Thoughts on Meyer’s Briggs. I think the most common introduction to Meyer’s Briggs is the 16 personality types. Which many people write off because it feels like a horoscope or Zodiac signs. Which is understandable and can feel that way. And I think a lot of people don’t believe or like the idea of being type casted into one of 16 personalities. But put aside the idea that it’s on a spectrum of 16 personality types, not 16 exact personality types.
What I think is useful or maybe can be more appreciated and a more applicable understanding of Myer’s Briggs is the concept of Cognitive Functions. Which mostly attempts to tell the story of how we as humans interact with and understand the world in four different phases.
- Our relationship from world to self – do we spend more time in our inner world or outer world.
- How we receive, perceive, organize and sort information.
- How we calculate, think, value, judge and process information to make a decision.
- Our relationship from self to world – how do we interact with and take action in the world.