I've been coming across the Helen Fisher personality types for some time now. According to Helen Fisher, these personality types are based on certain body chemicals, which make them inherent in people rather than developed (meaning we were born with them). The Helen Fisher personality types are classified into the following: explorer, builder, director, and negotiator.
In a nutshell, Explorers are impulsive, spontaneous, and adventurous, while Builders are quite the opposite. Builders prefer being relaxed. They are traditionalists and live by a certain set of values. Directors, on the other hand, rely much on logic. They go after what they want and are open to new ideas as long as these are logical. Discovers are quite scientific in nature. Conversely, Negotiators are more intuitive than scientific. They focus on emotions and on details. Well, a ton of information is on the web or click here for more information.
They say explorers are compatible with fellow explorers, builders with fellow builders, and negotiators with discoverers. The following is an excerpt from http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net (Sorry, no time to rewrite:P ):
Explorer/Explorer. Explorers are attracted to other Explorers because they crave excitement; they want optimism, impulsivity and curiosity in their partner. The Explorer/Explorer match is generally strong because Explorers love adventure and want a partner to share their spontaneity. But this match can have problems. Since both are willing to tolerate risks, two Explorers can find themselves in disastrous situations. And Explorers are not usually very introspective so the pair often avoids difficult discussions.
Builder/Builder. Like Explorers, Builders are attracted to each other. They are most likely to marry each other, to say they are happy in their marriage and less likely to divorce than other combinations. Builders like bringing people and community together and enjoy working together. They are successful at building large circles of close friends, making sensible decisions about money, family and feelings together and value security above almost everything.
Director/Negotiator. Unlike Builders and Explorers who are often attracted to people of their own type, Directors and Negotiators are often drawn to each other. They compliment each other as Negotiators see the big picture while Directors focus on smaller pieces of the puzzle. Negotiators are skilled at seeing all angles without taking action and Directors are decisive yet don’t often analyze ancillary data. The two types are also compatible socially. Negotiators are good at smoothing over Directors’ inappropriate comments and Directors admire the diplomatic nature of Negotiators.
Of course, I became curious about my own personality type, so I took the test, and it turns out I'm a Negotiator/Builder, meaning I'm primarily a negotiator and secondarily a builder.
The test is quite long, but the results are pretty accurate. After the test, you'll get a page-long result explaining your personality type. Will just keep the rest of my personality type's description to myself...haha. Anyway, you can take the test here. You'll be required to enter a US zip code, so for non-US residents, you can just enter 90210, and voila! :)
To the readers of this blog who will be taking the test, it will be interesting to know what types you are or what you think of the test :)
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Famous negotiators: Oprah Winfrey, Leo Tolstoy, Katie Holmes, Bill Clinton, Hillary Duff, Mohandas Gandhi, and Charles Darwin.
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