Openness to experience is your strongest trait. You enjoy ideas for their own sake, notice art and patterns others walk past, and get restless when every day looks the same.
People high in openness tend to read widely, try unusual food and travel, and change their minds when the evidence changes. Researchers link the trait with creativity and with enjoying complex problems.
How it shows up
- You daydream and enjoy it
- Abstract ideas excite you
- You seek out new experiences
- Routine bores you quickly
Strengths
- +Creative and original
- +Learns fast
- +Comfortable with complexity
Watch out for
- !Starts more than you finish
- !Can find practical details dull
At work
You do your best work where problems are new. Pair with someone high in conscientiousness to land the ideas.
For self-reflection. A short online test is not a clinical or hiring assessment. Items from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org).