After taking the PMAI, I discovered that my top 4 archetypes were: Lover, Destroyer, Caregiver, Seeker, and Magician. My shadow archetype is Warrior. I determined that there wasn’t a significant gap between my highest and lowest scores (28-17). This helped me realize that I am a well-rounded individual. I have pretty high scores in all areas of the archetypes. I noticed that because I have Lover, Destroyer, and Seeker; I am more likely to help myself and others find ourselves and express our gifts. Because I am categorized under these archetypes, I possess gifts such as: Commitment, Enthusiasm, Autonomy, Ambition, Identity, Community, Compassion, Generosity, Revolution, Metamorphosis, Catalytic, and Transformative.
I find this assessment to be fairly accurate. There have been times in my life where I have dealt with change and it has transformed my life for the better. I show great compassion towards others and am in search of finding my own identity. I love serving others and have ambitions to make changes in this world. One quote that really stuck out to me under the “Lover” archetype was that I like and live in stories of “spiritual love in which the object is union with the divine as the Beloved.” As a Christian serving at my Church, I thought this was really inspiring to know that my leadership qualities overlap with my religious beliefs. As I had noted in one of my past blogs, I believe in standing up for what you believe in and fighting for what is right. This quality is demonstrated in the “Destroyer” archetype because they “notice the injustice of a situation and try to figure out ways to remedy this unfairness, either through compensation or revolution.” My “Caregiver” archetype has come into play in the past few years of my life as I am able to read people pretty well. I can tell when someone is having a good or bad day and this quality will help me in my future career as a leader. As a “Seeker”, I tend to strive to improve myself, everyday becoming more “me”. I had also mentioned before how I admired leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. I thought it was interesting how he was an example of a “Magician” archetype, just like me!
All of these characteristics shape who I have been in the past, who I am today, and who I am going to be as a leader in the future. I’ve learned a lot from this assessment and can’t wait to see these archetypes play a role in my daily life from now on.
You brought the gap between the scores of the different archetypes to my attention. I hadn't paid attention to the gap between the scores and what they might mean, and it made me look at the gap between my own archetypes and see how it makes someone a well rounded person to have moderate scores in all of the different sections. I like that you brought in people that you admire, such as Martin Luther King Jr, and compared them to the archetypes and what you and him might have in common. It really brings the PMAI test to life when you can look at how people you admire are affected by different archetypes too.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job of designing your blog to truly represent your leadership styles. This was the first blog on your page I read and it gave me an idea of your leadership style but after reading other posts about people at your church, traits you admire and your headlining quote, it is clear you are a relationship oriented leader who genuinely cares about their followers. I feel you have a good understanding of yourself and how you lead which can only benefit you. - Rachael Harris
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