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People Types and Tiger Stripes
Choose a side, any side, but only one side. You will recognise aspects from both sides, but one side should stand out over the other:
E or I
E likes action and variety.
I likes time and quiet to consider things.
E likes to do mental work by talking to people.
I likes to do mental work privately before talking.
E acts quickly, sometimes without much reflection.
I may be slow to try something without understanding it first.
E likes to see how other people do a job, and likes to see results.
I likes to understand the idea of a job, and to work alone or with just a few people.
E wants to know what other people expect of him or her.
I wants to set his or her own standards.
S or N
S pays most attention to experience as it is.
N pays attention to the meaning of facts and how they fit together.
S likes to use eyes and ears and other senses to find out what’s happening.
N likes to use imagination to come up with new ways to do things, new possibilities.
S dislikes new problems unless earlier experience shows how to solve them.
N likes solving new problems and dislikes doing the same thing over and over.
S enjoys using skills already learned more than learning new ones.
N likes using new skills more than practicing old ones.
S is patient with details but impatient when the details get complicated.
N is impatient with details but doesn’t mind complicated situations.
T or F
T likes to decide things using logic.
F likes to decide things using personal feelings and human values.
T wants to be treated with justice and fair play.
F likes praise, and likes to please people, even in small matters.
T may forget and hurt other people’s feelings without knowing it.
F is usually very aware of other people’s feelings.
T gives more attention to ideas or things than to human relationships.
F can predict how others will feel.
T can get along with little harmony.
F values harmony; feels unsettled by arguments and conflicts.
J or P
J likes to make a plan, to have things settled and decided ahead.
P likes to stay flexible and avoid fixed plans.
J tries to make things come out the way they “ought to beâ€.
P deals easily with unplanned and unexpected happenings.
J likes to finish one project before starting another.
P likes to start many projects but may have trouble finishing them all.
J usually has mind made up.
P is usually looking for new information.
J may decide things too quickly.
P may decide things too slowly.
J wants to be right.
P wants to miss nothing.
J lives by standards and schedules that are not easily changed.
P lives by making changes to deal with problems as they come along.