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Posted in Blog on September 4, 2014

Enhancers: Typical Strengths and Work Preferences

By Donna Dunning Personality type preferences ISFP and INFP Characteristic Strengths • Authentic • Appreciative • Nurturing • Flexible • Harmonious Work Preferences • Quietly expressing one’s self and values through work • Appreciating and working to improve the w ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on September 2, 2014

INFP Communication Highlights

By Donna Dunning In my personality type based communication workshops I sometimes have participants complete this thought -“To communicate most effectively with me, please…”. This exercise helps participants think about and express their personal communication style and ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on August 1, 2014

Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning In today’s business environment, people who use Extraverted Thinking, the INFP’s inferior function, are often rewarded for their logical approach to business decisions. Logic, in the purest sense, is objective. When making business decisi ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on July 24, 2014

What Makes You Laugh?

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning I realized something a long time ago. I don’t laugh at some things that many others find funny. At a summer street carnival several years ago, I watched an entertainer call a young boy from the audience, asking him for assistance with his a ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on July 17, 2014

Overlooked and Underestimated

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning Shy, reluctant to speak up, withdrawn, timid, lacking confidence – are these the words that describe an INFP? The world is in love with the extravert, not the introvert. Each of the words above has a negative connotation. MBTI® practit ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on July 11, 2014

Harmony

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning Mahatma Gandhi once said that “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” This quote accurately describes my INFP version of happiness. To be happy I have to be in harmony with others. There is no way ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on July 3, 2014

Words

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning After reading Tolkien’s quote – “I often long to work at my nonsense fairy language and don’t let myself ’cause though I love it so it does seem such a mad hobby!” – in my previous blog, I started to wond ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on June 26, 2014

The Burden of Self Promotion

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning I have INFP preferences and I always have found it difficult to talk about myself. I don’t mean going on and on to the point of making people feel ill, but simply directing the conversation to something that promotes me. This, of course, ma ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on June 23, 2014

INFP Communication Highlights

By Donna Dunning In my personality type based communication workshops I sometimes have participants complete this thought -“To communicate most effectively with me, please…”. This exercise helps participants think about and express their personal communication style and ... Continue Reading

Posted in Blog on June 19, 2014

Take It Personally

INFP Reflections Blog By Paul Dunning Why would someone say or do something and then provide instructions on how to interpret, or feel about, what they had just said or done? When you get feedback in any form, whether it is complimentary, corrective, constructive, or cranky, you ... Continue Reading