Saturn wrote:My sincerest apologies once again Richard and everyone else - my mind is completely elsewhere
I think we're all glad it happened. Everybody is reintroducing themselves, which makes for quite enjoyable reading!
Malia wrote:I'm Malia (if you hadn't already guessed) and I'm from Washington State. I've just begun taking classes for my Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and I'm loving it--even though the reading is *endless*.
A great degree, Malia. It is definitely one of those that you will get out of what you put into it. Keep us posted on any good readings!
Malia wrote:I just recently took the Myers-Briggs personality inventory and I'm an ENFJ (that translates to Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging--this basically means that I'm most comfortable as an extrovert, I like big ideas rather than detailed facts, I'm most comfortable understanding my world through feeling rather than hard analysis and I like to organize, plan things and make lists). Anyone else out there take the Myers-Briggs and willing to share their personality profile?
That is a great idea! I am totally INTJ. Hey, greymouse!!!

Here is a link to the Jung Typology Test. http://humanmetrics.com. It is the same as the Briggs-Myers, but doesn't use the name, so it is free. You can analyze your results at http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk, where they have some great articles. Here are some examples:
To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know.
That last part is the most important to me. I sure know what I don't know!!
This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense. This sometimes results in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness.
I must admit that I've always stood in awe of the "Southern Belle" types and the art of light flirtation.

In one of my files I have a link to the Harry Potter personality type test. I'll have to dig it up because I recall someone mentioning liking all things HP. I'm a Snape. *alas!*