Where are you floating in the vast O.C.E.A.N. of Life?
Obviously OCEAN is an acronym related to life somehow. In this case, it is used in Personality Science. One of the most influential approaches in personality science is known as Trait Psychology. Trait psychology aligns people along five dimensions, distributing them in categories that describe universally held aspects of difference between people.
To make it easy to remember, they spell out the acronym OCEAN.
"O" stands for "open to experience," versus those who are more closed.
"C" stands for "conscientiousness," in contrast to those with a more lackadaisical approach to life.
"E" -- is "extroversion," in contrast to more introverted people.
"A" -- "agreeable individuals," in contrast to those decidedly not agreeable. And,
"N" -- "neurotic individuals," in contrast to those who are more stable.
All of these dimensions have implications for our well-being, for how our life goes. We know, for example, openness and conscientiousness are very good predictors of life success. But different traits approach success differently. Open people achieve success through being audacious and, occasionally, odd. Conscientious people achieve it through sticking to deadlines, to persevering, as well as having passion.
Extroversion and agreeableness are both conducive to working well with people. Their opposites obviously not so much.
So I ask again, where in the ocean are you floating?
