Curious results Dan. I wouldn't mind knowing about these 5 myself as Jordan often rattles on about them; especially my agreeableness (which I suspect is too high).

Is it still "available?"

Z

If you really put the effort in to your responses as honestly and accurately as you can, the results are quite astounding.

I haven't been on Facebook since the 3rd of January, so I'm really not sure if it's still available through the holiday giveaway. Although I'd imagine it was closed after Christmas and the submissions were reviewed and the winners awarded (like me).

Drat. I'm looking for personality traits that I'm short-coming in. I suspect I'm too agreeable in my case as I don't generate much emotion in the majority of interactions I have face to face.

Still, ta for that. I'll look.

https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test

Have a pop at that free online one. Better than nothing.

Kewl cheers for that.

For my OCEAN score I got 67%, 58, 33, 62.5 and 65 respectively. Report didn't tell me anything about percentiles.

TBH though if I really wanted to do something I was concerned about (e.g. altering agreeableness and neuroticism) then I'd pay to see a shrink rather than get this report. Something I'm considering when lockdown starts to relinquish.

Z

Just did a quick calculation on a domain name I bought and have held for two years.

On roughly 15 quid a year, twice, there has been a 4723% increase in the value of this domain.

The domain in question is quite a catchy and snappy one. I'm not being biased when I say I believe it's worthy of being a big brand name. With the market in which it fits being the academic / intellectual / clever / but with a touch of comedy, built right in to the domain.

Whilst I'm not willing to let this particular domain go for £1500, it has given me serious food for thought.

I have two other domains on my roster. One is the .co.uk of the aforementioned domain, and another. Both have only increased by about 400/500% in comparison, but even that, if you had 100 domains doing the same thing, is not to be overlooked.

It should be clear by this point where I'm going with this.

I'm considering domain flipping as minimal time investment business.


EDIT: Why the fuck am I posting this here? These words would be better on a business forum.

I have a chat arranged tomorrow evening, with The Director of Operations, of this US firm, for a job with them that I'm actively engaged in the application process for.

So far so good. They liked my application (they have a sense of humor, so I know they partly appreciate my personality), and got me to do a test project for them. They also liked my project. It consisted of performing copy-edits on an article, following their guidance.

The role, however, is as an Account Manager. So I'd been doing more than editing. I'd be coordinating work with new clients; engaging with them and discussing their desires etc; amongst other stuff. But the test project was editing.

It's fully remote and flexible. I'd really love to get the job because not only is this something I enjoy and I'm actually good at, but I'd be way happier doing it than the bullshit customer service donkey work I'm doing in my current job. They gave me my pay rise for passing probation, 6 months later than promised, and it basically just feels like they don't give a fuck about the bullshit we have to constantly deal with from customers because we launched with very poor execution in many important areas of the business.

I've had enough of the bullshit now. It's so frustrating I've been on the verge of just walking out multiple times, practically every fucking day in fact, rather than seeing out my notice.

I've mentally left the building and I'm hoping to be out soon. I've realized one's sanity is sometimes not worth what you're expected to cope with. And that's coming from a resilient motherfucker. I've hung on for long enough hoping for it to change, and it's now too little too late.

There we go, by mid-day today my head is completely fucking frazzled with customer bullshit because of the many ways our company sucks. I've literally had to get my ass outside for some air.

I'm so fucking irritable, frustrated and resentful at how their incompetence has mentally affected myself and those who have already left before me.

This just solidifies my determination to nail this editing job.

The interview/chat with the lovely lady from the US firm went quite well. I don't want to get too overexcited in case I don't get it, but she told me she's swaying toward me over the other couple of candidates. Even just based on the interesting content of my application, she currently favors me.

They're fully flexible. As long as you do 40 hours a week, you can do the work when you like. Of course, there would be a reasonably understandable requirement to fulfill certain deadlines and meetings in terms of communicating with clients and doing calls and things like that, but overall it sounds like something I could easily handle. Especially given the ridiculous number of plates I'm currently spinning for 8 hours a day in my current job.

She's going to crunch some numbers and put some information together now, and hopefully, offer me a position before the weekend is over. She even said she'd provide a bump of 5% on my current salary, to start with. Which is already better than the 3% my own employer gave me two weeks ago, six months later than they were supposed to.

We agreed I'd start part-time initially, between 10 and 20 hours a week, to see how I get on with the job (do I even like it?), which is a perfectly reasonable and sensible thing for us to do. Obviously, I would love to throw my resignation down on Monday, but the knowledge that I've got my hand in another opportunity will alleviate things, knowing I have a way out.

Again, for now, I'm just remaining hopeful and positive about it. But everything has gone smoothly, so far. That's gotta be a good sign.

I know I've been ranting the last couple of days through utter frustration, but I think it's important that I document this transition.

So, I've just woken up to good news on this front. She wants to hire me and start me with 10 hours this week. They have some big deliverables they think I can really help with. Then we can chat at the end of next week to see whether I love it or hate it.

Furthermore, should I love it (which let's be honest, I probably will), after the three months probation, she said we can then talk about bumping my pay up to the 15% increase on my current salary I asked for.

I've really enjoyed this process of being unhappy with my circumstances and taking immediate and relentless action towards changing them.

Today's a good day ✌😎