- Practical matters and gossip are their bread and butter.
This is ridiculous.
I can't even begin to imagine what personality type I am.
I'm a doctor by day, YouTuber by night,
dog dad by evenings, TV host sometimes.
I'm a pretty weird fellow
and I'm genuinely excited to find out along with you,
what my personality type is.
I'm also gonna be talking about some of the science
when it comes to these personality tests,
but let's just jump right into it and take this bad boy.
Bew!
Take the test.
You enjoy vibrant social events with lots of people.
Yeah, I think I like them.
Sometimes I get overwhelmed,
especially when a lot of people ask to take photos
or have medical questions.
I love that.
But when you're on your 300th selfie,
I'm not joking about those numbers
because I do give speeches at colleges,
high schools, medical schools,
and I try and stay and take pictures and answer questions
from everyone in the audience.
My facial muscles to smile, legit hurt.
I need like a day of recovery before I can smile again.
Your travel plans are more likely to look like a rough list
of ideas than a detailed itinerary.
Agree.
If I even put a rough list together in the first place.
You often think about what you should have said
in a conversation long after has taken place.
Agree 1000%.
Literally in my childhood, probably to this day,
I remember going to sleep and replaying
all my social interactions and thinking
what I could have said better.
What would if someone else said in my shoes?
what would have been funnier?
More interesting?
It's like my version of counting sheep.
One, two, tres, quadro.
I shouldn't have said haha instead of, hoho.
Your friend is sad about something.
Your first instinct is to support him emotionally,
not try to solve their problem.
I've gotten in trouble with this.
As a doctor, I wanna help them emotionally.
But at the same time, my practical sense
wants to solve their problem.
And I probably do that too often.
People can rarely upset you.
Nah, nah, nah.
Disagree.
People can upset me.
And I don't mean comments.
I mean like people who I hold near and dear
to this organ here.
I'm not talking about my pictorial muscle,
I'm talking about the heart,
the cardiac muscle, the myocardium.
Hmm?
You often rely on other people to be the one
to start a conversation and keep it going.
No, I tend to speak and I like speaking,
but I will never be the first one to jump out and speak.
I will let others speak.
Get a sense for what the room is like.
Understand who likes what type of humor
or what's okay, what's not, establish myself
and then throw out little jabs of jokes.
Jabs of jokes.
(air whooshing)
You rarely worry if you made a good impression
on someone you met.
Oh, it depends how important that person is.
You rarely worry?
I sometimes worry.
I think about it.
I'm gonna slightly disagree.
It would be a challenge for you to spend the whole weekend
all by yourself without feeling bored.
Agree.
The whole weekend, come on, like Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, that's tough, especially 'cause I have bear.
It's like cheating.
I have a life hack.
Dog Hack.
Dog life hack.
You are more of a detail-oriented person
than a big picture person.
I think I'm a big picture person.
You are very affectionate with people you care about.
Agree to that highest degree.
You have a careful and methodical approach to life.
No, no I'm quite careless.
But at the same time I always follow the rules.
It's kind of maniacally, carefully irresponsible.
I have largely stayed out of trouble.
And I think that means I'm careful
but methodical, like do I know everything?
That's I dunno, but I went
to an accelerated medical program.
I'm gonna agree to a slight degree.
You are still bothered by the mistakes
you made a long time ago.
No, I disagree.
At parties and similar events, you can mostly be found
farther away from the action.
No, I disagree.
I like to be in a place where I can like be in the action,
leave the action, be in the action, leave the action.
See this, I'm like the ocean, the locomotion.
You often find it difficult to relate to people
who let their emotions guide them.
I'm gonna say I won't give the full agree
'cause with my patients, I understand.
But definitely sometimes I just want people
to think less with their emotions,
even though I understand where that's coming from.
Because I'm such a proponent
of like cognitive behavioral therapy, thinking practically,
thinking rationally, getting outside of our emotions
and believe me, I've fallen victim to my emotions at times.
When looking for a movie to watch, you can spend ages
browsing the catalog.
Yes.
And it's not because I'm picky.
It's because I've watched everything.
I've watched way too much content.
The amount of bad movies I've watched?
"Uptown Girls", is crazy.
You could stay calm under a lot of pressure.
Agree.
Fo sho, doctor.
went in a group of people you do not know,
you have no problem jumping right into the conversation.
I have some troubles.
So I'm not gonna go agree all the way.
When you sleep, your dreams
tend to be bizarre and fantastical.
No, no.
I strongly disagree with this one.
My tend to be really practical?
I remember one of my current dreams in high school,
this is so sad.
