Of course, John, I could just as easily said I think you are a superstar and would happily make home-made cookies for Krimel any day.
On Sep 5, 2010, at 3:33 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > 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 ___ 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
