Nothing New Under the Sun

Personality assessments are nothing new. These assessments have been around at least since 400 BC when Hippocrates hypothesized that there were four basic personalities or temperaments of all individuals. While there are numerous combinations or patterns of the characteristics of different personality types, psychologists today still believe these four basic types describe our behaviors.
Most businesspersons and professionals have participated in many personality and behavioral assessments during their professional careers. Yet here is what I have discovered in working with these individuals over the past several years. While they have knowledge of such assessments, most do not understand how this information can impact and affect their behavior in the real world.

Personality assessments are nothing new.

Just recently, Jim, a retired launch director for the NASA Space Program, stated, “I have participated in many relationship and behavioral assessments before, but now, after going through the GPS Life Journey, I understand how all this should change my behavior and how it can help me effectively fulfill God’s purpose for my life.”