I would be asleep and I would have the fear
that someone made me try or encourage me to try smoking.
And I got addicted to cigarettes
and I had to break it to my dad
who's very disciplinary and like.
I guess that would be classified as a nightmare.
In your opinion, it is sometimes okay to step on others,
to get ahead in life.
Disagree slightly,
you are dedicated and focused on your goals,
only rarely getting sidetracked.
Yeah, I'm gonna agree.
I'm gonna agree because becoming a doctor aged 24,
that takes a lot of focus.
When at a social event, you rarely try to introduce yourself
to new people, mostly talk to the ones you already know.
As I've gotten older,
I'm more interested in meeting new people.
I'm gonna disagree slightly.
You usually lose interest in a discussion
when it gets philosophical.
No, no, no, no, no.
Philosophical discussions are where I thrive.
You would never let yourself cry in front of others.
Agree.
I'm sensitive, but not in front of others.
You feel more drawn to places with a bustling
and busy atmosphere than more quiet, intimate ones.
I'm probably more drawn.
I mean, I live in New York for God's sakes.
You like discussing different views and theories
on what the world could look like in the future.
Yeah. Agree.
When it comes to making life changing choices,
you mostly listen to your heart rather than your head.
Disagreed quite strongly.
You prefer to get your revenge rather than forgive.
No, I like to forgive, sometimes. (laughs)
You often make decisions on a whim.
I don't make them on a whim, I make them quickly
and decisively, but not on a whim.
So I still disagree.
The time you spend by yourself often ends up
being more interesting and satisfying
than the time you spend with other people.
No, disagree.
I like being with other people.
I learned more about myself when I'm around other people,
but I need that time alone.
So I'm gonna, I'm gonna get that middle one, then.
You often put special effort into interpreting
the real meaning or the message of a song or movie.
Of course.
I overanalyze all the time.
You rarely think back on the choices you made
and wonder what you could've done differently.
Disagree.
I do that quite often.
When in a public place you usually stick to quieter
and less crowded areas.
Somewhat agree.
You often have a hard time understanding
other people's feelings.
Disagree.
I feel like I have a higher EQ than I do IQ.
When you know someone thinks highly of you,
you also wonder how long it will be
until they become disappointed in you.
Oh man, I try to make them not be disappointed in me,
but I don't think about it.
You feel comfortable just walking up to someone
you find interesting and striking up a conversation.
Disagree.
I wish.
That was always my dream.
I read so many books on doing that
and I still can't do that.
I'm better at it.
And I can force myself to do it,
but instinctively intuitively inside of me, I don't know.
I don't think I'm like that.
You often drift away to daydreaming
about various ideas and scenarios.
Sometimes.
You look after yourself first and others come in second.
I disagree slightly.
I tend to think of others a lot, but at the end of the day,
you have to take care of yourself,
If you wanna take care of others.
Even when you have planned a particular daily routine,
you usually just end up doing whatever you feel like
at a given moment.
Ah, I'm gonna have to say agree.
Your mood can change very quickly.
I disagree.
You often contemplate the reasons for human existence
or the meaning of life.
(inhales loudly)
Nope, I don't, actually.
You often talk about your own feelings and emotions.
Actually I do that and I think I've learned to do that more
over the last 10 years.
And I've actually had people judge me for it.
I like to bounce ideas off people
and have them hear my emotions.
But I tell both sides of every situation
is try and get an honest take from people.
You have got detailed education or career development plan
stretching several years into the future.
Highly agree.
You rarely dwell in your regrets.
Yeah, I don't really regret much.
You find it easy to empathize with the person
who has gone through something you never have.
Agree.
Your personal work style is closer
to spontaneous bursts of energy
than to organize and consistent efforts.
It's funny.
I agree but I think most people
answering that question for me would completely disagree.
'Cause they think I am organized and consistent.
I like to work like cramming, quickly, getting things done.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
And then like a period of not so productive time.
Your emotions control you more than you control them.
Strongly disagree.
After a long exhausting week
a fun party's just what you need.
No, actually I disagree.
Whenever we finished a big test in med school,
all my med school friends were like party,
blah, blah, blah, blah, house.
And I'm just like, party?
I need a nap.
You frequently find yourself wondering
how technological advancement could change everyday life.
Yeah, I think about that.
You always consider how your actions might affect
other people before doing something.
Agree.
You rarely feel insecure.
Disagree, feeling secure all the time
for the process.
Oh, I have my result.
But before I give you this result, let me tell you
the scientific truth about these personality tests.
You can't say personality tests
without saying Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
And it's actually the one that's been most disproven
by modern psychology.
Humans are complicated.
We don't just fit into a specific subset of letters.
