Reflection upon Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - ENTJ
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Reflection upon My Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – ENTJ
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Reflection upon My Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - ENTJ
The Myers-Briggs type indicator was developed by mother and daughter Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs in order to help people understand the differences in human personalities.
It is based on four preferences – Introversion vs. Extraversion, Intuition vs. Sensing, Thinking vs. Feeling and Judging vs. Perception. These preferences have a great impact on the decisions we make every day. The Myer-Briggs indicator is widely used to help individuals gain insight into their personality type and communication patterns. The purpose of this paper is to help students understand their personalities and the way they see the world.
To complete the assignment I firstly informed myself about the Myers-Briggs type indicator and the meaning of every letter in my code. Then I researched about my type online and in the library and summarized the information I found in this paper.
ENTJ is one of the sixteen personality types created by Isabel Myers and Katherine
Briggs and it is also known as the commander. ENTJ stands for extraverted, intuitive, thinking and judging. Being extraverted means that one is energized by spending time with other people or in active surroundings and that the individual prefer to focus externally and the world around them. Being intuitive means paying less attention to facts and numbers and more attention to ideas, concepts and interpretations. Having a thinking style means that the person makes decisions based on rationality and logic rather than emotions. People who have a judging orientation prefer structure and order. “ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshal and direct”
(http://www.humanmetrics.com/personality/entj, par.i, Joe Butt). They usually make firm plans so they know what to expect. ENTJs typically are energetic, decisive and
References: Quenk, Naomi L. (2009). Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment (2nd ed.). Sharp, Daryl. (1987). Personality Types : Jung 's Model of Typology CPP, Inc