What is Joel Furrs Myers-Briggs type?
The last time he took the test, he got an ESTP result. The first time he took the test, he got an ENFP result. The E and the P are pretty certain: E for Extroversion and P for Perceiving (how one uses time, etc.), but the other two are indefinite. If you go by the actual personality descriptions in the various books that explain the Myers-Briggs test, the ESTP sounds more like Joel than does the ENFP. If you’re not familiar with the test or the books that explain it, look in your local college library. Books include “Type Talk” and “Please Understand Me” but more may have come out since Joel was in graduate school and routinely being subjected to the scrutiny of Myers-Briggs aficionados. Joel can see that the Myers-Briggs has some validity, but still dislikes the emphasis some employers and administrators place on it. Dividing the human race up into sixteen basic personality types smacks of astrological mumbo-jumbo, even if there’s somewhat more of a scientific basis to the Myers-Brigg
