Thursday, March 11, 2010

Hello...Remember Me?

Wow! I've been absent from this whole blog thing for quite some time. We'll tough! I've been busy.
Just got back a few days ago from an awesome time in the Cook Islands and New Zealand. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.
Jason put so much hard work and effort into planning the details that the trip went off pretty much seamlessly and we saw so much of the country. Honestly, had it been left up to me, we probably would have visited 3 or 4 beach towns and Auckland. I just can't plan like Jason. I don't know if it's laziness, self-inflicted brain damage from "moderate alcohol abuse", or just plain ol' scatterbraininess (I just made that word up...I'm sure you could win a challenge on that one in Scrabble). Either way, I look at him with deep respect for his meticulous planning ability. Some might call it OCD, but not me. I'm grateful.
Anyway, I'm back now and hopefully I'll get those creative writing juices flowing again.
So while I'm here, let's examine the whole scatterbraininess of my being, shall we? A few months ago (and for the second time), I participated in a personal profile assessement with a company that tells you your colour. I know, it sounds new-agey, but it was pretty accurate on most points. The participant is asked a series of about 100 questions (each with 4 possible answers that describe behaviours) and they must rank all 4 behaviours with a number. A 4-colour profile is then built, based on your respones. The 4 colours represent different personality traits. In a nutshell, blue=analytical, red=assertive & goal oriented, yellow=creative and empathetic and green=collaborative. According to the profiler, each person has a specific combination of these colours in an order of preference.
Know what colours were my least preferred on both occasions that I took the test? Blue and red. Not the end of the world, you might be thinking, but my chosen career as a Business Analyst might indicate otherwise. However, my most preferred colours are green and yellow and that is probably what compensates for my aversion to blue/red. You see, analysis is only one part of my job. I must also spend a huge chunk of my time meeting, emailing, and phoning people to ensure that everyone understands and is working toward a common goal (yay green). Additionally, I have to write documents that can convey what the business wants in a way that the progammers/developers can understand (yay yellow). Don't get me wrong, I still have to be a red sometimes in order to get things done and of course none of it can happen unless I'm a blue sometimes in order to understand what the real business needs are. But in the end, I'm truely a green/yellow. Jason, on the other hand is a blue/yellow.
I wonder if, like in the Chinese horoscope, there are bad combinations? Would a strong red and a strong yellow even out to an orange? And is orange a bad colour? Would it be better to mix blue and green to get teal?
My head hurts.

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