Soft Leadership

It's so important to try new things because that's how you make discoveries about yourself. I'm approaching 30 and I'm still finding out new things about my personality, likes, and dislikes that I never realized. Not too long ago I learned I needed to find a career teaching because of my drive to learn new information each day - not just teaching via lecture, but rather through hands-on experience - now I have the great fortune of teaching through experience in 4-H.

I've found some useful (and free) assessment tools that have helped me uncover strengths and weaknesses I was not even aware of. Check 'em out:

Discover Your Personality

1. Keirsey Temperament Sorter: Helps you determine your character and learn more about yourself.
2. Jung Typology Test: Provides an assessment of your personality type, occupations, and relevant degrees that would best suit you.
3. Personality Type: Discover yours with the help of this assessment.
4. Enneagram Test: Assess your personality on nine different factors.
5. Type Focus: Find out if you’re an introvert or extrovert.
6. PersonalDNA: This test reveals your true personality.
7. Big 5 Personality Typing Test: Helps you learn more about your traits in extroversion, emotional stability, orderliness, accommodation, and intellect.

Choose the Right Career Path

1. Small Business Administration: Are you ready to start a small business? Find out.
2. Career Vision Job Satisfaction Survey: In just 37 questions find out if you're satisfied with your job.
3. ColorCareerCounselor: Find out about career paths based on your personality.
4. True Colors Career Assessment: A career personality assessment that helps you find a career that matches your personality. 
5. Management Skills & Styles Assessment: Are you management material? Find out.
6. Career Explorer: Identifies careers that match your personality.
7. Sales Hunter-Farmer Test: Are you cut out to be in Sales? Find out. 
8. Sales Personality Test: Do you have the personality to be a salesman? Find out.
9. Work Importance Profiler: Discover what's important to you in a job.

How Does Your Relationship Potential Stack Up?

1. Emotional Intelligence Test: Learn how well you relate to others. This test measures your emotional intelligence.
2. Big Five Compatibility Test: This assessment help you determine your level of compatibility with a another test taker.

Just How Smart are You?

1. Intelligence Type Test: Assesses the way you learn and use your intelligence. Very cool.
2. IQTest.com: Fun and scientifically valid test to determine your level of intelligence.
3. The Oracle Exam: Helps measure your general knowledge and ability to comprehend.
4. Visual Pattern Fluid Intelligence Test: Assesses your intelligence through visual patterns.
5. Lateral Thinking Puzzle IQ Test: Discover how well you think outside the box.
6. MyIQNow: Find out how smart (or Dumb) you are in 30 questions.
7. BrainBall: Provides an IQ test and mental exercise in a game.

Do You Have Skills?

1. Time Management Test: How well do you organize your time? Find out.
2. Skills Profiler: Discover occupations that use your current skills and find out which ones you need to improve.
3. Concentration Test: Learn how well you concentrate.
4. ISEEK Skills Assessment: Learn what skills you need to be successful in life based on your personality. 
5. Verbal IQ Test: Find out how deep your vocabulary is.
6. Mathematics Skills Assessment Test: How good are you at math? Find out.

Other Ways to Learn More About Yourself

1. Right/Left Brain Test: Which side of your brain is dominant? Find out.
2. Learning Styles Self-Assessment: What are the best ways you learn? Find out.
3. Word Association Test: Learn how your mind associates with words.