S.A.  you said it all!   I also agree with this time in my life being happiest..my sons are grown and I am peaceful on my own.   I will be 60 in a couple of months and another chapter in life will begin.

My lead role was of teacher with a supporting role of facilitator.  Career choices were those where I can inspire people to succeed and advocate for those who cannot defend themselves.  WOW!  Considering that I returned to school to pursue a law degree and am veering toward social context issues (i.e., domestic violence, homelessness, civil rights) and work closely (as a volunteer) with women receiving training to enter the workforce, I guess I am on target, since this is where I am most happy.  Funnily, I work for a very big law firm and make a very good income.  I know I will probably lose that income when I pursue my law degree but I am always happiest when I work on the not-for-profits.  Of course, I have the benefit of receiving a good salary so how it will be when I am not, will be interesting.  All-in-all, I cannot see myself doing anything other than addressing families at risk issues.

Advisor/Equalizer. I believe I probably am more advisor [What is the *best* thing to do?], but I wish I were more equalizer [What is the *right* thing to do?]. Something to continue working toward …  :]

I like quizzes, but don’t put a lot of stock in them.  As for my "happiness quotient," I’ve always been happy most of the time. 

Some say it’s genes, and that may be true.  But I can’t help but think attitudes toward life are fashioned at home during our growing up years.  We certainly weren’t wealthy, not even middle income.  But we (there were five of us kids) had all the security anyone could wish for…a mom and a dad who loved us, and who let us know they did. 

As an adult, I realized that my parrents had a lovely knack for making each of us feel we were the "favorite."

Thanks, Mom and Dad.

Lead is Motivator

Advisor is supporting role

I think this is dead on - I am a planning director for a town so I have to listen, advise, lead and take direction all at the same time

good test!

Where’s Maggie?   She’ll ROTFLHAO when she reads this…I tested as a teacher/caregiver.   Where are you, Maggie?

I read many of your opinions on the biased nature of this little test, and I do understand what you are talking about. But maybe the bias is not age related or anything like that, but instead is "activity" related. Let me explain what I mean:

My results came back teacher/adviser, which just happens to be exactly what I do everyday for a living. I teach and I coach, and I advise my athletes daily on many different subjects.

 The reason I am saying that this makes it a bit biased, is that when one has a full-time job they often will be thinking in that role. Therefore, I answered all of the questions with my own personal bias being that I am an educator and think as an educator.

 No test, etc. is ever bias free due to our own personal biases. Honestly, I was impressed how this was so right on. I think that maybe if you are not in the mode of working everyday or regularly this could seem inaccurate.

Bottom line, get over it and have a little fun! That’s all this is meant for, anyway!

My primary role is that of a "teacher" and my supporting role is that of a "weaver". I began teaching piano lessons when I was 15 years old and as an adult, I became a "teacher" wherever I worked and mainly used my primary role to teach healthcare professionals (from the front office to the medical providers) about patient privacy laws.

As a musician, I often played the piano/keyboard for stage productions and used my supporting role as a weaver to find the right person for the right performance as well as putting the right team together or being part of a team to reach one common goal.

For years I taught classes at churches to teens on important life subjects.

I find the results to be right on target for my personality and the way I am in every day life. I love the teaching role but I also use that role to openly discuss the subjects and learn from other people about all kinds of things. As a "weaver", I enjoy very much the idea of learning from others to complete a team project and to achieve with others a common goal.

It was interesting to me to find out both the "teacher" role and the "weaver" role could be intertwined. I struggled at one point with being both because I thought, "how can I teach (as a leader and singular-type of role) and be part of a team (as a more submissive [for lack of a better term] and plural-type of role)? It’s great to finally be able to put the two together and know that indeed both can and do co-exist within me.  

L. Woods

Well, here I am, first time poster, and so I took the test.  I do agree with some who said it didn’t really match the age - and I think, the lifestyles of all questioned.  So I found out I am a an "advisor" - that is pretty close.  Seems I’m always asked "What do you think" - maybe I should hang out a shingle!

I took the test, it says that I am a Caretaker and an Equalizer.  I told my husband and his face totally lit up with agreement. 

So, I HAVE struggled with myself about what career I should go into.  I wonder if this book will give me more insight into what career to go into?