Using the Myers-Briggs Using the Myers-Briggs EverydayEveryday

Political Management 200Political Management 200

Basic Dimensions of PersonalityBasic Dimensions of Personality

Role VariantsRole Variants

Guardian Role VariantsGuardian Role Variants

Artisan Role VariantsArtisan Role Variants

Idealist Role VariantsIdealist Role Variants

Rational Role VariantsRational Role Variants

Artisan-PlaymateArtisan-Playmate

OptimisticOptimistic SpontaneousSpontaneous GenerousGenerous AdventurousAdventurous Physical confidencePhysical confidence Supreme sense of fun and excitementSupreme sense of fun and excitement Want to keep things interestingWant to keep things interesting Drawn to people impulsivelyDrawn to people impulsively

Artisan PairingsArtisan Pairings

Artisan-IdealistArtisan-Idealist• Positive: Excitement dovetails with Positive: Excitement dovetails with

enthusiasmenthusiasm• Negative: Cynical about need for Negative: Cynical about need for

enlightenmentenlightenment Artisan-RationalArtisan-Rational

• Positive: Share pragmatism, irreverencePositive: Share pragmatism, irreverence• Negative: Impatient with desire for Negative: Impatient with desire for

knowledgeknowledge

Artisan PairingsArtisan Pairings

Artisan-ArtisanArtisan-Artisan• Positive: World of physical reality & funPositive: World of physical reality & fun• Negative: Playing hard exhaust each otherNegative: Playing hard exhaust each other

Artisan-GuardianArtisan-Guardian• Positive: Best pairing, concrete and complimentary Positive: Best pairing, concrete and complimentary • adventurous & fun-loving with concerned & adventurous & fun-loving with concerned &

responsibleresponsible• Negative: Impulse vs. deliberation, spending & Negative: Impulse vs. deliberation, spending &

savingsaving

Guardian HelpmateGuardian Helpmate

Good Wife/Good HusbandGood Wife/Good Husband LoyalLoyal DependableDependable Hard-workingHard-working Nesting and nurturingNesting and nurturing Solid foundation for institutionsSolid foundation for institutions Enjoy traditions and ritualsEnjoy traditions and rituals

Guardian PairingsGuardian Pairings

Guardian-IdealistGuardian-Idealist• Positive: Mutual concern for society (NF Positive: Mutual concern for society (NF

lofty)lofty)• Negative: NF’s tendency to get “carried Negative: NF’s tendency to get “carried

away”away” Guardian-RationalGuardian-Rational

• Positive: Mirror sense of duty with NT’s Positive: Mirror sense of duty with NT’s obsession with workobsession with work

• Negative: Feel NT’s scorn for routine and Negative: Feel NT’s scorn for routine and conventionconvention

Guardian PairingsGuardian Pairings

Guardian-GuardianGuardian-Guardian• Positive: Great interest in domestic Positive: Great interest in domestic

stabilitystability• Negative: Both insist their routine is the Negative: Both insist their routine is the

right oneright one Guardian-ArtisanGuardian-Artisan

• Positive: Balance of fun and responsibilityPositive: Balance of fun and responsibility• Negative: SJ’s tries to reform the SP’s Negative: SJ’s tries to reform the SP’s

(co-dependents) (co-dependents)

Idealist SoulmateIdealist Soulmate

Seeking the perfect mateSeeking the perfect mate Wants the ideal relationshipWants the ideal relationship ““Love of their life” or “One true love”Love of their life” or “One true love” Want a soul partnerWant a soul partner Want to bond in a spiritual senseWant to bond in a spiritual sense Deep meaningful relationshipsDeep meaningful relationships All-important in their livesAll-important in their lives

Idealist PairingsIdealist Pairings

Idealist-ArtisanIdealist-Artisan• Positive: Freedom, spontaneity and SP’s Positive: Freedom, spontaneity and SP’s

live in the moment attitudelive in the moment attitude• Negative: SP’s lack interest in the “inner Negative: SP’s lack interest in the “inner

life”life” Idealist-GuardianIdealist-Guardian

• Positive: Social cooperators--respect the Positive: Social cooperators--respect the rules that govern liferules that govern life

• Negative: SJ’s lack interest in the “inner Negative: SJ’s lack interest in the “inner life”life”

Idealist PairingsIdealist Pairings Idealist-IdealistIdealist-Idealist

• Positive: Deep satisfaction in sharing each other’s Positive: Deep satisfaction in sharing each other’s inner worldinner world

• Negative: Too much closeness can result in Negative: Too much closeness can result in tensiontension

Idealist-RationalIdealist-Rational• Positive: Both live in world of theories, Positive: Both live in world of theories,

possibilities, insights and symbolspossibilities, insights and symbols• Negative: NT’s self-control & logic clash with Negative: NT’s self-control & logic clash with

intuition and humanitarianismintuition and humanitarianism

Rational MindmateRational Mindmate

SeriousSerious CerebralCerebral Enjoy discussion on esoteric topicsEnjoy discussion on esoteric topics Stiff and awkwardStiff and awkward Develop relationships slowlyDevelop relationships slowly Search for person worthy of personal Search for person worthy of personal

investmentinvestment Unlikely to change minds about a mateUnlikely to change minds about a mate

Rational PairingsRational Pairings

Rational-ArtisanRational-Artisan• Positive: Lack of possessiveness Positive: Lack of possessiveness

compliments freedom-loving SP’scompliments freedom-loving SP’s• Negative: Difficult for NT to hold SP’s Negative: Difficult for NT to hold SP’s

attention on abstract issuesattention on abstract issues Rational-GuardianRational-Guardian

• Positive: SJ attend to the workings of homePositive: SJ attend to the workings of home• Negative: NT’s protect autonomy from SJ Negative: NT’s protect autonomy from SJ

structurestructure

Rational PairingsRational Pairings

Rational-RationalRational-Rational• Positive: Fascinated by the other’s workPositive: Fascinated by the other’s work• Negative: Need to learn to get away Negative: Need to learn to get away

from workfrom work Rational-IdealistRational-Idealist

• Positive: Companionship of ideas and Positive: Companionship of ideas and insightsinsights

• Negative: NT’s emotional distanceNegative: NT’s emotional distance

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