Sometimes we run ourselves ragged trying to fit in or trying to meet new people or trying to do the "right" things to advance. It can easily get to the point where you don't really know what you want from life. If you somehow slow down or reflect on what you want you can be shocked at how many years you have been seemingly following someone else's plan. But then, when you start listening to yourself and following your own path, it may not seem any better and then you really question your place. And then one day, when you're least expecting it, your're working towards a goal and in the middle you realize you are doing what you are meant to do. When those times come, relish in it and use it to power your efforts the next time it seems as if no one notices you.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung. Jung observed that people have inborn preferences for gathering information and making decisions and that these preferences guide an individual’s behavior. The mother/daughter team of Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers expanded on Jung’s theories and created an assessment to make the combined work accessible to all individuals. Today, the assessment is used by most Fortune 100 companies and over two million people worldwide, annually. The assessment identifies an individual’s inborn preferences on four dichotomous scales: where you focus your energy, how you prefer to take in information, how you make decisions, and how you deal with the outer world. Type is best used to understand other people, improve communication, and develop individual skills. The first dichotomy is Extraversion (gets energy from other people) and Introversion (gets energy from reflection). The second...
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