By Donna Dunning When we talk about our strengths and challenges, it’s sometimes easy to forget that our strengths can lead us into trouble when they become overused. Relying on too much of any one approach, even an approach you enjoy, can lead to disastrous results. Using your ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning ISTJ motto: “Why reinvent the wheel?” In personality type lore there is an often-told story about a woman who complains to her husband, who has ISTJ preferences, that he doesn’t say he loves her. He replies, “I told you I loved you 30 years ago when we go ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning They’re all ducks, but not the same duck, and one of them might be an odd duck. Every once in a while, when reading comments about relationships and interactions, I find people complaining about certain personality types. It seems like any preference can be a p ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning If you tried to follow the advice of the proverbs, “look before you leap” and “he who hesitates is lost” you might stand on that cliff forever or fall into a crevice. Both of these proverbs have merit, but you don’t want to rely on only one. We need to ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to communicate.” With apologies to Sir Walter Scott, the subtleties in communication styles are significant. In a Meeting Imagine you are in a meeting discussing an imminent decision when someone suggest ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning There is a classic joke in personality type theory where the person with (S) Sensing preferences asks “What time is it?” to the person with preferences for (N) Intuition and the reply is, “It’s still early”. The person with Sensing preferences repeats, ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning I like to play tile rummy, a game in which all players place tiles in combinations of runs and three-of-a-kind on a table. You can rearrange the tiles that are in play to make new combinations and add additional tiles. To win you need to put all your tiles in pla ... Continue Reading
