What PMAI said about me?

PMAI Results

Your PMAI Scores:

Caregiver - 26

Destroyer - 25

Ruler - 25

Sage - 25

Creator - 24

Jester – 24

Orphan - 22

Seeker - 22

Lover - 22

Warrior - 21

Magician - 19

Innocent - 18

So I’m not really sure if it means anything that none of my scores were below an 18.  Does this means I have some access to all of the archetypes just some less than others, or have I managed to do the impossible and I actually just failed a personality test?  For the sake of this post let’s assume I did this correctly and take a closer look at my results.  I had 6 of the archetypes actually fall into the top range of active archetypes but the PMAI told me to just focus on the top four, so today I’m going to explore my thoughts on how I think I relate to the Caregiver, the Destroyer, the Ruler, and the Sage.

The Caregiver you assume you should help others:  I do see that there are places in my life where the Caregiver is probably quite active.  In general I tend to put the needs of others before my own, I don’t like to see others upset or discouraged and when I do my reaction is to want to fix it.  I even would go as far as saying that at times I experience feelings of guilt when I feel I should be putting another person’s needs first but for whatever reason, usually school or work, I am forced to put my needs first.  I don’t know however, if I had taken this test a couple of months ago if this would have come up as my most dominant archetype then. There have been a lot of changes in my life as of late that may have triggered this archetype to become more dominant.  I would be interested to take the PMAI again, maybe with in another year to see if the caregiver reverts back to where it probably would have been a couple of months ago, or if the changes I have experienced have the caregiver here to stay for a while.

The Destroyer you assume you should cut your losses: The Destroyer seems to live with the dilemma of being able to cut things out of their lives that no longer hold meaning to them rather easily and gracefully but when it comes to tragedy or misfortune moving on could mean having to recreate your life in order to move on.  I think I am in the latter process at the moment and have been asking myself some deep existential questions as of late.  This is another archetype that I am not sure would have been as dominant a couple months ago and another one I would like to look at again in the future.

The Ruler you assume that you should exercise control: I definitely can see the Rulers influence in my life.  I think this archetype is definitely more present in my school and work life than my social life.  I am someone who will usually take on the job that nobody else wants or the job that someone is too lazy to do.  I think that one good thing about being in the hospitality major is that most of us have probably experienced a similar situation.  A lot of us were probably the kids who thought we knew how to do things best and took control of situations because of that, and let’s be honest we probably did know best.  The surprising thing for me is that being in this major hasn’t made me feel as obligated to take control of every situation.  I feel more comfortable letting other people take control in certain situations because I am around more people with a work ethic closer to mine. This has allowed me to choose to take control of projects that I am most passionate about and not take control of situations because I feel I am the only one who can.

The Sage you assume that “the truth will set you free”:  The sage is present in the part of my life that requires decision making.  I tend to like to think things through and look at things from multiple perspectives before I commit to anything.  I think that this can be both a benefit and a hindrance.  I think the benefit is my decisions are probably a lot more objective than most, a lot of times I am able to see both sides of an argument, where someone else may get angry trying to look at another perspective.  I also can see where gathering information can become a hindrance to decision making, because I crave information when making a decision I may have a hard time deciding at what point I have gathered enough information and thus I may put off making decisions until I feel comfortable.