I think you should market this as a card that you carry with four puzzle pieces. Each side is a part of a puzzle. I interlocks with E and so on. 2. prototyping
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ISTP-T
So true. I’m constantly told I’m handsome and brilliant, but I can’t see it for the life of me. Our family, friends and colleagues should take the Meyers test with us in mind. Average the results. Probably far closer to being accurate. Certainly demonstrates nothing can be learned about someone on the internet. I couldn’t even hazard a guess for anyone on here. Each username could be a robot for all I know. The movie “Her” is just about reality now.
Yeah but I think that’s the point of the BM. The biases portray your type since not everyone admires the same set of traits. I’ve been told I got the ENTJ mold pretty well.
INFJ apparently
Technically, that’s ALFA.
INTJ-A
I know what you mean. Growing up, I was never really into the whole emotional side of a relationship, whether romantic or platonic. Of course I feel deeply internally but it was hard for me to show it. But now I see that being sensitive to other people’s feelings is an invaluable skill. I am aware of it now and I act accordingly.
No doubt. Wish I had dropped my idealism earlier.
BSD
Our entire company did the Myers-Briggs where everybody has their four letters on display in their office and on the internal company portal/website. Hence when you need to go talk to somebody (who you perhaps don’t interact with much) you can look up their personality type and read the best approach to getting the best result out of the interaction. It is kind of ridiculous but makes sense as well. For example, an exteme “I” personality hates it when somebody barges into their office and wants to “talk”. They prefer you email and set up a meeting where they can prepare, feel less pressured by the interaction. Fluffy stuff but makes some sense to me. Also, the best organizations have a wide variety of personality types. This is really important to getting a wide variety of opinions on major issues.
ENFP-A
It says ENFP are 7% of the population although I seem to be the only one here so far. There are a couple of ISTJ who I guess are my mortal enemies!
I wonder if I redid this test in a few weeks if I’d get a different result. I’m not sure how much credence to give to it.
Edit: Just reading through the personality types afterwards is a lot of fun. The logisticians kind of are my mortal enemies. A highlander style fight to the death must now begin!
There is definitely more than a touch of astrology about this. Especially the fact that each of the 16 personality types makes massive generalizations and also is overwhelmingly positive in its descriptions. Two key traits of why people buy into astrology so much. With over 7 billion people in the world, it is impossible to divide us neatly into little boxes but our puny brains love simplicity so we end up with stuff like this.
As long as you don’t take it too seriously, it’s fine. I worry for the company someone mentioned that is using these personality types to guide staff interactions. I think that is crazy! Is it much different from putting up info on everyone’s star signs?
^ Typical ENFP response.
I disagree. Yes, you have to take both with a grain of salt but Myers Briggs is a huge improvement over astrology. Unlike the later, which is based on complete baloney, at least the MB score is based in a somewhat empirical foundation. I think it can be significantly useful in understanding where others are coming from (especially with the I vs. E). For example, my work is very social. As an introvert I need to take periodic time outs to be alone and “recharge my battery”. The extroverts around will invite themselves over to my little temporary fortress of solitude and think they are doing me a favor by saving me from my “loneliness”. Really they are just pissing me off in the worst way. I usually have to explain the whole intovert thing to them before they leave me alone… reluctantly
Interesting, I went from (self-diagnosed) ENTP to INTJ to now ENTJ (from early teens to early twenties to late twenties). I’d still say E/I part is very borderline one,but regardless.
About the company that has tested everyone - it’s a great idea in theory, however it’s easy to see why there would be huge biases to people responding. (i.e a sales person would never admit to being an introvert, arguably neither would somebody aspiring to be in management role), as extraverts are notoriously overvalued in our society. In other words, these public test results would be pretty close to useless.
Taking averages of what others think of you is definitely more reliable… but again, biases.
^ I think education about the MB is a must in the workplace if that were to happen. So many people associate introverted as being shy, quiet, alone, which is definitely not the case. It is where you get your energy from. Like KMD said, introverts need time themselves to recharge. It doesn’t mean they don’t like to be social.