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There are correct ways to approach personality theory, and incorrect ways. Unfortunately, so many people approach and utilize personality theory in the wrong way to such a degree that I often see people, the people who might use the theory the right way, give up on it altogether out of frustration or cynicism. After all, […]

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There are a number of reasons why people mistype. Personally, I’m not one to walk around accusing everyone of being mistyped, because that’s both rude and pointless. However, I believe having content on the subject is valuable. The inspiration for this particular article was from a question I received from a commenter. Recently, I’ve been […]

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Someone typed me as an (insert Myers-Briggs personality type here), but I just don’t feel like I fit the personality type description. Did they mess up? Could I actually be that personality type or was I mistyped? Ryan and I have seen people complain about this time and time again. No matter which of the […]

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Cognitive functions are complicated and confusing. This is a fact. This is why everyone argues over them, and this is why newcomers to the 16 personalities start with the dichotomies, and some of those infamously bad personality tests. It’s the easy, and fun way to dip one’s toe in, at the beginning. I see people […]

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In the world of personality theory, fictional characters are the source of heavy debate. You would think they wouldn’t matter so much given that they don’t actually exist, but in spite of that, people get incredibly invested in what a character’s type might be. As a result, these fictional entities can be the source of […]

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Recently, I’ve gone on an Enneagram journey. In the past, I’ve made varying assumptions about Enneagram, which I was hesitant to state absolutely, knowing that personality systems tended to suffer from stereotyping and surface-level information. I’m glad I kept myself fairly neutral on the subject, because I have learned a thing or two. In this […]

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Myers-Briggs. Enneagram. Socionics. Big Five. You’ve likely heard of all of these personality theories, and I’m sure countless others. Once someone goes down the rabbit hole of typology, it’s usually not long before they start branching out into other theories on the subject. This has led to a pet peeve of mine: using one theory […]

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Back within the first year of the blog, I wrote an article on this subject, which I am returning to now. It’s not that our opinion has changed; I just feel I can do the subject a bit more justice. People tend to bicker back and forth as to how one obtains their personality. Are […]

in Jungian Theory, Personality Theory 101

There seems to be some false notions floating around the type community that these two terms mean the difference between something that is true, verified and trusted versus something that is false, biased, and untrustworthy. There is a lot of extra meanings and assumptions being piled onto these terms that are not part of their […]

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One thing that you find a lot in typology circles is that people seem to automatically assume that those who lead with an extraverted function (Ne, Se, Te, Fe) will automatically be a social butterfly. They expect that the term ‘extraversion’, as it is traditionally is used, translates directly over to the extraverted functions. This, […]