I’ve been offline for awhile with a bum left leg.
I’m limping along and trying to post thoughts and ideas while sitting with a hot pack on my leg. What fun!
I’ve been wanting to get back to my series on Planning a Creative Career.
Last series of posts, I looked at what interests you.
Now, I want to look at another tool for figuring out your Creative Career: Personality Type as measured by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI(R).
The MBTI is the most widely used psychological testing tool in the world.
The idea is that our personality shapes who we are and therefore what we will
do well and what we will enjoy doing.
Type theory, based on Jungian Psychological Types, posists that our pscyhe
consists of polar opposite preferences. That is, we are one side of the polar
continuum or the other.
Jung had 3 preferences, Isabel added a 4th
They are:
Introversion vs. Extraversion — Where we get our energy?
Simply put: E =
outside stimuli I = Internal stimuli
Sensing vs iNtuition – What we focus on when gathering information?
S = sensory
data (5 senses) N = 6th sense, big picture, trends
Thinking vs Feeling – how we decide?
T = logic, principles, rules (head)
F = PERSONAL values (heart)
Isabel added
Judging vs. Perceiving – How we like to live our lives?
J = ordered, need for
closure P= open to new information, random
Jung had 8 types, Isabel 16
With me so far?
Okay, let’s get to the core of type. the S vs N and T vs F part.. These
functions are at the ‘heart of type’ So, four STYLEs if you would
ST – The Thinkers ™ Need for logic and order,
NT – The Innovators ™ Need to understand and make sense of the world
NF – The Dreamers ™ Need to empower others, need to understand themselves
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\nEach Style will be attracted to specific occupations
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\nST – Engineering, banking, administration — George W. Bush – The Maverick ST
\nNT – architecture, systems analysis, computing, leadership – Bill Gates The\nStrategic NT
\nNF – counselling, acting, writing, the arts – Robin Williams – The Optimistic\nNF
\nSF – nursing, fashion design, hair dressing – (my mother, but famous I draw a\nblank)
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\nPersonality IS a big factor but NOT the only one. about 30% of the equation.
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\nInterest and appitude make up about 50% more. For example, I\’ve always been\ninterested in mechanics and science
\nso I am very different from other NF\’s who don\’t have that drive.
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\nAnd, if you select a job that doesn\’t suit your type: 1) you can really bring\nsomething of value to the organization but b) it may be very stressful for you\n<\u003d\u003d\u003d this is what happened to me an NF in an ST company with a boss totally\nopposite in type who was areal bastard
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Best IMHO Sites specific to type and career;
\n\nwww.FutureProofYourCareer.com – A NZ based site. Validated test and great report, even free report is useful
www.AdvisorTeam.com\n – Very good report but no exercises or other career markers
http://www.personalitytype.com/dwya/index.html — Home of my favourite Type and Careers book but no test\n
There are a shit load of sites about the MBTI Here are my favourites:
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Each Style will be attracted to specific occupations
ST – Engineering, banking, administration — George W. Bush – The Maverick ST
NT – architecture, systems analysis, computing, leadership – Bill Gates – The
Strategic NT
NF – counselling, acting, writing, the arts – Robin Williams – The Optimistic
NF
SF – nursing, fashion design, acting – Nicolas Gage – The Maverick SF
Personality IS a big factor but NOT the only one. About 30% of the career choice equation.
Interest and appitude make up about 50% more. For example, I’ve always been
interested in mechanics and science so I am very different from other Dreamers (NF’s) who don’t have that drive.
And, if you select a job that doesn’t suit your type: you can really bring
something of value to the organization but it may be very stressful for you
<=== this is what happened to me, a Dreamer in an Thinker company with a ISTJ boss totally
opposite in type who was an anal, jerk (but I’m not bitter).
Best Sites specific to type and career:
- www.FutureProofYourCareer.com – A NZ based site. Validated test and great report, even free report is useful
- www.AdvisorTeam.com
– Very good report but no exercises or other career markers - http://www.personalitytype.com/dwya/index.html — Home of my favourite Type and Careers book but no test
There are a swack of sites about the MBTI. Here are my favourites:
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www.capt.org — The Centre for Application of Psych type, the research folks behind the MBTI
www.aptinternational.org – The membership org for people who use type\n
www.myersbriggs.org — The Myers Briggs Foundation who own the trademarks and IP
I fell in love with the MBTI 22 years ago because it helped me understand why I didn\’t fit where I worked! ANd, I like it because it takes a look at the positive first then at the \’dark side\’\n
Any questions?
I\’m off for 4 days and back onthe 28th
Lyle
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www.capt.org — The Centre for Application of Psych type, the research folks behind the MBTI
www.aptinternational.org – The membership organization for people who use type
www.myersbriggs.org — The Myers Briggs Foundation who own the trademarks and IP
I fell in love with the MBTI 22 years ago because it helped me understand why I didn’t fit where I worked! And, I like it because it takes a look at the positive first then at the ‘dark side’
