Personality profiling and working to understand your own personality I think, lends itself to personal growth.
Obviously this is not the only aspect to personal development - you have personality, but you also have stages of psychological development, states of consciousness, mindset, pathology and healing shadow.
But personality is one of the core aspects to personal development.
Your personality can undergo changes say due to your upbringing, circumstances, trauma as well as beliefs and assumptions that are formed as you grow up due to various influences.
But a solid chunk of your personality is governed by your amygdala, the part of your brain that is linked to your limbic system. And this, well you’re born with this.
Research has shown that high reactive babies (to sights, sound, touch) tend to be adults with more introverted personalities. Introverts generally are more sensitive and need time and space to themselves.
Low reactive babies however tend to be extroverts as adults. They enjoy plenty of stimulation and are generally more outgoing and stimulated by socially engaging environments.
I think a solid understanding of our personalities allows us to bring more balance into our lives.
I would say it all begins with an awareness and one of the greatest tools for this can be observing behavior. This not only gives insight into personality but mindset too. In other words what fundamental assumptions, assertions and beliefs do I have that come through in my behavior, and on top of this how does personality play its part in my development?
So where are you on the personality scale - introvert, or extrovert, or somewhere inbetween?
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