Posted by Dinah on March 1, 2010, at 1:53:23
In reply to Re: Myers Briggs type, posted by mystickangaroo on March 1, 2010, at 1:25:11
I'm sorry, I wandered a bit off track. :)
I was just referring to the overall helpfulness of the book on career choices by personality type. It seemed that the career choices that fit part of my personality didn't fit other parts. And in particular the description of INTP seems to include problem solving, when I'm actually better at problem finding. If that makes sense? It's not that problem finding isn't a career strength. It really is. I use it all the time, and so does my husband in a completely different job. But it's rarely mentioned in books.
I do remember reading that the I/E has more to do with where you draw your strength, or something like that? I'd have just thought, from all I know of my therapist, that he was turned toward others. Not inward. It just feels like that is where his energy is. And not just with me, either, but in his encounters with others.
But how much really do we know of them? With me he is endlessly patient. But I've heard him be very impatient with others even over small things. Not rude, but brusque. I know him as a therapist, and I know certain aspects of his personality, but we only see a limited view of them. Knowing an objective thing about him like personality type, would help me assess my knowledge of him against a more objective standard.
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