It depends on
the information is used.
- by whom and
- for what purpose
The more critical the situation in which the wrong information is used,
the more dangerous the wrong information is.
By others? I could live with it. In fact I would probably like that.If everyone knew about MBTI, I'd be roaming the streets with an ISTJ t-shirt.
To further elaborate... it does concern me when I read that some people believe that they have been pigeonholed at work based solely on the MBTI rather than a more broad evaluation of their true skills and talents because those kinds of judgments can't possibly take into account every possible nuance of every job and every other person in that particular workplace. MBTI and its application is an imprecise science at best. If that person's test results were wrong, then suffering those types of consequences would be a great injustice indeed.
See, I find that hard to relate to. I didn't know that people did that until I spent some time on this forum. Some people describe how they have a tendency to act like what their profile says they're supposed to act like. I have never done that or been tempted to, so I haven't faced that personally. But I can imagine what chaos and confusion it would cause, though in the end if you're only acting out the positive traits, what harm can it really do? It just goes to show, we're capable of a lot more variety than we think we are.You're right. I was wondering what difference it would make if you were say ISFP but mistyped yourself as say ENTJ how much would you screw up your own life.
Every time I changed my type I could feel myself adjust my behaviour slightly to fit with the type. Not consciously but more like checking whether it fits whether it is congruent.
I don't do that now.
I'm sorry I can't be very specific. It was something I read in this forum last year. I would have no idea how to find it again. It could have been in Canada... I think it was used in the context of promotions though, that the person was angry about.What do you mean by this? Is MBTI used, in some way, in job interviews or something? In the US?
So I guess being so influenced by ISTJ, yet apparently aware of an N preference is why you thought you were ENTJ?All I know is that I'd effectively lived kind of like an unhealthy ISTJ for a long time.. I was withdrawn and misanthropic, I stifled my own feelings, I was perfectionistic, and I felt the need to structure and plan everything. I was also miserable.
In fact, when I first got on board with my research center, others used to remark that my ISTJ boss's personality and mine were quite alike. I believed it to be true, but something about that didn't sit quite right with me. Had I been "officially" typed as an ISTJ or something similar, I might have thought that I was playing to my strengths and that I was just condemned to be depressed.
There were subtle hints at my natural strengths along the way, but it took me a long, long time to recognize them because of the damning perception that I had of myself. I guess I didn't accept myself because I wasn't myself.
I've been jumping from type to type since I found this forum because of the clash between the skills I've developed and those I'm finding to come more naturally to me. In fact, I'm probably wrong about my type now! At this point, I don't think being mistyped would cause much damage.. I'll probably be on the search for personal identity forever anyway
i just don't like long-standing mistakes
hell yeah - it would grind me gears
argh