Understanding Personality Types: A Report on Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

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Personality Types Report
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Table of contents
Introduction 2
Personality Types 3
My personality type 4
Strengths of my personality type 4

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How to improve my strengths 5
Weaknesses of my personality type 5
Remedies to my weaknesses 5
Compatible and incompatible personality types 6
Compatible personality types with mine 8
Incompatible personality types with mine 8
Conclusion 9
References 10
Introduction
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test was developed by Katherine
Crooks Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in 1943 after being inspired by psychiatrist
Carl Jung (Furnham, 2017). The personality test uses a questionnaire to measure what makes up
your personality and it gives you a four letter answer that marks your personality type.
The MBTI sorts people into 16 different personality types which are derived from two
cognitive functions. First is the rational function which requires thinking and feeling and second
is the irrational function which requires use of sensation and intuition.
The two cognitive functions are then further broken down into the 16 different
personality types determined from the pairing of the cognitive functions. The pair functions may
be dependent on your of focus and your energy which may be extroversion or introversion. What

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you pay attention to and how you consume information which may be by intuition or sensing.
How you make decisions and form judgment which may be by thinking or feeling and how you
deal with the world which may be by judging or perceiving (Furnham, 2017).
Discovering one's personality type may go a long way in understanding the self and how
the self can relate with other human beings. It also makes you understand your strengths and
weaknesses as an individual which may foster progress in your personal and career life.
Personality Types
There are 16 personality types according to MBTI personality test. None is superior to
the other but they indicate what type of person you are, what motivates you and how you can
understand yourself to live the most fulfilling life. It is important for every individual to take the
personality test and discover what lies beneath their actions, motives, relationships and life in
general (Truity.com, 2018).
My personality type
Taking the personality test, I discovered I was a ESTJ type of personality. I redid the test
and the results was actually the same which gave me confidence to evaluate the results and
compare with my life experiences. ESTJ (Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging) personality
trait involves extraverted thinking with introverted sensing (Rashid & Duys, 2015).
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Strengths of my personality type
From the test, I discovered that I am an extraverted person who derived energy from
interacting with others. I am self-centered and believe more in concrete rational thinking that are
result oriented. I confirmed my need to assume leadership roles in all that I do. The test revealed