I registered at www.authentichappiness.org to take a few of the personality tests. These questionnaires have been empirically tested by psychologists. That means that if you fib it will be reflected in your results. So, rest assured these tests are objective.
The scores are presented in terms of percentage comparisons to people in your own age group. So if you score 40% in one area that's not 40/100. It means that you scored just as high or higher than 40% of people in your own age group. It's similar to scores given on an IQ test.
One of the tests I took was called Brief Strengths. I was not surprised that I scored just as high or higher than 99% of my peers on Social Intelligence. That means that only 1% of my peers scored higher than me on Social Intelligence. I've had similar tests in the past that have indicated a high score in this area for me. What came next did shock me though. On Humour/Playfulness I scored just as high or higher than 100% of my peers. I am well aware that I have a sense of humour and am playful but I didn't expect such a high score. I'm quite sure that David would agree with these results though especially when much to his chagrin, I spontaneously break into song and dance in the mornings. I actually get a chuckle at his less-than-amused poker face when I sing and dance to him. ~giggle~ Love you, sweetheart <3.
There were high scores in other areas as well but I'm not going to share them because there's just too many of them. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy with the results. It also showed me a few areas that I could be honestly working on such as Gratitude. My Gratitude score was just as high or higher than 57% of my peers. A low score that indicates that I need to work on expressing gratitude to myself and others more often. Maybe it's a good time to look at a few gratitude exercises outlined by Brene Brown. That should kick-start me in the right direction.
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