To your point, all of these personality assessment tools end up putting us into a box, if they are viewed as the final word. They do help us get clarity about how we tend to show up in the world, but they do not seem to differentiate innate personality from learned coping styles.

Oddly enough, the most accurate personality assessment tool I tried was based on characteristics we can use to enhance our interactions with others, and in that tool I fit into the category called “Provocateur”. Now that was spot on!