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Everyone saying "I don't need to take a test to know what kind of person I am" is missing the point of MBTI. It's not a test you take to judge yourself, but one
by brandonhsiao 13y ago
Everyone saying "I don't need to take a test to know what kind of person I am" is missing the point of MBTI. It's not a test you take to judge yourself, but one that helps you understand other people.
The sixteen types aren't buckets that people fall neatly into. What they represent are sixteen hypothetical extreme individuals. The model ENTJ would be exactly as described on personality type pages--demanding, unfeeling, unafraid to tell others what dumbshits they are. But no one is a complete ENTJ. The helpfulness of MBTI is that when someone does things that a complete ENTJ might do, it helps to know what their motivation might be, and why they're driven to be that way. When the same person acts like an ENFP, same thing.