What's your personality style?
By hdjohnson
@hdjohnson (2981)
United States
January 4, 2009 7:01pm CST
Most of my friends are straight to the point with me and that's how I like to be dealt with. Others I know don't like to be told the undeniable truth because as we all know the truth hurts sometimes.
So are you bashful and shy and tend to hold in your tongue and allow things to just happen around you without saying a word ever.
or
Are you bold and confident as well as initiative to know that everyone may not like the way you tell them, but it is better to present the truth rather than to hold in a lie?
I've taken several personality tests and the all point back to the fact that I see things either black or white with very little gray. Either right or wrong, no in between.
I'm a definite interesting conversationalist and debater if you think I'm wrong about a thing that I know that I am right about, so be prepared to present all of your evidence to ensure that you can prove that I am wrong or else you'll bound to be embarrassed. I should have been a lawyer.
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7 responses
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
5 Jan 09
I see thing in black and white, too, but mental health specialist see me as having a personality disorder. So I am working on finding that all important gray area. I am the type of person that does my best to tell people the truth in a tactful way. But when I get angry, I tend to shoot from the hip. Nobody likes that kind of truth.
I use to be a lot more shy and bashful. It took a long time for me to realize that this type of attitude was not only getting me know where fast, but I was constantly being stepped on. I got angry enough to start fighting back. Now I am too angry. So I am working on finding the middle ground in my everyday life. It is a challenge, but God is helping me to be the best me that I can be.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
A personality disorder? Really now.
It just sounds like to me that you need to find the balance. At one point in your life you were shy and bashful and so you probably was hurt one too many times and all of that hurt kept building and building and then BOOM you exploded like a stick of dynamite. So from then on, you started shooting from the hip to make sure you didn't want to be hurt again, so you created a protective invisible Wall to protect you from harm. Hold fast to God and yes will will continue to perfect all things concerning you and you'll be the best you that you can. Just remember though God is Love, and so, you should treat others the way you would want to be treated.
There is nothing wrong with expressing yourself in a way that is befitting to you and your personality at the same time using tact to measure the amount of straightforwardness so that no one is easily offended.
@Reggie_Bush (77)
• Switzerland
5 Jan 09
My personality is great.
As you see I'm confident and I can deal with it when people tell me the truth just straight in my face. That's exactly how I tell the other people if I don't like anything. It's way easier like that, isn't it?
I hope you know what I tried to say.
(I am not as cocky as it sounds :P)
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
6 Jan 09
Confidence = 
Cocky = 
LoL ~ 
I didn't think you were cocky with your response, thanks for participating.
Cocky =
LoL ~
I didn't think you were cocky with your response, thanks for participating.
@davebrown64 (443)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I want to believe that I like to tell the truth. There is hardly room for many lies, but unfortunately, I believe that Satan provides us with the ability to tell a little white lie once in a while. I want to think of myself as being straight forward because this is the only way to present myself in the best way possible. At the same time, we have to be careful with friends and family and tell them sometimes how we truly feel because our information could be wrong and really hurt someone.
The Book of James in the New Testament of the Holy Bible deals with how to deal with people and greed and money and how to handle anger. It is a great book and I refer to it a great deal, especially when it comes to dealing with relationships with my friends, my wife and family.
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
Dave that so good to hear how you deal with relationships.
But be sure that you know one thing that satan does have any power over you as long as you have given your life to Christ and Jesus is your personal Lord and Savior.
The only thing satan can do is make suggestions. It is ultimately up to you to follow the leading of the God in you who is greater than anyone in the world.
Stay blessed Mr. Brown and have a happy new year. Happy mylotting!
@celebratelifeh (1142)
• China
5 Jan 09
yes, the truth are hurts person's feeling sometimes. i used to talk boldly and straightly . this way hurt people who involoved also affected my expressions on their mind, even affect the work future if this done on job. so now. i have some changed not to be so staight. does anyone should be this way..
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
There is nothing wrong with expressing yourself in a way that is befitting to you and your personality at the same time using tact to measure the amount of straightforwardness so that no one is easily offended.
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
Good for you If you are planning to earn anything on mylot, you need about 12 times as many words as you have with this one response.
Oh yeah, welcome to mylot.
@Mocha09 (71)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I would say I'm definitely a straight up person...I say what I have to say and if I hurt your feelings, I apologize but, only for hurting you, not for what I said. I feel like this, I want you to say what you have to say to me, same way I'm going to say what I have to say to you. People aren't mind readers and if you don't speak up, your giving them the right to assume how you feel. Which would probably be wrong, and it would upset you more for them to assume than if you just tell them how you feel.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
"People aren't mind readers and if you don't speak up, your giving them the right to assume how you feel. Which would probably be wrong, and it would upset you more for them to assume than if you just tell them how you feel."
That is exactly how I think. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
5 Jan 09
I am honest, but I usually say things in a nice way. If someone asks me if if I like their clothes, their painting, the food they have made etc, I don't pretend to like it just to be nice, but I am not rude, either. Personality tests usually tell me that I am a diplomat and I think that is very true. I have a friend who is always very honest and direct. He says what he thinks, and sometimes people get insulted, but I don't mind his honesty, I know that he doesn't intend to be rude. His personality is quite different from mine, though, as I always try to be polite and try to say things in a nice way.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
5 Jan 09
That is a good way of looking at life, if you asked me.
There is nothing wrong with expressing yourself in a way that is befitting to you and your personality at the same time using tact to measure the amount of straightforwardness so that no one is easily offended.
