Comments on: NT’s Make Better Decisions?

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:03:35 +0000

John,
I don’t think people should place too much emphasis on MB. It helps make some sense of people, but I wouldn’t rely on it for hiring decisions. Too much bias and it ignores the “fundamental attribution error.”

By: John W. McKenna

John W. McKenna — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:11:46 +0000

Rob
Virgo here, err… I mean another INTJ and I have to wonder why people place so much emphasis on Myers-Briggs typing. The first time I read my MBTI profile, I thought, “Yes, that’s me to a tee.” Later I realized I had the same reaction to both my horoscope and biorhythm readings when I was 10 or 11 years old. Okay, maybe it’s not that bad. Perhaps my skepticism lies in my personality type. From www,wikipedia.com – The INTJ mindset in regards to other people could be summed up as: “If you don’t want to be called an idiot, don’t do stupid things.”
Take care…
John
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By: Manny

Manny — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:51:18 +0000

INTJ here and this is the second great article I've found about Introvert managers (of which I was one). To all of this ilk, I highly reccommend Laney's "The Introvert Advantage", which I review here: http://successbooks.blogspot.com/2006/11/success-book-review-introvert.html

By: david foster

david foster — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:39:49 +0000

Sounds interesting–it’s extremely irritating that the actual study isn’t available (unless you pay $39) and I think it’s questionable whether this should be allowable for taxpayer-funded research.

I suspect that the personality type that works best for a decision depends on the kind of decision being made. It would be strange if, for example, a real-time decision by an air traffic controller favored the same personality type as a marketing decision on product packaging and color.