Discover Who You’re Least Compatible With as a Business Partner
When two people go into business together, the keys to success are compatible temperaments, mutual respect, and complementary personalities that can offset each other’s weaknesses and leverage both of their strengths. That combination makes profitability far more likely. By contrast, if two people with clashing personalities and temperaments team up, it will almost certainly undermine the venture’s financial success. If you’re interested, take this quiz to find out which type of person you’re least suited to partner with in business.
1. Do you treat yourself during the holidays?
2. When you dislike someone, does everything about them irritate you?
3. If you were to open a leisure venue, what would it be?
4. Do you consider yourself childish?
5. Do you like the color white?
6. Do you enjoy staying up late?
7. As a boss, if you see an employee slacking off, what would you do?
8. Are there many things in the world that scare you?
9. If something were to fall from the sky, what do you think it would be?
10. If someone questions you, is that hard for you to tolerate?
A. Someone Who Lacks Strategy
You’re a person of decisive action—when it’s time to charge ahead, you don’t hesitate. However, your impulsiveness means you can lack strategy, and your carelessness and impatience put you at a disadvantage in organization, planning, and management. If you team up with someone who also isn’t calm and collected—both of you being reckless and headstrong—there will be no one to analyze the situation or plan ahead, making it hard for the business to succeed.
B. A Lazy Person
You’re very responsible—practical and hardworking in both life and work. You dislike shortcuts and appreciate people who are steady and earnest. If your partner is lazy and irresponsible, you’ll eventually part ways; collaborating with someone whose mindset and values are completely different from yours is simply torture for you.
C. A Calculating Person
You’re an idealist—calm and easygoing—and you don’t sweat the small stuff for minor gains. You value relationships and long-term investments more than money, and you admire those who are generous and share similar views. If you end up with a partner who’s overly focused on money and driven by greed, you’ll find it intolerable.
D. A Scheming Person
You’re highly ambitious and will do what it takes to achieve your goals, but you do so through honest means and would never harm others. If you find yourself with a manipulative, scheming partner, you’ll feel drained. Instead of fighting side by side, you’ll be mired in distrust and suspicion, which will almost certainly sink the business—and you’d be lucky to get out without losing money.