Download or read book The Personality Brokers written by Merve Emre and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the new HBO Max documentary, Persona *A New York Times Critics' Best Book of 2018* *An Economist Best Book of 2018* *A Spectator Best Book of 2018* *A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018* An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter--fiction writers with no formal training in psychology--and how it insinuated itself into our boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It is used regularly by Fortune 500 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language of personality types--extraversion and introversion, sensing and intuiting, thinking and feeling, judging and perceiving--has inspired television shows, online dating platforms, and Buzzfeed quizzes. Yet despite the test's widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing, a $2 billion industry, have struggled to validate its results--no less account for its success. How did Myers-Briggs, a homegrown multiple choice questionnaire, infiltrate our workplaces, our relationships, our Internet, our lives? First conceived in the 1920s by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a pair of devoted homemakers, novelists, and amateur psychoanalysts, Myers-Briggs was designed to bring the gospel of Carl Jung to the masses. But it would take on a life entirely its own, reaching from the smoke-filled boardrooms of mid-century New York to Berkeley, California, where it was administered to some of the twentieth century's greatest creative minds. It would travel across the world to London, Zurich, Cape Town, Melbourne, and Tokyo, until it could be found just as easily in elementary schools, nunneries, and wellness retreats as in shadowy political consultancies and on social networks. Drawing from original reporting and never-before-published documents, The Personality Brokers takes a critical look at the personality indicator that became a cultural icon. Along the way it examines nothing less than the definition of the self--our attempts to grasp, categorize, and quantify our personalities. Surprising and absorbing, the book, like the test at its heart, considers the timeless question: What makes you, you?

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Download or read book What s Your Type written by Merve Emre and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'History that reads like biography that reads like a novel - a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type' New York Times'Brilliant and savage' Philip Hensher An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter - fiction writers with no formal training in psychology - and how it insinuated itself into our boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language - of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling - has inspired online dating platforms and Buzzfeed quizzes alike. And yet despite the test's widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing, a $500 million industry, struggle to account for its success - no less validate its results. How did the Myers-Briggs insinuate itself into our jobs, our relationships, our internet, our lives? First conceived in the 1920s by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a pair of aspiring novelists and devoted homemakers, the Myers-Briggs was designed to bring the gospel of Carl Jung to the masses. But it would take on a life of its own, reaching from the smoke-filled boardrooms of mid-century New York to Berkeley, California, where it was honed against some of the 20th century's greatest creative minds. It would travel across the world to London, Zurich, Cape Town, Melbourne, and Tokyo; to elementary schools, nunneries, wellness retreats, and the closed-door corporate training sessions of today. Drawing from original reporting and never-before-published documents, What's Your Type? examines nothing less than the definition of the self - our attempts to grasp, categorise and quantify our personalities. Surprising and absorbing, the book, like the test at its heart, considers the timeless question: What makes you you?

Download or read book He s Just Not Your Type And That s A Good Thing written by Andrea Syrtash and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In He's Just Not Your Type (And That's a Good Thing), a relationship expert and dating columnist shares her counterintuitive approach to lasting love: encouraging women to date their "non-types." After years of dating, many women fall into a relationship rut. As serial daters, they are attracted to the same type of man time and again. Clearly, something's not working. But the problem is not that he's just not that into them—the reality is, he's just not their type. Relationship expert and life coach Andrea Syrtash hears the disbelief in her clients' voices when they admit that their "Mr. Right" relationship has again gone wrong. In He's Just Not Your Type, Syrtash challenges readers to date outside their comfort zones and poses hard-hitting questions: What if the kind of man they think will make them happy never will? What would happen if they dated someone they'd never considered dating? In each chapter, Syrtash shares stories of women who have found lasting happiness with their non-types (NTs) and provides exercises designed to help readers assess their big-picture goals and core values. In doing so, she shows women how to make better choices in dating so they are more likely to find true love.

