What's your Myers-Briggs?

[bkdelong]

Not a meme - we recently had a retreat at work where we took the "official" Myers-Briggs and discussed it. I am an INFJ - a "slight" I - (one point difference between an Introvert and an Extrovert), a "clear" NF, (also known as an Idealist), and a "moderate" J.

Since then I've been obsessed with people's MBTI and the degrees to which people "are" a particular "letter". It's fascinating and my iNtuitive self is incredibly intrigued at the insight it offers those whose MBTI I know.

I've already had a predisposition to this due to the prompting of my dear friend B (bbennett). So....blame her. Anyone else play with Myers-Briggs?

Comments

[taintedrocky.livejournal.com]

I find the Myers-Briggs stuff fascinating. I took some online test once and came out an INTJ. Although IIRC I was VERY borderline N/S.

While I think it's very interesting, I have to wonder how much of it is really applicable. Still fun to play around with, though :)

[angua9.livejournal.com]

I'm a pretty clear-cut INTJ.

[harpinred.livejournal.com]

I thought you were an INTJ?? I mean, I can see INFP to a certian point - being one myself - but I thought you had that TJ thing going on :D

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Gods my QAing sucks. INFJ - STRONG NF. ;)

[spin1978.livejournal.com]

Much like angua9, I am a pretty clear cut INTJ. To be honest, I think that the classification system used is adequate to get a person's general predilections correct (presuming the testee is forthright), but I don't consider it to be all that insightful.

Regarding one of your earlier posts, I recommend E-Budo for additional information, especially as it regards their Bad Budo and Baffling Budo forums, which addresses questionable/strange claims and smarmy behavior in the martial arts (mainly Japanese, but they do get a lot of the major con artists in all styles). If you see a prospective academy in there as the subject of an 87 page reaming, probably best not to go there. :)

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Regarding one of your earlier posts, I recommend E-Budo for additional information...

Excellent! Thanks. I think I can get a discount through my MIT Health Insurance due to my :( weight with MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER) - some may laugh, but it's pretty impressive. Apparently one of the Pistol hobbyists who first got involved via DAPER's offerings recently won nationals.

[ivy]

ENTP, usually, though sometimes an ENFP or an ENTJ. Is that what you would have expected?

[zsenya.livejournal.com]

How could I be friends with BBennett and NOT know my Myers-Briggs designation. I am an I/ESTJ. I tend to score "I" on the tests that are geared towards personal/social life, and "E" on the ones geared towards the workplace.

I have to say, I was pretty surprised to find out my "rating" - I wanted to be an feeling person like Arabella, who is my FLO (four-letter opposite). Instead, I'm in a class with Lucy Van Pelt and Norman Schwarzkopf.

The most interesting thing about the test to me is the I/E explanations. People tend to think that if you're "talky" then you're automatically an "E" but it has to do more with your emotional well-being. And my ratings make perfect sense then. When I'm at work, I am usually charged up by talking to people (although like everyone, I do need some alone time). Being social in my "private" non-work life drains me much more, which is why I probably scored "I" in that area.