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Subject:RE: Meyers-Briggs, etc. and work (back OT) From:"Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:54:03 -0400
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From: Nancy Osterhout [mailto:bluetwilight -at- home -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:15 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Meyers-Briggs, etc. and work (back OT)
Marguerite Krupp mentioned:
> Ahem... my Myers-Briggs profile suggested that I should be
an abbess.
To which John Garison replied:
> True confession time: When I was a senior in college, I
took one of those aptitude tests to tell me where I should
apply my liberal education. The result: I'd make a hell of a
preacher. As I asked the person administering said test,
yes, but what do you do if you lack faith? Fake it?
and then John teased her:
>Back to you, Mother Superior.
In 1974 (yup, "74"), I took several of career-aptitude
tests, including the MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indictor). I
repeated that test 10 years later on a weekend retreat built
around it, and got the same result. In 1990, I took it
again as part of our pre-marital counseling. Same result.
I'm an ENFP. I'm WAY HIGH on the Extrovert scale, which
anybody I know can tell you. So, it's definitely built into
me to answer those questions the same way throughout my
We all do everyday!
I just finished chairing on a major mountain biking event to raise money for
cancer research. Had to learn about mountain bikes, figure out what made
bikers tick, design flyers, brochures, and organize a lot of people into a
team, plan milestones, follow up, and evaluate results. Lots of great
lessons in motivation, audience analysis, and management styles. It was way
cool-despite the second degree sunburn!
Connie Giordano
Nancy wrote: "Does anybody on this list use your technical communication
skills in fields other than software, hardware, or
networking?"
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~~ H.W. Longfellow
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