A couple of months ago I was at a party while visiting Napa Valley for XChange, speaking to a person I know about what her hobbies were – she said looking at people and putting them into categories out of Myers Briggs, etc.
Personally, I've gotten away from that – I tend not to want to spend my time thinking about what category people, or I, fall into – I think these things don't lead to vary useful information in the long run – but I did happen onto a post about it Connection Kata: Recognition; What Type Are You? today and I feel compelled to answer – so I took the Jung Typology test and came up as ISFP
slightly expressed introvert moderately expressed sensing personality slightly expressed feeling personality slightly expressed perceiving personality
I don't know what this actually does for me (or anyone else); sure, some people actually hire applicants based on this – how well they'll fit into a group that exists – based on their personality type.
ISFP
Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Strength of the preferences % 11 38 12 22
I've long ago, learnt, that meaningful answers to who you are, to whom anyone else is – come from within. External categorization is useful, even indispensable for Web Analytics – but people aren't traffic notes, though they are "unique visitors" – still, I don't know if Myers Briggs is really all that relevant a classification system.
I noticed several answers where I really don't know if I'm this way or that way … I can arbitrarily choose, but I don't think it's clear the questions really fit me – in many cases. I can't answer the question except to guess because the question does not seem to describe either of the choices – yet I'll be described by my choice, even when the question doesn't fit.
Here's examples of questions that I really can't say, for sure, how I am:
You are usually the first to react to a sudden event:
the telephone ringing or unexpected question
YES
NO (honestly, I'm not sure)You believe the best decision is one that can be easily changed
YES
NO (again, I'm answering a question that really does not fit me).You are a person somewhat reserved and distant in communication
YES
NO (problem is, I can be both, depending on the situation)
I bring it up because many times, the way people actually behave under pressure is different than their own self assessment. I can't tell you how many studies have been done where people assess themselves and then, when watched, act entirely differently then the way they believe they act.
So here's what I propose – let's get a Social Network to rate people (people could rate each other in the Social Network – and it could even be done without knowing who is voting)- sure, they can rate themselves too, but let's get other people are are familiar with the way a person acts to answer the questions they way they view the person's behavior and then lets see what type they are.
Here's some more from Conversation Agent - but again – I don't tend to look at these systems any longer – but i recognize others do….
"……..
For example, according to the Myers-Briggs Type indicator I tend to be an ENTP, which is for extroverted, intuitive, thinking and perceiving. I may or may not know about you, yet. If you'd like to discover your type indicator, go right ahead and feel free to share your interpretation here. What are you? What does it mean to you? As for the self-aware part:
I'm extroverted (E), although you would have not known that when I was growing up as I started life as a shy person. This is actually not exactly what that means. It means I draw energy from action. Although I do like being with people and can take quite a bit of socializing before I need to retire to a personal space. One of the reasons why I love social media is that a lot more action can be done all around. Once the hierarchies are not a consideration and decisions can be made in beta, I thrive. "
