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What Personality Archetype Are You?

What Personality Archetype Are You?

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. 

I am the Architect. At my highest value, I deliver skillful structure.

My primary advantage is Prestige. I don’t settle and get satisfied with the average. There is always a natural, coercing compulsion in me to do beyond average— beyond ordinary— contriving a unique and skillful improvement approach. I always want to exceed and defy expectations. I am motivated by a competitive spirit and I am results-oriented. I do my best performances on-stage and I like people watching my own, unconventional ways of solving the cube. Resourcefulness and alternatives are not my first options. I do set high standards and keep them in the same level, so to achieve the assumed outcome and its impact.

My secondary advantage, Mystique, explains my mind’s interconnection complexity, and visibly reserved demeanor. I prefer working and studying, or mastering something alone and independently, away from distractions that might only drain my energy. I may be plainly laconic about sharing my ideas to people, but my selective and purposeful disclosure is reassuringly far more influential and sensible than those who tend to over-share. I steer clear of consuming tremendous energy over disclosing to others, I’d rather be ruminating or tinkering alone than be perceived as someone involved in social hobnob. I prefer productivity over wasteful consumption of energy. I make sure that everything I pay attention to is meticulously examined and weighed before a decision and action is finally made. Nothing exits my attention without careful consideration. I love working on something that would plow improvement, and I want others to see and do the same.

This post isn’t about me. It’s about YOU!

Branding expert and leading authority on the science of fascination, Sally Hogshead, is published her new book How the World Sees You on July 1.

To celebrate the insights gained from a decade of research, she is launching Project Fascination with the goal of showing 100,000 people how their personalities add value.

As a part of this project, she’s given me a special code (BL-JosMarti78) to share with to you. The first 100 people who use it to take her Fascination Advantage® assessment will receive the assessment for free! This has never been done before, and will only last until July 25.

The best part is, you will trigger a chain reaction—a pay it forward situation. When you take the assessment using BL-JosMarti78, you will receive 100 assessments to share with your circle for free, too! That’s $3700 of free market research at your fingertips!

So how do you take the assessment? Simple. 1. Go to HowTheWorldSeesYou.com/you and use code BL-JosMarti78. 2. Once you’ve taken the assessment, Sally’s team will load 100 assessments into your new account. Rinse and repeat.

That’s it. Now you’re ready to discover how your personality is custom built for certain situations, and which situations you should learn to avoid. And it only takes 5 minutes (you can even do it on your phone!)

28 questions. 5 minutes. A whole new way to communicate your value.

Your Fascination Advantage® Report is the first big step towards knowing how your personality can be heard and remembered in an overcrowded market. Sharing the assessment will help others do the same. Find everything you need to put this knowledge into practice with your co-­‐workers, close friends and significant other in Sally’s new book, How the World Sees You.