RE: Myers-Briggs (the real thing)

["Garrett R. Winn" <garrett1 -at- garrettwinn -dot- com>]

There is another book, "Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type"
by Isabel Briggs Meyers (Briggs was her mother, by the way). I have it
on my desk here at work.

It provides much of the same kinds of information as "Please Understand
Me", but also has some "data" that shows trends in type based on certain
types of people and professions.

For example, liberal arts-type students (which many tech writers are to
a degree - interested in literature and humanities) are typically NF
(highest is ENFP), but with more (percentage wise) as I (introverts).

Personally, I am an INFX (X meaning a well-balanced J/P), so I fit the
mold, so to speak, of a liberal arts person who is a tech writer.

My best guess (as a wanna-be Myers-Briggs authority) would be that INFP
types would have the highest percentage for tech writers, with INTP a
close second.

Cheers!

Garrett Winn




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-125009 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of John
Wilcox
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:05 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Myers-Briggs (the real thing)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberta Hennessey [mailto:rhennessey -at- avici -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:45 AM
> To: John Wilcox; TECHWR-L

> Which book are you referring to? I'd love to take it
> again.

This prompted me to get my memory refreshed (i.e., call home and ask my
wife
to look at the book). The book to which I was referring is actually by
David
Kiersey, who builds on M-B. The title is "Please Understand Me II"
(Roman
numeral 2, as in 2nd edition). And good news: the test has only 70
questions. :)

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Regards,
John Wilcox, Technical Writer
Zetron, Redmond