Type Talk is a very insightful book that helped me to understand myself and those that I work with more clearly. I was not surprised to learn that my "type" is INTJ. What was surprising and helpful was finding out what effect each of those characteristics within my profile has on my interaction with others at work. The Type Talk personality theory is built around four tendencies that are natural parts of an individual's personal traits. Each individual has a natural propensity to lean toward one preference in each of the following pairs: Introvert or Extrovert; Intuitive or Sensing; Thinking or Feeling; and Judging or Perceiving.

This book was a pretty interesting read although I found a bit of the information quite redundant. It would be better suited for someone who is just starting to get into MBTI!

great intro book. I liked how it goes so far into serial on each preference.

This book had a lot of information to offer-- some of it interesting, some of it very drawn out. There were a few chapters I skimmed because they just didn't seem relevant for me, but there were some chapters I read in one sitting because I was so curious about the topic. I think it might be a good little resource for people who are just starting to get into MBTI. I've been studying MBTI for a while so a lot of it was like a review for me, but I still grasped a few new, interesting things. It was just boring for me overall.

Two little disclaimers to keep in mind: 1) It was published in 1988, so some of the information/examples are a bit dated. 2) Sometimes the descriptions of the different functions sounded like they were written by someone biased against those functions, which I was not a fan of.

I didn't read this entire book - maybe read half and certain sections. Highly recommend it tho as it explains the Myer Brigg personalities SO well 👏🏻

This was so informative, straight-forward, engaging, and simple: all that I needed. For anyone wanting to use Myers-Briggs as a tool but not look too deeply into it, this is a good guide.

Kroeger and Thuesen write in-depth about the practical applications of the Myers-Briggs type indicator, which is based on Jungian personality types. Basically, they take a complex, philosophical subject and break it down in ways that help people apply it to their own lives and relationships. They discuss the implications of personality type in all aspects of life: work, marriage, parenting, school, etc.

For my graduate school leadership class I took the officially-facilitated test and came out with the personality type: INFJ. The first thing I did was read the profile in chapter 10 of this book, and it's accuracy in 95% of what it said nearly reduced me to tears.

Reading the rest of the book gave me a lot of insight into interpersonal dynamics I see and experience at work and at school. It also put into clearer form many of the ways that my husband and I have worked out to understand each other's different needs and goals. I was excited to see that much of what the two of us have discovered about each other and compromised on over the years of our relationship falls right in line with Kroeger and Thuesen's suggestions.

What really made me think more than anything else in the book was the little bit of information tacked on the end in Appendix 2: that extroverts show their best/dominant quality to the world and introverts actually keep their best/dominant quality to themselves and show their secondary quality to the world. This has definitely shifted somewhat the way I work on being a more socially engaged person. I have definitely been going at it using my F trait (my secondary trait) and keeping my N trait to myself until I really, really feel comfortable.

Themes: psychology, Jung, leadership, relationships, communication, practical self-help