---

7 Words - Personality Profiling

5 minute personality profile

---

42 Personality Types

Here we consider the 42 combinations. They are suggestions for contemplation, a guideline for a person to use as help towards a deeper sense of self-awareness.

If NO is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

HELLO
There can be reluctance to embrace new ideas and new people, fixity of habit, a reflex against trying alternatives. Life can be rigid and set firm into patterns of defence.

THANKS
By blocking out so much, what is wanted may also be accidentally excluded. The warmth of human connection and appreciation of life’s blessings cannot easily pass through a door that always remains closed.

GOODBYE
Perhaps what was entirely appropriate once is no longer valid and valuable. There may be an outworn self-image that needs to be released in order to move forward to new opportunities.

PLEASE
Defining life negatively is one way to be very restricting — ‘I know what I don’t like’ can actually attract exactly what we don’t like. It’s more fruitful to pursue a more optimistic vision based on positive statements of preference and desire.

SORRY
Life is rather harsh for those who cannot easily admit their weaknesses. Modesty is a rather more pleasant and sustainable condition than the aloofness of pride. ‘Beyond a healthy discipline, be gentle with yourself’ (Desiderata).

YES
There are times when controls need to be relaxed so that the unpredictable elements of life are admitted. To be constantly clenched, through fear of being out of control, is damaging. There is a need to take risks sometimes.

If HELLO is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
A need may exist to develop discrimination and apply more thought to priorities in life. We can’t accept everything that is available and are required to choose what has importance; otherwise we are likely to become overwhelmed.

THANKS
Is the grass always greener in another field? It may be better to learn how to appreciate what there is here and now rather than to indulge an appetite for excitement and just take the familiar for granted.

GOODBYE
It’s not reasonable to believe we can breathe in without breathing out. If we take on new things without completing and letting go of the old, then life becomes cluttered and unmanageable, we spread ourselves too thinly and nothing is properly finished.

PLEASE
Within the range of opportunities available, it is good to become focused on a clear goal and set out to achieve it. There are resources available to help in this and yet they can be harnessed only when we ask for cooperation.

SORRY
Living on the surface of things has its advantages, yet a deeper and more mature involvement is gained only when we take more responsibility for ourselves and the effect we have on others.

YES
A more balanced life is less frenetic and can be created by trusting more in the natural flow of things and letting ourselves have time to relax and assimilate, accepting periods of quiet as valuable and important.

If THANK YOU is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
It may be useful to question whether a certain looseness around boundaries comes from innocent idealism — that all people are to be appreciated for who and what they are — or an inability to discriminate and establish a clear sense of personal identity.

HELLO
Perhaps a sense of inwardness or diffidence is holding back a natural capacity to relate more widely with new people and new situations. By expanding horizons, an inherent open-heartedness will have greater scope for expression.

GOODBYE
All things must come to an end and there is often sorrow at parting, yet we cannot hold onto our yesterdays however enjoyable they have been. The sensitive heart has its own strength and will cope with the changes.

PLEASE
Do not rest too long at the comfortable motel or the journey will be forfeited. There is a need to put aside contentment and comfort if one is to continue to move forward — also a need to show initiative and focus on a specific goal.

SORRY
It may be hard to admit mistakes and show a compassionate understanding of another person’s hurt: it takes a deeper degree of awareness and humility. Being kind and loving may not always be enough.

YES
A true appreciation of life’s abundance can flow out of trusting that the future holds a greater joy than the past, by opening up to the unknown and accepting the gifts in whatever comes along.

If GOODBYE is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
There may be a tendency just to allow others to act against us knowing how easy it is to move on when things become unacceptable, yet it’s better to set clear boundaries earlier to prevent the need to be forever running off.
 
HELLO
Would we really be better off in isolation? There can be real value in developing new contacts and since moving on is quite easy, we can take a few risks without a fear of getting stuck and bored.

