[Magdalen] What Each Myers-Briggs Type Does In A Rut (The Rise Of The Inferior Function) | Thought Catalog

[Jon Egger]

Thank you, Sally, for your interpretation. It's difficult for me to be in a
group that's 'barnstorming' ideas.  There's no time for me to sit alone and
think.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> No Jon - I think we're talkiing about much the same thing. I'm a
> Rorschacher and with that test the Introvert/Extravert scores are also
> about how information is processed. I suppose both introverts and
> extroverts engage with others, but to different extents and probably in
> qualitatively different ways too.
>
> But if you think about the modern workplace, it does tend to encourage and
> even enforce the "talking with the others to problem solve" approach at the
> expense of the "walk in the woods" approach.
>
> From a social/external POV, the group problem solver might look more of a
> people person and the retreat-thinker less of a people person, which would
> in many cases be a wrong conclusion. Keith for instance probably "likes"
> people much more than I typically do!
>
> But I've heard it said that "introverts" are in the minority in most groups
> so they need all the support they can get.
>
> Just a question of perspective.
>
> Sally D
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 15, 2015, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Agreeing with Eleanor, I have a question for Sally.  This is part of your
> > response to this interesting tool:
> >
> > "For example, the idea of "introversion" (not unique to MBTI) is of
> > tremendous help to people who prefer a quieter, less socially engaged way
> > of life and work, in a culture that tends to value (and promote) the
> > opposite."
> >
> > This leaves me a tad confused.  I was taught that within the MBPI, the
> I/E
> > are not about how we relate to others, rather I/E are about how we
> > *process*
> > information.  To me, this is critical.  For example, if Dawn and I were
> in
> > a group of 5 people working on something and our group came up with three
> > ideas, Dawn would talk with the others to problem solve, but I am the one
> > who would leave and take a walk in the woods to ponder things.
> >
> > Or I have missed something completely.
> >
> > Grace and peace,
> > jon
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Marion Thompson <
> > marionwhitevale at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > No.   Possible insights into oneself or  the other can be interesting.
> > At
> > > a trivial, even humorous, level perhaps as you say, but not really
> > > seriously to the thinking person.  And knowledge is power, as in
> knowing
> > > what makes oneself or the other tick.
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/15/2015 10:18 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is looking for quantification of one' own behavior a way of
> > rationalizing
> > >> away certain outré personal habits?
> > >>
> > >> "I'm an ABCD and she's a WXYZ and that explains everything." I suspect
> > >> all this is an intellectual version of "What sign are you?" "Oh, I
> could
> > >> never get along with a Gemini because I;m a Capricorn. Good Bye!"
> > >>
> > >> But it's the age we live in, I suppose.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Jim
> > >> .
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>