I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely

    I am fascinated by the sorts of quizzes designed to help a person know more about who they really are. A new one I've tried is the High5 Test, a fairly long (15-20 minutes) sort of career type indicator. According to the website, "HIGH5 is a strengths test for individuals, teams and organizations to unlock their full potential by identifying and maximizing what motivates and energizes them".     

    Note: even the "free" platform requires an email login and will produce daily messages, though a standard Unsubscribe works fast and seems to stick.

    The stuff with which I particularly agree is in italics, and most highly apt are in red bold. 

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My top 5 strengths, with the first being the highest, are as follows:

    1. Brainstormer: Brainstormers get excited when asked to come up with ideas where the sky’s the limit. They enjoy connecting the seemingly unconnectable, and quickly get bored by closed-minded people and standard practices.
    2 Philomath: Philomaths love learning. They explore many interests, follow new paths and acquire as much knowledge as possible. They don’t enjoy the company of so-called 'know-it-alls’, people with little curiosity and no desire to explore new ideas.

    3 Thinker: Thinkers enjoy mental activity, intellectual discussions and time alone in reflection. They find it difficult to work in teams that tend to act before thinking.

    4 Strategist: Strategists look at the big picture, which enables them to easily find the best way out of the clutter. Because connecting the dots comes naturally to them, they may get impatient with people who make slower decisions.

    5 Problem Solver: Problem Solvers love uncovering flaws, diagnosing problems and coming up with solutions. It is difficult for them to simply sweep unresolved issues under the rug and keep going as if everything is fine.

    These fall into 'Strength Families'. My top four strengths are all in the Thinking (blue) family, and the fifth is a Doing (red) trait. There are also Feeling (yellow) and Motivating (green) families, into which none of my top-five strengths falls. This is my approximated ratio of the families.

    I think it's funny how some people criticize me for over-valuing feelings. Guess that's not quite the thing, hmm?

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    This is a good one, mostly accurate and satisfying besides. It is pretty long (120 questions) and I could feel myself getting tired of it about 2/3 through, and noticed a vague wish for increments rather than a completely free-flowing scale. That probably reflects my inner Problem Solver, eh?

 

[the title quotation is by Susan Cain, from Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and reads more fully as below]

I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.