By Donna Dunning Career focus is contribution to a group or project Animal Metaphor: Beaver Although S and J are letters associated with personality type theory, these two preferences also align to an older theory, which describes four basic human Te ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning In times of change, the Assimilator’s (ISTJ and ISFJ) greatest strength and also their biggest weakness is preserving the status quo. When faced with changes, Assimilators tend to safeguard what works well. If you are an Assimilator, you may be uncomfortable tr ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Compassionate Assimilator People who have preferences for ISFJ tend to focus their attention in the inner world by paying attention to, and remembering, relevant facts and details using Introverted Sensing (Si) as their dominant function. They tend to trust what ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Logical Assimilators People who have preferences for ISTJ tend to focus their attention in the inner world of facts and relevant details, using Introverted Sensing (Si) as their dominant function. They research topics of interest in-depth and trust what they kn ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning ISFJ Compassionate Assimilator Motto: “Don’t rock the boat.” When creating type resources, one of my goals is to offer practical descriptions and examples to help people understand each of the different patterns of personality type preferences. One way I ha ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning In my MBTI® Certification workshops participants respond to the instruction -“Describe your type using words, phrases, or pictures.” I find these visual representations of type preferences help illustrate individual differences. Here is a photo of a response ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning ISTJ Logical Assimilators Motto: “Why reinvent the wheel?” When creating type resources, one of my goals is to offer practical descriptions and examples to help people understand each of the different patterns of personality type preferences. One way I have ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning People who prefer ISFJ often have a strong work ethic and demonstrate loyalty toward their organization, family, and close friends. Support and Assist They often complete practical tasks to show their support and loyalty. This helps things run smoothly and makes ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Interpret and Implement Individuals with these personality type preferences have a dominant function of Introverted Intuition (Ni). Together, people with preferences for INTJ and INFJ comprised 3.6% of the national representative sample of personality type prefe ... Continue Reading
By Donna Dunning Career change and searching for work are challenging for anyone, but people with ISTJ preferences can find the process especially stressful and difficult. Change is not an ISTJ’s best friend Some people seek and are enthralled by change. Generally, however, peo ... Continue Reading
