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Why Your Insight Card Has Adjectives, Not a Personality Type
Personality is one of the most studied topics in psychology. For over a century, researchers have asked the same underlying question: What is the best way to describe the differences between people? Is personality a set of distinct types that people belong to — or a collection of continuous dimensions along which everyone varies?
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How Do You Compare to Zlatan? Swedish Personality Profiles Now on Lobe
When we launched public figure profiles on Lobe, we started with 20 internationally recognized Americans — from Keanu Reeves and Oprah Winfrey to Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. But personality is not limited by geography, and neither is Lobe.
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How Do You Compare to Keanu Reeves? Personality Profiles of Public Figures on Lobe
Personality becomes more meaningful when you can see it in context. Knowing that you score in the 72nd percentile on Extraversion is useful — but comparing that with how the public perceives Oprah Winfrey (92nd percentile) or Bill Gates (8th percentile) makes the number come alive.
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There are no good or bad traits, only better and worse fits
Personality is about context, not character flaws. Discover how to use your traits as a map for success rather than a reason for self-criticism.
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Your personality, portable: why your profile should follow you everywhere
Your LinkedIn follows you, so why doesn't your personality profile? Discover how Lobe turns personality data into a portable identity that you own and control.
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The core idea behind Lobe: why structured comparison beats guesswork
We can’t stop comparing ourselves to others, but we can do it better. Learn how to turn "noisy" social comparisons into structured, scientific self-understanding.
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Why honesty in your answers benefits you most
Stop answering how you think you should. Discover how even small distortions in personality tests lead to advice and environments that don't fit the real you.
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The comparison trap vs. structured comparison: why Lobe is different from social media
Unstructured social media comparison is linked to anxiety. Explore how Lobe uses validated personality science to turn comparison into a healthy tool for understanding.
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Why we use HEXACO instead of the Big Five
Move beyond the Big Five. Research shows the HEXACO model is significantly better at predicting workplace deviance by measuring sincerity, fairness, and modesty.
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What is a percentile score — and why it matters that personality is relative
A score of 78 isn't a grade—it's a position. Understand how percentile-based personality results make comparing your profile with friends and colleagues more accurate.
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Why taking the test more than once makes your profile more accurate
Personality isn't a one-and-done measurement. See why retaking your assessment on Lobe produces a more precise profile and reveals how context shapes you.
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