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The ‘additional scale,’ Judging vs Perceiving
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The ‘additional scale,’ Judging vs Perceiving

Jung identified the initial E-I, S-N and T-F scales and then Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katharine Cook Briggs added that final scale, Judging vs Perceiving. But why did they come up with it, and what does it really mean? Well, let’s hear it directly from Isabel Briggs Myers, what did she actually say? So, let’s start with what it doesn’t measure. It’s often seen sim...

Multitasking and failing at 200MPH
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Multitasking and failing at 200MPH

It was agreed before the season began, had the best engine and Charles is an incredibly talented driver, so what is going wrong?

Super-strengths according to personality type
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Super-strengths according to personality type

Sometimes, when discussing personality types, we can focus on the negatives, where each type is not so good or needs to develop.Here we thought it might be a good time to celebrate the strengths,

Each Type and their Feelings
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Each Type and their Feelings

Sure, there are thinking types and feeling types, we all get that. But what do each of the sixteen types think about feelings

Robert Francis Kennedy
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Robert Francis Kennedy

Bobby Kennedy cared, he really cared, deeply, he felt other peoples’ pain and could not stand by and see injustice, poverty or prejudice without doing something about it. Yet, in the end, his person

Elon Musk and his INTP search for ‘the truth’
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Elon Musk and his INTP search for ‘the truth’

Errol Musk, Elon’s dad, questioned if he had been as successful as he should have been and that maybe he was, “five years behind where he would want to be.” Would Elon agree? Probably

ABBA: T-F dichotomy laid bare
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ABBA: T-F dichotomy laid bare

ABBA endure, for sure. The music itself endures, we’ve had the musical, the films, the new incredible avatar stage show, but it is all just repositioning the same things that made them magical

Boris Johnson the ENTP vs ESTP debate
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Boris Johnson the ENTP vs ESTP debate

Our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, (or to use his full name, ‘Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson’) has recently resigned and he was both an interesting and engaging character but also someone who