One of the 243 portraits · MHLHL
The Golden Retriever
I greet everyone the same and forget the plan.
You offer comfort that asks nothing back.
You greet every person and every setback with the same easy warmth, unbothered by whatever the day was supposed to look like. You forget the plan happily and stick to what has always worked.
Steady · Amiable · Unruffled
The five together
Warm, unbothered and loyal to routine, you greet everyone the same, forget the plan happily, and offer a comfort that asks nothing in return.
The Golden Retriever's result is high on Agreeableness and Emotional Stability, low on Conscientiousness and Openness and in the middle on Extraversion. Each band is wide on purpose: a score near a boundary can fall either side on a retake, and the portrait describes the pattern, not a precise point.
About 6 in 10,000 people
0.06% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Golden Retriever is among the rarest tenth of the 243.
Bands are relative to a general adult reference sample. Honesty-Humility is measured in your Snapshot and appears in your report; it is not part of the portrait.
What The Golden Retriever might recognize
- You greet people the same way whether your day has gone well or badly.
- You forget the original plan without it costing you any peace of mind.
A question worth keeping
Since so little rattles you, what would it take to notice when something actually should?
Six lenses
The Golden Retriever in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Golden Retriever come with the membership.
Written for this exact combination, alongside 90 trait pages, a strengths constellation and a growth plan.
Read them in the membershipOne band away
Move a single dimension and the portrait changes. These are the ten neighbours of The Golden Retriever.
- Extraversion lowThe Companion
- Extraversion highThe Best Friend
- Agreeableness lowThe Old Hand
- Agreeableness mediumThe Weekender
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Farmer
- Conscientiousness highThe Quiet Captain
- Emotional Stability lowThe Protector
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Giver
- Openness mediumThe Gatherer
- Openness highThe Idealist
The traits behind The Golden Retriever
A portrait is a pattern across five measured dimensions. Every trait is reported as a percentile against the reference sample; the three bands and the portrait name exist to make the result easier to talk about, and the percentile is always shown alongside. Each dimension has its own page explaining what it means, what the research says it predicts, and how it can change.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Agreeableness?
How kind, trusting, and cooperative you tend to be with other people, and how much you put getting along ahead of getting your way.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Openness?
How much you enjoy new ideas, art, imagination, and experiences that are different from what you already know.
The Snapshot also measures Honesty-Humility, which appears in your report but is not part of the portrait code. How much you tell the truth, play fair, want only your fair share, and avoid showing off, even when you could get away with more.
Questions about The Golden Retriever
- What is the Golden Retriever personality?
- The Golden Retriever is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I greet everyone the same and forget the plan. Warm, unbothered and loyal to routine, you greet everyone the same, forget the plan happily, and offer a comfort that asks nothing in return.
- How common is The Golden Retriever?
- 0.06% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Golden Retriever is among the rarest tenth of the 243 among the 243 portraits in the reference sample, and the share will move as the norming sample grows.
- How do I find out if I am The Golden Retriever?
- Take the free Wellington Snapshot: 60 questions, about 7 minutes. You answer all the questions first, then you sign in with an email so your answers are saved and your results can be shown. There is no card. Your free results name your portrait and show your five dimensions.
- Is The Golden Retriever a personality type?
- Not in the sense of a box you are sorted into. Wellington measures continuous traits and reports each as a percentile against a reference sample. The Golden Retriever names the combination of bands your scores fall in, and a score near a band boundary can land on either side on a retake. Wellington describes ordinary variation in personality; it is not a diagnosis and is not designed for hiring. Read more about types and traits
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