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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:46:03 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Respond to of 54805

uf, I am a Discoverer. I am guessing we'll see a lot of those here on G+K. Brian

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:48:15 PM
From: Tom Chwojko-Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

From the personality test: Discoverer cmi-lmi.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:49:27 PM
From: John F Beule	Respond to of 54805

Great link! I am classified as "Discoverer". John

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:50:24 PM
From: ratan lal	Respond to of 54805

UF here's what I came up with our distinct personality, The Discoverer, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to go where no one else has ever gone before. Regardless of the number of available natural problems to be solved, it is not unusual for you to continually challenge yourself with new situations or obstacles that you have created. You are an insatiable explorer of people, places, things and ideas. You thrive on constant change and anything new or different. On the positive side, you can be creatively rational as well as open minded and just. On the negative side, you might be an impractical and indecisive procrastinator. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. That's me in bold. How do I change that or am I stuck. Well I will think about it tomorrow .........

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:58:01 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 54805

Neat link.... I am a Prime Minister. our distinct personality, The Prime Minister might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are a strategist who pursues the most efficient and logical path toward the realization of the goal that you perceive or visualize. You will often only associate with those people who can assist you in the implementation of your plan. Inept assistants may be immediately discarded as excess baggage. To do otherwise could be seen as inefficient and illogical. On the positive side, you can be rationally idealistic and analytically ideological. You can be a bold decision maker and risk taker who can move society ahead by years instead of minutes. On the negative side, you may be unmerciful, impatient, arrogant, impetuous and impulsive. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. Hmmm...werent there any slackers during the middle ages? Slacker

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 2:58:47 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 54805

If you decide to participate, please post the results. Prime Minister!

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 3:24:51 PM
From: Michael H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Discoverer The whole thing seems to be based or relates to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for studying personality types (which is itself based on the personality type theory of CG Jung). In many books about MBTI you find typical jobs for the 16 personality types of Myers Briggs. I personally do not always agree with the authors in this case (My MBTI is ESTP, so I am supposed to be a good at marketing, as a retail salesperson, auditor, jobs which I would actually hate - FWIW). Application of the theory is not easy or straight forward, and in social science, there is always an exception to the rule. While it is quite interesting to learn about the Myers Briggs type, I feel it is limited to your preferred behavior, and does not tell you anything about things like intelligence, creativity, if your are an A*, your social skills and other things which are part of your personality as well. There are a couple of books on this subject, but the earliest reference is probably Hippocrates: Human Nature* (450 B.C.) Michael

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 3:37:52 PM
From: sditto	Respond to of 54805

uf, Thanks for the link - I always thought it would be interesting to do a Myers-Briggs test on this group. sditto/prime minister (ENTJ)

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 3:45:12 PM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

What does it mean that I came out to be a Crafty Trilobite? Dr.Id@IwouldhavepreferredPrimeMinister.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 3:48:00 PM
From: hokieharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Scientist

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 3:50:03 PM
From: M. C. Orme	Respond to of 54805

OT: I am a White Knight... mco@solongasidon'thavetorideahorse.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 4:26:19 PM
From: areokat	Respond to of 54805

please post the results Another Discoverer. Be interesting to see if there isn't a tilt toward one or two types on this thread. Kat

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 5:34:11 PM
From: alanrs	Respond to of 54805

Ironworker by profession Blacksmith by ancestry Sheperd

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 5:46:16 PM
From: BirdDog	Respond to of 54805

If you decide to participate, please post the results. Be honest UF. They give everybody The Benevolent Ruler? Because that's what they gave me. BirdDog Your distinct personality, The Benevolent Ruler might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are the idealistic social dreamer. Your overriding goal is to solve the people problems of your world. You are a social reformer who wants everyone to be happy in a world that you can visualize. You are exceptionally perceptive about the woes and needs of humankind. You often have the understanding and skill to readily conceive and implement the solutions to your perceptions. On the positive side, you are creatively persuasive, charismatic and ideologically concerned. On the negative side, you may be unrealistically sentimental, scattered and impulsive, as well as deviously manipulative. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 6:08:17 PM
From: Pirah Naman	Respond to of 54805

That's a tough test! The Benevolent Ruler. - Pirah

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 7:27:15 PM
From: cybermon	Respond to of 54805

If you decide to participate, please post the results. Prime Minister...

