Reflection

Whether you think out loud in the moment or mull things over first.

Measured by the Thinking Style test. Scores run from 0 to 100.

Low scores (under 40): Spontaneous

Thinking as you go makes you lively and decisive in the moment. Now and then you may say or choose something you would revise after a pause.

Balanced scores (40 to 60)

You sometimes decide on the spot and sometimes take time. It depends on what is at stake.

High scores (over 60): Reflective

Considered answers are your specialty, since you turn things over before you speak or choose, and you often revisit past decisions. That can slow you down or keep you in your head.

Related traits

• Analytical
  Whether you lean on gut feeling or on step-by-step reasoning and evidence.
• Curiosity
  How much you follow your interest across topics versus staying on what is useful.
• Abstraction
  Whether you think in examples and facts or in patterns and general ideas.

Sources and method

This lens places you on four spectrums of thinking, and each end has its own strengths. It measures how you say you usually think, not how well you think, and it says nothing about intelligence. Results are self-report and rough, and your style can change with the topic, your mood and the stakes. Read it as a description of your defaults, not a label.

Neither end of a dimension is better. Each comes with strengths and costs. For self-reflection and entertainment only.