While there are many models that describe personality, the following
model is easy to use and easy to remember. Consider the differences
among the four personality types below. I call them the Accommodator,
the Optimist, the Producer, and the Data Collector.
• The Accommodator likes people but prefers small groups.
Accommodators are kind, gentle, calm, methodical, and prudent.
They are caretakers and tend to work in jobs that allow
them to be helpers.
• The Optimist is sunny in spirit, impulsive, dramatic, fun, articulate,
emotional, and sensitive. Optimists are party animals.
They are creative and tend to work in jobs that allow them to
interact with a lot of people and use their creative flair.
• The Producer is impatient, focused, ambitious, goal oriented,
competitive, and intolerant of people’s foibles. Producers
are terrific problem-solvers. They are doers and tend to
work in jobs that allow them to work toward a clearly
understood goal.
• The Data Collector is independent, self-reliant, rational, curious,
systematic, and self-contained. Data Collectors love
research. They are fact oriented and tend to work in jobs that
require attention to detail.