Your personality and your brain | Scott Schwefel | TEDxBrookings
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- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We all have a unique personality, but we also show up to others in ways we don’t know. Understanding how our brains become consciously aware of ourselves, and in turn, everyone else teaches how we can connect, adapt and ultimately influence others. It all starts with knowing when we are truly self-aware, and when we aren’t, how to get there quickly and easily.
Scott Schwefel built and sold Minnesota’s largest technology training company. To get there he used personality assessments to help his people understand each other and understand clients and customers. His study of personality led to an awareness of brain science and how our brains enable us to communicate with each other. Scott has taught these principles of brain science and communications techniques throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and to over 1300 CEOs globally.
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"if you're blue you're probably thinking you're not sure you need more time to think it over"
I feel so called out omg
The aha moment for me was when he told, "you are not sure, you may pick both ... Blue & red ", now what he's reading our minds or what? :D
Princess Tokyo Moon same here lol
That and then the elevator thing. I've never felt so called out in my life before.
I would have felt called out, but I've done this exercise before, so I already know my colors. I'm a strong blue, but I also have green and yellow traits.
Totally feeling that.
A gem that went unnoticed: "The shortcut is do it now." -- Scott Schwefel
Joe Uong This is a great phrase. I've seen how some reds are and I'm green myself so I've always had to remind myself that this is how they think and try to gain motivation to reach my personal goal through their perspective. Lol.
@@Feathertail2205 NOTICED: '....THEIR (RED) SHORTCUT IS 'DO IT NOW'....(other 'shortcuts': BLUE: prefer to be invited to passive activities -bookclubs, movies, boardgames etc; YELLOW: focused on people and relationships ....and, GREEN: like to be hugged). Great presentation.
cliche
@@edwconr a
I think I'm both green and blue. I remember crying so hard then suddenly I got curious how tears are formed so I searched for it while having my sad lady hours hahaha
Hahahaha
AHHAHAHA omg that is littrely something I would do!
This is literally me lmao 😂😂😂
😂
Lmaooo
My heart goes out to the little boy in the family that is introvert in the midst of these 4 extroverts weou!!!
Lol I resonate with him.
I'm green but more blue at the same time.
I was just thinking..that we introduce ourselves to everyone but ourselves.
*****
Glad you found your own meaning in it :)
Fecal Eruptions wow that made me think :)
ecochic girl I tend to do that for people.
@fecal éruptions, are you Blue?
Yes, that's true. But it wouldn't be necessary to introduce us to people we already know
Aw. I'm green and when he said if your spouse is green, give them a longer hug than usual, I actually put a hand to my heart because that would actually make me feel better right now. xD
💚
teghlura I know! I felt the exact same.
teghlura If I get a Husband, I’d probably want a hug for a good minute or two, and I hate hugs so like..
I physically leaned into my bed as if it was a person I could hug for a long time.
Same!! I actually started crying and said "aww i love hugs" haha!
This guy is a superb speaker.
Isn't amazing when you watch a video or read a book and you feel you really did learn something of value? Thank you very much for this great talk.
I know. This is extremely helpful
Isn't it amazing when you read a comment and have no idea if they are being sarcastic or genuine?
After watching the video I now understand why I hate when my mom hustles me, even if it's an emergency. "Call the person now! Send the message now! Finish what you're doing now! You wash the wares waaaaaay too slowly!! Hurry up, hurry up. hurry up!"
I always internally scream in frustration. If I move too fast then my thinking process lags behind and I find myself doing some stupid things that could've been avoided if I thought about it a little more! #worst _nightmare
With me perpetually thinking (green and blue) and her always hustling (red and orange) we always clash. Time for us to start understanding each other more!
exactly like me too
what is that about?
how does that differ?
Same!My mom is red and yellow and I'm green and blue
You just call me out :))))).
So loud and clear. Omg. I still deal with that
"Analysis paralysis."
Someone get me a brain wheelchair.
You're not a cane-do kind of person?
@epit tan That overthinking is sometimes counterproductive
"Wear as many hats as you want."
The Red people are going through comments to look for summarisations of the Ted talk 😂
I have never been this exposed in my life
immediately, caught red-handed
that sounds more like a blue thing
lmmaaaaooooo
I haven't even gotten to that part but I'm anticipating that I'll be a Red
I immediately knew I was the Sunshine Yellow and already thought about sharing this video with my friends - which proved that I'm indeed a Sunshine Yellow.
