Discover Your Strengths & Use Them for Growth - 7 Tests to Better Understand Yourself and Others
Updated: Jan 3, 2021

What are your strengths? How can you develop your talents? How can you connect with others?
Personality assessments can help you with these questions.
When you see your strengths confirmed by a test, you feel more empowered to use them in your daily life.Â
There has never been a better time for reflection than right now!
I list below 7 popular tools.
Pick one (or more) and let us know in the comments if it fits you!
Free tools:
1. 16 personalities
https://www.16personalities.com
https://www.16personalities.com
Personality profile based on Meyers-Briggs and the Big Five personality traits.

Detailed, accurate, insightful, fun.
You will learn:
Strengths
Weaknesses
Romantic Relationships
Parenthood
Career Paths
Workplace Habits
Famous people with your personality type
2. Enneagram
https://app.trueself.io/profile/questions
Enneagram works with 9 personality types. Learn how to develop according to your unique type.

Insightful, accurate, with many practical tips for growth.
You will learn:
What you are great at
Core wiring
What drives you
Fears
Desires
Needs
Beliefs
Likes
Dislikes
Strategies
How you operate
What holds you back
Coping strategy
Defense strategy
Triggers
Blind spots
Traps
Growth journey
Workplace
Leadership style
Famous people with your type
3. VIA strengths finder
https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/surveys/takesurvey
You will identify your top 5 strengths out of 24.

For a detailed report, you can upgrade to a paid version.
Paid assessments
4. CliftonStrengths assessment
https://store.gallup.com/c/en-ie/assessments
Gallup assessment identifies your top natural talents. There are 34 different strengths.

Insightful, many practical tips to help you thrive at what you do.
You will learn:
Your top strengths
How you can thrive
Actions to maximize your potential
Blind spots
5. DISC
https://www.discprofile.com/products/everything-disc-workplace-profile/
DISC centers on 4 main personality traits.

This test is great for navigating workplace dynamics.
You will learn:
Your personality type
What motivates you
How you best connect with other types
6. Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator
https://www.mbtionline.com/en-US/For-you
Classic MBTI
7. Keirsey Temperament Sorter
https://profile.keirsey.com/#/b2c/assessment/start
4 temperament types, 16 personality types. It has similarities with MBTI

What results did you get? Is it accurate?
What tests have you taken before and how did you like them? Can you recommend it?
How will you use this knowledge in your daily life?
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