Thursday, October 16, 2008

Personality change!

A young member of our family came home excited from school after completing a Myers-Briggs and got her Mum and Dad completing the on-line questionnaire. I'm not who I thought I was! No longer an INFP I've become a 'J' INFJs are quite rare beasts apparently. Less than 1% of the population. And "in fact, sometimes mistaken for extroverts because they appear so outgoing and are so genuinely interested in people." But I'm in good company. With John Calvin, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Nicole Kidman and Nathan the prophet of Israel (where do they come up with these lists???????). It was fun to revisit this. Even in the rather dubious on-line format. And I can of course no longer say "Just what I'd expect of a J - except to myself!

4 comments:

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

Welcome to the club. I'm an INFJ.

My husband is an INFP, but he's not an extreme P and can act as a J about projects he really cares about. Maybe you're close to the center, the way he is.

Barb said...

INFP here, but I'm not taking it too seriously !

Jan said...

Hey, I'm so pleased to be INFJ with you and Ruth! Good company.

Mavis said...

We seem to be over represented in the blogosphere. Or maybe we've just connected because we're similar. Like Barb - I don't take it too seriously,

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