ancusmitis
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I didn't write this, but I thought it was interesting so I figured I would share it. Don't know if this is the proper forum, but it seems to me like it fits. Let me know if that is in error.
Anyway, here it is:
https://owanderingfolk.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/my-falling-out-with-myers-briggs/
A highlight from it:
Anyway, here it is:
https://owanderingfolk.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/my-falling-out-with-myers-briggs/
A highlight from it:
Myers-Briggs is like pointing to a blue-and-green striped shirt and saying “That shirt is blue.”
Ok, yes, there is a lot of blue on it, but there’s also the same amount of green. And, it’s not a solid color shirt – it’s a pattern. Describing the shirt as “blue,” while not entirely incorrect, gives you the wrong picture of the shirt. You hear “blue shirt” and you think of a shirt that is blue, not blue-and-green striped. You could also describe a blue shirt with white flowers as blue. So now you have two blue shirts – that are fundamentally different! And what if the blue shirt with white flowers is a sleeveless chambray blouse and the striped shirt is a longsleeved knit?
Excuse me, I think maybe I need to go to TJ Maxx…
Let me explain to you why being called “blue” when you are in fact, blue-and-green striped, can be a harmful thing. For one, others start to believe you’re blue. “Oh, you know Corinne, she’s blue, so, we should ask her to do this blue thing. She wouldn’t want to do the green thing.” Also, you start to believe you’re blue. “Yeah, I’m a blue person…green? That’s weird. Why is that green? I’m blue. That doesn’t fit, that’s not me.”