You’ve probably heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator even if you haven’t taken it yourself already. According to the test’s website, the MBTI is one of the most widely-used psychological instruments for describing and measuring personality characteristics, and is used …
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You are nervous, anxious, uneasy, wired, frazzled, and possibly even scared. How can it be that this is your own doing? We often engage in thought patterns that contribute to and exacerbate stress. Catastrophizing Catastrophic thinking is when you imagine …
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Sherrie Haynie, a consultant with CPP, Inc., the publisher of the Myers-Briggs assessment, had this to say regarding introverts: “Often, introverts describe how they interact with the outside world as a performance, and acting is work. Similar to professional actors, …
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What is motivation and how are we motivated? As a basic definition, motivation is what drives us to accomplish goals. Motivation determines where we direct our behavior. There are many, many different ways we become motivated to act. Money is …
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Despite popular beliefs, extroversion can sometimes get in the way of social graces because extraverts tend to think out loud, sharing information faster than they are able to censor.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how to work with introverts. Not to be one-sided, this post will provide some tips for introverts. After all, the world doesn’t have to cater to the needs of introverts. These tips are …
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Extraversion is one of the major personality traits. Our personality stays relatively stable throughout our lives. Personality traits exist on a spectrum, so we can be low, moderate, or high on the extraversion trait. If you are low in extraversion, …
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