples of positive emotions. Openness allows a person to appreciate the small good thingshappening to them in their present rather than living in the past and thinking about the future.Anger, sadness, stress are some of the examples of negative emotions felt by individuals on adaily basis. Tracking the emotional diet of a person will achieve them to achieve their well-beinggoals and promote positivity. The positivity test is designed to evaluate the biases of an individual towards the positive ornegative situation (PositivityRatio.com – Home, 2018). The nature of this test is dynamic and theresults change on a daily basis depending on the type of situation encountered. This test must beconducted over a week to successfully evaluate the results of this test. A majority of Americansare unable to achieve the standard of a 3-to-1 ratio, thus proving there is a lot of areas forimprovement. My average positivity score also falls short of this ratio, 2.90. I can use thisinformation to improve my weak areas and manage stress in my personal as well As professionallife. This will help me to develop a suitable plan according to the situation and monitor mymood. The Occupational Information Network provides information and assists students todecide with their career decisions (O*NET Interest Profiler at My Next Move, 2018). Manyorganizations like restaurants use this test to accurately develop job descriptions available in thecompany. It also helps the organizations to develop specific training materials according to theinterests of the candidates. The results from the interest profiler reveal that I am a social person2 | Page

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