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==What Is Personality Type?==
  
 
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We all have habitual patterns of thinking/cognition.  Personality type attempts to capture these habitual attitudes, preferences or ways of orienting of our psyche via some functions over others.  The best way to think about type is that it provides a little bit of information about you as a person.  </p>
 
We all have habitual patterns of thinking/cognition.  Personality type attempts to capture these habitual attitudes, preferences or ways of orienting of our psyche via some functions over others.  The best way to think about type is that it provides a little bit of information about you as a person.  </p>
  
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<p>There are many different systems out there and new ones are being created as time goes on.  Some die out.  Others gain acceptance and as more is written about them and professional certifications are created related to testing instruments. Some examples of typing systems include the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Eneagram, Socionics, Gallup StrengthsFinder, Big 5,  and DISC.  On this forum, the two most popular ones are based on Jungian Cognitive functions (e.g., MBTI™) and Enneagram.  There is a wealth of information available about both, which provides a rich set of information for practical use.  HR consultants, personal coaches, counselors and others use these systems as a tool in their profession. </p>
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There are many different systems out there and new ones are being created as time goes on.  Some die out.  Others gain acceptance and as more is written about them and professional certifications are created related to testing instruments. Some examples of typing systems include the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Eneagram, Socionics, Gallup StrengthsFinder, Big 5,  and DISC.  On this forum, the two most popular ones are based on Jungian Cognitive functions (e.g., MBTI™) and Enneagram.  There is a wealth of information available about both, which provides a rich set of information for practical use.  HR consultants, personal coaches, counselors and others use these systems as a tool in their profession.  
  
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<p>These systems have a variety of practical uses or applications but the primary ones are that they provide tools for you to:</p>
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These systems have a variety of practical uses or applications but the primary ones are that they provide tools for you to:
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<h1><b>What Personality Type Is Not</b></h1>
 
  
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<p>Our DNA, our surroundings, the culture we live in, our life experience and choices – these things help to shape us as individuals.  Type is merely one way to aid in understanding.  The best way to think about it then is that type can provide information or data points about us as individuals.  Your type is not a complete and precise definition of you, your true self, and all that you are or can be. In practice there are a limited number of types, and at best each is a general pattern or template. You, as an individual, will never match any given type precisely in every detail. Keep in mind the idea "best fit," rather than "perfect fit." Even so, it may be that two types describe you equally well and you may have to flip a coin to decide, or you may just accept that there's not even a "best fit" type for you. Also, your type is not a way to confer virtues and abilities you wish you had. Deciding on a type will not make you suddenly insightful, selfless, powerful, strong, sensitive, or intelligent. Nor will it, conversely, make you weak and vulnerable. Finally, your type is not a way to excuse all your shortcomings as forgivable and/or unchangeable. You don't get to opt out of areas of life "because you are an INTP" or "because you are an enneagram type 4." We all have to find a balance between who we are and how to successfully adapt to our environment. While your type may allow you step down from judging yourself overly harshly for a particular shortcoming, your type is not a "get out of jail free" card.</p>
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==What Personality Type Is Not==
  
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<h1><b>Introductory Videos On Personality Type</b></h1>
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Our DNA, our surroundings, the culture we live in, our life experience and choices – these things help to shape us as individuals.  Type is merely one way to aid in understanding.  The best way to think about it then is that type can provide information or data points about us as individuals.  Your type is not a complete and precise definition of you, your true self, and all that you are or can be. In practice there are a limited number of types, and at best each is a general pattern or template. You, as an individual, will never match any given type precisely in every detail. Keep in mind the idea "best fit," rather than "perfect fit." Even so, it may be that two types describe you equally well and you may have to flip a coin to decide, or you may just accept that there's not even a "best fit" type for you. Also, your type is not a way to confer virtues and abilities you wish you had. Deciding on a type will not make you suddenly insightful, selfless, powerful, strong, sensitive, or intelligent. Nor will it, conversely, make you weak and vulnerable. Finally, your type is not a way to excuse all your shortcomings as forgivable and/or unchangeable. You don't get to opt out of areas of life "because you are an INTP" or "because you are an enneagram type 4." We all have to find a balance between who we are and how to successfully adapt to our environment. While your type may allow you step down from judging yourself overly harshly for a particular shortcoming, your type is not a "get out of jail free" card
  
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<p>The following are some good links to introductory videos. If any of them seem too dense or complicated, just skip to the next link :).</p>
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==Introductory Videos On Personality Type==
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The following are some good links to introductory videos. If any of them seem too dense or complicated, just skip to the next link :).
  
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=6"><font color="blue">Introduction To Personality Type</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=6"><font color="blue">Introduction To Personality Type</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=7"><font color="blue">Introduction To Enneagram</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=7"><font color="blue">Introduction To Enneagram</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=8"><font color="blue">Introversion/Extraversion Primer</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=8"><font color="blue">Introversion/Extraversion Primer</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=4"><font color="blue">Jungian Typology Tutorials</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=4"><font color="blue">Jungian Typology Tutorials</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=9"><font color="blue">Function Attitudes Explanation</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=9"><font color="blue">Function Attitudes Explanation</font></a>
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<h1><b>Good Books About Personality Type</b></h1>
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==Good Books About Personality Type==
  
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<p>There are a variety of good books out there as well. You'll get some of the best information by reading them.  Some good introductory ones are: </p>
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There are a variety of good books out there as well. You'll get some of the best information by reading them.  Some good introductory ones are:
  
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<h3>Best Introductory Books on MBTI and Cognitive Functions</h3>
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===Best Introductory Books on MBTI and Cognitive Functions===
  
