MBTI® Talk Blog

I tend to feel a little down when the holidays are over. I look forward to the festivities, being with close friends and family so much, that when it is over I feel kind of sad.

During this recent holiday…

People who use their preference for Thinking to make decisions are not cold and heartless. Let’s just get that out in the open here and now. Sure, I have heard people say, “I don’t care what other people feel about…

There are times when I spend too much time worrying about what other people think. I tend to take others’ feelings of disapproval too personally. As a result, my mood can be overly dependent on the moods of others. Not…

Lately I’ve been doing some reading in the MBTI^® manuals (Step I™, Step II™, etc.). I find it useful to revisit these resources from time to time to uncover new ideas (my Intuition preference: I love new possibilities and approaches…

I’m fascinated whenever I see Introverted Sensing when we take in information. I was chatting with my partner Kevin just the other day. The television was on, and some reference was made to The Brady Bunch. I asked Kevin if…

It’s absolutely true: Any type can do anything. In fact, Isabel Briggs Myers believed it was an advantage for an organization to hire employees with personality types different from those types that most often self-select into specific job roles. We…

Be prepared for some push-back from clients who report Thinking in-preference Critical on the MBTI^® Step II™ assessment. The bullet-point descriptors on the MBTI^® Step II™ Interpretive Report can be more direct (some say harsh) for this result than for…