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Type A, B, or C

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February 25, 2008 at 10:10 pm

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Peter Tuffin Newbie Points: 8 More actions · Answer 1

Hello Steve - quite an interesting article.

However, some nitty gritty from an INTJ (who is not supposed to be interested in detail, so I suppose I should also qualify my INTJ assertion with a "usually"). The Myers-Briggs (not Broggs) classification doesn't refer anywhere to a type of ITSJ, which you sometimes are - it is ISTJ. So maybe sometimes you are an "N" and not interested in detail, only the bigger picture.

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majorbloodnock SSCrazy Eights Points: 9389 More actions · Answer 2

And this is one of the reasons I tend to distrust some psychological techniques.

Certainly there can be defining characteristics to someone, but shoehorning people into compartments to try to define them is, by its very nature, dangerous. You've shown this by describing how Type A and Type B categories don't do a good job of describing a particular person, but the article seems to suggest this is a mistake in the bounds of the compartment rather than the process of pigeonholing overall.

A bit of trivia for you; it wasn't until the 19th Century that there was such a thing as a homosexual. Before that time, homosexual acts certainly existed, but it was only at this point that society decided to start defining people according to their sexual preferences. A person (who, to a greater or lesser extent indulged in homosexual acts) suddenly became a homosexual[/i]. Now look at how polarised society has become as a result.

Semper in excretia, suus solum profundum variat

Andrew Watson-478275 SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4652 More actions · Answer 3

We did something similar to this at work. What I found useful wasn't so much how it classified me (probably equivalent to an ISTJ - no surprise there), but the ancillary information about how to deal with other types of people.

After everyone was classified (and the results published within the team), it gave advice on how one type of person could modify their communication style when communicating with another type; how differences in personalities and styles could lead to misunderstandings, allowing everyone to be on the lookout for these.

matt austin Grasshopper Points: 17 More actions · Answer 4

Myers Briggs is one of the best things my wife and I ever did for our marriage. It really help us understand each other.

Dave23 Hall of Fame Points: 3903 More actions · Answer 5

Andrew Watson (2/26/2008)
We did something similar to this at work. What I found useful wasn't so much how it classified me (probably equivalent to an ISTJ - no surprise there), but the ancillary information about how to deal with other types of people.
After everyone was classified (and the results published within the team), it gave advice on how one type of person could modify their communication style when communicating with another type; how differences in personalities and styles could lead to misunderstandings, allowing everyone to be on the lookout for these.

We do that where I work too. Everyone takes the TTI assessment as part of the application process, and everyone's results are available to everyone else. I found the results to be incredibly accurate in my case. We also meet with a leadership training coach to analyze our results, which I found to be very useful, even though I was highly skeptical going into it.

Drive and ambition have always been tough for me. I love being good at what I do, but work is only one aspect of my life. I'm lucky to work somewhere now that stresses life balance as part of their core values. It's a welcome change from some of the situations that I've found myself in previously.

Ralph Hightower SSCrazy Points: 2843 More actions · Answer 6

The readers of SQL ServerCentral work in a binary world, so why have just refer to three types when we can use a nice round binary number of sixteen.

petertuffin and Andrew Watson mentioned about the Myers-Briggs Personality Types.

There are 16 different personality types in the Myers-Briggs classification of Personality Types with one choice from each of the categories below being the strongest:

Attitudes: Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)

Information Gathering: Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)

Decision Making: Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)

Lifestyle: Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

ISTJ | ISFJ | INFJ | INTJ

ISTP | ISFP | INFP | INTP

ESTP | ESFP | ENFP | ENTP

ESTJ | ESFJ | ENFJ | ENTJ

Below are some resources to look at for more information about Myers-Briggs and there are online personality tests available; just google "Myers-Briggs personality test".

http://www.myersbriggs.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

An online personality test:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

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Ralph Hightower SSCrazy Points: 2843 More actions · Answer 7

D Smith (2/26/2008)
We do that where I work too. Everyone takes the TTI assessment as part of the application process, and everyone's results are available to everyone else. I found the results to be incredibly accurate in my case. We also meet with a leadership training coach to analyze our results, which I found to be very useful, even though I was highly skeptical going into it.
Drive and ambition have always been tough for me. I love being good at what I do, but work is only one aspect of my life. I'm lucky to work somewhere now that stresses life balance as part of their core values. It's a welcome change from some of the situations that I've found myself in previously.

One of the things stressed about the TTI is that is should not be used to make a hiring decision. There is no "right type", each has strengths and flaws.

Sarah Dutkiewicz SSCommitted Points: 1870 More actions · Answer 8

I definitely agree that it's important to understand just how you are so that you can work with it. When I served on an editorial board in college, we had to take the Meyers-Briggs test just so that we knew what kind of personalities we were working with. It was definitely an eye-opener, but it made us a solid team as well, knowing how to play off of each other.

For those curious, I'm a borderline INTJ/INFJ.

David Jackson SSCertifiable Points: 6414 More actions · Answer 9

From a page on my site.

Personality Tests

I’m a sucker for these, which no doubt says something about my personality type, (Gullible?), so here are the results of a couple I did recently:

I'm ENTP/ESTP apparently....

Dave J

http://glossopian.co.uk/
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Steve Walker-246945 Valued Member Points: 72 More actions · Answer 10

Nice Steve! The problem with being an INTJ (personal experience) is that by the time you've done th TJ part, the world has passed you by, you're missing a dynamic, a dimension, if you will. Einstein was certainly an INTJ...did he regret E=MC^2...no...did he know at the instance of the "Aha!" that his work would launch a destructive force that would (and still) threatens the existance of mankind....."no", I think is the answer. We have a tendency to want to put people and there personalities in a "box", type this or type that....I think we all are many types throughout our lives and often concurrently...I thinks its still important to believe in people and their infinite capability to contribute and not to write them off in an instant based on cultural temporariness archetypes...

James Stover Hall of Fame Points: 3393 More actions · Answer 11

Hmmm....Steve. The Wiki article you linked to clearly says:

"The neutrality of this article is disputed.

Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007)

Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved."

Linking to a disputed Wiki page is a bit lazy don't you think? Your standards are usually higher. Tight deadline?

James Stover, McDBA

Loner SSC-Insane Points: 21279 More actions · Answer 12

I am ISTJ. I did this test because there were 12 of us working on a project and we argued about everything everyday. So my manager made all of us took the test and then a mediator came in to help us to understand how to work together for example, how the 'I' people worked with the 'E' people. It was a fun class. After that we continued to argue.

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I did one test for another company so my manager could understand my working style and another test to show how the manager could help to get the whole group working together. The company even hired the consultants coming in to help us going through the materials. The test result was quite accurate but it did not help anything. The manager still could not motivate the team and helped the team members. I did not know why the company spent all these money for.

So as far as I concern, the test is fun but it is totally useless !:D:P:Whistling:

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 13

majorbloodnock

Isn't the 19th century when psychiatry came into being with people like Freud?

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 14

The Wiki page was a good explanation and overview. I don't know where the dispute is, but it's a valid reference and easier to read than a few others I found.

And a somewhat tight deadline 🙂