Download or read book What s My Type written by Natasha Burton and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know yourself with these insightful quizzes designed to help you find your perfect partner! You swipe, go out with friends, and agonize over the profile pictures, and yet you’re still waiting to meet your other half. But it’s most important to get to know yourself before getting into a relationship. It’s time to take a closer look at what you need and want for your love life so you can go out and find it! This collection of insightful and in-depth quizzes will help you figure out who you are and what you truly want from a relationship. With five different types of quizzes—standard self-interview quizzes, game-inspired quizzes like Never Have I Ever, Would You Rather quizzes (where you choose between two options), as well as checklists and multiple-choice quizzes—this book has a variety of thought-provoking questions to get you thinking about your future partner. Sample questions include: –What have you enjoyed most in past relationships? –If you had a free afternoon, would you prefer to spend it alone? –How important are public displays of affection, like hugs and hand-holding? –What sort of boundaries do you need to set? –How do you tend to handle arguments? You have to know yourself completely before you are able to recognize the right person for you. What’s My Type? helps you discover and prioritize qualities that you might not realize are important so you can identify what you’re looking for in the perfect partner!

Download or read book It s Just My Nature written by Carol Tuttle and published by Live Your Truth Press. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals a startlingly accurate method for assessing your personality and behavioral tendencies called Energy Profiling TM system.

Download or read book What s Your Type written by Peter Constantine and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and entertaining, this book presents a clear and understandable view of how people with different blood types act at work, at school, with money, in intimate relationships, and in their daily activities. The ideas in each chapter are scientifically supported with evidence from world experts, and representatives of each blood type detail their experiences in a variety of different situations.

Download or read book Dressing Your Truth written by Carol Tuttle and published by Live Your Truth Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover your unique beauty profile-- the first step to dressing your truth and becoming your own beauty expert.

Download or read book What s Your Type of Career written by Donna Dunning and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling career guide, now in a revised second edition! Match Your Personality Type to Your Perfect Career-and Find Success! The simple truth is that to be happy and successful in your work, you need a career that not only matches your interests but fits your personality type as well. In this approachable book, author Donna Dunning uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) to introduce eight distinct ways of working. Encouraging you to reflect on your own natural preferences - using checklists, exercises, strategies and tips - What's Your Type of Career? provides all the tools you need to discover your own natural preferences and find your ideal career. Are you a Contributor, Expeditor, Explorer or Responder? An Analyzer, Assimilator, Enhancer or Visionary? An Extravert or an Introvert? If you identify yourself as an Extravert and a Responder, you tend to like action, scenarios that are rapidly changing and are not inclined toward a desk job. A profession as an emergency worker, a fire fighter or a police officer may be for you. This best-selling career guide - now in a fully updated second edition - has been expanded to include the training and educational requirements of a variety of different occupations, and highlights those most in demand. It also includes details on developing type differences later in life, advice for balancing your work and personal life and many, many more preference-based career suggestions.

Download or read book Take Care of Your Type written by Christina S. Wilcox and published by Tiller Press. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the self-care tips specifically designed for your Enneagram type with this simple yet illuminating guide from popular Enneagram expert Christina S. Wilcox. Many of us have used the Enneagram of Personality to understand ourselves on a profoundly intimate level. But despite what our Enneagram type reveals, it’s not always easy to know the best ways to take care of ourselves according to our unique personalities. In Take Care of Your Type, Enneagram expert and social media sensation Christina S. Wilcox uses her knowledge of the Enneagram to illuminate how each of the nine Enneagram types can practice better self-care. Answering questions ranging from “What is the best morning routine for my type?” to “What boundaries are important to set based on my individual personality traits?” this handy guide filled with beautiful color illustrations will help you recenter and reconnect with yourself amid the stress of daily life and will leave you feeling happier and healthier in mind, body, and spirit.

Download or read book Practice Personalities What s Your Type written by Thornton Cline and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Reference). Teaching is one of the greatest responsibilities in society. It's an art form that requires craft, patience, creativity, and intelligence. Practice Personalities: What's Your Type? will help teachers, parents and students realize the challenges of practicing, understand the benefits of correct practicing, identify and understand nine practice personality types, and employ useful strategies to effectively motivate and inspire each type of student. The accompanying audio demonstrates effective practice strategies for selected piano, violin and guitar excerpts from the book.

Download or read book The Eat Right 4 Your Type The complete Blood Type Encyclopedia written by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the doctor behind the New York Times bestseller—with over seven million copies sold worldwide—comes your total Blood Type resource. Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo has established himself as the world’s most popular and respected authority on the connection between blood type and eating, cooking, healing and living. Eat Right 4 Your Type, Cook Right 4 Your Type, and Live Right 4 Your Type have created an international phenomenon. Now comes the essential desk reference to answer all your questions. The first book to draw on the thousands of medical studies proving the connection between blood type and disease, this is the ultimate blood type guide to: • Disease susceptibility • Allergic responses • Symptoms • Chronic pain • Digestive health • Fatigue • Immune enhancement • Sleep enhancement • Cognitive improvement • Detoxification • Healthy skin • Cardiovascular protection • Metabolic enhancement • Exercise • Herbs, Supplements, and Food With nearly 1,000 entries on treating symptoms and illness according to blood type, Eat Right 4 Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia will give you keys to unlocking the secrets to the health and well-being of yourself and your family.

