16 MBTI Types, Which One Are You?

MBTI ENTP INFJ.......

Remember the prodigious young girl Gu Ailing who emerged at the Winter Olympics? She not only won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics but is also a high-achieving student at Stanford University. What kind of characteristics have led to such a versatile child? Not long ago, Gu Ailing revealed that she is a typical INTJ personality. INTJ is one of the 16 personality traits in MBTI. People of this type are highly calm and focused, with meticulous thinking, extraordinary perseverance and willpower, and can develop to the extreme in a certain field to achieve great success. Many industry big shots often have this personality temperament. It is understood that MBTI is a popular personality trait testing tool that is widely used not only in personnel recruitment but also as a way for the public to deeply understand themselves. No wonder even our prodigy couldn't help but take a try. So, how much do you know about MBTI? Let's talk about MBTI today. MBTI stands for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is a personality type theory model formulated by American writer Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Cook Briggs. It divides human personality traits into four dimensions: extroversion-introversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving. You can regard these four dimensions as four rulers. Everyone's personality will fall on a certain point on the ruler. The closer this point is to which end, the more inclined the individual is in that aspect. For example, Gu Ailing belongs to the INTJ type, which means that her personality traits are closer to the four endpoints of introversion, intuition, thinking, and judging. MBTI is very popular among young people nowadays. Young people who feel lost in life, don't know what career to choose, or even have relationship problems all want to take the MBTI test to see what traits they have and hope to find some certain answers. A netizen Xiaowen was originally engaged in copywriting work, but he thought he was sensitive to numbers and good at statistics and induction since childhood. He took the MBTI test and the result showed that his personality type pointed to 'actuary'. Surprised by the high consistency of the result, he began to doubt his career choice: 'Maybe I am really more suitable for being an actuary or an accountant. Will I be more excellent than now?' After taking the MBTI test, Xiaowen began to think about changing jobs all day long. There is also a netizen Mengmeng who was in a relationship with a boyfriend who played with several girls at the same time. Although her friends around her advised Mengmeng to break up, she always couldn't make up her mind. The boyfriend said to her, 'I just can't be dedicated to feelings. Every girl has cute places and I like them all.' Mengmeng was both wronged that her boyfriend had other lovers and tried her best to compete with other women for her boyfriend, making herself physically and mentally exhausted. Later, Mengmeng saw the MBTI test and pestered her boyfriend to take it. After finding that her boyfriend was INFP, she instantly understood him: It turns out that he is INFP and is born to fall in love with feelings! Mengmeng was satisfied and found an outlet for her boyfriend's casual love. Originally, it was a scientific research on personality traits by psychologists and became a popular trend and a way of labeling oneself and others. I don't know if its founder Myers expected such a result. It is understood that there are various versions of MBTI tests, from the detailed version with more than 100 questions to the quick test version with 28 questions. There is always one suitable for you. Some people exclaimed 'so accurate' after taking the test, and some called it'scientific fortune-telling'. But can the 16 personalities really define us? Can we use the conclusions of MBTI to guide life and solve problems? Is MBTI a magic weapon or a mystery? There is a sentence engraved on the Temple of Delphi in Greece: 'Know yourself!' It warns the world in a straightforward way to know human nature, know one's own characteristics and true value. Myers, the creator of MBTI, mentioned that the original intention of creating this test is to let everyone better understand themselves. Because many seemingly random behaviors and thinking modes can find logical bases based on personality types behind them. But one key problem that we cannot ignore is: only by ensuring the accuracy of test results can we better use the MBTI tool to understand ourselves and others. So, how accurate are the results of MBTI tests? Some psychologists think that this test is not so reliable. First, because the results it gives have some limitations in validity. That is, if you take this test today and get this result, after a period of time, it may be another result. Second, its scientific nature also needs to be verified. So far, MBTI still lacks experiments and data that can be extended to a larger population. Finally, almost all psychological tests will inevitably make people fall into the Barnum effect. That is, you will choose the appearance you want to be rather than your original appearance. Because we all hope to be good and perfect, and this idealized self will also affect the choice of test answers. Does that mean MBTI is not usable? In fact, it is not. At present, there are still many experts who agree with the test conclusions of MBTI. From a scientific point of view, maybe MBTI does have problems of not being rigorous, but all its questions are based on the observation and induction of human cognitive methods to form categories. If it is pure nonsense, it is impossible to be so popular in various industries and among young people. A well-known writer said well: Tools are ways, channels, and dharma doors. The key depends on how and when you use them. I deeply agree. MBTI is ultimately just a tool to help us understand ourselves and others. Whether it can be used well depends on the user himself. Hold the tool in your own hand. Scott Page, the author of 'Model Thinking' (the leader of the Complexity Research Center at the University of Michigan), said: 'Each thinking model has its 'applicable boundary'. Any behavior of avoiding talking about thinking models in the 'applicable boundary' is playing hooligans.' What does this mean? In plain terms, all tools have their applicable scope and conditions. How to use them depends on your own control. This principle is also applicable to MBTI. MBTI can be applicable at the right time and place, but it is definitely not the standard answer of life. We can regard the conclusion of MBTI as a reference. For example, the result says that you are good at making plans and implementing them, but you didn't notice this advantage before. Then in the future, you can invest more in observing yourself in this regard and find opportunities to use your advantages. Or, when you complain to your lover about the bad things in the workplace and get the other person's guidance like a life mentor. You don't have to sigh about the other person's lack of understanding. If you can understand that he is just more inclined to be an analytical person, you will not have so much dissatisfaction and can无形中化解 many contradictions. Any tool is to serve specific people. If you regard these 'rulers' as the goal and forget that everyone is unique, you will put the cart before the horse. External tools can never replace your heart's true judgment of yourself and others. Believe in yourself and use tools well to truly embrace a happy life. Hope you and I can treat and use MBTI correctly.