MBTI: type is not an excuse

Some words of wisdom from Breanne Potter at The MBTI Blog:

The purpose of understanding your personality preferences is to bridge communication gaps, preserve your energy, and cope with stressful experiences, etc. As you begin to understand your personality preferences, it is key that you grow and develop your type. You do this by meeting others in the middle.

For instance, my clear Judging preference often conflicts with my boyfriend's clear Perceiving preference. We would both be developing our type if we met in the middle. I would work to not over-plan our free time and "go with the flow" and he would work harder to be on-time and be more organized.

Breanne continues:

It is important to remember that even though our personality preferences guide our behaviors, we are ultimately responsible for our actions. Someone with a Thinking preference can not leave the "Feeling stuff" up to the team members with a Feeling preference.

Introverts should not be allowed to sit idle during a brainstorm session because they prefer to work inside their heads. Similarly, it should not be acceptable for an Extrovert to dominate every conversation just because they prefer Extroversion.

We choose our actions, and should always choose actions that create harmony and understanding. By choosing to use Type as an excuse, we are choosing not to grow as individuals.