Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, abbreviated MBTI, is an instrument that describes one’s cognition. It places participants in 1 of 16 personality types with a 4-letter title describing their preferences, such as INTJ or ESFP. Each letter can be 1 of 2 preferences, and they can be in combination with any other letters. The first letter is one’s preference for extroversion or introversion, which describes how one gains and loses energy in social situations. The second describes sensing, the preference for immediate and tangible data, versus intuition, the preference for identifying patterns and seeing the “big picture.” The third letter describes how one makes decisions. Feelers consider their own and others’ morals to make decisions, whereas …show more content…

Additionally, understanding how each other communicates and sees the world allows us to become more reasonable and considerate when solving our problems. I wish to educate myself and others in how to properly use the instrument so we can improve upon ourselves and others. I plan to start a psyche club to teach my friends and classmates about the instrument, and I look forward to being able to recreate this club for my future college campus. Not only students but teachers as well may find this instrument useful for improving our relationships with each other. The term of INTJ has not only fixed my problem, but has also helped me feel less alone in the world. The term INTJ gives me direction and makes me feel less alone in the world. My fascination with INTJ is not what I am limited to, but rather what strengths I need to grow, and what I need to do with them. With these strengths, I can lead together beneath the surface. The deeper we go, the better people we become. This vision of compassion for humanity makes me feel human, no matter how distant from society I …show more content…

Though people of this type are hard to come by, I know they exist and can see the world through my eyes—something that is very comforting in a world where I feel I do not belong. To make the most of the personality granted to me, I find myself using other INTJs’ experiences and insights to improve my understanding of myself. With the MBTI, I have found why I struggle in some aspects of life such as building friendships or expressing empathy. To combat these, I can use my strengths to brainstorm solutions and improve upon myself as a

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