More than a year ago I participated in a team session to assess my Myers-Briggs Type. I am very skeptical towards any attempt to frame someone's personality yet I was very satisfied with the session and the outcome. The Myers-Briggs Type indicator investigates into four different areas of preference in one individual. The first area is devoted to the way each of us recharge their own energy when tired. The result of this assessment can be either "I" for introvert and "E" for extrovert.
I am an introvert and this surprises my friends but certainly not me. The misconception around being introverted is big, people think that if you define yourself as an introvert you pretty much don't know how to relate to people in a sociable and healthy way: this is wrong. An introvert finds energy by spending time alone, he/she needs to be surrounded by calm and self-focus to really feel better and re-energize so to go back to friends and acquaintances and enjoy their company. That's all. Extroverts on the other hand need someone's company to recharge.
During weekends like this, when I truly feel like seeing nobody I acknowledge how spot-on the result was!
This week wasn't super easy for me so I figured I had to rest as much as I could. Here we go then, with some hours of reading, cycling, drumming: all alone. Extroverts on the other hand would strive to fill every possible gap in time with social events, meetings, brunches, nights out and drinks at the pub. Many people I know can be defined as "Es", feeling uncomfortable if they were not spending Saturday night with friends, out in some place.
I wonder...
What is the distribution of Introvert against Extrovert?
What things in common do they have?
Is there any common background grouping them together?
My entire MBTI profile is INTJ and for this reason Wikipedia helps me to answer the first question with regards to a specific and complete personality type. It turns out that mine is one of the rarest (1-4%). I donated some money to W. for giving me this answer ;). I also loved the quote from Marina Margaret Heiss that you can read here where I highlighted some stuff that really seems to be sewn on me.
What about you? Are you an "Introvert" or an "Extrovert"?
If you want to know more you can try searching for [take myers briggs personality test] ;)
During weekends like this, when I truly feel like seeing nobody I acknowledge how spot-on the result was!
This week wasn't super easy for me so I figured I had to rest as much as I could. Here we go then, with some hours of reading, cycling, drumming: all alone. Extroverts on the other hand would strive to fill every possible gap in time with social events, meetings, brunches, nights out and drinks at the pub. Many people I know can be defined as "Es", feeling uncomfortable if they were not spending Saturday night with friends, out in some place.
I wonder...
What is the distribution of Introvert against Extrovert?
What things in common do they have?
Is there any common background grouping them together?
My entire MBTI profile is INTJ and for this reason Wikipedia helps me to answer the first question with regards to a specific and complete personality type. It turns out that mine is one of the rarest (1-4%). I donated some money to W. for giving me this answer ;). I also loved the quote from Marina Margaret Heiss that you can read here where I highlighted some stuff that really seems to be sewn on me.
Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play ... Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel ... This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals ... Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense.By having a look at the list of famous people with my same personality type it's hard to spot some commonalities. Actresses, philosophers and film directors have my same personality type. All of them though must share with me some sort of will to reach perfection and also disrespect for the status-quo as I do.
What about you? Are you an "Introvert" or an "Extrovert"?
If you want to know more you can try searching for [take myers briggs personality test] ;)
2 comments:
I had this test me too during a job interview. I didn't understand what was his sense.
Usually it's useful to identify if your personality would be a good fit for the team you are working, or alternatively you are about to join. What was your result?
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