JC, Mine too. What shall we do on the 101010 ? Rgds Khoo Hock Aun On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:29 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
> capricorn dave, > > > My old friend Steve really loved that meyers briggs thing. He is an > engineer and has an engineer's soul. Loved to be able to see the fix and > how to apply it. > > Everything's fixable, right? I took it once and learned things about > myself > that I already knew. I recommend introspection before quantified social > criteria, any day of the week. Just good ol' 'know thyself" > > There's that Hannibal Lecter quote from the book, I don't remember if it > was in the movie _"the last man who tried to quantify me, I had his liver > with fava beans." > > or something to the effect. I sympathize with the sentiment. > > > As I understand Jung, the whole point of identifying your personality is to > > find out what aspects of the self are relatively undeveloped. Sadly, the > > Meyer-Briggs test is usually used to pigeonhole you at work. And most > people > > treat it like astrology, as if it supplied some magical insight into your > > essence. They hang their hats on it as if it were a fixed point. This > stuff > > would make Jung spin in his grave. > > > > The point of using getting your "score" to is not to gloat about your > > strengths but to identify your weaknesses, to discover what areas need > work > > and attention. Usually, this will be the very opposite of your dominant > > personality. This will be your shadow. And that's what you will tend to > > dislike in others, what you will tend to project upon others because > that's > > you don't like to see it in yourself. That's why I hated Forest Gump. > > > > Now see, I really liked Forest Gump. But then, I had a lot of "southern > mouther" background and could relate to things other cultures might not > get. > > However I also get an oogey feeling whenever anybody thinks they got me > pegged in some regularized fashion. I understand there is a lot of > standardization lately, with humans being socialized and acculturated to > industrial rhythms using scientific methodology with bells and training and > all. I've undergone my fair share, but feel sorta insulted to be "lumped > in" with everyone else. Like everyone, I just wanna be recognized as an > individual. > > > > > Not to get too personal, but judging by the form and content of your > posts, > > I'd say Krimel needs to develop his romantic side and Marsha needs to > > develop her intellectual side. In both cases these undeveloped shadows > have > > become demonized little monsters with tangible negative effects. > > > > Well, as far as that goes, I'd be all "physician heal thyself" and "remove > the log outta yer own eye" about you giving advice on projecting and > "undeveloped shadows" to others. And besides that, I disagree completely. > I think Marsha tries too hard sometimes to intellectualize with the boys, > misconstruing the boys, and Krimel... well I think Krimel's a damn fine > writer and thinker. I think he's got the rhetorical flourish, the poetic > point and the romantic appeal down to near-perfection. I think he needs > to > get a little deeper into his assumptions. I think he needs more intellect, > not less. > > > > > Not that I'm an Analytic Psychologist or anything. But I am a Capricorn. > > > > > > I hear ya. I'm a libra myself. We like to look at the other side of the > argument :-) > > This year my birthday falls on 10/10/10. Whaddya gettin' me dave? > > > John > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > -- [email protected] 6016-301 4079 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