And me sharing this information to thousands of strangers just proves him right once again. I feel so self-centered.
A blue or red might think so but as a yellow/green I see you as open and honest :)
I see it as a spreader of wealth, you're the one who is getting the word out!
We humans love our boxes, don't we.
Yes.
Boxes are useful, they contain stuff, we get our cats get inside it, sometimes we even make houses from boxes. Boxes are beautiful
Cats!!
@@gildedphoenix Great! :D
We have no other choice so we might as well embrace it
I've known about MBTI for many years and studied it extensively. I often introduce people and new friends to it, partially to try and understand where they come from and partly as a party favor - it's fun and interesting. Over the years, I've come across the issue that many people don't like being "put into a box" and being "defined" or "confined." Indeed, most people don't like being told that they have limitations, having been told for their entire lives that they can do "anything they put their minds to."
I put those concerns to rest by simply explaining that, "this doesn't define you - you define it." That is, you define yourself. What MBTI tells you is, where you are in relation to everyone else in the world.
What's your MBTI type?
@@scryxtle By most people who are thoroughly knowledgeable in the subject of MBTI, I suspect that would be immediately apparent by my discussion, comprehensible or not, of it. INTP "Architect", "Logician", "Scientist" etc. But if you're not so, then you might only guess that I'm bit "odd" or "eccentric" and sometimes, "nerdy."
anyone on a Ted Talks binge? just me...?
yeah!
Yellow for sure.
absolutely
I listen to TEDTalks Daily on podcast
Well this was more helpful than I thought it would. It hit me when he said ""If you're blue you're probably thinking you're not sure you need more time to think it over" becaue that is what I was doing, and then it hit me again when he showed the negative effects of that trait. I've become cold, indecisive...paralyzed for over 1 year trying to find myself and what I ought to do...I thought too much, I've abused what I do best and that can lead to depression. So...thank you for this talk :)
Hey there enneagram five or six. Me too.
Your diagram reminds me of the astrology elements. Fire, Air, Water and Earth signs.
Go away!
The Spiritual Diva
The Spiritual Diva I am sure it goes hand in hand with it.
Its like Avatar roku , 4 elements
5 elements of universe - 5th one is Ether/Sky
I love this seminar! It really clears things up already. I am now a certified DISC-trainer, and this is SO HELPFUL!!!
One of the best talks I have seen recently. Light weight yet meaningful and full of useful information. Perfect
When the presentation showed that Cool Blues tend to think about the weight limit in the elevator I knew that would be me. Also me, accidentally pressing the "Close Door" button. He caught me red handed.
Me too
A metal box, all to myself? Of course!
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Great Presentation Scott- You covered a great deal of subject matter in 15 minutes with a lot of audience participation and humour- that takes some doing!
This man is full of energy.
He's all yellow 🟡
The Red people pressed skip already 😅😅😅
😂
That was great. I love studies on personality. Fascinating and helps us understand not only ourselves, but others so much better.
Truly both entertaining and enlightening ! Thank you !
Love this. Insights Discovery is one of the best tools for figuring out how to improve communications and managing (and leading) people better.
In the world of overloaded and forcefed information I had the privilege of finding this absolutely amazing video.
I have kept taking screenshots, but that wasn't enough. I rarely download from CZcams, but how this guy manages the way of presenting the topic. Smashing!
Brilliant speaker, excellent topic and wonderfully explained... Wow!
this is kind of video that youtube needs mooore! i'm totally in love
Absolutely brilliant - just what I needed - thank you
As a team, we all were given a training on this, and has been the best training (and more useful) ever! Because we learned to recognize traits and interact accordingly, capitalizing our differences
Do you remember what the training course was called?
I really like to how our personality works with who we are, as we bring our "A" game to communicating with others.
Wow!! Best TED talk I've heard so far. Bravo!!
I am sunshine yellow. Several ppl in my life call me sunshine, one nurse called me "bright & shiny" instead of my name.
Thanks for sharing this tool that we can use to get to know ourselves better.
This helps me understand more about some issues that I have been struggling with for years. I am beyond thankful.
Sunshine yellow gang where you at🙋♂️🙋♀️
Let's talk 😂
Ha ha 😂
The four personalities are called Sanguine (yellow), Phlegmatic(green), Choleric(red), and Melancholy(blue).
the first time I had a great day and night and we will be the best of all the other people
+Cherish Smith Those are temperaments (not personalities), they were used by Galen to describe medicine and we're way way past that now.
