Hala Al-Humaidhi

In a rapidly shifting world, it's become vital for individuals to truly understand themselves before they can comprehend anyone else. One's personality traits aren't just understood at face value—they're like a sturdy foundation built for success in not just work but also in relationships and the daily decision-making that colors one's life. Understanding your personality type—how you think, how you react under different circumstances, what truly lights your motivational fire, or what gets your goat—gives you the clearest of maps to see how you function in life. That awareness is truly a superpower when it comes to navigating a work environment. Many conflicts or misunderstandings between individuals don't arise from bad intentions. In fact, they're often the byproduct of differing styles that rub each other the wrong way. An analytical person on a Precision Path sees only what should be there, while a creative person on the Big Picture Highway sees what's in front of them and what's probably just around the corner. When each understands the other's style, lives become a whole lot smoother, and a work environment can transform from a field of friction to a space of collaboration.

Understanding personalities also plays a large part in the societal component of life. People keep making the same mistakes in their jobs and their relationships, and they never stop to consider whether the problem lies in either of those two scenarios or in the way they're just coping with life. Getting a hold of the ol' personality is the first step in the gigantic, laborious, crawl-to-the-next-level kinda self-developing that we all do. It's how we become better leaders, better friends, and better humans—more conscious, more accepting, and generally more capable of not going through life on some unguided tour to the same old spots.

By Hala Al-Humaidhi