My sister got her hands on the True Colors cards that should, for once and all, reveal my type. I'm checking them out tonight. First, I'm supposed to visualize myself, then arrange the official cards from most like me to least, just based on these crazy illustrations on the face of the cards. The first card I look at depicts a scientific person. Card #2 shows some kind of romantic love-type scene. Card #3 is all crazy, gambling, snowboarding (?) wildness. And Card #4 is all about business...there's a clock, a piggy bank, and a planner. OK. My order? Science (green), Business (gold), Love (blue), Craziness (orange).
Then, I'm instructed to read about myself. I'm to turn the cards over and read the back of each. OK. To help you understand this step, I'll sorta summarize each of the colors. And, it'll be in the order I ranked the cards based on the color descriptions (most to least):
#4 Green: Analytical, global, conceptual, cool, calm, collected, inventive, logical, perfectionist, abstract, hypothetical, investigative. Might be a loner. May seem reserved. Easily bored if subject holds no interest to me.
#3 Blue: Enthusiastic, sympathetic, personal, warm, communicative, compassionate, idealistic, spiritual, sincere, peaceful flexible, imaginative. I really like to be well thought of and need frequent reassurance. Affectionate, supportive, good listener. Like to be with people, sharing with them, inspiring them, and helping them.
#2 Gold: Loyal, dependable, prepared, thorough, sensible, punctual, faithful, stable, organized, caring, concerned, concrete. Like stability and security and enjoy traditions and frequent celebrations. Prefer people who are careful with their money and who make plans ahead of time. Like set routines and organized ways of doing things. Like rules and directions.
#1 Orange: witty, charming, spontaneous, impulsive, generous, impactful, optimistic, eager, courageous, physical, immediate, fraternal. Need a lot of space and freedom. Planning ahead bores me. Need to be "hands on," likes to play games, to compete, and to perform.
Next, I'm supposed to describe myself by ranking the following rows of word groups by what I think is most to least like me. (4 = most, 1 = least) OK, my rankings.
group 1:
active, opportunistic, spontaneous (rank #1)
parental, traditional, responsible (rank #2)
authentic, harmonious, compassionate (rank #3)
versatile, inventive, competent (rank #4)
group 2:
competitive, impetuous, impactful (rank #1)
practical, sensitive, dependable (rank #4)
unique, empathetic, communicative (rank #3)
curious, conceptual, knowledgeable (rank #2)
group 3:
realistic, open-minded, adventuresome (rank #4)
loyal, conservative, organized (rank #2)
devoted, warm, poetic (rank #1)
theoretical, seeking, ingenious (rank #3)
group 4:
daring, impulsive, fun (rank #2)
concerned, procedural, cooperative (rank #3)
tender, inspirational, dramatic (rank #1)
determined, complex, composed (rank #4)
group 5:
exciting, courageous, skillful (rank #2)
orderly, conventional, caring (rank #1)
vivacious, affectionate, sympathetic (rank #3)
philosophical, principled, rational (rank #4)
Now, it's time to identify my true colors!! So, like, I total the columns of my rankings, including my cards' ranking. Highest score indicates my primary, or brightest, color; the lowest score represents the color least like me. Are you ready?????? (I'm so excited! Sorta.)
Green = 21 points
Gold = 14 points
Blue = 13 points
Orange = 11 points
Do you know what this means? I know myself better than I thought I did. My scores match my initial impressions of myself, based on the illustrations. So, I'm primarily a Green: analytical, reserved loner. Gold beat out Blue by a point, of course. I'd like to be more Blue - more feely-feely, emotional, warm and junk like that. But the Gold sensible rule-following and security holds me back. Definitely, to be an Orange person would rock. I like Oranges. Not saying wittiness, impulsiveness, and courage aren't a part of my personality - these traits just don't define me.
I liked this exercise. I really like that I'm not so far off-base about who I am. Who others see. Not too long ago, who I thought I was was nowhere near who I actually was, and appeared to be to others. Do you agree with my score?
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