+Vicki Brown I don't see why the theories or perspectives are so exclusive, they are certainly correlated.
Cherish Smith I think red is choleric, yellow is sanguine, green is melancholic, and blue is phlegmatic
Vina Sanjoyo in Color Psychology, the effect of green to people is calmness and sometimes laziness so I guess green is for phleg :)
The problem with a model like this could be demonstrated with a little experiment. If you let a group of people choose with what colour he/she identifies, on average you should find that 25% identifies with blue, 25% with red, 25% yellow and 25% green. Now if you let a different group choose between colours, but this time you leave 2 colours out and you only let them choose between blue and red for instance. On average you should find that 25% identifies with blue, 25% with red and 50% shouldn't identify with either. My guess is that this 2nd scenario wouldn't happen. I believe the majority of the group (if not all) would identify with either blue or red. You are given a certain amount of information and then you identify with that information, disregarding the possibility that you might not have been given all of the information. Who's to say that there aren't more colours to choose from with personality traits not included on this list? Stay critical beautiful people!
Jay Bee exactly!
It's the nature of nominal categories to exclude information
If you're forcing them to choose between two categories, people will pick which ever they identify with the most. This model isn't subjecting you to picking a specific group. In fact, it shows how the groups are not defined with bold lines, but blurry ones. At one point, the speaker labels the borders between each group, as well as the groups themselves. Humans are complicated, and everyone possesses traits from every group, yet its likely they'll primarily identify with one of the four groups.
JayBee, the problem with your experiment that if only given two choices, people will pick the closest fit. A green person might say, "Blue doesn't really describe me, but I am more introverted, so I guess I'll pick Blue". So, in your experiment 50% will pick blue and 50% will pick red. If you give them an option of "none of the above", then you no longer have 2 options, and you might find that people will pick 25%, 25%, and 50% (for none of the above).
In fact, when asked, many people cannot choose between the four options, as they exhibit traits from all four areas. We all do. This is just a model on which is your "preferred/habitual" mode of interacting, not a categorical determination of behavior.
Jay Bee You are blue:)
That was such a great video. Thank you for putting it together.
I love how this man speaks Yesssseee! Beautiful thank you TEDx
Who else was so entertained by this that they wanted the presentation to keep going?! I did! 🙋🏻♀️
Yes. It was good.
I recommend everyone to take the test of the 16 personalities MBTI. It goes even deeper in who you are and describes you more better than these 4 colors.
You are a sweet soul🤧
@@nazreenastrie6450 thank you 🤗
don’t take the 16personalities test it’s very inaccurate try sakinorva or keys2cognition. or even better look into the cognitive functions yourself and choose the one u resonate most with.
@@kawthar3846 weird. when I took the test it was very accurate for me and it described me more than I didnt know about myself. My mon tried as well and it worked. While taking the questions you have to be honest or it wont work. Sometimes this is the reason why people dont get the results wanted
@@sweetsoul3169 it works for some but they go off letters rather than cognitive functions (the base of mbti) so it’s inaccurate and mistypes many people.
Fascinating information. Good research behind the information. Look forward to seeing more of the ongoing research.
One of the best talks ever heard! 💯
I already knew about this it's called the Hogwarts houses
Looool
Literally. This just reinforced that I'm a Gryffindor lmfao 😂
@Anabiel It is.
Slytherin? CARING!? Sorry I’m confused right now.
@@ba.nguyen i have many slytherin friends and as a slyth myself, i can confidently say we are caring. we're precise, not overdoing it and we tend to care about the right things and the right people. that's my opinion though. people are different.
Honestly some people say "I don't like being categorized" and it annoys me since it's not for them. It's for me to understand them better. Plus obviously everyone is different but It's the brain chemistry in these types of things.
in a tree
Exactly!
Agree 100 percent !!
But you might be from a certain type pace, and you represent none! In fact, you might want to separate yourself from that place ideologies/identities/cultures because you feel different. Some people feel they're born in the wrong body, some feel they're born in the wrong land. That's why categorizing them is like rooting them to specifications they don't represent at all.
I think some people don’t want to be categorized in the wrong way and don’t know how to move forward. Because while some are hasty about assumptions of a persons character, that person itself feels that they are not truly being understood and don’t live up to expectations.
