INTRODUCTION

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep
I know for certain I’m somebody else. BOB DYLAN

Adventurer personalities are true artists, but not necessarily in the typical sense where
they’re out painting happy little trees. Often enough though, they are perfectly capable of
this. Rather, it’s that they use aesthetics, design and even their choices and actions to
push the limits of social convention. Adventurers enjoy upsetting traditional expectations
with experiments in beauty and behavior – chances are, they’ve expressed more than
once the phrase “Don’t box me in!”

Happy to Be Who They Are

Adventurers live in a colorful, sensual world, inspired by connections with people and
ideas. These personalities take joy in reinterpreting these connections, reinventing and
experimenting with both themselves and new perspectives. No other type explores and
experiments in this way more. This creates a sense of spontaneity, making Adventurers
seem unpredictable, even to their close friends and loved ones.

Despite all this, Adventurers are definitely Introverts, surprising their friends further when
they step out of the spotlight to be by themselves to recharge. Just because they are
alone though, doesn’t mean people with the Adventurer personality type sit idle – they
take this time for introspection, assessing their principles. Rather than dwelling on the
past or the future, Adventurers think about who they are. They return from their cloister,
transformed.

Adventurers live to find ways to push their passions. Riskier behaviors like gambling and
extreme sports are more common with this personality type than with others. Fortunately
their attunement to the moment and their environment allows them to do better than most.
Adventurers also enjoy connecting with others, and have a certain irresistible charm.

Adventurers always know just the compliment to soften a heart that’s getting ready to
call their risks irresponsible or reckless.

However, if a criticism does get through, it can end poorly. Some Adventurers can handle
kindly phrased commentary, valuing it as another perspective to help push their passions
in new directions. But if the comments are more biting and less mature, Adventurer
personalities can lose their tempers in spectacular fashion.
Adventurers are sensitive to others’ feelings and value harmony. When faced with
criticism, it can be a challenge for people with this type to step away from the moment
long enough to not get caught up in the heat of the moment. But living in the moment
goes both ways, and once the heightened emotions of an argument cool, Adventurers
can usually call the past the past and move on as though it never occurred.

Meaning Is in Every Expression of Life

The biggest challenge facing Adventurers is planning for the future. Finding constructive
ideals to base their goals on and working out goals that create positive principles is no
small task. Adventurers don’t plan their futures in terms of assets and retirement. Rather,
they plan actions and behaviors as contributions to a sense of identity, building a portfolio
of experiences, not stocks.

If these goals and principles are noble, Adventurers can act with amazing charity and
selflessness – but it can also happen that people with the Adventurer personality type
establish a more self-centered identity, acting with selfishness, manipulation and egoism.
It’s important for Adventurers to remember to actively become the person they want to
be. Developing and maintaining a new habit may not come naturally, but taking the time
each day to understand their motivations allows Adventurers to use their strengths to
pursue whatever they’ve come to love.
STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

Adventurer Strengths
• Charming – People with the Adventurer personality type are relaxed and warm,
and their “live and let live” attitude naturally makes them likable and popular.
• Sensitive to Others – Adventurers easily relate to others’ emotions, helping them
to establish harmony and good will, and minimize conflict.
• Imaginative – Being so aware of others’ emotions, Adventurer personalities use
creativity and insight to craft bold ideas that speak to people’s hearts. While it’s
hard to explain this quality on a resume, this vivid imagination and exploratory spirit
help Adventurers in unexpected ways.
• Passionate – Beneath Adventurers’ quiet shyness beats an intensely feeling
heart. When people with this personality type are caught up in something exciting
and interesting, they can leave everything else in the dust.
• Curious – Ideas are well and good, but Adventurers need to see and explore for
themselves whether their ideas ring true. Work revolving around the sciences may
seem a poor match for their traits, but a boldly artistic and humanistic vision is often
exactly what research needs to move forward – if Adventurers are given the
freedom they need to do so.
• Artistic – Adventurers are able to show their creativity in tangible ways and with
stunning beauty. Whether writing a song, painting an emotion, or presenting a
statistic in a graph, Adventurers have a way of visualizing things that resonates
with their audience.

Adventurer Weaknesses
• Fiercely Independent – Freedom of expression is often Adventurers’ top priority.
Anything that interferes with that, like traditions and hard rules, creates a sense of
oppression for Adventurer personalities. This can make more rigidly structured
academics and work a challenge.
• Unpredictable – Adventurers’ dislike long-term commitments and plans. The
tendency to actively avoid planning for the future can cause strain in Adventurers’
romantic relationships and financial hardship later in life.
• Easily Stressed – Adventurers live in the present, full of emotion. When situations
get out of control, people with this personality type (especially Turbulent ones) can
shut down, losing their characteristic charm and creativity in favor of gnashing
teeth.
• Overly Competitive – Adventurers can escalate small things into intense
competitions, turning down long-term success in their search for glory in the
moment, and are unhappy when they lose.
 • Fluctuating Self-Esteem – It’s demanded that skills be quantified, but that’s hard
to do with Adventurers’ strengths of sensitivity and artistry. Adventurers’ efforts are
often dismissed, a hurtful and damaging blow, especially early in life. Adventurers
can start to believe the naysayers without strong support.

