A Clear Channel - Day 91

Day two of my aptitude test with the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation. It's going to take me a minute to process the results, but what I can tell you right now is I scored very high in memory skills and musical ability. There was also exploration about more strength in my left hand than my right which seems to be odd for a right handed person. It's possible that genetically I could be left-handed but was trained to be right-handed. I do remember my teachers in elementary school noticing that I wrote with a left-handed slant with my right hand so they taped my paper to the desk to force my writing to slant the other way. Interesting. Since I was adopted, this makes sense. Hmmmm. Some aspects of my personality indicate that I could be a good manager which opens up so many possibilities I can't even go into it right now, but one that stood out was the Dean of an Arts Department at a University. Ironically, my friend from high school, Parker, recently shared that he could see me doing that.
I also scored high in an area called foresight, which means I can see the big picture, set my sights toward it and find a way to get there no matter what.
I was encouraged to add more music to my life maybe in the way of a hobby since comes so natural for me and I have a passion for it. I'm excited about moving forward with that.
The only portion of the test that was knowledge based was vocabulary and I could use some improvement in that area. I'm always interested in learning new words so I'll be working on that.
I've wanted to take this aptitude test for a long time and now that I have, I'm not disappointed. There's a lot to read and process, but I like knowing that my three strong areas are Artistic, Social and Enterprising (that's where the managerial skills come into play). I know now to focus on my strengths and it's OK to avoid my weak areas. I think you should too. For example, if you ever need brain surgery and find out I'm your neurosurgeon? Run!!!!!

A Clear Channel - Day 90

Exactly 3 months of blogging. Wow. Where did the time go? It makes it seem like writing a book is actually possible. I know writers like Stephen King write every single day. I think the only 2 days per year he doesn't write are Christmas and his birthday. It amazes me how some artists just keep cranking out their work...song writers, authors, playwrights, etc. I seem to have a goal to do everything at least once. It never stops. Everyday it's something new with me....I want to know how to do everything!!! There was a Broadway show back in the day that contained a song called I WANT IT ALL. That describes me to a T.
So today, I took part one of an aptitude test. This test is supposed to measure your natural and/or inherited ability for aptitudes such as memory for numbers, musical ability, spatial visualization and perceptual speed (whatever that means). So far my strengths in music pitch and matching rhythms don't surprise me, nor does the confirmation that I will never be an engineer or a surgeon or work with little tiny objects. One interesting thing that I found out is that my left eye is my dominant eye yet I am right handed. Most people have dominance in the same eye and hand. There's only a small percentage of us where it is the opposite. That makes me feel kinda special although I don't think it means anything spectacular. Part two and the assessment of all tests is tomorrow. I'll let you know what I find out.