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To: Lane3 who wrote (19138)	9/3/2010 2:56:25 AM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 42652

"The four main types" is a special categorization that is very good for some purposes, whereas other ways to simplify MBTI makes sense in other contexts. However, I agree that MBTI is a very hard nut to crack, in order to use it in business, but I find the time invested in it very well spent, since I am the manager of programmers who are mass-decisionmakers. Instead of just saying "Airheads" about NFs, you should focus on what they can, what you cannot do. This is the key learning from MBTI, what others can do that you will never be able to do. NFs typically take a direction and go in that direction, whereas NTs often keep arguing. An NT family may have loud arguments, whereas an NF family is very idealistic. NFs are good, if you can make them go on the right course. Obama is a typical NF, the question is, is the course right? So if the NFs are airheads, to them, the NTs are debators that prefer arguing to acting. You may find ESTPs on the street. You might recognize them as the most annoying of those children that always keep pushing your limits. At work, some sales people are ESTPs. We had one once, he couldn't sit on a chair the whole day, and always switched focus in discussions, always trying to figure out how we reacted to various things and always talking about women in the near surroundings. It's like a hyperactive grown-up. Oh, and he always wore something with U.S. stars and stripes. A cap or a watch or something, and he was more than 45 years old.