“Am I an INFP or an INFJ?” This is a question I get every day as an MBTI® practitioner and blogger. The reason this question comes up so frequently is because there are so many unreliable online tests out there. These knock-off personality quizzes claim to be as accurate as the official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®,…
One of the most common mistypes in the typology world is the ISTP or ISTJ mistype. I’ve met many ISTPs who consistently get ISTJ results on personality tests. ISTPs are often mistyped as ISTJs or vice versa. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of the main reasons is that ISTPs have…
Ne vs. Ni: Which cognitive function do you use? This is one of the questions I get every day as an MBTI® practitioner! Intuition is one of the hardest functions to explain in words; some people describe it as a “sixth sense”. Unlike sensing, which is focused on the concrete and physical world that we…
What are the cognitive functions? Chance are if you’ve been reading about personality type for long you’ve heard the term here and there. It can feel annoying to see people throw around terms like Fi, Si, Te, or Ne and have no idea what they’re talking about. “Speak English!” I hear some people say when…
One thing I’ve noticed over the years of studying Myers-Briggs® personality theory is that a lot of sensors are getting mistyped as intuitives. This is kind of sad because knowing about personality type really can’t help you if you’re looking at the wrong information. Tests ask questions like “Do you focus on all the details…
