Jaguar: you don't know enough about somatotype to be able to make an accurate assessment about whether it's objective or not.
Jaguar: Yes you are entitled to your opinion. The facts are that you REALLY don't know enough about somatotype to be able to make an accurate assessment about whether it's objective or not.
Then more than half the world is an INFP because most don't even believe in this. I know you're joking though, I'm just purposefully being serious.
Jaguar:
My objective is to share information. Your objective is ridicule. Just don't read what I write. I could care less how you feel. Can't you just block my posts?
Unless of course you dislike your natural advantages and disadvantages, which can happen.Alexsei: It's a matter of good engineering. You don't build an airplane out of cast iron.
As the Bible says: You don't yoke an ass and a bull to pull a plow. You want to maximize your advantages and minimize your disadvantages.
I'll keep counsel of what my intentions are, thank you very much.It's a no-brainer. Your intention is obviously to ridicule.
Congratulations! You've figured out how to effectively utilize MBTI and Jungian theory. They're intended to illustrate your strengths and weaknesses, so you have a starting point.
I'm sure that we've all got limits to exactly how far we can "bend," but I'm sure that we can bend a lot more than we give ourselves credit for. The capability matures as we mature.
To a certain extent, I look at MBTI to see the things that I have to work on in myself. I'd like to be balanced in terms of functional descriptions. Having a "one size fits all" mentality to life stifles growth as a person.
Psychdigg said:These tests are no more than cold reading.
For instance: Which describes you best? a. You are the life of the party. OR b. You keep in the background.
If you answer You are the life of the party. Lo and behold your profile says: You are the type that tends to be the life of the party. Oh WOW! How did they know that?
I think you're overanalyzing all this, Brother Fill.
Please consider the following:
10 years ago I tested ENTJ.
I didn't even touch an MBTI book for 8 years after the initial test.
Then I took a different, paid test (more comprehensive than just MBTI) and got ESTP.
When it comes down to it, according to the function preferences in my footer, I'm definitely an Extrovert, and show a strong preference for T vs. F.
BUT - I'm almost perfectly balanced on J/P (48/52) and near balanced on N/S (40/60).
So, I could be ESTX or even EXTX on the right day.
Now look at the type descriptions for all ExTx types: ENTJ, ESTJ, ENTP, and ESTP. What do you see?
ENTJ - Jung Type Descriptions
ENTJ - Jung Type Descriptions
ENTP - Jung Type Descriptions
ESTP - Jung Type Descriptions
They all have many of the same words in common describing the archetype of these individuals.
At one point I tested as an "Ambivert" (balanced E/I) and another ISTP.
Then I was told to try and develop my Feelings as a means of directly combatting depression I suffered about a year ago. It was really difficult to turn them on, but once I did I was alot better at sorting through problems, especially those that couldn't be solved in a spreadsheet. After that I tested ESFP and even ISFP.
Once you know the tests it's easier to game them, but there are others that are better at getting to the root of it without commonly used questions.
My bet is you do, but you are rtoo focused on the trees to see the forest right now. If you forget all about this stuff ffor a few months, you will settle back into your default preference.
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New topic:
Have you tested for your Enneagram type?
I'm 7w8 sx/so.
Here's a decent quick test for your ring:
Free Enneagram Personality Test
The Enneagram type description for 7w8 sx/so tells ALOT about me that even the better ESTP type descriptions do not state.
I'm better off with the ESTP type descriptions if I (a) delete some of the stupid negative shit in it, and (b) consider my 7w8 sx/so description for material to fill in what the ESTP type descriptions misses. Between the two you get a farily good generic representation of key aspects of my personality. But, I'm a tricky bastard, so don't count on all of it in trying to figure me out.
Good luck, Brother Fill! I hope you are well!
-A.
Unless of course you dislike your natural advantages and disadvantages, which can happen.
Frankly, I don't know why you don't just read the history of MBTI and the book, "Personality Types".
And I don't know why you don't find out which institutions use MBTI today.
I did, and I was surprised.
I have tried to tell the members what I have learnt but to my surprise, they are not interested.
Alexsei:
Suppose you have a natural talent as a musician. You have perfect pitch. You are attractive. You have excellent hand coordination for playing intricate riffs on a guitar. Your voice is powerful and sexy.
On the other hand you failed every science and math course you ever took.
Now, you may become obsessed with being a rocket scientist but that's probably not going to happen. And if you try you will surely fail. Yes people can desire the impossible when they are out of touch with reality. That's kind of what "crazy" means.
It's like those sad moments of truth on American Idol when a person discovers that their friends and relatives have been encouraging them to sing because they have such a great voice and then Simon, Randy, and ?????? unanimously tell them that they can't hold a tune, their moves are awkward, and they have a strange thing they do with their eyes.
I have read and learned that certain institutions use MBTI.
Those institutions are run by Jews, Free Masons, Scientologists, and Morlocks.