commentary
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Students Are Not Adults
I've been substitute teaching for a little over two years now. I've been thinking, lately, about why 4th and 5th graders seem so much more mature in class than 7th graders. (6th graders are in-between.) Shouldn't students become more mature as they get older? [Continued in commentary…] Continue reading
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The MBTI Is a Test (and the Unreliable Part is the Test Taker)
I've been participating (once again) in a Facebook discussion among people who claim that the MBTI is not a "valid" assessment because some people get a different four-letter code the second time they take the inventory. Many people can't bear the idea that the reason for a different result is as simple as the fact… Continue reading
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Temperament is Clear Early in Life
I met a young NT today. [Continued in commentary…] Continue reading
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MBTI: Debunking the Debunkers (again)
I have been having a "discussion" in The Science Enthusiasts group in Facebook. Someone posted another "debunking the MBTI" article (from 2014). Surprisingly, this one doesn't cite "Wharton Scholar, Adam Grant". The article includes this statement: "Several analyses have shown the test is totally ineffective at predicting people's success in various jobs, and that about… Continue reading
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My Labels, My Choice
I just ran across this question in a LinkedIn group: Do Typology Instruments Box People Into a Category Using Labeling? My understanding is that Jung did not mean for his theories to be used as "labels." He meant them to help people grow and develop beyond a way of being. I have often heard people… Continue reading
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Sour Grapes and the MBTI
The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) is a self-assessment and self-discovery instrument for Psychological Type. It was developed in the late 1940s and has been in use since the 1960s. To date, millions of people have taken the MBTI. Notwithstanding its popularity (or perhaps because of it), there are detractors. How much of this is due… Continue reading
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Watching Temperament Play Out Over Coffee Cups
One of my interests is Personality Type and Temperament. I also like Starbucks Frappucinos. You wouldn't think these two things would intersect, but, recently, I realized that they do. They come together in the form of the precious and controversial Trenta cup. Read my commentary… Continue reading
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There’s No Such Thing as an Ambivert
The term "ambivert" was popularized by Dan Pink in 2013, in an article on leaders and sales. The word operates in the same colloquial universe of definitions in which introverts are shy and retiring and extroverts (usually spelled with an o) are loud and outgoing. [Read my commentary…] Continue reading
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain, is certainly not the only book about introversion, nor was it the first. Nevertheless, Quiet sparked a discussion that was bigger than anything we'd seen before. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has… Continue reading
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Working From Home
I read this today in the Huffington Post: Marissa Mayer's Work-From-Home Ban Is The Exact Opposite Of What CEOs Should Be Doing Lisa Belkin Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, The Huffington Post What others see as the future of the workplace, and what parents see as a most important tool for juggling home and work, Marissa… Continue reading
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