Reflective Report: Analysis of MBTI Personality Traits

This reflective report analyzes the results of a Myers & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test, specifically focusing on the ESFP (Energizer) personality type. The report highlights how the individual's extroverted, sensing, feeling, and perceiving traits influence their behavior and performance in a workplace setting. It discusses the strengths of these traits, such as sociability and optimism, and how they contribute to building positive relationships with colleagues, fostering a friendly working environment, and promoting teamwork. The report also acknowledges potential weaknesses, such as spontaneity leading to a lack of consideration for others' preferences, and suggests strategies for improvement. The analysis further explores the impact of the individual's preference for experience-based decision-making and their tendency to prioritize feelings and values in their interactions. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and adaptation in maximizing individual effectiveness within a team and achieving workplace goals. The report also includes references to academic papers on personality and its impact.

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This reflective essay highlights the results of Myers & Briggs 16-personality test results.
The MBTI 16 Personality test results indicate my personality as an energizer (ESFP). The
abbreviation ESFP indicates extraversion, sensing, feeling and perception as my characteristic
traits. At the workplace, the individual traits play a crucial role, as this helps in coping up with
the working environment and fulfilling the job roles and responsibilities successfully. The MBTI
16- Personality test results indicate my trait as energizers. The energizer trait in me highlights my
highly sociable style and nature. My extrovert nature at workplace acts as a strength, as this
highlights highly sociable nature within me. My workplace consists of fellow employees from
diversified backgrounds and culture. In addition to, the workplace throws new challenges to me
every day that I need to handle in order to achieve my results successfully. My extrovert or
energizer nature draws me to others as well as new prospects and challenges every day at
workplace creates excitement within me. Due to the aforementioned qualities, I am extremely
free with my fellow workers.
Due to my extrovert nature, I communicate freely with my fellow colleagues that have
helped in creating a strong bonding and relationship among us. In addition to, learning new
things from my fellow colleagues excites me, as I am able to learn new things due to their
distinctive personality and cultures. My energizer trait helped me in creating a friendly, personal
and purposeful working environment1. The establishment of such an environment at the
workplace has helped in motivating the employees as well as creating the urge and enthusiasm
within them. The building of positive and purposeful working environment at the workplace has
improved the production and ensured better achievement of goals and objectives. Having a
friendly nature while working as a team is necessary and my extrovert and friendly nature is a
1 Stoltz, Molly, Raymond Young, and Kevin Bryant. "Can teacher self-disclosure increase student cognitive
learning?." College Student Journal 48.1 (2014): 166-172.

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great help for the team to perform together and achieve desired goals and objectives. As I am
friendly, my teammates are able to communicate with me freely that has helped us to build a
strong relationship among us. As a result, we use each other’s strength and overcome each
other’s weakness without any grudge and conflicts.
The results of the MBTI personality test also highlight the optimistic and spontaneous
nature within me. Due to these aforementioned traits, I love to have fun while working. I tend to
seek energy and positivity from my surrounding people rather than from my inner self. For me,
the entire world is a stage where I love to be the center of attraction and perform for the people.
The nature of mine has helped me to have a positive attitude at work as well as towards my
fellow colleagues. My optimistic nature has allowed me to have a positive approach towards the
challenges at work that makes it easier for me solve it by responding appropriately2. My
optimistic nature is extremely crucial for teamwork. This is because different individuals form a
team. Thus, conflicts are noticed frequently within the team due to the difference in beliefs,
attitudes and working style. This leads to negativity within the team that hampers the working
environment as well as the relationship. My optimistic nature helps in bringing the team together,
as I approach things with great positivity within the team. This helps in eradicating the negativity
within the team along with solving the issue encountered within the team3. In addition to, the
spontaneous nature within me helps in exceptionally while working within the team. My
spontaneity nature encourages me to take initiatives within the team. As a result, positive attitude
and initiative nature have helped me to bring in the entire team together.
2 Sethuraman, Kavitha, and Jayshree Suresh. "Effective leadership styles." International Business Research 7.9
(2014): 165.
3 Radwan, Nouran. "An adaptive learning management system based on learner’s learning style." International Arab
Journal of e-Technology 3.4 (2014): 7.

