This blog is dedicated to B4Salk and TLDavis who inspired it.

"Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgments sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire." -Isabel Briggs Myers

"The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to identify certain psychological differences according to the typological theories of Carl Gustav Jung as published in his 1921 book Psychological Types. The original developers of the personality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers."

Years ago I had the opportunity to take the MBTI. I found it most helpful in defining and understanding myself. My personality type is INFP - Introverted Feeling type. A little of the description I will share here (it is 10 pages long):

"As a feeling introvert, your essential personality is hidden from view. Your facade may not be metal, but it's just as solid and just as vulnerable to misplaced trust. People have to know you well before you'll let down your guard and expose your warmth and sensitivity. Then you open up your trust and hope that the recipients are wise enough to appreciate your gift of admission to the inner sanctum of your life."

"In general, your judging manifests itself within, as you guide your own actions and attitudes by a strong inner sense of values, independent of others' judgment. You have a powerful sense of faithfulness, duty and commitment to the people and causes which attract you. You take your obligations seriously, enforced by your own internalized sense of morality."

My personality is likened to the tin woodsman in The Wizard of Oz - immense sensitivity and enormous capacity for feeling are hidden behind an armored shell. ;O)

More important than what my personality type is and the traits thereof, I wonder what is YOUR personality type? If you think this might be interesting, this link is a good place to start:

http://www.myersbriggs.org/