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Beautiful way of understanding thank you very god bless you well done
My opinion about the video explains everything about the different personalities and describes how Mr. Scott speaks and how we should not be wrong when describing a person by his personality.He also tells us that we should not be serious in cases that do not happen in our daily lives, he tells us that he was asked many questions last week.
I've changed what this comment said because I keep getting notifications for people replying, despite it being 3 years since I watched the video and posted the comment. I don't even know what the colours mean anymore
Dani Grantham yes me :)
Dani Grantham mee
Yes, I guess, I'm too. Most people possibly are kaleidoscopic personality types with one or two dominant shades of a particular color.
Yep
I’m green and yellow
Wow it's been a while since I watched something as good as this one
Amazing talk.
I enjoyed it a lot and learned a lot. Thank you.
I love Insights Discovery and recently became a Licensed Practitioner. I'm thrilled to share it with my clients.
" *where's my kittens in the group* "
Me- *meawww*
It's all about meow.
Surely we should be asking:
What energy do I need to bring in this moment?
It’s like love language, knowing who you are and knowing the energy of others so we can communicate more effectively in each moment. Be present, be more effective.
I've never seen a better overview of the colour energies. This presentation is superb.
Wow.. A great and very practical advice, thank you!
He is amazing!
I believe, that we cannot be good partners, parents, managers, or friends without self-awareness and basic knowledge of differences in personalities. Personalities are influencing our value system, reactions, and perceptions and they deeply differ.
Loved it.Really helpful.
Thanks.
I had a recent Personality Assesment Test and coaching to help me understand my results came up as an near perfect, equal score of all colors - which I like to call myself a "Rainbow". The lowest colors is White, or Green in the example. This is fascinating stuff that helped me understand ME
I agree with what Scott says since this little talk teaches us many things, and one of them is self-knowledge, how we could define our personality even if it seems impossible. Scott also says that we should not judge people because yes, we must know them and know how to appreciate their personality, we must treat them in the same way that we would like to be treated and depending on their mood, we must know that our brain is a machine of ideas that works 100% daily.
I, I identify with the color yellow since I consider myself a calm person in several aspects and I do not seek to harm others, rather I am a sociable person and I like to be empathized with the people around me.
I agree with your opinion since we are all different and we have different personalities and each one has the capacity to give ideas that are creative and unique.
Nothing better than self awareness. Congratulations to Scott!!!
loved it !! Shared this video like three times included to my boss ! Really great talk!
Loved the video. Plain, simple, upfront. Thanks for the insight
@Hello Brig Sushil Bhasin, How are you doing?
I seem to be a cross between yellow and green, leaning more towards yellow but only slightly. Interestingly enough, this is consistent with my past personality types - I went from INFJ to ENFP. So this cross makes sense in that I remained Feeling, but moved from Introverted to Extraverted. Very interesting
absolutely loved this entire video, learned so much about myself while learning how to be more understanding of others. I am sunshine yellow and red all the way, but I hope to grow more balanced between all :)
We can all change a bit if we commit to doing so. You'll probably get more contemplative, hesitant and caring as you get older. Most people do.
I believe that’s should be the goal, I don’t why we are told we have to only maintain how we came into the world
Thank you for an amazing enlightening talk💗
had me before the 5 min mark. powerful. or maybe just really relevant to me right now. either way ...yes. I live with a true blue. Its awesome . He teaches me so much...
5:52, 12:53 The more I read Personality Type models and reflect upon the dynamics of social interaction, the more I come to realize the main issue with interpersonal relationships is one of lack of knowing thyself. As already suggested in this talk, reality is tightly coupled to perception, that is you can only truly know the other if you know yourself. The lack of compassion and understanding of differences is an accurate reflection of a culture that has become imbalanced by focusing on looking outwardly (analysing and judging others) instead of looking inwards (understanding yourself),first and foremost.
Compassion, understanding and communication
aware about what your personality is will help you to control your communication with other and treat their personality accordingly. Also, you can avoid the way your personality overreact. Last but not least, if you see yourself irritate by something, it is an other chance to aware and understand about yourself
Scott Schwefel now is my favourite speaker , great speech and performance, indeed . Informative , useful and humorous at times )
Wow great presentation! I’ve read his book Discover yourself and its amazing! A life changer!
Great talk, because we can take something home from this. What he is says about our personality types is ' what is mostly true to majority of people'. It does not cover all nuisances of individual personality. Thank you very much for this talk.
Lessons in truth.
