Carly’s not the hugest fan of personality tests because she thinks anything that requires people to self-assess needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt. Meanwhile, Kelly loves them (because her personality type LOVES personality tests!).

In this episode the girls share a bit about how personality testing even came about, how effective they actually are, and whether they really help with self-awareness. They also run through some of the most popular personality tests on the market and the insights they’ve gained about themselves from those tests.

Resources:
Kelly’s written a whole blog series about using the Myers-Briggs personality typing to figure out what makes you ‘buzzy’
Study by Dr Kevin Bradley about the effectiveness of personality tests when used for employment purposes
Study that tries to determine whether self-awareness has improved since doing a personality test
Personality tests we mention:

Myers-Briggs
Sally Hogshead Fascination
Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies
DISC Profiling
Big Five

For more info on Kelly and Carly, and to see any links or resources mentioned in today’s episode, head over to www.straightandcurly.com or come join the Straight and Curly group on Facebook.

Carly&rsquo;s not the hugest fan of personality tests because she thinks anything that requires people to self-assess needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt. Meanwhile, Kelly loves them (because her personality type LOVES personality tests!).
In this episode the girls share a bit about how personality testing even came about, how effective they actually are, and whether they really&nbsp;help with self-awareness. They also run through some of the most popular personality tests on the market and the insights they&rsquo;ve gained about themselves from those tests.
Resources:
<ul>
<li class="p3">Kelly&rsquo;s written a <a href="http://kellyexeter.com.au/why-you-cant-just-say-no">whole blog series</a> about using the Myers-Briggs personality typing to figure out what makes you &lsquo;buzzy&rsquo;</li>
<li class="p3"><a href="https://theses.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10222003-114117/unrestricted/bradley_dissertation_final.pdf">Study by Dr Kevin Bradley</a> about the effectiveness of personality tests when used for employment purposes</li>
<li class="p3">Study that tries to determine whether <a href="http://coachcampus.com/coach-portfolios/research-papers/balakrishna-shenoy-effectiveness-of-personality-assessment-tools-and-its-application-in-coaching/">self-awareness has improved</a> since doing a personality test</li>
<li class="p3">Personality tests we mention:
<ul>
<li class="p3"><a href="http://kellyexeter.com.au/mbti">Myers-Briggs</a></li>
<li class="p3"><a href="http://www.howtofascinate.com/">Sally Hogshead Fascination</a></li>
<li class="p3">Gretchen Rubin&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1950137/Four-Tendencies-January-2015">Four Tendencies</a></li>
<li class="p3"><a href="https://discpersonalitytesting.com/">DISC Profiling</a></li>
<li class="p3"><a href="http://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test">Big Five</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
For more info on Kelly and Carly, and to see any links or resources mentioned in today&rsquo;s episode, head over to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.straightandcurly.com/">www.straightandcurly.com</a>&nbsp;or come join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/straightandcurly/">Straight and Curly group on Facebook</a>.

A weekly podcast for people who are obsessed with self improvement. Carly Jacobs and Kelly Exeter road test a different life hack each week and will tell you whether it’s awesome or a total waste of time.

Straight and Curly

The podcast for self-improvement junkies. Each week Carly Jacobs and Kelly Exeter chat about their best productivity tips and tactics, road test life hacks and answer questions from fellow self-improvers in their Straight and Curly group on Facebook. If you're looking for practical ways to live your best life - this is the podcast for you.

What's your take on personality tests? Are they useful, or utter rubbish? This week Kelly and Carly look at the different tests you can take and why they do (or don't) work.

Advertisement