Hi All,
I don't know if anyone else will be as interested in this as I am, but I thought I'd share, just in case.
Recently, Slate.com published an article by Emily Yoffe in which she analyzed each presidential candidate's Meyers-Brigg personality type. Her conclusions are interesting, but the follow-up discussion she conducted about how she came to her conclusions is even more interesting, in my opinion. Not only does it show consideration and care, it shows significant time spent researching about a topic that she obviously enjoyed writing about.
The original piece is here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2184696/
Her question and answer session is here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2184898
Emily Yoffe's Journalistic Process
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Elizabeth Ann West
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I found the article very interesting.
I personally am an ENTJ. I once took a leadership class where we had to have name cards with our Meyers-Brigg code prominently displayed.
Then we were assigned group projects etc. based on our designations, so we could better understand how our personalities tied into group dynamic. I never want to do that much self-evaluation again.
I could see some people disagreeing with their four letter indicator, but for me, I know I'm a "Field Marshall" and have been ever since I was a little kid. (Seriously, I organized mythical "road trips" with our bicycles, complete with certain houses being rest stops, places to pretend to eat, and so many laps around the cul-de-sac equaliing fictional miles. Yes, I had a notebook and kept track for all the kids on the street.).
I think Clinton is more likely to be an ENTJ as well, based on her earlier work and career. I think having to listen to campaign advisors, and even during her husband's terms, she had to morph into an ESTJ. I think her chances might improve to keep her campaign alive if she brought back her ENTJ tendencies. She needs to stop playing the sweet candidate role, and be a pitbull. As long as her campaign keep framing themselves as the underdogs, they are going to continue to be so, right until they are out of the race.
I personally am an ENTJ. I once took a leadership class where we had to have name cards with our Meyers-Brigg code prominently displayed.
Then we were assigned group projects etc. based on our designations, so we could better understand how our personalities tied into group dynamic. I never want to do that much self-evaluation again.
I could see some people disagreeing with their four letter indicator, but for me, I know I'm a "Field Marshall" and have been ever since I was a little kid. (Seriously, I organized mythical "road trips" with our bicycles, complete with certain houses being rest stops, places to pretend to eat, and so many laps around the cul-de-sac equaliing fictional miles. Yes, I had a notebook and kept track for all the kids on the street.).
I think Clinton is more likely to be an ENTJ as well, based on her earlier work and career. I think having to listen to campaign advisors, and even during her husband's terms, she had to morph into an ESTJ. I think her chances might improve to keep her campaign alive if she brought back her ENTJ tendencies. She needs to stop playing the sweet candidate role, and be a pitbull. As long as her campaign keep framing themselves as the underdogs, they are going to continue to be so, right until they are out of the race.
Hmm. I'm of the opposite camp. I think Hillary should be a little bit softer and kinder - how she was before her current campaign for the presidential nomination. Bring some elegance and class to her campaign. But I may be way off the mark. Currently, I think she's showing some desperation, and no one finds that appealing.
I am severely "I". As for the others, I fall right on the border. IN - maybe "T" or "F" or "J" or "P". It's so close, and changes with every test I take.
But that raises another question . . . I wonder how these affect writing styles? Especially, perhaps, whether the writer is an extrovert or an introvert. I would imagine "E" writers have an easier time dealing with customers and promoting their work. Whereas "I" writers . . . well, if I'm any example, I don't want to have to interact with anyone. I want to do my own thing. In complete silence.
Ed
I am severely "I". As for the others, I fall right on the border. IN - maybe "T" or "F" or "J" or "P". It's so close, and changes with every test I take.
But that raises another question . . . I wonder how these affect writing styles? Especially, perhaps, whether the writer is an extrovert or an introvert. I would imagine "E" writers have an easier time dealing with customers and promoting their work. Whereas "I" writers . . . well, if I'm any example, I don't want to have to interact with anyone. I want to do my own thing. In complete silence.
Ed
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I haven't read the article yet but it's interesting about the introvert/extrovert question Ed poses.
I tend to be more of an introvert in real life but in writing/marketing, I'm more more of an extrovert. It's like I have two different personalities. Professionally, I'm an extrovert; in social circles, I'm much more reserved. And it's not just because of the Internet. I was this way long before going online.
I tend to be more of an introvert in real life but in writing/marketing, I'm more more of an extrovert. It's like I have two different personalities. Professionally, I'm an extrovert; in social circles, I'm much more reserved. And it's not just because of the Internet. I was this way long before going online.
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Hmm. If you can fake it, it must say something about your personality type!
For those of you who don't know your personality type, there is a very good test at:
http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Ed
For those of you who don't know your personality type, there is a very good test at:
http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Ed
You should take the test today. See what Meyers-Brigg type you fall into when you're most "grouchy." When I'm feeling grumpy, I'm definitely more "J" - judging. 
We're beginning to thaw out, but this week I felt like a deportee to Siberia. On top of that, I was reading "Crime and Punishment," which only made the gray skies, snow, and ice feel more oppressive.
There is new weather term (at least I never heard it before last week): frozen fog. I have no idea what "frozen fog" is (sounds like a mental state to me), but it's coming to Ohio.
Ed
We're beginning to thaw out, but this week I felt like a deportee to Siberia. On top of that, I was reading "Crime and Punishment," which only made the gray skies, snow, and ice feel more oppressive.
There is new weather term (at least I never heard it before last week): frozen fog. I have no idea what "frozen fog" is (sounds like a mental state to me), but it's coming to Ohio.
Ed