Download or read book Who s Your Type written by Jeffey Anderson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know about your personality type and find what kind of personality trait draws you to your business. The personality typing is a process that may have an amalgamation of various behaviour tendencies too. Read this book and make the most out of it.

Download or read book What Type Am I written by Renee Baron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you enjoy being the center of attention? Are you more interested in facts and figures than in theories? Do you make to-do lists? Would you rather be truthful or tactful? Do you have a few close friends rather than a wide range of acquaintances? Are you more empathetic and compassionate than logical and rational? These are just a few of the questions about yourself that you can answer with What Type Am I? Based on the classic personality test taken by millions annually, this book will help you to assess your individual preferences in four basic areas: how you relate to the world, take in information, make decisions, and manage your life. Now a family therapist explains this fascinating system in a way that is entertaining and easy to absorb. Renee Baron takes on the complexity of the sixteen personality types and makes them accessible, so you can comprehend them, find your own type, and use the knowledge to enrich your own life. Here is information about individual strengths and weaknesses along with suggestions for personal growth and awareness. Whether you are a duty seeker or an action seeker, a knowledge seeker or an ideal seeker, What Type Am I is insightful, helpful, encouraging, and an eminently useful step in helping you appreciate your strengths and apply them to work, love, and life.

Download or read book Eat Right 4 Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia written by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the doctor behind the New York Times bestseller—with over seven million copies sold worldwide—comes your total Blood Type resource. Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo has established himself as the world’s most popular and respected authority on the connection between blood type and eating, cooking, healing and living. Eat Right 4 Your Type, Cook Right 4 Your Type, and Live Right 4 Your Type have created an international phenomenon. Now comes the essential desk reference to answer all your questions. The first book to draw on the thousands of medical studies proving the connection between blood type and disease, this is the ultimate blood type guide to: • Disease susceptibility • Allergic responses • Symptoms • Chronic pain • Digestive health • Fatigue • Immune enhancement • Sleep enhancement • Cognitive improvement • Detoxification • Healthy skin • Cardiovascular protection • Metabolic enhancement • Exercise • Herbs, Supplements, and Food With nearly 1,000 entries on treating symptoms and illness according to blood type, Eat Right 4 Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia will give you keys to unlocking the secrets to the health and well-being of yourself and your family.

Download or read book Cook Right 4 Your Type written by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After nearly twenty years of research, Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo revealed the connection between blood type, diet, and health in Eat Right 4 Your Type. Now, with a team of chefs, he helps you design a total health program that’s right for your blood type. Cook Right 4 Your Type is the essential guide for living with a sensible diet individualized for you that allows you to eat food that seems like a major indulgence. With possibilities ranging from lamb stew to lemon squares, and braised vegetables to delicious soups, you'll barely notice you’ve started a regimen designed to optimize your health, your weight, and your total well-being. Cook Right 4 Your Type includes: • Individualized 30-day meal plans for each blood type • More than 200 great-tasting recipes • Food lists and shopping guides • An easy-to-follow food program

Download or read book Just Your Type written by Paul D. Tieger and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how the secrets of Personality Type can enliven your love life! Learn the real reason why your strong quiet type has trouble expressing his feelings. Or why your social butterfly is always flirting...or why the neatnik in your life just can't leave that dirty sock where it is...or why the hopeless romantic really is blinded by the stars in his eyes. Whether you're evaluating a new relationship or looking to strengthen the one you have, this savvy guide will provide fresh insight into the mysteries of love. Barbara Barron-Tieger and Paul Tieger explain that it's not gender but personality type - your natural tendency to be outgoing or quiet, methodical or whimsical--that rules the way men and women relate. Drawing on twenty years of experience as well as groundbreaking new research, they explain everything you need to know about Personality Type, and offer an individualized approach to improving your love life. Once you've discovered which personality type describes you and your partner (or potential partner) best, you'll recognize your own behavior patterns, understand more about your partner's strengths and quirks, and learn