I actually did this full analysis and ended up being 93% yellow. I'm also a super creative designer who just loves communicating at work.
My boyfriend is definitely a blue. He's a data scientist, hates small talk and just likes doing things correctly. Loves reading into everything and can debunk so many theories.
If you don't mind me asking how did you do a full analysis?
Wow I didn't expect to learn so much about myself in such a short lecture. Everybody should listen to this.
Thanks for sharing it!
i owe that guy a big thank you .. it's been alot since i learnt smth of real value from motivational speakers :))
I am a bit radical ... I vouch for both blue and red! Anybody here feels same?
Yeah theyre my favorite colors too
Rahul Singh Yadav lol I'm sunshine yellow and earth green
Rahul Singh Yadav me too!
yep, I'm a purple because I'm both blue and red. ahhaha
blue and red definitely- but our personality is a spectrum and this characterisation is too simplistic
Who else pressed this video because of the thumbnail.
One of the best Ted Talks I have seen in a long time!!
Thanks a lot mister. you did a great job.
I am green, and I was born green because since I was a child I love to share things, I still love to share :) ❤
that's yellow my dude.
Interesting I think I am green but I was selfish as a kid until my mom taught me why sharing is good, I think it’s hello also tho
If you are watching this video, you are probably blue / green.
yeah it seems like almost all the comments are. "I'm cool blue." also plus the fact that I am blue adds even more to the argument
exactly
Yes
Samiul Al Hossaini no I'm yellow
Samiul Al Hossaini I'm watching it cause it seems pretty fun to know my personality
This really made me think. What a great way to understand people! I'm somewhere between green and yellow.
I'm an INFJ! Resonating with green here. Thanks for making people aware of this amazing concept.
One of the best TED Talks I have seen so far and I watch quite many...
When I saw the first image I instantly paused and read all the field and was like: Yeah, obviously I am red!
After a few seconds, it came to my mind I should think over this again because I also could be blue. The following graphics proved my point to me even further. It was alway that way, that the only thing I was sure of, was that none of the bottom colours fitted me even a little but my partner is that yellow kind of person that would make me totally furious if a person like that(except for my girlfriend) entered the elevator.
Conclusion:
60% Blue + 40% Red! I just love getting stuff done!
When you identify with red traits, but you're the most introverted person that has ever walked the earth.
meeee
Red & blue make purple:)
Hmmm
wow! you made me more aware, Scott. Thanks
Recently, I started to think more about these things. I think this video is pretty useful. We need to know ourselves first, than try to figure out others, and live our life in a "confortable way". Someone pointed out that we here are mostly blue or green... it makes sense.
I think my primary color is easy to guess... I would say I'm cyan.
Can I be both colors, cool blue and earth green?
Same here...lolol
In a way you can. Especially when you follow Jung's approach, who was opposed to absolute categorization. That was never his intention. He would probably say that it's likely you are either _more_ blue or _more_ green, but some people are more of a mix than others. Also, it's very possible that you shift at least to some degree throughout your life into one or more other type(s).
yes
Then you are truly ... "Cool blue", because I am also fighting with the intent of having both, "blue and red"! But at the core we are "cool blue" and we vouch for red or in your case green, because we find some traits to be common. Oh and yes you can and you should.
Juan Amador a bit of fiery red, a bit of earth green and a lot of sunshine yellow
I'm ADD. It hurts my feelings when someone says I'm "odd". I'm not. I think differently.
I understand where you're coming from. You have to embrace your differences and learn to tune out the negative Nellie's.
Thanks for this talk. It was useful because I’m seeking to be more self aware.
Thanks for this, it really gave me ideas for my assignment.
blue + green - i'm such an introvert lol
hello hello introverts unite On the internet~ ehhh get it~
I’ll leave now
Nice and entertaining explanation
Thank you for this talk
Very accurate and insightful facts and a great speaker.
I'M
BLUE
DA BA DI DA BA DAM
I'm blue if I pee I would die if I peeeeee I would die
Do you know the song Blue from Lolo Zouaï or is it just a coincidence ? ^^
Hahahahaha
this song is sooo old, i love it
hahahaha
Wow I'm blue and he was spot on bc I needed more time to think. Love this
👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you for this video......it led me know who am I .....I can discover myself.........hope that more interesting video will also uploaded
Nice pleasant presentation. A great presentation in fact. If people were as open to behaviour types as he is then we would all get on. I switch through 3 of these depending on home, work and alcohol.