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Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type
Written by Isabel Briggs Myers and Peter B. Myers
Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez
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Like a thumbprint, personality type provides an instant snapshot of a person's uniqueness. Drawing on concepts originated by Carl Jung, this book distinguishes four categories of personality styles and shows how these qualities determine the way you perceive the world and come to conclusions about what you've seen. It then explains what they mean for your success in school, at a job, in a career and in your personal relationships.
For more than 60 years, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool has been the most widely used instrument in the world for determining personality type, and for more than 25 years, Gifts Differing has been the preeminent source for understanding it.
For more than 60 years, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool has been the most widely used instrument in the world for determining personality type, and for more than 25 years, Gifts Differing has been the preeminent source for understanding it.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Oct 6, 2023
A rather deeper than average book on the Myers-Briggs personality type system. The book looks at how and why we develop, with insights into characteristics, inherent preferences, and observed generalities.
Not really a good introduction to personality typing, but well worth reading for anyone wanting to understand the functions a bit better, and to know something of the history of the Myers-Briggs system.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Oct 6, 2023
It was good. Removed one star because the chapter on marriage was all about husband and wife and stereotypes. Should have been more about learning how to communicate best with your person. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jan 21, 2022
7. Insightful and enlightening about personality types and the MBTI, even if you know a lot already. But if you don't know much or anything, then this book will give you most of what you need. The rest can be gained from personal experience in talking to and analyzing others. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jun 15, 2010
While ironically not as strong as Kiersey's "Please Understand Me II", this basic introduction to the MBTI by the original Isabel Briggs Myers and her son Peter is nevertheless a useful book to have on hand. Based on Jung's personality types, Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Briggs developed a means of expressing and analyzing the types in relation to people's normal lives. This book pursues that aim with chapters discussing not only the various personality types, but also as they may apply to education, career, marriage and children.