They [INTJs] are likely, however, to organize themselves out of a job. They cannot continually reorganize the same thing, and a finished… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
In teaching, the other main problem related to type is the students’ interest. Intuitives and sensing types differ greatly in what they… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
ISTPs have a vested interest in practical and applied science, especially in the field of mechanics. — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
You psychologists focus on what is wrong with people; I want to focus on what is right and what could be right. — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“they [thinkers] can remember how feeling types respond to sympathy and appreciation; a little of either will greatly tone down a necessary criticism, but… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“Perception without judgment is spineless; judgment with no perception is blind. Introversion lacking any extraversion is impractical; extraversion with no introversion is superficial.” — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“The second follow-up, which examined changes in specialty, showed how often doctors of each type changed to a more typical specialty (to one more… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“Thinking or feeling judgment is vitally necessary, and introverted intuitives must develop it for themselves, because their utter conviction of their intuition’s validity makes… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
[On Jung's theory of psychological types:] My mother, Katharine C. Briggs, introduced it into our family and made it a part of our lives.… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
By developing individual strengths, guarding against weaknesses, and appreciating the strengths of other types, life will be more amusing, more interesting, and more of… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“It follows that these people [INTJs] cannot be successfully coerced. They will not even be told anything without their permission, but they will accept… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“THE CONDUCT OF extraverts is based on the outer situation. If they are thinkers, they tend to criticize or analyze or organize it; feeling… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“the thinker’s natural process is inappropriate when used in personal relations with feeling types, because it includes a readiness to criticize. Criticism is of… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“The satisfaction earned by the striving can be whatever furnishes the strongest incentive to the child, for example, extra pleasures or possessions for a… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image