(04-25-2016, 11:53 AM)4Kingdoms Wrote: Just out of curiosity...
How do you find out what Myers-Briggs type is the person you are interacting with??
Are you asking them, is it from observing them, do they just volunteer this without you having to ask?
I admire you for using this information to your advantage.
Did you memorize all the Myers-Briggs types, or do you look it up when you need to?
I'm definitely only observing them, no asking. And for me, it is as much about the different functions of MBTI as it is about how they interact together.
My thought process for this particular investor went something like this:
- This guy has very little to no appreciation for abstract thought - definite "S"
- Suspicious of new ideas - definitely an "SJ" (that's how S and J together tend to interact)
- Straight-forward and blunt in his communication - definitely a "T" --> STJ
From this point, it could either have been ESTJ or ISTJ. Now, an ESTJ would try to bully me into accepting that his point of view is correct. (since Extroverted Thinking would be primary and Introverted Sensing would be secondary)
An ISTJ, on the other hand, would still not accept my point of view easily, but he would withdraw from the conversation when he disagrees with me.
At that point I realized the latter thing was what I saw him do during our convo... and there I had it.
I'm still relatively new to MBTI, so I can still only do it by reflecting on a past situation, but I seem to have enough incentive to get better at it and start doing it in real time.
