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Title: Was That Really Me?: How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality by Naomi L. Quenk, Katharine D. Myers ISBN: 0-89106-170-3 Publisher: Davies-Black Pub Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This was so accurate, it scared me.
Comment: This book was incredibly accurate in describing me when I'm under stress. I never knew why, when under stress, I can't seem to keep track of ANY details and I become completely disorganized. Upon reading the book, I found out that people of my personality types (I'm an ISXJ, which means that I fit most of the description for both ISFJ, and ISTJ) tend to lose control of facts and details in their lives, which these 2 personality types are normally pros at dealing with. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of the MBTI types by learning how the types act when under stress (and "in the grip" of their inferior function).
Rating: 5
Summary: So, was it really me?
Comment: This has to be one of the most interesting books I've yet read on Jungian/Briggsian personality type dynamics, and probably one of the most accurate as well, when it comes to predicting how a certain personality will react when under stress. Actually, that is the central topic to this fascinating book: how different, normal personalities react in different ways to external stressors, which vary, as well, by the 16 different types.
What's fascinating is to see, for example, that as an INTP, my stressors are radically different than they would be for an ESFJ (my polar opposite). What I find to be stressful, someone of another personality type would find to be the ideal situation in which to find him/herself. My stressors include: routine work, having my space intruded on at work, situations that involve lots of forced small talk, deadlines, inefficient paperwork and excessively (to me) emotional situations. And yet, someone else might find precisely these kinds of things heavenly.
I found typical INTP (related, ISTP) reactions to highly stressed situations to be very true for me as well. From the bitter cynicism, to blowing up emotionally and completely losing control, to losing complete touch with logic, I've seen every one of these behaviors in me when I'm pushed to the max, and am forced into the depths of emotion. Sometimes I don't stay there very long, in fact, I honestly hate being there, exactly as Quenk mentions.
What's even more interesting about this book, is that the behaviors are culled from Quenk's experiences and interviews with hundreds of different individuals from all personality types. While each person's reaction is very slightly different within the explorations of the sixteen types, it's very easy to see some very common patterns. Quenk does this in a very well thought out and a thouroughly researched manner.
My one (VERY) small gripe with the book is that there appears to have been a template used for each of the personality type chapters, because the introductory paragraphs to each subsection of each chapter are identical. But, with the sheer wealth of information in this book, it's really almost irrelevant. I've learned a lot about how to handle my "grip" and stressed behaviors a bit better, and to understand others' stressors as well.
A wonderful book, and a must-read reference for everyone!
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Title: The Art of Speed Reading People : How To Size People Up and Speak Their Language by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger ISBN: 0316845183 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 25 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You: The Real Meaning of the 16 Personality Types by Roger R. Pearman, Sarah C. Albritton ISBN: 0891060960 Publisher: Davies-Black Pub Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Survival Games Personalities Play by Eve Delunas ISBN: 0931104351 Publisher: SunInk Publications Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The 16 Personality Types, Descriptions for Self-Discovery by Linda V. Berens, Dario Nardi ISBN: 0966462475 Publisher: Telos Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers ISBN: 089106074X Publisher: Davies-Black Pub Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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