CAREER PATHS

When it comes to the career world, Adventurers need more than just a job. Wealth,
power, structure, advancement and security are all lesser goals to Adventurer
personalities’ greatest need: creative freedom. Adventurers crave a tangible outlet for
their imagination, a chance to express themselves artistically.

Those placing their emphasis on predictability and long-term planning find that attempts
to push those views on Adventurers are about as effective as forcing open flames to point
downwards.

People with the Adventurer personality type are passionate experimenters, and whether
they’re aware of it or not, they are renowned trendsetters. With their unique perspective
and simple desire to be themselves, Adventurers are natural artists, musicians and
photographers, as well as designers of all stripes. Setting up shop on websites like Etsy
is far more alluring to Adventurers than the confines of 9-5 administrative work in some
fluorescent cubicle.

Don’t Work at Being Ordinary

Adventurers loathe sitting idle in colorless, unchanging environments. They are free souls
and need flexibility, opportunities for improvisation, and immersive work that engages
every sense. If they combine these needs with their competitive nature, Adventurer
personalities make great solo athletes. Adventurers prefer to live in the moment,
believing the here and now is what matters most.

This quality does have the drawback of sometimes making Adventurers reckless and
shortsighted, though those pitfalls aren’t set in stone. An emphasis on practical, tangible
things, objects that can be seen and touched, comes at the cost of ignoring less tangible
ideas. Adventurers often feel that they have little control over processes like retirement
planning – they can’t predict the future, so it does no good to worry about it now.

Life’s too Short for Us to Bore Ourselves

This mindset can hold them back from many of their ideal careers, such as psychology,
counseling and teaching, which require long-term planning and often extensive
certifications to get started. It takes a great deal of energy for Adventurers to maintain
focus on a single goal like that for so long, but it can make the day-to-day so much more
rewarding for the rest of their lives.
An easier route revolves around freelance and consulting work in just about any industry
that Adventurers enjoy. Whether organizing charity events, working with hospitals to
make patients’ stays more pleasant, or laying stone to help make a house a home,
Adventurers always seem to find a way to make the world a little more beautiful and
exciting, and to make a living in the process.

WORKPLACE HABITS
In the workplace, Adventurers seek out positions that give them as much wiggle room as
possible to do things their own way. Button-down environments that revolve around
tightly held traditions and strictly enforced procedures are unlikely to appeal to
Adventurer personalities. Spontaneous, charming, and genuinely fun people to be
around, Adventurers just want a chance to express those natural qualities, and to know
that their efforts are appreciated.

Adventurer Subordinates
People with the Adventurer personality type don’t like to be controlled, and this can be
quite clear in subordinate positions – they loathe being micromanaged. At the same time,
Adventurers aren’t well-known for their long-term focus, but rather their adaptability and
spontaneity. They’ll use unconventional methods, sometimes risky ones, and existing
rules are just someone else’s way of doing things. Still, Adventurers find a way to make
things happen. To manage Adventurer personalities successfully, there need to be
clearly set goals, and otherwise an open sandbox.

If this balance can be made to work, Adventurers show themselves to be eager learners
and passionate problem-solvers, especially if they get to deal one-on-one with other
people or to tackle a problem solo. People with this personality type are humble, even
shy, and unlikely to put themselves on the spot by volunteering their help. But
Adventurers do love to feel appreciated, and if assigned a task, they work hard to earn
that appreciation.

Adventurer Colleagues
Among their peers Adventurers feel most comfortable. Working with equals and giving
some advice in order to solve practical problems is right where Adventurer personalities
like to be. While they may exhaust themselves if their role requires an excessive amount
of social interaction, they are otherwise quite charming and have excellent networking
skills.

Adventurers are tolerant and friendly, and usually just do what needs to be done
regardless of whether their colleagues pull their own weight. At the end of the day though,
Adventurers are sensitive and need to know that these efforts are appreciated – a well-
placed compliment goes a long way. Adventurers do let their personal goals affect their
approach to their work, which can make them a little unpredictable, but this is balanced
by their desire for harmony and willingness to find win-win solutions whenever possible.
Adventurer Managers
The position that feels most unnatural to Adventurers is management. They are not a
domineering personality type, and take no joy in exerting control over others, planning
long-term goals, or disciplining unsatisfactory behavior. But just because it feels a little
strange, doesn’t mean Adventurer personalities aren’t good at it.

Adventurers’ sensitivity allows them to be great listeners, helping them to align their
subordinates’ personal motivations with the task at hand. They also give their
subordinates the freedom to do what needs to be done to solve what needs to be solved
on any given day, and Adventurers are likely to dig into that work right alongside them.
This gives Adventurer managers a marked style of inspiration and cooperation, and
they’re usually well-liked.