Have you ever taken the Myers Briggs personality test (officially called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or the MBTI)? I don’t remember if my first time was in connection with a women’s counseling group I attended or a career counseling session or a job application. But I’ve tested numerous times, and my results have always landed me in the same personality category. Still, I’ve heard of people seeing slight differences in their results as they age and experience life events that change their outlook on themselves and the world.
The test, in case you don’t know, is well known for placing a person within one of 16 different general personality categories. You answer approximately 95 simple questions and your answers plot your general personality type. You might have heard people discussing being an ESFP or an ISTJ. An INFP or an ENTJ. Those initials stand for things like Introverted, Extroverted, Sensing, iNtuitive, Thinking, Feeling, Judging, and Perceiving.
Over the years the test (invented during WWII) has lost some of its credibility as a hard-core determiner of personality, especially as a scientifically verified factor in job capability or compatibility with one’s potential spouse. Nothing so important as that. But it is fun for getting a handle on your thoughts about your own strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. As one article about the MBTI said, it’s an entertaining conversation starter.
If you’d like to check out a free version of the MBTI, you can access it at Truity. I don’t recommend buying the full analysis of your results. Just take your four-letter result and Google it. There’s plenty of information to be had for free. And for fun!
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