THANKS
It is eventually unsustainable to keep on moving on in the hope that the next one will satisfy. Any lack of appreciation is an inner state and is very likely to arise again and again whatever the external circumstances.

PLEASE
If you never have a dream, how can you make a dream come true? Define what is wanted and move steadily towards it, instead of careering around hoping to bump into a situation that fits an intuitive, yet ill-defined specification.

SORRY
Dashing off injured is not the most effective strategy for dealing with painful feelings. It’s better to understand what’s going wrong and take more personal responsibility for the injuries that repeatedly arise.

YES
Moving on is often employed as a form of control and can be an habitual technique used to avoid having to deal with certain unpalatable truths about life. It’s also sometimes important and good to trust the processes of life and accept whatever comes along.       ​

If PLEASE is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
It is a necessary, but not sufficient, aspect of attainment to be clear about goals. It is also required that we know what to (and how to) reject what is not wanted just as a filter serves the purposes of refinement.

HELLO
Without cooperation, nothing much of value is achieved. It is good to develop social skills in communicating, relating and so on, in order to include others in the pursuance of our vision.

THANKS
Achievement can be rather hollow without appreciating the process of endeavour itself, not only what is achieved. Also it’s good to notice the people around and to enjoy their input into our lives.

GOODBYE
Completion is important. We need to tie up loose ends and let go of what has been if we are really to move on towards new horizons, otherwise we will be carrying extra baggage that doesn’t serve us.

SORRY
There is a need to be mindful of those whose toes we step on as we pursue our goals. A ruthless or insensitive attitude — and the resultant resentments — can be tempered with a little thoughtfulness.

YES
Around us there is already a superabundance of life’s wonderful fruit, ripe for the plucking, so it may be worth accepting the easy way instead of always creating something new and challenging.           

If SORRY is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
It may be easy for us to say it’s our fault when something goes wrong — yet it may be wiser to encourage others to develop their own sense of responsibility rather than to apologize willy-nilly.

HELLO
It may be necessary to learn how to live with certain insensitivities in others and open up to allow a greater exchange to take place with new people. This will allow further development in the ability to practice forgiveness and compassion.

THANKS
Openheartedness is to do with warmth and pleasure as well as the rather lofty yet detached sentiment of tolerance and forbearance. Is it possible to be more in touch with simple feelings of fondness?

GOODBYE
In its fullest sense, personal responsibility includes proper fulfilment of obligations, completion through the tying up of outstanding issues and timely movement. This is more than simply making amends for disappointments caused.

PLEASE
Please teaches that clear goals and cooperative involvements lead to attainment. It’s likely that there will be a few eggs broken in the making of an omelette — is this ever avoidable really?

YES
Some things cannot be controlled — that’s life — and it’s better to accept what must be accepted without feeling at fault or responsible for another’s trials and tribulations.

If YES is the strongest score, and the weakest is:

NO
A rather childlike sense of naivety and innocence — even saintliness — can be experienced when we say Yes to life, and yet there are hard realities to face; for these we need to establish who we are and where we put our boundary markers.

HELLO
New growth opens out of new contact and there may be opportunities lost if we stay always in the comfort zone and enjoy an easy-going style of life. It may require taking initiative to pursue friendship and hobbies.

THANKS
A river is rather Yes-like: ever flowing around obstacles and allowing itself to be drawn to the sea. Yet let’s remember that to travel upon the river is to notice the life around and to deeply appreciate its myriad qualities.

GOODBYE
Although we can accept what comes without difficulty, a closer look at circumstances may reveal that it’s time to close down a few things that have served their purpose and thus be more prepared for the new adventure that’s ready to emerge.

PLEASE
If we are in love with others then we will easily and naturally align our vision with those of the people around us. Sometimes taking the initiative is a part of the whole harmonious scheme of things — more so than always accepting things as they are.

SORRY
Healing old resentments begins with acknowledging them and continues with taking responsibility for change. Acceptance of everything can’t be sustainable in the long term, there is also a need to reject and release pain and injustice.