Comm 203: Vals Survey

The Vals survey considers my first type as a striver and my second type as an experiencer. First of all, strivers are fun-loving and motivated by how much they achieve in life. They also seem to be concerned about the approval and opinions of others. For strivers, money defines success and dont have enough to get what they really want. Strivers look up to individuals with money and measure success by it. It also says that they favor stylish products that often wealthier people tend to have. Strivers are basically people who strive to become the most successful by having the nicest products which value "greater material wealth." They are consumers and shopping is considered a social activity as well as an opportunity to demonstrate their wealth (even though they may not be that wealthy).They are also often impulse buyers. A lack of skills and sense prevents them from moving ahead. To be honest, I don't think that I really fit into the opinions of others category because I am just me and never really cared what other people thought about me. However, I do agree that I do like to be fashionable and I would like to have nice things even though I do not own anything like them right now. I don't think that money measures success but I do enjoy a few of the finer things in life in general. I am not much of a shopper in real life at the moment so I don't know how this could be very accurate in that sense. But I it is true that I don't have much money, yet I would love to have a few of the finer things in life. Overall I do agree that I am somewhat a striver, but my second type as an experiencer sounds like me as well. My second type is an Experiencer. Experiencers are motivated by self-expression and easily enthused by new possibilities. They seek excitement, variety, and like to enjoy the "risky, new, offbeat" types of things. They are very socially active and spend a lot of money on fashion and entertainment. Experiencers like to have the "cool" things in life and like to experience what's cool. I think that this sounds a good bit more like me than striver. I am very much an experiencer in life and like to have the coolest new gadgets that I can find. I do in fact spend a lot of my money on clothing, cd's, movies, and games. I believe that my second type, the Experiencer is correct in evaluating my Vals type. Perhaps I am a mixture of Striver/Experiencer because a lot of the traits seem to merge together.