This blog is going to be about the True Colors exercise we did on Sunday evening of training. True Colors is a personality test that helps you understand your behavior and how to interact with others. I find this concept incredibly interesting, and enjoyed predicting those of my fellow co-workers (even though I was wrong for a lot). The test asks several questions and asks you to rank them highest to lowest based on which is most like you, and you are supposed to base them on your true self- not who you want to be, not who you are when you are with others, but who you really are. This is a difficult thing to do for some of the questions, and I found myself thinking that several of the answers were applicable.
But in the end, you have to make a choice, and move on. No time to analyze. Then you score your points, and arrange them in a True Colors spectrum, where each color and its placement is significant. The four colors are Blue, Green, Orange, and Gold. These are some descriptions of the colors from http://www.true-colors-test.com.
Orange generates an impulse toward active doing: sport, struggle, competition and enterprising productivity. Thus, it has the meaning of desire and all forms of appetite and craving. Those with Orange as a Primary Color feel the will to achieve results, to win, to be successful. They desire all things that offer intense living and full experience. Gold represents a need to be responsible, to fulfill duties and obligations, to organize and structure our life and that of others. Those with Gold as a Primary Color value being practical and sensible. It represents stability, maintenance of the culture and the organization, efficiency, and dependability. It embraces the concepts of home and family with fierce loyalty and faithfulness. Those with Green as a Primary Color value their intellect and capabilities above all else. Comfort in these areas creates a sense of personal security and self-esteem. Green characteristics seek to increase the certainty of their own values through being assertive and requiring differences from others in intellectual areas. They depend upon information rather than feelings to create a sense of well-being. Green expresses the grounding of theory and data in its practical applications and creative constructs. Blue creates physiological tranquility and psychological contentment. Those with Blue as a Primary Color value balance and harmony. They prefer lives free from tension. Blue corresponds to depth in feeling and a relaxed sensitivity. It is characterized by empathy, aesthetic experiences, and reflective awareness.
Based on our results, most of the RutgersZone staff are primary blues, with orange, then green, and then me and Joelle being the only primary golds. Secondary colors also influence things though. Because we have a largely blue group, this means we must be considerate of feelings when we talk with people, which I have to remember sometimes. We also have some oranges, and sometimes they really want to play games and zone out, so I have learned that if they get a break, they are more focused during the rest of shift. Now that I know who the greens are, I know I have some problem solvers if I need help with a situation. And then Joelle and I will be gold and keep everything organized. We designed a pirate themed loft at training. It was awesome.
The important thing to remember now that we know our colors is how we explain things to people, how we listen to people, and how we all interpret information. I think this will help us all for the rest of the semester.
This title is for all the blues we have- such a mushy song haha. Seriously look at the lyrics. As a gold, it was almost too difficult to read.
This title is for all the blues we have- such a mushy song haha. Seriously look at the lyrics. As a gold, it was almost too difficult to read.
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