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in Self-Development

Personality typing, like Myers-Briggs and any 16 types variant, is often dismissed as pseudoscience. However, pseudoscience or not, it does have daily, practical value.  As a tool for understanding people, personality typing is especially applicable in the workplace, where it’s critical to be able to work effectively with others. Below, I’m going to list 6 […]

in Anime/Manga MBTI Types

Ne: “Let’s build our settlement right! And there we’ll make it so kids won’t have to kill each other. And we’ll create this awesome school where kids can train and grow up to become stronger. Assign missions that fit people’s abilities and their strengths too. Have superiors who are able to properly assign ranks to […]

in Anime/Manga MBTI Types

Te: “Love is not necessary, power is the only true necessity.” Power is not will, it is the phenomenon of physically making things happen. “Nine-Tails…you require a guide to show you purpose. That guide is the Uchiha! The tailed beasts are but slaves to those with blessed eyes. Obey!” We debated between Madara Uchiha being […]

in Personality Bleed

Fictional characters represent a special challenge when it comes to typing. Why? Because every author or actor imprints something on each character they bring to life. I’ll call it “Personality Bleed” (kudos to my cohort, Ryan, for producing this term for me) I know myself. I’m an ISTP. I understand dominant Ti, auxiliary Se, tertiary […]

in Anime/Manga MBTI Types

Ni: Most people like to call Neji a textbook ISTJ, but hear us out. There are countless example of Neji using Ni throughout the series. For starters, he speaks in metaphors and heavily use words like destiny and fate. The signs of his Ni are clear from even a very young age. “Father, is a […]

in Function Analysis, Personality Theory 101

Below is a list of general observations we’ve made based on real life examples of how the different functions show up in day-to-day interaction. Obviously, it may not be perfect, but we’ve found it useful in our typing. Feel free to suggest something we’ve missed or ask for an explanation of how personality theory backs […]

in Anime/Manga MBTI Types

Se: “I don’t care who I have to fight! If he rips my arms out, I’ll kick him to death! If he rips my legs off, I’ll bite him to death! If he rips my head off, I’ll stare him to death! And if he gouges out my eyes, I’ll curse him from the grave! […]

in Personality Theory 101

So many times I’ve seen people make the mistake of assuming intelligent people must be thinkers. Now, I’ll admit that the terminology MBTI uses is kind of… misleading. Judgers are not always “judgemental” in the traditional sense, just like some perceivers can be very judgemental. Thinkers do, in fact, feel, and feelers also think. Our […]

in Personality Theory 101

Seems strange, right? Obviously, I’m not talking about the type of dreams that one experiences during sleep, but rather the dreaming that occurs in your conscious mind, as you wish for something you don’t have or imagine something that should be. A huge misconception has developed in the MBTI world that the intuitives are the […]