So right now I want to give you four problems that I have
with personality tests in general and why they shouldn't be
used for major life decisions.
Like getting a job, finding a partner or diagnosing oneself.
First, we don't have perfect evidence
for real world implications.
So you've been labeled an introvert.
Does that mean you can't be a good leader?
There's no evidence proving that.
Two, black or white labeling.
Guess what?
Humans are a spectrum,
especially when it comes to personality.
And in fact the majority of you will fall into the average,
which is rarely an extreme in either direction.
Three, there's been a tremendous lack of reproducibility.
For a scientific concept to hold up in science,
as part of the scientific method,
I said science three times, it has to be reproducible.
That means as one person takes the same test
several times the results should stay consistent.
But with these tests, individuals get different results.
We find out different results when we put them to the test.
No reproducibility.
And four, especially for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,
four categories just isn't enough to define
all personality aspects or characteristics.
Recent evidence shows that there are at least five possibly
even six aspects.
And honestly, I think there's even more than that.
There should be no major role for these tests in the medical
or psychological sphere.
That being said, these tests are fun.
And I want to know my results.
I bet you do too. Okay.
My personality type is ESFJ-A.
ESFJ-A.
I don't know what any of those mean, but it means consul.
I don't know what a consul is.
I am 61% extroverted, 39% introverted. I agree.
Cause I am somewhat introverted.
Energy. I am 50% intuitive and 50% observant.
Okay. I don't know what that means, but I'm 50/50.
Nature.
This trait determines how we make decisions
and cope with emotions.
60% feeling, 40% thinking.
Have I been an emotional creature this whole time?
Maybe my Scorpio zodiac sign is, I'm just kidding.
Tactics.
This trait reflects our approach to work, planning
and decision making.
60% judging, 40% prospecting.
What does that mean? Does that mean I'm judgy?
Identity.
This trait underpins all others showing how confident we are
in our abilities and decisions.
I'm 60% assertive and 40% turbulent, fair.
Introduction.
People who share the Consul personality type are,
for the lack of a better word, popular, which makes sense,
given that it is also very common personality type,
making up 12% of the population.
In high schools, Consuls are cheerleaders
and the quarterbacks, setting the tone.
(screams disagreement loudly)
I wish whoever created this test got to see a picture of me
in high school, that would just end all of their research
right then and there.
Discussing scientific theories
or debating European politics isn't likely
to capture Consul's interest for too long.
What?
Discussing scientific theories.
Not only is it my job, it's my passion. I love it.
Consuls are more concerned
with fashion and their appearance,
their social status and the standings of other people.
No.
Practical matters and gossip retheir bread and butter.
I do not gossip about anything. This is ridiculous.
Supportive and outgoing, Consuls can always be spotted
at a party.
They're the ones finding time
to chat and laugh with everyone.
I answered those questions as no.
I get nervous at parties.
I said at the beginning of this video, it stresses me out.
The smiling muscles hurt.
Strong practical skills, true.
Strong sense of duty, true.
Very loyal, true.
Okay. This is better.
Sensitive and warm. True.
Good at connecting with others. True.
Consul weaknesses.
Worried about their social status.
Inflexible?
(animal growling)
The bears just throw up.
Inflexible? reluctant to innovate or improvise?
My life is about innovating, improvising,
adapting, pivoting in medicine, on YouTube.
That is all we do.
They need to know that their partners
will always be by their sides
offering unwavering support, and marriage and family
are the ultimate goal.
I want to know the person that's like ah,
unwavering support, eh?
A family, eh? A marriage, eh?
Unwavering support is nice for everybody not just Consuls.
Career paths.
This is gonna get interesting.
Consuls are well-organized,
enjoying bringing order and structure to their workplaces.
This is so inaccurate.
Careers as administrators are a natural fit,
allowing Consuls to organize, not just an environment,
but the people in it.
Ah, ah.
Few personality types are as practical
and caring as Consuls.
Known for their social and administrative skills.
I don't think anyone's ever been like,
Mike great administrative skills.
Zero people have said that.
Yet Consuls can be easily tripped up
in areas where their kindness and practical approach
are more of a liability than an asset.
Consuls need to put a conscious effort
to develop their weaker traits and additional skills.
I don't think that was an accurate description.
In fact, I want to know what all the descriptions exist
so I can pick mine.
I know that's not how it works,
but I think I could pick mine more accurately
than this test can.
If you want to see me taking and struggling
with a kid's quiz click here,
or if you want to see teens explain what a period is,
that's right, you heard me, click here.
As always stay happy and healthy.
But which one you're clicking.
(happy music)