The Personality at Work Blog

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Are Thinking types really driven by logic?
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Are Thinking types really driven by logic?

Well… they like to think so! And it has to be said that when you need an objective, dispassionate head on a matter, they can be superb at focusing on the facts, evidence, weighing options and coming to a clear and elegant solution. We Feeling types are often grateful for the clarity of thought, unencumbered by the many “but what will they think…” and “what if they f...

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, a

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