The outcome reveals that my primary VALS ™ type is Innovator, and my secondary type is achiever.
Although I do not see myself as a successful person, however this outcome could provide me an insight that I have a potential to end up being a successful, sophistic, and high self-esteem leader. I concur that innovators are the most responsive to brand-new ideas and technologies, since I am an extremely innovative and ingenious individual. I like to take pleasure in variety excitements, to experience brand-new things, and to seek challenges in my life.
Additionally, I love doing artwork in my extra time. I enjoy taking a trip and go to locations that I have actually never been. I like music and art, in which I can reveal my sensations, my personality, and my taste. As a consumer, I would likely to choose brand name items that have high acknowledgment and quality. I believe these are the factors that make me an innovator type consumer.
As an achiever, I truly motivated by the desire for achievement. I have a goal-orientated lifestyle and a deep commitment to career and family. In addition to my Asian culture influences, these characteristics become more important to me. On the website, it says many achievers have busy lives, so they are often interested in a variety of timesaving devices. It is interest to realize that the most frequent word out of my mouth is efficient. I want to do things fast and with good quality, although sometimes I give myself too much pressure on things that lead to results under my expectations.
As a customer, I prefer simple, good-looking and high quality products, just like what the website described the achiever.
Doing the VALS™ research is an interesting experience for me. I did it once in 2011; my primary VALS™ type was an experience and my secondary type was a maker. I am not sure the questions I did today and two years ago are the same, but somehow they are similar. The different results show my changing in attitudes and lifestyle. This research would definitely help companies to identify its customers. Because factors like age, education, income, attitude heavily influence customers’ wants and needs, this research will give companies a good understanding of their customers’ lifestyle and shopping behaviors. For a customer like myself, VALS™ is also a good tool to help me understand my shopping behavior and myself too.