DISC Personality Type
So I’m attending a 2-day “Train the Trainer” course and so far it’s been pretty interesting and engaging.
Essentially, we’re learning how to be trainers, how to assess training needs, how to train effectively based on the audience, and so forth.
One of the exercises we did today was to complete a DISC Personality Test.
Drive
Influence
Steadiness
Compliance
(There may be slight variations to the actual personality styles e.g. some sources may not use Compliance but use Conscientiousness instead)
And the result for my personality style (at this point in my life) is :
COMPLIANCE
(personally, I don’t really agree with the usage of this word to describe my personality type because I think compliance is something like conformity, and I generally do not agree with conformity to, say, societal norms. Some things I do comply with, like not bringing in outside food into the cinema to snack on — the rules clearly state this so why bother disputing it or arguing against it. Some things, e.g. if certain people were to tell me to do/not to do something, will make me intentionally want to do the opposite of what they are telling me, just because I don’t wish to comply with their ‘advice’)
Anyway, here are some of the characteristics of the Compliance personality type (those in bold are what I feel are accurate descriptions of my personality) :
General Characteristics
Accurate; analytical. Conscientious; careful. Fact-finder; precise. High standards; systematic.
Value to Team
Perspective : “the anchor to reality.” Conscientious and even-tempered. Thorough to all activities. Defines situation : gathers, criticizes and tests information.
Possible Weaknesses
Needs clear-cut boundaries for actions/relationships.
Bound by procedures and methods.
Gets bogged down in details.
Prefers not to verbalize feelings.
Will give in rather than argue.
Greatest Fear
Criticism
Motivated by
Standards of high quality. Limited social interaction. Detailed tasks. Logical organization of information.
Apparently, we may display different personality types throughout our lives but for me, thus far, my personality has been pretty consistent throughout my adult life.
Hmm…
I shall let my family and friends tell you about me. These comments may be rather old but I think the gist of them still hold 
