Hey All,

So one day last week I was at this training workshop where we did the Myers-Briggs personality test.  I had a lot of fun doing this test, because it made a lot of sense to me and gave me a good indication of how I think.

The test has four components, which are:

Part 1 – Extroversion (E) or Introversion (I) – Do you prefer to focus on and get your energy from the outer world (Extroversion) or your own inner world (Introversion)?

Part 2 – Sensing (S) or Intuition (N) – Do you prefer to focus on the information you take in from the senses (Sensing) or do you prefer to interpret information and add additional meaning (Intuition)?

Part 3 – Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) – When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency (Thinking) or do you prefer to first look at people and special circumstances (Feeling)?

Part 4 – Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) – When dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided (Judging) or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options (Perceiving)?

After taking the test, I ended up being an ENFP, which was not really a surprise.  There are write-ups on all 16 personality combinations, and here is mine:

ENFP – Warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. See life as full of possibilities. Make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns they see. Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. Spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their ability to improvise and their verbal fluency.

There was more info in the workshop, and I was interested to learn that ENFPs rely on others for support, can be very sensitive, and have a tendency to interpret and analyze other people's behaviours, sometimes incorrectly.  This is all true with me, because as many of you know I tend to overanalyze everything, hahaha!  It's good to know this is common within my personality type.  Going forward, I'm going to try and watch for when I'm doing that, acknowledge it, and try not to overanalyze every situation – key word being try, lol ;)

Anyways, for more information on the MBTI test, check out this link: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my%5Fmbti%5Fpersonality%5Ftype/mbti%5Fbasics/

And to take an unofficial but similar version of the test, check out this link:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

But a final rule, if you take the above test, message me and tell me what letters you are, or better yet blog your results!  I would be very interested to know :)

Enjoy :D