ไขรหัสใจ ค้นใจฉัน เข้าใจกันด้วย MBTI/What type am I? Discover who are you really are?

by Renee Baron, วาจาสิทธิ์ ลอเสรีวานิช (Translator)

Based on the classic personality test taken by millions annually, this book will help you to assess your individual preferences in four basic areas: how you relate to the world, take in information, make decisions, and manage your life. Now a family therapist explains this fascinating system in a way that is entertaining and easy to absorb. Renee Baron takes on the complexity of the sixteen personality types and makes them accessible, so you can comprehend them, find your own type, and use the knowledge to enrich your own life. Here is information about individual strengths and weaknesses along with suggestions for personal growth and awareness. Whether you are a duty seeker or an action seeker, a knowledge seeker or an ideal seeker, "What Type Am I?" is insightful, helpful, encouraging, and an eminently useful step in helping you appreciate your strengths and apply them to work, love, and life.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Reference, Personal Development, Science

216 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Renee Baron was a consultant, coach, and author who spent over twenty-five years helping people understand themselves and others through the Enneagram and Myers-Briggs systems. Known for her insight, warmth, and humor, she guided clients toward greater self-acceptance and healthier relationships. Her books have been published in more than twenty-two countries. Renee passed away in 2013, leaving behind her three children, Jodi, Luna, and Dan, her beloved dog Pepito, and many cherished friends who deeply miss her.

Reviews

[Esteban del Mal · Rating 3 out of 5]

What's to say? At my worst I'm "hypersensitive, overly emotional, judgmental, impractical, unrealisitic, and self-absorbed."

I don't wanna talk about it.

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

As this book points out, INFJs have a fundamental need to understand themselves and the people and all the relationships and the dynamics around them. So obviously I enjoyed this guide to the MBTI personality types 😂

It’s not the first Myers Briggs resource I’ve investigated and of course won’t be the last, but it was definitely a handy breakdown of the system, with quizzes and tips to help you determine your type, and in depth summaries of each type with tips for relating to other types, advice for careers and personal development, etc. Recommended for anyone interested in the study of personalities!

[Veronika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very compact and informative, sadly nothing about the functions, which I personally think are the most important part of the MBTI. But it's very well written, funny and engaging and very easy to get into. Also the little comic strips are really neat. So 4 stars.

[Jasmine Teed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really helped me to understand the different types more than any other books or websites I read before. I've been interested in Myers - Briggs types for a while and had done a lot of research, done online tests and even a professional administered one, but after reading this book I finally felt like I really understood what the different modes meant and how to best use my own instinctive ways of reacting, taking in information, relating, organizing myself etc. It's also great for understanding others and the best way to interact with them. As a writer I enjoy exploring different personality theories as a way to understand my characters and what their motivations and modes of doing things and being in different situations might be, especially if I'm writing a character very different from myself. The illustrations and cartoons in this book helped to make different things I'd read before but hadn't quite understood clear to me. Plus many of them are quite amusing!

[MrsMJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book, but was vey basic. It had info that at the time of publication was probably mind-blowing. However, now that information is easily accessible on the internet, I had already found most of this info online for free ( https://www.16personalities.com/ ) and was hoping to learn more by reading this book... I still gave the book three stars because it was good info. It just wasn’t anything beyond what the internet already offers for free, so I didn’t give it more than three.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was a fantastic book, full of good information for reading up on your personal type. definitely a recommendation for those wanting to read more up on the subject!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got What Type Am I? Discover Who You Really Are by Renee Baron out of the library before I went on vacation and read it at the beach. I love personality theories; they're fascinating to me. Baron's book is an easy-to-access version of David Keirsey's Please Understand Me II, which was based on the classic Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator. Please Understand Me II was my first introduction to personality types when I borrowed it off of my dad's bookshelf when I was in junior high. It is a fascinating book, but long and dense at points. Baron's What Type Am I? is much lighter and easier to read, complete with silly but helpful comics to explain the different personality types. Baron also includes a sorter to help the reader identify his/her type.

Meyers-Briggs believed that "people are born with preferences ... ways in which we naturally 'prefer' to do certain things." Their indicator lists four pairs of opposite preferences (from Baron's book):

Extroverting (E) and Introverting (I)
This pair refers to where we prefer to focus our attention and what energizes us. People who prefer Extroverting get their energy from the outer world of people, activities, and things. People who prefer Introverting get their energy from their inner world of ideas, impressions and thoughts.

