Category Archives: Personality Types

Watch Out For Your Blind Spots

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If you’re like me you have blind spots. You’re doing your thing, living your life, then WHAM something hits you and you realize that you had a huge blind spot about something. For me, it’s usually has something to do with the way that I relate to others. My personality type causes me to have a weakness in this area. When you’re in a leadership role you need to be more and more aware of the affect your words and deeds have on other folks. So how do you deal with blind spots? I’ve got a few simple ways… 1. Be honest with your self No one is perfect. One of my early blind spots was that I thought I was always right (which is completely ridiculous by the way). As a young lad, Read more [...]
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How Understanding Your Personality Can Make You a Better Leader

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I just completed my 7th book of the year, “What’s My Type?” by Hurley & Dobson. I’ve always been interested in understanding personality types ever since I first discovered the Myer’s Briggs personality typing reading the book “Type Talk”. It was very revealing for me being an introvert and lover of science, the book helped me to understand my own personality and how I relate to others (pretty important for an Introvert as especially important if you’re a leader and manager of people). In case you’re wondering, my Myers Briggs profile is INTJ. Hurley & Dobson’s book focused on the Enneagram, which is another method of understanding personality types. The book describes Read more [...]
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Introverted or Extroverted – Which Are You and Why?

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I wrapped up reading my forth book of the year recently: Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. The author investigated the contrast between extroverts and introverts and sighted several studies which showed the biological cause for these two general personality types. One of the most interesting chapters focused on the Wall Street mortgage meltdown and how introverts and extroverts approached the situation. According to the author, each personality type processes dopamine differently. Specifically how introverts and extroverts respond to the prosect of a reward. The author interviewed Dr. Janice Dorn, MD, pHD. Dorn explains that how our brain structure Read more [...]
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