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However, on the other hand, with the positives come to the negatives that I need to
overcome in order to ensure effective team. One of the negatives traits includes my spontaneous
nature. The nature of mine facilitates me to take initiatives within the team. However, I am so
carried away with the nature that considering my fellow teammates is a major problem for me4. I
have become the only person on the team that takes initiatives. My spontaneous nature sets back
my fellow teammates who prefer to take initiatives for solving problems or completing the task.
This has often resulted in conflicts within the team that has hampered the working environment. I
need to improve this by considering the wishes and priorities of the other teammates5. For
instance, during any activity I need to ask my fellow teammates whether would like to do it or
shall I take the initiative. In addition to, if I am the one taking the initiative I can also ask my
teammates for their contribution to completing the activity.
According to the test result, I have the characteristics trait of considering my experience
and do what my senses tell me to do. I hardly depend on the patterns and the future possibilities.
The nature of mine is extremely helpful while working with a team, as considering my
experiences and the senses help me to strategize and plan based on reality6. This ensures a better
rate of success within the team, as considering future possibilities will lead to the development of
superficial plans and strategies.
Using my feelings, values along with what I see to take decisions are another significant
trait of my characteristics. This is crucial while working as a team because this helps me to take a
fair decision by considering the values and the feelings. While working as a team, it is essential
4 Yilmaz, Murat, Rory V. O’Connor, and Paul Clarke. "An exploration of individual personality types in software
development." European Conference on Software Process Improvement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014.
5 Kim, Jieun, Ahreum Lee, and Hokyoung Ryu. "Personality and its effects on learning performance: Design
guidelines for an adaptive e-learning system based on a user model." International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
43.5 (2013): 450-461.
6 M. Ayoubi, Rami, and Bayan Ustwani. "The relationship between student's MBTI, preferences and academic
performance at a Syrian university." Education+ Training 56.1 (2014): 78-90.

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to consider the viewpoints and perspectives of all the teammates7. Thus, nature has helped me to
consider the perspectives and viewpoints of all the teammates thereby, taking a fair and justified
decision. I like to live my life by letting things happen and seeing where it takes me8. While
working as a team, letting things happen on their own is essential, as this allows the teammates
to carry on with the task according to their convenience thereby, establishing a positive and
friendly working environment.
7 Al-Dujaily, Amal, Jieun Kim, and Hokyoung Ryu. "Am I extrovert or introvert? Considering the personality effect
of e-learning system." Journal of Educational Technology & Society 16.3 (2013).
8 Omar, Mazni, et al. "Assessing personality types preferences amongst software developers: a case of Malaysia."
ARPN J. Eng. Appl. Sci., vol 10 (2015): 1499-1504.

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References
Al-Dujaily, Amal, Jieun Kim, and Hokyoung Ryu. "Am I extrovert or introvert? Considering the
personality effect toward e-learning system." Journal of Educational Technology & Society 16.3
(2013).
Kim, Jieun, Ahreum Lee, and Hokyoung Ryu. "Personality and its effects on learning
performance: Design guidelines for an adaptive e-learning system based on a user
model." International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 43.5 (2013): 450-461.
M. Ayoubi, Rami, and Bayan Ustwani. "The relationship between student's MBTI, preferences
and academic performance at a Syrian university." Education+ Training 56.1 (2014): 78-90.
Omar, Mazni, et al. "Assessing personality types preferences amongst software developers: a
case of Malaysia." ARPN J. Eng. Appl. Sci., vol 10 (2015): 1499-1504.
Radwan, Nouran. "An adaptive learning management system based on learner’s learning
style." International Arab Journal of e-Technology 3.4 (2014): 7.
Sethuraman, Kavitha, and Jayshree Suresh. "Effective leadership styles." International Business
Research 7.9 (2014): 165.
Stoltz, Molly, Raymond Young, and Kevin Bryant. "Can teacher self-disclosure increase student
cognitive learning?." College Student Journal 48.1 (2014): 166-172.
Yilmaz, Murat, Rory V. O’Connor, and Paul Clarke. "An exploration of individual personality
types in software development." European Conference on Software Process Improvement.
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014.

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