When I did the personality test, my results said that I am a type two; the helper. This means that I love to help others and feel complete when others depend on me. My highest ideal is love and my main goal in life is to be selfless and giving to others. It states that my type is very emotionally deep and tend to feel a great deal, giving type twos the ability to see the whole picture. This can leave us very sensitive and vulnerable to the outside world so we compensate this by typically being an extroverted person. Since we are always taking care of others, we will sometimes forget to take care of our own needs, and it can lead to burnout, outbursts and emotional exhaustion. It is important for me to take time to myself and reset my internal clock so be able to take care of others while taking care of myself. Type twos are people-pleasers, something that I have been working to correct in my life, which means that we will do just about anything to make sure that people like us and see us as a good person. Just like any other personality type, there are negatives just as much as there are positives, such as type two’s need to be needed. This can lead to moodiness, being bossy and in extreme and rare cases abusive.
From a potential employer’s perspective, the strengths of a type two personality is the dependability, extroversion, emotional depth, and giving. Type two’s are known to be willing to commit time to people they care about, and because of our emotional depth we get attached to others we are around a lot pretty quickly. In my line of work that I will be getting into after college, extroversion is a big component of my specific job market. I am a business management major who is interested in project management, so being able to talk to others confidently and effectively is extremely important. Since we tend to be people pleaser’s, we naturally will give and give until we collapse, meaning we will dedicate a lot of time to projects when asked. The negatives a potential employer might see is inevitable burnout, emotional volatility and exhaustion. Since type two’s give it our all, we tend to take on more work than we can handle and will burnout. If a type two does not learn about their own balances, when to take breaks and when to say no, there will be more burnouts than not. With emotional depth comes volatility if a type two is not careful. We tend to have high emotional intelligence, which means we can read people’s emotions based off of social and physical cues pretty well, but it is not always accurate or precise enough. Type twos can switch their emotions on the flip of a dime if they rely too much on other people’s opinions of them.
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Hey Joanie! Your awareness of both the strengths and challenges of being a Type 2 really stood out to me. It’s clear you care deeply about others, and I can see how that emotional depth and willingness to give would be a huge asset in something like project management where strong relationships matter.
I really related to what you said about burnout and needing to reset. I’m a Type 6, so I’m also big on being dependable, but I tend to lean toward overthinking and anxiety. It sounds like we both will benefit from creating boundaries and learning when to take a step back to protect our energy.
You also made such a great point about emotional intelligence being powerful but tricky, being so tuned in to others can be a strength, but it can definitely become overwhelming if you’re constantly adjusting based on how people perceive you. You seem really self-aware though, and I think that’ll serve you well in any team or leadership role!