Eric B
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- Joined
- Mar 29, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
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- Instinctual Variant
- sp/sx
I see how this has caught on a bit, with some people adopting it as their type code.
Thinking about it more, it really is a better system. The first letter is the dominant attitude, with the second letter as the dominant function. So the first two letters tell you right out what the dominant function is. Makes me really wonder why Myers and Briggs didn't think of it this way.
Again; losing the J/P does make some things more diffifult. Like here now are what some of the type groups become:
Temperament:
Rational: N/T (NT or TN)
Idealist: N/F (NF or FN)
Guardian: IS, ExS
Artisan: ES, IxS
Interaction Style:
Chart the course: IN and I + S/T (IST or ITS)
In Charge: ExN and E + S/T (EST or ETS)
Behind the Scenes: IxN and I + S/F (ISF or IFS)
Get Things Going: EN and E + S/F (ESF or EFS)
The Interaction Styles are just as complicated (two different letter combinations differing by S and N), but now temperament becomes nearly just as complicated, rather than being defined by simple two letter codes.
Thje factors of temperament and Interaction Style (other than I/E) also become impossible to simplify, especially along the lines of S/N.
Directing: S/T (ST or TS) and IN/ExN
Informing: S/F (SF of FS) and EN/IxN
For Pragmatic, Cooperative, Structure and Motive, you basically end up listing out all the types they share. (Pragmatic would be N/T, ES, IxS; with no common letter groupings to further reduce them down to. Process/Outcome actually becomes more simplifiable on the N side, with Process as EN/IN and Outcome as ExN/IxN; but on the S side, it breaks down again. Process for example is ESF, EFS, IST, ITS).
J, BTW, becomes ET, IxT, EF, IxF, and P becomes ES, IxS, EN, IxN
Thinking about it more, it really is a better system. The first letter is the dominant attitude, with the second letter as the dominant function. So the first two letters tell you right out what the dominant function is. Makes me really wonder why Myers and Briggs didn't think of it this way.
Again; losing the J/P does make some things more diffifult. Like here now are what some of the type groups become:
Temperament:
Rational: N/T (NT or TN)
Idealist: N/F (NF or FN)
Guardian: IS, ExS
Artisan: ES, IxS
Interaction Style:
Chart the course: IN and I + S/T (IST or ITS)
In Charge: ExN and E + S/T (EST or ETS)
Behind the Scenes: IxN and I + S/F (ISF or IFS)
Get Things Going: EN and E + S/F (ESF or EFS)
The Interaction Styles are just as complicated (two different letter combinations differing by S and N), but now temperament becomes nearly just as complicated, rather than being defined by simple two letter codes.
Thje factors of temperament and Interaction Style (other than I/E) also become impossible to simplify, especially along the lines of S/N.
Directing: S/T (ST or TS) and IN/ExN
Informing: S/F (SF of FS) and EN/IxN
For Pragmatic, Cooperative, Structure and Motive, you basically end up listing out all the types they share. (Pragmatic would be N/T, ES, IxS; with no common letter groupings to further reduce them down to. Process/Outcome actually becomes more simplifiable on the N side, with Process as EN/IN and Outcome as ExN/IxN; but on the S side, it breaks down again. Process for example is ESF, EFS, IST, ITS).
J, BTW, becomes ET, IxT, EF, IxF, and P becomes ES, IxS, EN, IxN