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68140-gifts-differing-understanding-personality-type.html"><font color="blue">Gifts Differing</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68140-gifts-differing-understanding-personality-type.html"><font color="blue">Gifts Differing</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68493-functions-type-activities-develop-eight-jungian-functions.html"><font color="blue">Functions of Type - Activities To Develop The Eight Cognitive Functions</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68493-functions-type-activities-develop-eight-jungian-functions.html"><font color="blue">Functions of Type - Activities To Develop The Eight Cognitive Functions</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68142-personality-type-owners-manual.html"><font color="blue">Personality Type - An Owners Manual</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68142-personality-type-owners-manual.html"><font color="blue">Personality Type - An Owners Manual</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68126-everyday-stress-brings-hidden-personality.html"><font color="blue">Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68126-everyday-stress-brings-hidden-personality.html"><font color="blue">Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality</font></a>
 
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<h3>Best Introductory Enneagram Books</h3>
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===Best Introductory Enneagram Books===
  
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68159-enneagram-understanding-yourself-life-helen-palmer.html"><font color="blue">The Enneagram - Helen Palmer</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68159-enneagram-understanding-yourself-life-helen-palmer.html"><font color="blue">The Enneagram - Helen Palmer</font></a>
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<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68294-wisdom-enneagram-riso-hudson.html"><font color="blue">Wisdom Of The Enneagram - Riso/Hudson</font></a>
 
<a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68294-wisdom-enneagram-riso-hudson.html"><font color="blue">Wisdom Of The Enneagram - Riso/Hudson</font></a>
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<h1>Personality Type Profiles</h1>
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==Personality Type Profiles==
  
 
<p>Finally, check out the Type Profile Threads for more information about each of the Enneagram and MBTI types. </p>
 
<p>Finally, check out the Type Profile Threads for more information about each of the Enneagram and MBTI types. </p>

Revision as of 22:13, 1 March 2015

What Is Personality Type?

<img src="http://static.bandbacktogether.com/media/images/2012/04/mbti.jpg" alt="Smiley face" width="220" height="180">

We all have habitual patterns of thinking/cognition. Personality type attempts to capture these habitual attitudes, preferences or ways of orienting of our psyche via some functions over others. The best way to think about type is that it provides a little bit of information about you as a person.

There are many different systems out there and new ones are being created as time goes on. Some die out. Others gain acceptance and as more is written about them and professional certifications are created related to testing instruments. Some examples of typing systems include the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Eneagram, Socionics, Gallup StrengthsFinder, Big 5, and DISC. On this forum, the two most popular ones are based on Jungian Cognitive functions (e.g., MBTI™) and Enneagram. There is a wealth of information available about both, which provides a rich set of information for practical use. HR consultants, personal coaches, counselors and others use these systems as a tool in their profession.

These systems have a variety of practical uses or applications but the primary ones are that they provide tools for you to:

  • Understand yourself better
  • Understand others better
  • Understand the dynamics behind conflict between individuals
  • Understand how different types can complement each other
  • Provide a better understanding of one's type's typical weaknesses, and how to compensate
  • Provide a more precise template for discovering how you don't (and do) follow the patterns of your type
  • Support personal development
  • Facilitate more effective communication and interaction

    What Personality Type Is Not

    Our DNA, our surroundings, the culture we live in, our life experience and choices – these things help to shape us as individuals. Type is merely one way to aid in understanding. The best way to think about it then is that type can provide information or data points about us as individuals. Your type is not a complete and precise definition of you, your true self, and all that you are or can be. In practice there are a limited number of types, and at best each is a general pattern or template. You, as an individual, will never match any given type precisely in every detail. Keep in mind the idea "best fit," rather than "perfect fit." Even so, it may be that two types describe you equally well and you may have to flip a coin to decide, or you may just accept that there's not even a "best fit" type for you. Also, your type is not a way to confer virtues and abilities you wish you had. Deciding on a type will not make you suddenly insightful, selfless, powerful, strong, sensitive, or intelligent. Nor will it, conversely, make you weak and vulnerable. Finally, your type is not a way to excuse all your shortcomings as forgivable and/or unchangeable. You don't get to opt out of areas of life "because you are an INTP" or "because you are an enneagram type 4." We all have to find a balance between who we are and how to successfully adapt to our environment. While your type may allow you step down from judging yourself overly harshly for a particular shortcoming, your type is not a "get out of jail free" card

    Introductory Videos On Personality Type

    The following are some good links to introductory videos. If any of them seem too dense or complicated, just skip to the next link :).

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=6">Introduction To Personality Type</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=7">Introduction To Enneagram</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=8">Introversion/Extraversion Primer</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=4">Jungian Typology Tutorials</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=9">Function Attitudes Explanation</a>

    Good Books About Personality Type

    There are a variety of good books out there as well. You'll get some of the best information by reading them. Some good introductory ones are:

    Best Introductory Books on MBTI and Cognitive Functions

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68140-gifts-differing-understanding-personality-type.html">Gifts Differing</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68493-functions-type-activities-develop-eight-jungian-functions.html">Functions of Type - Activities To Develop The Eight Cognitive Functions</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68142-personality-type-owners-manual.html">Personality Type - An Owners Manual</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68126-everyday-stress-brings-hidden-personality.html">Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality</a>

    Best Introductory Enneagram Books

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68159-enneagram-understanding-yourself-life-helen-palmer.html">The Enneagram - Helen Palmer</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/typology-and-psychology-book-reviews/68294-wisdom-enneagram-riso-hudson.html">Wisdom Of The Enneagram - Riso/Hudson</a>

    Personality Type Profiles

    Finally, check out the Type Profile Threads for more information about each of the Enneagram and MBTI types.

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/forum106/">16 MBTI Type Profiles</a>

    <a href="http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/forum107/">Enneagram Type Profiles</a>

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