Sensing (S) and iNtuiting (N)
This pair refers to how we prefer to take in information. People who prefer Sensing pay attention to information taken in directly through their five senses and focus on what is or what was. People who prefer iNtuiting pay attention to their sixth sense, to hunches and insights, and they focus on what might be.

Thinking (T) and Feeling (F)
This pair refers to how we evaluate information to make decisions. People who prefer Thinking make decisions in a logical, objective way. Those who prefer Feeling make decisions in a personal, values-oriented way.

Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)
This pair refers to our lifestyle orientation. People who prefer Judging tend to live in an organized, planned way. People who prefer Perceiving tend to live in a spontaneous, flexible way.

I think that the words they chose can be misunderstood today. If you prefer Judging, it does not mean that you are judgmental, and contrary to common opinion, extroversion is not synonymous with being outgoing, nor is introversion synonymous with being shy. It is also important to remember that everyone uses all of these options, but most people simply feel more comfortable in one option or the other.

Baron pointed out something that is very interesting to me: some people do not feel comfortable with their natural preferences because they go against cultural conditioning. In the US, "women are often socialized to behave like Feelers and men are often socialized to behave like Thinkers," which could lead to men and woman who prefer their non-culturally conditioned option to feel as though something is wrong with them. This can also happen if one child has a different preference from the rest of his/her family.

I know that some people feel that personality sorters try to put them into a box, but, to quote Elizabeth Bennet at the end of Pride and Prejudice, "my feelings are quite the opposite." Learning that I am an ENFJ has helped me to learn so much about myself. It has helped me to understand my motivations, which have helped me to improve my life and my relationships with others.

To learn more, read the book or even check out What's Your Personality Type? on Blogthings. It is actually quite accurate... and lots of fun!

From my blog, August 2010: http://sarahfett.blogspot.com/2010/08...

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting, fairly casual introduction to Myers Briggs Personality Types, mixed with Temperaments. I'd never come across the Temperaments approach before, but it doesn't add a whole lot - just categorizes types into four archetypes. The information is geared to families, although it does include some reference to work impact as well. There's also a section at the very end about Enneagrams that just kind of feels thrown in. Again, somewhat useful but not deep enough to really go anywhere.

I tested differently than I have in the past - I used to be an INTJ, but now I tested as ISTJ/ISFJ (My T and F results were tied, although I think I probably lean toward the ISTJ more). The test is pretty short so it's nowhere near as reliable an indicator as a full Myers Briggs test would be. Still, it's a good starter book for the Myers Briggs types with a little more thrown in.

[Charmaine Fuller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insight on Jung, Myers, and Keirsey. Specifically geared toward teenagers. Excellent reference to have. Includes what I've seen to be the best and most accurate temperament sorter. Sorter is especially good for people who have not studied psychology and so don't recognize the context of words used in KTS-II or MBTI. At least I've found it to be the most accurate for my friends, family, and colleagues. The descriptions though are definitely geared to teenagers.

[Rift Vegan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book for work, and I never would have picked it up unless forced to! ;) I am a "Introvert - Sensing - Thinking - Perceiving" type. But in the big scheme of things, that's not very interesting!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for beginners in the subject.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun intro to Myers-Briggs personality assessment

[Zynpr]

Kitabın İKÜ yayınevinden çıkan Türkçe çevirisini okudum. Tabiki çeviri zor bir iş ama şu cümledeki bazı kelimeler yerine başka kelimeler yazılabilirdi sanki : 'İnsanları cartcurtla ve kabalıkla tuşa getirmeye kalkmaktan sakının.(s.82) ' Kitapta Myers-Briggs Sistemindeki 16 kişilik tanıtılmış . Yorumlarda herkes kişiliğini bulduğunu, kitabın hayatını değiştirdiğini söylemiş; fakat bende öyle bir etkisi olmadı . Sürekli özeleştiri yapan biri iseniz zaten az çok kendinizi tanırsınız, illa ki kişiliğinize bir isim verilmesine gerek yok . Kitabın savunduğu şeylerden biri de etrafımızdaki kişilerin kişiliklerini tanımlayarak ,onlarla daha dengeli ilişki kuracağımız yönünde .Bu etrafını sürekli gözlemleyen birinin zaten yaptığı bir şey . Açıkçası benim için zaman kaybıydı. Ama yorumlarda faydalandığını yazanları düşününce, kendisini tanımak isteyen için yardımcı olabilecek bir kitap belki de diye düşünmeden edemedim.

