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Overview

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator MBTI TM is a means of classifying personality preferences. The MBTI TM is based on the written works of Swiss Psychologist C.G.Jung. Jung's theory is based on the idea that people have preferences.

To illustrate this, write your name on a piece of paper, first with your preferred hand and then with the other. If you compare your feelings and impressions as you carry out these two simple tasks, I think you'll agree that you feel more comfortable and natural using your dominant hand. However, you were able to write with either hand. In a similar way, you have psychological preferences for performing certain tasks.

MBTI TM Career Report - Four Preferences

In this section, you will verify your four MBTI TM preferences using your Career Report which was mailed to you. Refer to Part 1, Summary of Your MBTI TM Results. The graph will illustrate which of two preferences is more "dominant". The degree of the preference can range from slight to very clear. Very clear means that you chose the preference consistently. Slight means that your choices were more evenly divided.

Read the explanation of each preference below. Do the preferences on your MBTI TM Report seem to fit?

Extroversion (E)

Likes action

Likes to do mental work by talking

Acts quickly sometimes w/o reflection

Wants to know what others expect

Speak,then thinks

Extroversion is about getting your energy from outside yourself.

Extroverts are energized by having interaction with other people, and are drained if they spend too much time alone. Extroverts verbalize much of what they are observing and deciding. Extroverts would rather talk than listen.

Introversion (I)

Likes quiet

Likes to do mental work privately

May be slow to try something new w/o understanding it first

Wants to set his or her own standard

Think,then speak

Introversion is about getting your energy from inside yourself.

Introverts are energized by thoughts and ideas but drained by intense discussion. Introverts would rather listen than talk. They find it necessary to recharge with themselves after spending a few hours with other people.

Sensing

Present oriented

Pays most attention to experience as it is

Dislikes new problems

Down to earth type

Patient w/details but impatient with complicated situations

Sensing (S) is the preference that relates to paying attention to information received directly through the five senses.

For the Sensor, it is the actual facts and details of situations that are noticed and believed.

Sensors rely on information that is practical and has useful applications.

Sensors are oriented to the present and focus on living life as it is.

Intuitive

Future focused

Pays most attention to meanings of facts

Likes solving new problems

Head-in-clouds type

Impatient w/details and doesn't mind complicated situations

Intuition (I) is the preference that relates to paying attention to the world through the "sixth sense", "gut feel" or "hunch."

For an intuitive, it is the possibilities of a situation and its various meanings that are noticed and believed.

Intuitives pay attention to their insights and look for underlying meanings or relationships. Intuitives focus on making changes.

Thinking (T)

Likes to decide logically

Firm-minded type

Wants to be treated with justice and fair play

Gives more attention to ideas/things than to relationships

Doesn't need harmony

Thinking (T) is the preference that relates to deciding in a logical and objective way.

The thinking preference works well for evaluating and deciding an impersonal issue. Often the conclusion is reached based on the pros and cons or on truth and falsehood.

Feeling (F)

Likes to decide with personal feelings

Fair-hearted type

Likes praise and to please people

Can predict how other's will feel

Values harmony

Feeling (F) is a preference that relates to deciding in a personal and values-oriented way. To feelers, what is of value to them and others is the key in making a decision.

The feeling preference works well for evaluating and deciding on personal issues based on like and disliking.

Judging (J)

Likes a plan and to have things decided

Organized and decisive type

Likes to finish one project before starting
another

Usually has mind made up about situations, people

Lives by schedules that are not easily
changed

Judging (J) is a preference that relates to living in a planned and organized manner, with the ability to make decisions confidently.

For Judgers, coming to a conclusion and making a decision is important. Judgers set a course of action and run their lives accordingly. They like to have matters setted and will make decisions based on their goals and final objectives.

Perceiving (P)

Likes to stay flexible and avoid plans

Flexible and spontaneous type

Likes to start many projects but may
not finish them

Usually looks for additional information
about situations and people

Lives by making changes to deal with
problems as they come along

Perceiving (P) is the preference that relates to living in a spontaneous and flexible way with the ability to stay open for new information.

For Perceptives, staying open and allowing life to proceed in an impromptu way is important. Perceptive types like to adapt and move with the flow of life, and they prefer a tentative approach to it.