Personality on Shine

Is your personality compatible with your career?

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It’s been a while since I took a good old-fashioned online quiz, so I was a little too excited when I came across a simplified version of the Myers-Briggs personality test over at SavvySugar. If you’re not familiar, Myers-Briggs is based on the theories of Carl Jung, and it’s often used by college career counselors to help students pick a major or occupation that plays to their strengths.

How Important Is His Name?

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All this buzz over that Baby Name Wizard application had us thinking about names. Particularly names and how they mangle our view of someone upon meeting them.

Three kids, three really different people

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It’s amazing to me how different my three children are. I think that I would have to have 10 pregnancies, 10 deliveries, 10 post-partum experiences and raise 10 children to get two alike. Even going into labor on each of my three children was wildly…

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

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You will either thank or be angry at your parents for your level of happiness.

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Dr. Michelle Golland: So are you negative like your…

Reserved for the right purposes!

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Im a very loud person by nature, I'm fly and very talkertive, but seem to have a BIG problem facing me. I seem to be lacking what i'd like to call "spunk" in many cases where I realy should'nt be and I wonder how that got to…

How much should you reveal online?

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We’ve all heard the stories of those whose imprudent online postings (usually involving some choice words about an employer or a poor choice of photos of themselves) cost them a job. In the past few weeks it happened to a New York City government staffer, who resigned after posting her views about the President (whom she dubbed “O-dumb-a”) and his handling of the brouhaha over the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

These are gaffes, and the people who made them should know better.

But lately I’ve been pondering the opposite situation. In this era of online engagement and revelation, can it ever be a problem to reveal too little or to have no online persona at all?

Today's Meditation - What's at the Core of Your Personality?

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com “A life consistent with your values makes you secure, confident and strong.” What do you believe in? What do you stand for? In other words what are your values? Values lie at the very…

Your Personality, Your Career

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Have you ever taken an assessment to learn more about your personality? I recently completed an online test similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and I found out that I’m most compatible with the “ENTP” personality type. This personality type is identified…

What’s Your Boss’ Secret Personality?

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Been a little suspicious lately of your boss? Think they’ve got some buried secrets? Take this quiz and find out who your boss really is when you’re not looking.

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Six tips for boosting your sense of self-respect

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Maybe you’ve lost your job. Maybe you didn’t get the promotion you were hoping for. Maybe your sweetheart broke up with you. People say “Don’t take it personally” and “Don’t let it get to you,” but that’s very hard to do.

If you’re feeling disheartened, what are some…