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 8:33:01 PM
From: Larry Grzemkowski	Respond to of 54805

If you decide to participate, please post the results. Engineer-Builder Larry G

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 8:45:52 PM
From: Juliet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Discoverer "Your distinct personality, The Discoverer, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to go where no one else has ever gone before. Regardless of the number of available natural problems to be solved, it is not unusual for you to continually challenge yourself with new situations or obstacles that you have created. You are an insatiable explorer of people, places, things and ideas. You thrive on constant change and anything new or different. On the positive side, you can be creatively rational as well as open minded and just. On the negative side, you might be an impractical and indecisive procrastinator. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms." Hm.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 9:20:35 PM
From: Jason W	Respond to of 54805

Merchant...quite fitting. From the description, "Every situation is realistically analyzed for its profit potential."...to which I said to myself, "No Sh*t!" Jason

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 9:25:11 PM
From: Sunny	Respond to of 54805

You may call me Black Knight if you please, but just make sure I get called for dinner Sunny

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 10:35:39 PM
From: charlie b	Respond to of 54805

Iam a WHITE Knight that is a lurker. I enjoy your thread and your posts. C Barger

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 10:50:41 PM
From: Apollo	Respond to of 54805

Personality........Merchant Chief characteristic.....competitive. given that I'm a doc, I find no discordance with this. I like a challenge, I like to win, the stakes are high. Hopefully, it's a win-win for everyone. Medicine's advantages are that you can do something good for people, while being intellectually stimulated. Apollo

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/12/2000 11:33:34 PM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Frank, Given the success of this "personality" test, are you going to next solicit astrological signs? (I think they'd be as valid as predictors as this "test" was!) :-) Dr.Id@aquarianareus.ast

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 12:19:14 AM
From: Willie263	Respond to of 54805

Your distinct personality, The Bishop is to impose your own order upon the chaos that you find. Your most valuable talent is in giving ideas a reality base and in making the unreal seem real. On the positive side, you can be imaginative, realistic and idealistically pragmatic. On the negative side, Bishops may be devious, short-sighted and rigidly impractical. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. And I always thought of myself as being extremely practical. Thanks(?) Frank Willie@friartuck.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 12:42:38 AM
From: tinkershaw	Respond to of 54805

An interesting personality test for the thread: cmi-lmi.com If you decide to participate, please post the results our distinct personality, The Prime Minister might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are a strategist who pursues the most efficient and logical path toward the realization of the goal that you perceive or visualize. You will often only associate with those people who can assist you in the implementation of your plan. Inept assistants may be immediately discarded as excess baggage. To do otherwise could be seen as inefficient and illogical. On the positive side, you can be rationally idealistic and analytically ideological. You can be a bold decision maker and risk taker who can move society ahead by years instead of minutes. On the negative side, you may be unmerciful, impatient, arrogant, impetuous and impulsive. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. Guilty. Now who needs their head unmercifully chopped off;) Tinker

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 12:56:51 AM
From: Jay	Respond to of 54805

Sheep: You tend to wander around until you get your head stuck in a fence. Be wary of Shepherds. j@i'mnotasheepijustdresslikeone.org

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 2:22:35 AM
From: chaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

uf, Took the Personality Test...(aside, I dig these things)...and was pronounced a "Discoverer". Interestingly, the negative side is a bent toward indecisiveness and procrastination, mostly of my own making, ie, situations in which I have placed myself. I would have to agree with this, but this is not something I haven't been aware of in myself...and may be the reason why I consciously fight it off, and the reason why I sometimes seek outside opinion, my own seeming clouded... Chaz

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 6:34:01 AM
From: chmang	Respond to of 54805

an other discoverer

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 6:57:51 AM
From: Don Mosher	Respond to of 54805

I am a Benevolent Ruler: I am a idealistic social dreamer. My overriding goal is to solve the people problems of my world. I am a social reformer who wants everyone to be happy in a world that I can visualize. I am exceptionally perceptive about the woes and needs of humankind. I have the understanding and skill to readily conceive and implement the solution that I perceive. On the positive side, I am creatively persuasive, charismatic, and ideologically concerned. On the negative side, I am unrealistically sentimental, scattered and impulsive, as well as deviously manipulative. When I try that description on for size, it fits me. Don

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 7:27:29 AM
From: davidcarrsmith	Respond to of 54805

Prime MInister: Your distinct personality, The Prime Minister might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are a strategist who pursues the most efficient and logical path toward the realization of the goal that you perceive or visualize. You will often only associate with those people who can assist you in the implementation of your plan. Inept assistants may be immediately discarded as excess baggage. To do otherwise could be seen as inefficient and illogical. On the positive side, you can be rationally idealistic and analytically ideological. You can be a bold decision maker and risk taker who can move society ahead by years instead of minutes. On the negative side, you may be unmerciful, impatient, arrogant, impetuous and impulsive. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. CMI Home Page The Kingdomality Series!

