Sunday, May 14, 2006
Personality Indicators
I've learnt a vast array of information over the years about how I tick and how others operate differently to one another. I value some (not all) of the personality indicator research and profiling that's out there and available, and have studied two in particular detail -- Enneagram and Myers-Briggs (no suprises there then). I have to say that I am struggling now, and always have, with the manner in which these helpful and useful tools can so easily become labels which justify inertia and intransigence. I think I'll just think about Thai Food and Sunrise for a few weeks rather than self-justifying my own behaviour with talk of number 4s and ENTP.
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Is '4' and 'ENTP' self designation or random? Cos if not it's spooky ...
Well, 4 has been 'self-designated' after serious thought for about 3 years now, and I've come out consistently as ENTP for the last fifteen years ... (borderline on P). I though you were ENTP ... are you 4 as well???
I think I may be 4, but I'm still mulling over the enneagram. No doubt you'll understand how that can be since at the end of the day enneagram is about self-recognition. I guess I'm struggling with it because of the 'horoscope' phenomenon: look at anything that throws enough personality traits at you and you will find, either truly or by self-conceit/derogation, enought to feel it's 'you'... and I guess that's my problem with enneagram, I'm not yet convinced it isn't a self-fulfilling sort of thing, since I can make out a good case for being 3, 5 or 9 too! Though 5 probably hits more targets more consistently ... fits with the way I came out in Belbin too: one of the high scores being 'resource finder'.
I learnt a lot when I found out I was infj/p, especially why I had often seemed to have a bizarre love-hate connection with various military folk - turned out they were all estj/p. I think that constitutes some serious delving into my 'shadow' side...!
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