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The Thinking-Feeling Choice: 6 Reasons Why It’s Not Always An Easy Decision
Lately, I’ve seen many wrestle with the Myers-Briggs decision-making dichotomy of Thinking or Feeling. They can’t decide how they prefer to decide! The 6 reasons are listed first followed by more background information.
- They’ve never thought about it.They are trying to figure this out for the first time in their life and have not previously done enough self-reflection to understand their decision-making process. Remedy: Encourage the client to notice in the course of their days and weeks how they do decide. (more…)
Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual by Lenore Thomson
Thomson has years of experience both writing about theology & psychoanalysis and teaching university courses on psychological type. She brings her wealth of experience to this comprehensive book on Myers-Briggs Type. She uses commonly known cultural figures and familiar cartoon strips to provide examples of a cognitive process or type. If you are a trekkie and love type, you’ll definitely relate to her examples.
She shows a depth of understanding of the 16 types and the 8 cognitive processes. It is a meaty read, enthralling and dense with information, insight, and perspective.
(more…)Which Myers-Briggs Type says “It depends”?
It depends!...on their psychological make-up. I considered Myers-Briggs Type®, Temperament, and cognitive processes while thinking this through.
For the past few years I’ve thought that mostly the Artisan Temperament uses that phrase frequently. Yesterday I gained new insight while reading Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual by Lenore Thompson Bentz.
Why might you care? (more…)