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 11:05:52 AM
From: mmbw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Frank- an interesting personality test. Since I am a Dreamer-Minstrel it makes me wonder if this might not be in conflict with being a logical investor! Could this mean I should do options? (gg) Martha

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 11:12:41 AM
From: scott	Respond to of 54805

FWIW: personality test; Prime Minister. Interesting that when I took the Myers-Briggs some years ago, my introversion score was absurdly high. How can an introvert be a Prime Minister? Maybe that is why when I am not guiding flyfishing during Spring through Fall, I live like a hermit and study up on gg candidates most of the winter (well, I do get out on the slopes some too). Well, back to lurking..... Regards, Scott

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 11:13:26 AM
From: JRH	Respond to of 54805

Looks like I might be the first one of these on the thread: Your distinct personality, The Dreamer-Minstrel might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You can always see the "Silver Lining" to every dark and dreary cloud. Look at the bright side is your motto and understanding why everything happens for the best is your goal. You are the positive optimist of the world who provides the hope for all humankind. There is nothing so terrible that you can not find some good within it. On the positive side, you are spontaneous, charismatic, idealistic and empathic. On the negative side, you may be a sentimental dreamer who is emotionally impractical. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. With my little experience in the working world, I'm not so sure I answered everything accurately and therefore I personally don't find their conclusion to be very accurate ;). Maybe I outta take this again in a year after I enter the real world! J

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 11:16:20 AM
From: Boa Babe	Respond to of 54805

Benevolent Ruler here. If you want me I'll be trying on crowns and ermine robes in the other room. K~

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 12:34:29 PM
From: TheHaj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Shepherd, Like Martha and Justin, I'm a Dreamer-Minstrel: You can always see the "Silver Lining" to every dark and dreary cloud. Look at the bright side is your motto and understanding why everything happens for the best is your goal. You are the positive optimist of the world who provides the hope for all humankind. There is nothing so terrible that you can not find some good within it. On the positive side, you are spontaneous, charismatic, idealistic and empathic. On the negative side, you may be a sentimental dreamer who is emotionally impractical. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. I have to agree with the above assessment. After all, isn't being a "positive optimist" a survival skill in sales? (It also helps lately in hanging on to gorillas...) TheHaj

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 2:23:26 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Respond to of 54805

I also got classified as Prime Minister

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 6:30:53 PM
From: Hapiduffer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

"Prime Minister".... So why have I found it so hard to send GMST into exile??

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/13/2000 10:44:37 PM
From: tbancroft	Respond to of 54805

If you decide to participate, please post the results Black Knight. Wife is Benevolent Ruler. Both of us are ROTFL. Thanks, Frank, for an interesting link and profiler. tim cmi-lmi.com cmi-lmi.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/14/2000 12:12:28 AM
From: DaYooper	Respond to of 54805

Your distinct personality, The Discoverer, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to go where no one else has ever gone before. Regardless of the number of available natural problems to be solved, it is not unusual for you to continually challenge yourself with new situations or obstacles that you have created. You are an insatiable explorer of people, places, things and ideas. You thrive on constant change and anything new or different. On the positive side, you can be creatively rational as well as open minded and just. On the negative side, you might be an impractical and indecisive procrastinator. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/14/2000 12:34:59 AM
From: rushnomore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

personality test My results: "Your distinct personality, The Engineer-Builder might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to stick with the plan and get the job done. "If it ain't broken don't fix it." is your motto. You provide structure and stability to your world. Your procedures are predictable and dependable. Your methods are proven and tested. You offer results not surprises. On the positive side, you are practical, just, realistic, pragmatic and rational. On the negative side, you may be dogmatic, rigid, short-sighted, indecisive, unimaginative and arrogant. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms." --Amazingly accurate.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/14/2000 1:43:44 AM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Hmmm.... Haven't been in lurq mode lately; 'Tis the "time of year" for family. As a semipro lurker, I'm usually moderately adept at "picking up a thread". This time G&K was a little more challenging. So after reading many score of posts: INTC - A time of testing. Transitions are where changes in tech leadership occur. Also, I have a decent memory and the Zilog Z80 experience keeps me wary. That said, I have an Intel position and no AMD position. Personality type - bought the book and took the test about three years ago, result - XXTJ = Fence Sitter. That's O.K. I'm one that's uncomfortable with extremes and strives (doesn't achieve, just strives) for balance. Moderation in all things, especially moderation. Solstice Salutations (a non-denominational Season's Greeting) to all! And a year from now, may all of your portfolios be worth an order of magnitude more! lurqer

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/14/2000 5:04:11 AM
From: EnricoPalazzo	Respond to of 54805

White Knight. ardethan@buti'majew.duke2004.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (36485)	12/14/2000 11:40:05 AM
From: gh	Respond to of 54805

OT: Personality Test UF, interesting exercise. A lot more fun than talking about politics. My husband and I are both discoverers. That explains a lot. <g> Years ago we took the Myer-Briggs test. We're both INTJs. We're so different from our relatives. Helped us understand them better. Now if we could only get them to take the test. Happy holidays to all who read this thread.