Strength Based Leadership - Steve Smith

So I got my results back for my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The results were ENTJ, which stands for Extraversion, Intuition, Thinking, and Judging.

The descriptions are:
Extraversion - People who prefer Extraversion tend to focus their attention on the outer world of people and things.
Intuition - People who prefer Intuition tend to take in information from patterns and the big picture and focus on future possibilities.
Thinking - People who prefer Thinking tend to make decisions based primarily on logic and on objective analysis of cause and effect.
Judging - People who prefer Judging tend to like a planned and organized approach to life and prefer to have things settled.
Point wise, my results are: Extraversion 18, Intuition 8, Thinking 6, Judging 6.

My preferred work tasks are:
-Organizing resources, including people, to achieve lofty goals.
-Communicating a vision for the future.
-Preparing a systematic plan to achieve the vision.
-Solving system-level problems.
-Making the tough decisions needed to move forward.

My preferred work environment is:
-is fast growing, with continual new challenges
-has people who drive hard to meet goals
-offers organized and efficient tasks, resources, and people
-has people who are task oriented and focused on achieving their goals
-fosters competition and rewards achievement

The challenges are:
-You may neglect to recognize and appreciate the contributions of others.
-You may neglect to consider the needs of the people who must implement your plans.
-You may drive others as hard as you drive yourself.

The most attractive job families for me were:
-Architecture and Engineering (100) - Architect, surveyor, mechanical engineer, chemical engineer
-Life, Physical, and Social Sciences (99) - Biologist, chemist, economist, psychologist
-Business and Finance (98) - Operations, finance, marketing, human resources
-Legal (96) - Lawyer, arbitrator, paralegal, court reporter

The most popular occupations for ENTJs:
1. Anesthesiologist
2. Management Consultant
3. Top executive, Legal
4. Top executive, Architecture and engineering
5. Top executive, Life, physical and social sciences
6. Urban/regional planner
7. Top executive, Transportation and materials moving
8. Internist
9. Top executive, Sales
10. Top executive, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
11. Commercial art director
12. Top executive, Education, training, and library
13. Survey researcher
14. Surgeon
15. Top executive, Business and financial operations

These results confirmed my own thoughts on my future career. I had been thinking about careers in management. I had also been thinking about how to get to that point - through a law degree, through a business degree, or through an accounting degree. I know that I am not good at science so I know that I am not going to be an Anesthesiologist or anything medical related. However, I do want to get into a position of management to exercise and improve my style of leadership, to lead organizations to produce successful results and happy lives. I love dealing with people and putting my abilities to the test by trying to figure out how to motivate them, how to produce results in the best possible way. I know that I would have so much fun in this kind of career, but I also know that I am going to have to amass a certain level of competency and excellence in a technical area. And that is the area that I am trying to figure out right now.
This test told me that I need to be careful not pushing people too hard or whatnot, but I feel that I don't push myself too hard. In fact, I am too lazy and unproductive most of the time. Thus, before I can lead others to work hard, I must push myself to work hard to maximize my productivity. This test really confirmed my thoughts and knowing that my innate personality and preferences match up with my thoughts feels great. But I know that I must constantly try to understand others and employ the many different kinds of motivational tools that I must amass through experience, to cater to the different kinds of people, so that I can motivate and consolidate the whole organization into one, and put forth a vision, and bring that vision to realization.