#personalityadvantages

Using Your Personality to Your Advantage

There are thousands of personality tests available out there so when I came across the "How To Fascinate Test" by Sally Hogshead, I was a little hesitant. This test, unlike many others, according to Sally reveals how you can immediately command attention by understanding and applying your personality's natural advantages.

I went ahead and took the 5 min test answering the simple questions and to my surprise the results were impressively accurate... I was truly psychoanalyzed on a deeper level in just minutes. 

It turns out that there are 7 languages of fascination:

The test combines your two main fascination languages (advantages) creating an archetype. In my case, I got "THE INTRIGUE" archetype.  

It explains that I have a complex personality, because I have a discerning approach to communication. Sometimes I can communicate with warmth and enthusiasm but other times I prefer to stand back and take a more analytical perspective. Overall it describes me as perceptive, nuanced and selective. 

My Primary advantage is PASSION. It describes that I am intuitive about human nature and that I know how to connect with others when I want to. 

My Secondary advantage is MYSTIQUE. It says that I can work independently, think intellectually, and can balance the warmth and emotion of passion with a more rational approach. 

Then the test explained my dormant advantage which is the advantage that holds the least potential for you in fascinating others. I got PRESTIGE, according to the test, it means that I prefer to relate directly to people, rather than trying to triumph over others. It also explains that I tend to be humble and feel uncomfortable promoting myself or my accomplishments. I had actually never though about my personality this way, but I think it is very accurate.

Overall, I don't think the test results and descriptions are necessarily good traits or bad traits but I am certain that they give you a better understanding of who you are as a person, how you see yourself and how others see you. 

It was a very good experience learning how you can use your traits to help you fascinate others, getting suggestions about how you can focus on your advantages and what you can do to strengthen them.