Know your retirement personality
There is more to a successful retirement than finances. Personality can play a big role. Take our 5-step
profiler to discover your attitude toward life change, risk and uncertainty as these viewpoints determine how
you’ll react to the change from work to retirement.
Different personality types react to assorted ways to change. Knowing your personality will help you set
realistic retirement goals and plan for the lifestyle that best fits you. Complete our profiler tool and you’ll
receive your personality type description along with tools and resources to help you transition into retirement.
Question 1
Different people have different views on how much control they personally have over what their life turns out to be like. Do you believe that how your life turns out is mostly dependent on specific actions you take, or do you feel that life is beyond your control and mostly influenced by outside forces?
(use the slider bar below to choose the answer that best fits you)
Beyond
my control |
Undecided |
Within
my control |
Question 2
Do you seek out new experiences that lead to change or do you prefer consistency?
(use the slider bar below to choose the answer that best fits you)
Seek
consistency |
Neither |
Look
for change |
Question 3
How do you feel about new phases in your life that result in change and uncertainty?
(use the slider bar below to choose the answer that best fits you)
Not excited
at all |
Neither |
Extremely
excited |
Question 4
What is your level of stress when you are faced with an unknown or unexpected circumstance?
(use the slider bar below to choose the answer that best fits you)
Not stressful
at all |
Neither |
Extremely
stressful |
Question 5
During times of change or ambiguity, do you feel you operate at your best or your worst?
(use the slider bar below to choose the answer that best fits you)
At my worst |
Neither |
At my best |
How it works
Results from a national study suggest that people’s attitudes toward life changes and uncertainties can vary sharply and these attitudes can play an important role in how people plan for retirement.
In the SecurePath by Transamerica C.U.R.E Retirement study, we explain how your attitude towards change, uncertainty, risk and expectations can influence your retirement preparedness.
Through our research we discovered four distinct change personality types: Ventureers, Adapters, Anchored and Pursuers. Each type responds to life transitions a little differently.
Which are you? Do you seek out change and find yourself getting excited about it? Or maybe you consider change exciting, but prefer to let it just happen. Or perhaps you prize stability and security above all else, avoiding uncertainty altogether.
Whichever you are, you can learn from it. Find out which personality type you are!
Complete our 5-step Retirement Personality Profiler to find out more.
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