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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 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 an extrovert, but not dominantly so. Your focus is on the world of people and things, but you can have occasions of reflection and solitude.
You tend to draw your energy by being engaged in the world outside yourself, although there can be times when you are content with your own company.
You tend to seek out other people and enjoy social interaction. You are equally content if this is one on one or in groups.
You are naturally drawn to the outer world of people and events and things.
Your preference is to experience the world rather than understand it, although you can also be reflective.
You are generally approachable and you can be comfortable being the center be reflective.
You are generally approachable and you can be comfortable being the center of the action.
Your sensing/intuitive relationship
You are a dominant 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.
In your case you can sometimes be critical of the more intuitive types who see all sorts of meaning and possibilities.
This is referred to as the intuitive function and in your case this function is limited.
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 someone of a dominant sensing nature.
Your thinking/feeling relationship
You are a balanced feeling type. You are more likely to make your decisions on the basis of your inner values and how your decisions will affect others, rather than in terms of rational logical principles.
The feeling dimensions is stronger than the thinking function, but not overly so in your case.
It does not mean that you are illogical in making your decisions, it is just that you swing to a different tune where your values and beliefs outweigh logic.
In your case the feeling function is stronger but not overly dominant. However there is always the danger of allowing feelings, values and beliefs to over rule common sense and what might in fact be in your best interests.
Sometimes it is important to be hard nosed about making decisions, particularly where your career is at stake.
Some people find it difficult to distinguish whether they are thinking or feeling types because of the gender and sex role biases in our culture.
Very often women who are naturally thinkers are socialized as feelers and men who are feelers are socialized as thinkers. It is important to recognize your true preference as this can be a liberating experience.
Your structured/unstructured relationship
You are a balanced structured type.
This means that you tend to live and organize your life in an orderly way and you function best when your life is structured and matters are settled.
It means that you like to have things settled and resolved. You tend to experience a tension until closure on issues is reached and you are constantly drawn to want to make decisions.
However, in your case it must be acknowledged that this is a tendency that is not overly dominant.
This means that you can be decisive and well organized, but it can also mean that you can regret making hasty decisions.
Unsurprisingly the opposite of a structured orientation is an unstructured one. People of this orientation experience tensions about making decisions.
They like to keep their options open and hesitate about making decisions.
These people become indecisive and always want to seek further clarification or understanding.
You can sometimes become impatient with those who, for whatever reason, are not prepared to make a decision.
For this reason it is important to seek a balanced orientation.
In your case there is reasonable balance with a tendency to the judging orientation."
Reference: Career IQ personality test
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