One of the 243 portraits · LHHHH
The Guardian
I draw my calm from the length of the plan.
You work patiently on something larger than yourself.
You work steadily on something larger than any single day, indifferent to who gets the credit for it. Your calm comes less from the present moment than from trusting the length of the plan itself.
Serene · Exacting · Visionary
The five together
Serene, kind and exacting, you work patiently on something larger than yourself, indifferent to credit, and you draw your calm from the length of the plan.
The Guardian's result is high on Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness and low 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 1 in 1,000 people
0.13% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Guardian is an uncommon combination.
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 Guardian might recognize
- You keep working on a long-term project without needing regular recognition along the way.
- You stay calm about a setback because you can see the larger plan it fits inside.
A question worth keeping
What would you feel, if the long project you are patiently building never finished in your lifetime?
Six lenses
The Guardian in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Guardian 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 Guardian.
- Extraversion mediumThe Master Builder
- Extraversion highThe Luminary
- Agreeableness lowThe Mastermind
- Agreeableness mediumThe Scientist
- Conscientiousness lowThe Monk
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Mystic
- Emotional Stability lowThe Healer
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Botanist
- Openness lowThe Homesteader
- Openness mediumThe Beekeeper
The traits behind The Guardian
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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th 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.
- High band, above the 70th 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.
- High band, above the 70th 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 Guardian
- What is the Guardian personality?
- The Guardian is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I draw my calm from the length of the plan. Serene, kind and exacting, you work patiently on something larger than yourself, indifferent to credit, and you draw your calm from the length of the plan.
- How common is The Guardian?
- 0.13% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Guardian is an uncommon combination 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 Guardian?
- 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 Guardian 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 Guardian 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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