Have you ever paid for training or taken a course but didn’t take any action afterward? Or maybe you signed up to download the all important “freebie” but never actually used it?
I have participated in an in-depth course that included a section on “self-reflection.” It suggested reaching out to friends, family, colleagues, or former colleagues to ask about my strengths and weaknesses.
In my 30 plus years of working (yep I am that old!) I’ve taken numerous personal development courses using Myers Briggs, Jung, Belbin, 16 personalities, Team Dynamics, the list goes on…..
However, this somehow felt different, what if no one replied, what if the answers were not what I wanted to hear, what would people say? 
No doubt a theme, many of us can relate to, SELF DOUBT. 
BUT I did it with a healthy dose of trepidation and WOW was I surprised! 
I had an overwhelming response (no I didn’t just pick people who I thought would reply). 
Most of the responses aligned to what I knew about myself, but what was most interesting is that what people said was a reflection of themselves; and our personal relationship, one person said “really caring”, and another “very direct”, can I be both? 
If you are just starting out in business and want to seriously assess your strengths and weaknesses or use it as a useful tool if planning to do a JV then now may be the time to have a go! 
Both my JV partner and I shared our own profiles so we can deploy to our strengths on our next project; we used it as a basis to discuss how we problem solve, our attitude to risk, analyse data, assess deals and our own areas for improvement. A blueprint for working together. 
There are lots of free resources online, just Google – Free Personality Tests.
By the way – I am a “The Logistician” – “these people tend to be reserved yet wilful, with a rational outlook on life. They compose their actions carefully and carry them out with methodical purpose”.
Please let me know if you take up the challenge and your results! 
