Knowing Your Personality

SE Women’s Midweek SeriesFebruary-May, 2016

Genesis 1:27

God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Psalm 139:13-1413 For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,I know that full well.

Part I: Identify Your TypeEmbrace Your Type

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) History

• Developed in the US by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. During the courtship of Isabel to Clarence Myers, her future husband, her mother noticed how differently Clarence saw the world around him and began an extensive study on different temperaments.

• Inspired by Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung (considered one of the founders of modern psychology), and his publication of Psychological Types in 1921.

• MBPI first published in 1943

• In a post-WWII effort to help people know themselves and benefit personally and professionally from their knowledge, the test became more widespread. Today it is the most popular personality indicator test in the world.

My Type: ENFJ/ESFJ

Extravert (59%) iNtuitive (3%) Feeling (47%) Judging (34%)

You have distinct preference of Extraversion over Introversion

You have marginal or no preference of Intuition over Sensing

You have moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking

You have moderate preference of Judging over Perceiving

Understanding the Scale

My Type: ESFJ/ENFJThe Guardian/The

Teacher

Embrace Your Type

Psalm 139:1-6• 1 You have searched me, LORD,

and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.3 You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.4 Before a word is on my tongue

you, LORD, know it completely.5 You hem me in behind and before,

and you lay your hand upon me.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

Session 1 HomeworkTake Handout and complete both online personality profiles. Preference is for online assessment so that you can see the percentages of each indicator that you are.

Read up on your personality type before coming to your discussion group.

Come to your discussion group on February 23 prepared to share some of your findings: What did you discover? What in your personality was affirmed?