Optimizing personalities starts when you use personality insights to grow, not to excuse or attack. Josh and Ashley Negron break down core motivators, strengths vs. limitations, and how to build better connection at home and at work.

Optimizing personalities isn’t about boxing people in — it’s about building bridges. In this episode, Josh and Ashley share how to use personality tools to improve communication, conflict, and growth in marriage and the workplace.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• How personality tests become a crutch (and how to break that cycle)
• Why your greatest strength can also become your biggest limitation
• How to avoid “weaponizing” labels and assumptions
• How core motivators reshape communication and conflict
• Practical ways to lead and collaborate better at work

CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 Intro — Optimizing Personalities
• 01:19 Personality As Growth Tool
• 03:59 Crutch Vs. Growth
• 06:29 Strengths That Become Limits
• 09:38 Don’t Weaponize Labels
• 14:46 Marriage: Opposites Attract
• 19:50 Core Motives + Love Languages
• 27:15 Workplace: Lead By Type
• 34:52 Communicate With Intention
• 44:53 Action Step + Free Tests

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• 16Personalities (Free Test): https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
• Color Code Personality Test: https://www.colorcode.com/
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@optimizingbeyond
• Show website: optimizingbeyond.com

GUEST: Ashley Negron — Co-host and Josh’s wife