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A bit of a mistake, there. More recently I discovered that it's a complete re-write, with new information and far more helpful descriptions. so I ordered it, and wish I had done so years ago.
Keirsey uses the Myers-Briggs/Jungian terminology in his book, but rather than focusing on 16 different types of people he divides them into four categories, which he calls the Artisan, the Guardian, the Idealist and the Rational. See the Keirsey site for some info about this. For another useful site on the topic, see the bestfittypes site.
Forget any pre-conceived ideas you might have about 'Sensing' and 'Intuiting' if you are interested in temperament theory. For many years I thought I was an ISTJ Guardian. But online discussion, taking this updated version of the Keirsey sorting test, and most of all reading the book have almost convinced me I am actually an INFJ Idealist.
The book 'Please Understand Me II' contains a great deal more than any of these sites, however. It gives insights into the ways the different temperaments relate, lead, and even their differing kinds of intelligence. It's not really a book to read straight through, but one to dip into over and over again.
However in my determination to understand fully the differences between Guardians and Idealists, and why I might have confused the two, I did read the majority of this book over several days. No doubt it will be a reference book for the whole family in the years to come.
Very highly recommended to anyone interested in learning more about themselves or those around them.
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Well, I just went back into your profile since the first time I found you. I didn't realize you had another blog going for your reading. I've thought of doing separate blogs for my reading, my movie going, my photos, my exercising etc, but since I've wanted to try so many I thought it was best if I just do it all in one place and eventually I'll find a real rhythm. It seems to be working.
I decided to make the reading one separate because I already had a site where I posted brief book reviews of everything I read, and thought it would be much easier to switch to a blog! Also I started the Cyprus one really for folk in the UK who ask what life is like here, and as a continuation of my family web-site that dates back seven years. I'm thinking of starting another blog for recipes too but not sure about that one.
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