Notes from Sandy

There seems to be 2 myths (or perhaps more accurately “oversimplifications”) that exist around the MBTI preferences of Thinking and Feeling. Myth 1 – Men are thinkers and women are feelers Myth 2 – Thinking is a superior function to Feeling If I harken back to...

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #1 I’m ENTJ, E and J very borderline, N and T very pronounced. What difference does the relative strength of tendencies make? It is very common for people to refer to the “strength” of a preference. In fact the MBTI manual talks about...

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #2 I’m a big fan of using the MBTI in team context to help people understand themselves and team dynamics better. In my experience it always aids in communication and the J’s and P’s end the day laughing about their differences....

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #3 At what age can I accurately have my daughter tested? She’s 12. In the MBTI Manual it advises to tell students under the age of 17 that the questions were designed with adults in mind. There are also tables that indicate the utility...

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #4 How can a INFP be successful in marketing? My coaching mentor Mike Jay, has a keen distaste for a blank slate approach. He finds danger in proposing that anyone can be anything they want to be without taking the time to be explicit...

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #7 A couple of the questions on the MBTI test are very difficult to answer. I know that you are supposed to go with your first instinct, and that sounds great in theory, but when a question is staring you in the face and you have no...

Burning MBTI Questions Answered #8 I was reading somewhere that says our type suggests what areas we are best suited to work or have a career. How does this model adapt for out of preferences? For instance I am an ESFP (one of those questioning F’s!) and am out of...

Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman, internet wizards,  just sent me a treasure by snail mail. It is a book called “Twitter Revolution” by Deb Micek and Warren Whitlock. One piece of wisdom leapt off the pages of this book. It was one of those blinding flashes of the...