Comments on: Myers-Briggs Trial Recap

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:30:50 +0000

@ Mike, it sounds like you’ve been busy! I agree, there’s no need to try to change your type, but being more aware of it could help you interact better with others.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:27:54 +0000

that was an interesting experiment! I consider myself an INxP, since my feeling and thinking is near centered. lately I’ve been digging into the MBTI and went one abstraction down to the cognitive processes involved. I then compared the preference of cognitive processes between INFP and INTP, added their ranking and divided the pairs. insodoing I found that extraverted sensing (Se) is my weakest of all cognitive processes. so now I’m looking to practice Se. Im so unfamiliar with it that I can’t clearly identify when others are doing it and am having trouble practicing/reproducing.
I have no intention to change my type, simply being somewhat more familiarized with Se will help me understand others better and prevent making a fool of myself in stresfull situations.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:38:59 +0000

@ Carol, I’ve heard several people say their type has changed over time. But since it’s never been someone I actually know, I can’t say if I think their type has really changed or they subconsciously changed their answers. I’m sure multiple personality disorder would make it hard to type someone!

By: carol

carol — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:23:07 +0000

The reason to use a different type than your own is because the behaviors in the type you are, like your experience with being a judging organizer, isn’t getting you where you want to be. I’m not sure if our types are fixed. I took the test when I was young. I was an ENTJ all the way. Now I’m an ENTP and when I took the test before I was all thinker, no feeler, now it’s pretty even. Did I lie on the test before, subconsciously, because that’s what I wanted to be? I think I answered the questions based on my behavior, so was my behavior then at odds with who I was, or is it now?
What I really wonder about are people with multiple personality disorder (called something else now, I can’t think what) and the fact that depending on which personality is out they would have a different type. But it’s all the same person. I think we have the potential to be anyone we want.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:02:37 +0000

@ Chipy, thanks, I’ll check it out!

By: Chipy

Chipy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:24:59 +0000

Hey awesome blog! There is actually this MBTI forum that connects Myer Briggs Type Indicate ( MBTI ) users with other users called Personality Cafe. Just go on google and search for the keywords Personality Cafe. I would love to chat with some of you and get to know about your personality a little bit more!

Just wanna help you guys discover yourself a little more.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:13:58 +0000

@ Barbara, I guess some people naturally have a lot of empathy for other people, but for the rest of us, we can always do an experiment like this!

@ Ari, that’s interesting. I guess self improvement is just bringing out the best in ourself, not trying to get a new self.

By: Ari Koinuma

Ari Koinuma — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:23:01 +0000

I do agree that fundamental personality type is more or less fixed. I remember a serious discussion else where on the term “self improvement” — when there doesn’t seem to be anything to be “improved” upon “self.”

Personal growth has more to do with learning what to do with who you are, than changing who you are.

ari

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By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:20:15 +0000

Hi Hunter - I agree. By dong this experiment (or one similar), a person could learn to have more empathy for other people. Barbara Swafford´s last blog post..A.S.K. Darren Rowse - Problogger - How To Become A Six Figure Blogger