Khoo, I'm thinking, since I'm planning on living to be a hundred, and I'll be turning 51, I'm approaching the exact midpoint. The first year of my second half. So what I'm contemplating on doing is making a big pile, everything I won't need and everything I will.
And then getting a match. John the burning man. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Khoo Hock Aun <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > 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
