1 post tagged “myers-briggs”

-concept borrowed from Baron G and the lovely Sue-

The work groove is alllll about personalities, and as such as a fun 'team building exercise' had the team take a Myers-Briggs.  I'm cool with it being that I find CERTAIN types of personality profiling to be reasonably valid.

Our fearless leader also has 3+ degrees, two of which are in psychology, 1 of which is advanced, so he knows how to read the results and apply with reasonable clarity.

My result was exactly the same as my freshman year of college.  ENTP  I was a bit shocked by that, being that I have had a bit of a brain thing when I was in my early 30s (we in the know prefer to call it "a birth control pill induced stroke" but still...)

What absolutely and utterly blew me away, however, was that my work 'spouse' and his best work bud were also ENTP.

The ENTP personality type is found in between 8-13% of the total world population.  6 billion people.  And our little team of less than 15 people has three of them. 

"[ENTPs] are constantly absorbing ideas and images about the situations they are presented in their lives. Using their intuition to process this information, they are usually extremely quick and accurate in their ability to size up a situation. With the exception of their ENFP cousin, the ENTP has a deeper understanding of their environment than any of the other types.

This ability to intuitively understand people and situations puts the ENTP at a distinct advantage in their lives. They generally understand things quickly and with great depth. Accordingly, they are quite flexible and adapt well to a wide range of tasks. They are good at most anything that interests them. As they grow and further develop their intuitive abilities and insights, they become very aware of possibilities, and this makes them quite resourceful when solving problems."

Interesting, isn't it?

Links found on the net to explain more and take the test yourself.

http://similarminds.com/index.html