This is a book that I’ve had on my shelf for a long time, and that I have finally gotten around to reading thanks to, er, well I said I wouldn’t mention it again.
Anyways the book, by Paul Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger, is one of a number that they have written around the subject of personality type, specifically the Myers-Briggs type indicator. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personality preferences. Katharine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers developed the test during World War II, and its criteria follow from Carl Jung’s theories in his work Psychological Types. MBTI is a very well known system that many companies charge a fortune to train you to use. And even when you’ve had the training, you need to give the subject a questionnaire to fill in and then find half an hour to score it. (more…)
