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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 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 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 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 the thinking 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 dominant 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, rather than keeping your options open.
You tend to experience a tension until closure on issues is reached and you are constantly drawn to want to make decisions.
This means that you can be decisive and well organized. However, it can also mean that you can sometimes regret making hasty decisions.
To achieve a more balanced disposition you need to learn that in some situations you are best to seek more information, rather than make a decision for the sake of it.
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."
Reference: Free interest career test online
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