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The first time I took the Panas test, I came out to be the Mad Scientist. Taking it several times on different days, I am a Cheer Leader most of the time with higher than average positive assessments and lower than average negative feeling assesments of my feelings. 

 

I do not go around with a "rah rah" voice, but it is easy for me to smile and be enthusiastic when I speak to audiences. At home, I rarely shout and mostly be quiet and listen. In my early gradeschool years, I was willing to raise my hand and answer questions, but in junior high and high school I was very mousy. I kind of blossomed in college and gained confidence to become a leader in my adult life. Arthur Brooks writes in his book BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT that everyone wants to be a cheer leader, but it takes practice and needs all four connections.

 

I live with a daughter who came back to the house where she grew up five years ago. My guess is that she is a Judge with low positive feelings and low negative feelings; especially with her divorce. In high school she was a class leader and has owned her own "gotomedia" busines since 2000.  Brooks writes that a Judge makes a good surgeon or spy. She is a good parent and a succesful business owner as well as being the author of a best selling book WORKFLOW.

 

My older granddaughter who came to live with me is for sure a Cheer Leader but needs a lot of emotional self-management. She has a good head on her shoulders, but it is hard for me to watch her desire to get hits on social media. Fortunately, she is learning by making several of her mistakes while she is "home" in a safe place.

 

My second granddaughter is for sure a Poet. Somehow she was born with the ability to self-manage her high negative outbursts. As soon as she could walk she would take herself to her room for about five or ten minutes and come out ready to tackle the next event in her day. It was amazing. 

 

My husband was absolutely a quiet Mad Scientist and Poet. He was a new student when his family moved to Nampa, ID, his junior year. He was voted Vice President of his class of 400 students. He was an amazing partner for our 56 years. Our Japanese heritage was important in our life together with a clear goal of passing on our stories to the next generation with books and his cartoon strips. Go to seattlesamurai.com for info about his art and life.

 

LIFE is a privilege and more fun as we learn to practice being "HAPPIER"!