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MOTIV Personality Type Descriptions
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MOTI-
Historic example(s): Ken Kesey, Bill Gates, Ralph Nader
Fictional example(s): Anthony Michael Hall (Sixteen Candles) Personality type correlations(s): |
MOTIV (healthy): thinks they are a born leader; thinks they are more aware of what is going on in their body including their emotional state; considers themself a people person that handles critical tasks with great results and ease; self describes as a diplomatic professional skilled in building and leading teams; more likely to have had intense religious experiences; content; always busy; knows immediately what to do; likes to attend ceremonies; likes happy people; able to describe feelings easily; thinks things work out for the best; feels life has meaning; likes to be the center of interest; warms up quickly to others; enjoys offering directions to tourists; more likely to believe in one true religion; good at maintaining a peaceful, comfortable environment; less fearful than average; has a good memory of the past; remembers their dreams at night; makes friends easily; feels comfortable around people; rarely or never late for work; more likely to be in good physical shape; capable; likes work; is usually happy; graceful; responsible; makes plans and sticks to them; has high integrity; flexible, adaptable to different situations; gets started quickly on doing a job; puts work above pleasure; expresses themself easily; open about themself to others; sees things through; enjoys physical exercise; caring; positive; lively; works on improving things instead of getting frustrated when everything is going wrong
MOTIX (average health): find it rewarding to be very aware of their environment at all times; thinks there is nothing more important than conscious living; more likely to have had intense religious experiences; have had a feeling that other people have injected thoughts into their mind; more likely to have had out of body experiences; open about themself to others; good memory of the past; more likely to be anti abortion; content; positive; gets started quickly on a job; more likely to be a large sized person; more likely to have been an over acheiver growing up; more likely to believe they are better than others; prone to elicit sympathy by being tragic or morose; less fearful than average; likes to be the center of attention; enjoys being spontaneous; more likely to accept the first thing that comes along; rarely gets caught up in the excitement; have rarely hated anyone; observes the rules; finds it necessary to please the people who have power; usually knows why they do things; caring/empathetic; can be boastful; looks at things from more than one perspective; thinks things work out for the best; graceful; can be clingly; often busy; interested in others; always aware of how they are presenting themself; seldom experiences intuitive insights; maintains their spaces in an orderly way; often stops to analyze how they are feeling; puts work above pleasure; hard working; more likely to dream about a rescuer; follows directions; is usually happy; starts conversations; does everything they say they will do; fulfills their duties without complaining; considers themself good looking; tolerant MOTID (unhealthy): when depressed, they desire things to make more sense; more likely to smoke cigarettes; more likely to hear voices when nobody is around; more likely to have no opinions of their own; more likely to have had out of body experiences; more likely to do anything for money; good memory of the past; more likely to skip difficult words when reading; more likely to have had intense religious experiences; more likely to have used lots of medications; guided by superstitions; avoids situations or people for fear that they will get sick; prone to scheming against others; more likely to be a large sized person or too skinny; would consider adopting a handicapped child; boastful; how much a romantic partner enthralls them is more important than how comfortable they feel around them; can turn ugly when they drink too much; have had a feeling that other people have injected their thoughts into their mind; follows the rules; does not like happy people; rarely thinks about how they feel; follows the crowd; will cheat to get ahead; likes to be the center of attention; wasteful of money; prone to pretending they are someone else; dreams about a rescuer; have broken up with people and later tried to get back together with them; prone to acting at the expense of others; more likely to believe in one true religion; danger seeking; finds it difficult to tell whether something really happened or whether it occured only in my imagination; more likely to believe that people are evil; more likely to speak slowly; can't be bothered with other's needs; would hate to be considered odd or strange; more likely to have been in physical fights; more likely to have murderous ideas; excels at nothing or very little; more likely to experience a lot of physical pain; more likely to misuse power; has difficulty changing their behavior to suit the situation; more likely to be anti abortion; lets themselves be used; clingy; feels that other people are out to get them; prone to telling tall stories about themselves; thinks they are less capable than most people; prone to being late to work; puts work above pleasure; can't do without the company of others (source) |