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FROM CHAPTER THREE: 'WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?"
(Note: this excerpt is taken from someone's personalized ebook. The content of your book would be personalized from your own responses to the FPYC questionnaire which you can begin at the top of this page.)
"...It’s all a question of balance
According to Carl Jung, who pioneered the theory of the temperament type, the fully mature individual was one who achieved balance in the variables that make up the various types.
In other words, if your sensing tendencies are equally as well developed as your intuitive tendencies, then you have achieved balance of your sensing and intuitive functions.
We now look at how close you are to this ideal. We do this by taking each of the four variables – introvert/extrovert, sensing/intuitive, thinking/feeling and structured/
unstructured – and looking at how strongly you are one way or another.
Your introvert/extrovert relationship
You are a balanced introvert. This means that your interaction with the outside world is reflective and thoughtful, rather than direct or spontaneous. You are content with your own company and you seldom experience loneliness.
You appreciate time on your own to recharge your batteries after periods of intense activity.
It is important for you to try and understand situations before charging into things.
Your preference is for social interaction on a small scale - one on one or small groups. It is your nature to avoid the spotlight and while you are not shy in a reserved sense you probably prefer to get to know new people slowly. It is a mistake to regard introverts as necessarily shy and reserved. In your case there is a good balance between your relationship with the outside world and your reflective and thoughtful nature. If you felt that you need to become more assertive then a self assertion course could help.
Your sensing/intuitive relationship
You are a balanced sensor and rely more upon your senses in taking in information. This means you trust what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled or tasted.
You prefer to rely on what can be measured, documented and you focus on what is real and concrete.
You also prefer to concentrate upon the present or whatever is happening at the present time.
You like to look at situations and figure out what is going on.
You are less interested in the meaning of what is involved in situation and in various possibilities that might be inherent in those situation.
However, in your case the sensing function is not overly dominant and your are able to see different possibilities but there is the tendency to rely on the real and concrete at the expense of the potential and possible.
You need to recognize this as a potential limitation and try to strengthen your capacity to see different possibilities in situations.
This is particularly important in times of rapid and often unexpected change. This type of situation can be destabilizing for sensing types.
Your thinking/feeling relationship
You are a balanced thinker. You prefer to make decisions that make logical sense. You pride yourself on being objective and analytical in the decision making process.
Your practice is to make decisions by analyzing and weighing the evidence, even if that means coming to unpleasant conclusions.
The polar opposite of thinking is feeling where feeling people make their decisions on the basis of how much they care about an issue or what they feel is right. This does not mean that you lack feelings and emotions, it is just that you come down on thethinking side of the divide. In your case the preference could not be described as a dominant one, and you are reasonably well balanced in these two functions.
You need to take this into account when you decide how you want to orient your career
towards people.
You are likely to adopt an impersonal style towards other persons, but this can be an advantage as you are not likely to be drawn into the 'emotion' of a situation and remain detached.
Equally, there are many situations where this can be a disadvantage.
Your structured/unstructured relationship
You are a balanced unstructured type indicating that you can find routine and established procedures and rules irksome.
You prefer spontaneity to order and predictability. In your case you experience a tension about having to make a decision or to tie things down. You are inclined to want to seek more clarification or always examine more possibilities.
You are impatient with those who want to make decisions and then regret having done so.
You like your world to be flexible, allowing for many possibilities and opportunities. You feel constrained by structure and prefer things to be free flowing.
You enjoy adapting to new and changing situations and you tend to delay making decisions.
You want to leave things open ended and suspend judgment as long as possible. You tend to see shades of gray rather than distinct black and white. You enjoy the unexpected in nearly all areas of life.
These admirable qualities can be both advantages and disadvantages in the new economy.
When things are changing rapidly and in unexpected ways the capacity to adjust quickly to changing circumstances can be helpful.
However, the desire to keep your options open can lead to indecisiveness and procrastination.
In your case there is a balance between perceiving and judging so that with a little care and management you should be able to achieve a good balance in this area."
Reference: Career change interest test
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