Freewheeling on your interests may lead to interesting discoveries. Today I wanted to add some meat to my FoaF file and discovered in the vocabulary the foaf:meyersBriggs tag

The foaf:myersBriggs property represents the Myers Briggs (MBTI) approach to personality taxonomy. It is included in FOAF as an example of a property that takes certain constrained values, and to give some additional detail to the FOAF files of those who choose to include it. The foaf:myersBriggs property applies only to the foaf:Person class; wherever you see it, you can infer it is being applied to a person.
The foaf:myersBriggs property is interesting in that it illustrates how FOAF can serve as a carrier for various kinds of information, without necessarily being commited to any associated worldview. Not everyone will find myersBriggs (or star signs, or blood types, or the four humours) a useful perspective on human behaviour and personality. The inclusion of a Myers Briggs property doesn’t indicate that FOAF endorses the underlying theory, any more than the existence of foaf:weblog is an endorsement of soapboxes.

Okay, but how to determine your MB-type (after all there are just 16 such types)? Clearly, you can consult the official Myers-Briggs page. You can also follow the online Test, but by far the quickest way to determine your type is to look up the Myers-Briggs intro. One makes four choices between 2 options (pretty obvious, at least to me). In a few seconds it was clear to me that I had to be an INTJ-personality. But, what does this mean? There is an excellent page The Personality Type Portraits explaining what kind of information is contained in your MB-type : ISTJ - The Duty Fulfillers
ESTJ - The Guardians
ISFJ - The Nurturers
ESFJ - The Caregivers
ISTP - The Mechanics
ESTP - The Doers
ESFP - The Performers
ISFP - The Artists
ENTJ - The Executives
INTJ - The Scientists
ENTP - The Visionaries
INTP - The Thinkers
ENFJ - The Givers
INFJ - The Protectors
ENFP - The Inspirers
INFP - The Idealists
This may look like a self-fulfilling phrophecy but I swear I didn’t know any of these types before. Still, let’s have a look how a typical INTJ is supposed to interact with others

Other people may have a difficult time understanding an INTJ. They may see them as aloof and reserved. Indeed, the INTJ is not overly demonstrative of their affections, and is likely to not give as much praise or positive support as others may need or desire. That doesn’t mean that he or she doesn’t truly have affection or regard for others, they simply do not typically feel the need to express it.

sounds familiar? Another eye-opener

When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal.

Fortunately, I ended up with a common career for my MB-type…

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Written on Tue, 07 February 2006 at 9:04 am
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