By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions “I wish I had said…” People with a preference for Introversion like to have time to reflect before responding. However, sometimes conversations move quickly and decisions are made immediately. In these situations Introverts ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions Sometimes conversations are disjointed and perplexing. Having a dominant function of Extraverted Intuition (Ne: ENTP and ENFP), I know I can be the source of some of this confusion. Quantum leaps My mind has a tendency to jump b ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions In an interesting discussion during a change workshop, one participant, who had ISTJ preferences, commented that she wanted more support during the change process. An eager-to-help INFP asked how she could provide support. “Do ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions Generally, people who prefer Perceiving like to gather more information and keep their options open and people who prefer Judging want to decide and act. These preferences can create some interesting lunchtime dialogue. J: “Le ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions What do you think (or how do you feel) about these quotes? Logic is the anatomy of thought. – Albert Einstein Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery As I study and teach personality type concepts I n ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Personality Type and Interactions There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness. – Gelett Burgess What does this quote mean to you? As I study and teach ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Sensing and Intuitive Personality Type Preferences Many years ago I taught biology at a community college. One of the courses, an overview of human biology, surveyed the different systems in the body, such as the nervous system, digestive system, respiratory sys ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Can personality type help you find an ideal partner? Lately I am seeing many discussions on the importance of finding the “right type” to love and marry. The idea behind these “ideal” matches is that people with certain personality type preferences are n ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Do people change their type preferences over the course of their lives? This is one of the most common questions I am asked when people are learning about psychological types. When describing their personality people will say, “my preferences were XXXX, but the ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning I saw this rainbow recently, close to my home. Everyone sees the rainbow from a different perspective and interprets it according to their mythology. It reminds me that, when trying to understand ourselves, interpretation is as important as the tools we use. Ques ... Continue Reading
