The Artisan - Crafter

I'm taking Management Principles and Practice, or BBSC 363, as one of my subject electives this trimester. One of the exercises for the course is about knowing ourselves, our trait and personality for corporate, career and most important of all, our own personal development. We are asked to log into a website and take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II test. You can try it as well by registering a few minor details and off you go. You don't have to take the advanced test report as it'll require payments from you - and we both know we're all kedekut kan? kan? Mini-report is sufficient for you to know roughly what trait do you belong to.

There are four temperament types; Artisan, Guardian, Idealist and Rational.

I am the Artisan. All Artisans share the following core characteristics;

• Artisans tend to be fun-loving, optimistic, realistic and focuse on the here and now.
• Artisans pride themselves on being unconventional, bold and spontaneous.
• Artisans make playful mates, creative parents and troubleshooting leaders.
• Artisans are excitable, trust their impulses, want to make splash, seek stimulation, prize freedom and dream of mastering action skills. (Wow!)

Artisans are the temperament with a natural ability to excel in any of the arts, not only the fine arts such as painting and sculpting, or the performing arts such as music, theater and dance, but also the athletic, military, political, mechanical and industrial arts, as well as the "art of the deal" in business.

Artisans have exceptionally keen senses and love working with their hands. They seem right at home with tools, instruments and vehicles of all kinds, and their actions are usually aimed at getting them where they want to go, and as quickly as possible. Thus, Artisans will strike off boldly down roads that other might consider risky or impossible, doing whatever it takes, rules or no rules, to accomplish their goals. This devil-may-care attitude also gives the Artisans a winning way with people, and they are often irresistibly charming with family, friends and co-workers. (And the ladies too, perhaps?)

Artisans want to be where the action is; they seek out adventure and show a constant hunger for pleasure and stimulation. They believe that variety is the spice of life and that doing things that aren't fun or exciting is a waste of time. Artisans are impulsive, adaptable, competitive and believe the next throw of the dice will be the lucky one. They can also be generous to a fault, always ready to share with their friends from the bounty of life. Above all, Artisans need to be free to do what they wish, when they wish. They resist being tied or confined or obligated; they would rather not wait, or save, or store, or live for tomorrow. In the Artisan view, today must be enjoyed, for tomorrow never comes.

They are four types of Artisans; Composers, Crafters, Performers and Promoters.

I am the Crafter. Crafters are the true masters of tool work, with an innate ability to command tools and to become expert at all the crafts requiring tool skills. They love actions and know instinctively that activities are more enjoyable and exciting, if done impulsively, spontaneously, subject to no schedules or standards but their own. Of all the types, Crafters are most likely to be risk takers, pitting themselves or their technique, against chance or odds.

Crafters are hard to get to know. Perhaps this is because they tend to communicate through action, and show little interest in developing language skills. They let their actions speak for them and their actual conversation is sparse and brief. They can also be wonderfully generous and loyal to their friends, teammates and sidekicks, often giving up their evenings or weekends to help with building projects or mechanical repairs-house remodelling. On the other hand, they can be fiercely insubordinate to those in authority, seeing rules and regulations as unnecessarily confining. Crafters will not usually go against regulations openly, yet will simply ignore them. More than anything, Crafters want to be free to do their own thing, and they are proud of their ability to do it with an artist's skill.

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Hoh! That's about it from the complete article regarding the Artisans. I'm the creative mind and a slacker as well. Heh. Really. The lecturer actually pointed out that day that Artisans have the tendency of not passing into university because of their rebellious trait. Slacker. Tsk3. I do feel somewhat familiar with some of the details described. Nonetheless, I don't think that I do possess all of the traits illustrated as an Artisan. What say you? Or better, what are you - The Guardian? An Idealist? The Rational? Or the same slacker as I am?