John, I think Krimel is a superstar and I'd make you home-made cookies any day.
Marsha On Sep 5, 2010, at 1:29 AM, John Carl 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 ___ 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
