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What is Personality Type?

The concept of personality type is about the natural habits of mind we develop as we grow. For example, some may have a preference for noticing concrete reality, others for noticing abstract concepts. Or one has a preference for the external world of people and action, another a leaning towards the inner world of ideas and contemplation. In every case, both will be true for us at different times, but we have an inclination towards one or the other when free to choose.

These natural preferences fall into patterns, and an understanding of these patterns can help us to make sense of ourselves, our relationships, our life choices.

One of the most widely used personality type systems describing these patterns is called Myers-Briggs, after the mother-daughter team that developed it. This system also has the most books available on the open market for those who want to explore it further.

See below for a list of books I've found really useful...

Contents at a Glance

General Books on Personality Type
Books on Personality Types and Relations...
Books on Personality Types and Faith
Myers-Briggs Resources
Other books on Myers-Briggs
About the Author

General Books on Personality Type

Books on Personality Types and Relationships

Books on Personality Types and Faith

Myers-Briggs Resources

Personality Type Resources: A listing of books and web resources I have found useful in the exploration and understanding of MBTI theory.

Other books on Myers-Briggs

About the Author

Christine Rigden is a qualified Career and Life Coach, and MBTI practitioner. She leads personality type workshops for churches and businesses for personal and team development. She also coaches individuals exploring changes in direction in their lives. See her web site Insights For Change.

Blogs on Myers-Briggs

CPP, Inc., Cengage Learning Pair Myers-Briggs® Assessment with College Success ...: 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CPP, Inc. (CPP.com), an industry leader in research, training, and organizational development tools including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment, and Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of print and ...
Library Link: Myers-Briggs presentation: What type are you?: 22, RES is presenting Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, a workshop based on the internationally acclaimed assessment tool. Myers-Briggs measures people's psychological preferences in a wide variety of areas, from how they gather information to how they ...
Myers-Briggs trivializes personalities, doesn't predict behavior: Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test is responsible for choosing who I'll be spending my semester project working with, which also likely will affect my final grade. I've never been a fan of personality tests.
Social Business: What's An Introvert To Do?: Attendees were given a modified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, an assessment used to measure how people see the world and make decisions. Being somewhat shy, especially in social situations, I was surprised to find that the first letter in my four-letter ...

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