[Lina Gholami · Rating 5 out of 5]

وقتی با خواندن این کتاب، خلق و خو و تیپ درست خود را بشناسیم، تعجب می کنیم که به چه درستی ما را توصیف می کند.
به کمک این کتاب می توانیم دیگران را بهتر درک کنیم و آن ها را به شکلی که هستند بپذیریم. فراگرفتن تیپ های شخصیتی به ما امکان می دهد روابط آگاهانه تری با دیگران برقرار سازیم.
وقتی ارزش ها متفاوت از ارزش های ما ظاهر می شوند کمتر تعجب می کنیم و برداشت واقعی تری از حرف های دیگران پیدا می کنیم.
در واقع می توان این تفاوت ها را نعمتی بزرگ درنظر گرفت. تفاو�� هایی که در دیگران وجود دارد می تواند زندگی ما را سرشار کند و ما را در بخش هایی از شخصیتمان قرار دهند که به اندازه کافی رشد نیافته. با ضدخود بودن می تواند ادویه ای برای زندگی ما باشد اما برای هیجان بخشیدن ��ه روابط باید تفاهم فی مابین قابل ملاحظه ای میان اشخاص وجود داشته باشد و در ضمن هریک از این افراد باید جنبه های دیگری را که در طرف مقابل آن ها وجود دارد به عنوان یک نعمت و هدیه خوب به رسمیت بشناسند.

👈استفاده از ترجیح مناسب در موقعیت مناسب راه درست زندگی کردن در دنیاست.👉

[Celline Brasil · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I realized the book focused on the 16 personality types, I got a bit disappointed and feared it was going to be “more of the same”. But the book provides a deep understanding of each type, which is useful for ourselves and for better understanding people in our lives. I couldn’t assign a single type to my personality, but I am definitely an NF (iNtuiting Feeling) and it brought me a peace of mind to know that my actions and feelings are normal haha. I loved reading the suggestions and how to get along parts. The only downside in my opinion is that the description of each personality type at work were too brief. I couldn’t get a sense if I am in the right career path or if my current work environment fits my personality well.

[Achille · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oftentimes I find myself focusing on making myself like others until such time when someone introduced me to MBTI (Myer-Briggs Type Indicator). After getting INTJ, I was repulsed because on circa 2019 I got INFJ.

This introductory book suffices the basics. There is even a short discussion about enneagram. I like the straightforward language and the basics this book provides. Should I recommend a brief yet informative MBTI introductory book, it would be this. I have a good time understanding ‘Preference’ and ‘Temperament’.

[Ankita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very crisp and clear book for people interested in knowing the fundamentals of MBTI or simply for figuring out what type they are . The language of the book is concise and is easy to understand . It explains each and every type with ample information and instances . Overall a nice little read for the ones curious about personality types.

[Tony · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, however it is too brief.

[Farhad · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good and fun book over all

[Malka]

I really need this book for being the main resources of my research,

[Parsa Yadpa · Rating 5 out of 5]

تست معروف ام بی تی آی وکلی توضیحات مکمل که قطعا توی شناخت بهتر خودتون و اطرافیانتون بهتون کمک میکنه

[Updesh Sharma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find it 🆕

[Nickole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple and dated MBTI book.

[Zoe Hite]

INFJ asf

[Artemis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very helpful book to get a deeper understanding as a beginner and admirer of the Meyers-Briggs system and the enneagram!

[Nanyae Yamane · Rating 2 out of 5]

รู้สึกว่าใส่รายละเอียดเกี่ยวกับไทป์ต่างๆ น้อย ให้ไปทำแบบวัดและอ่านผลในเว็บ 16 personalities ดีกว่า จะได้ครบทุกด้าน และเข้าใจง่าย รู้ลึก รู้ซึ้งไปเลย

[PATRICIA JEFFREY · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read several of these personality type books. This one was interesting, in that it had a lot of little cartoon drawings, so it could be interesting to a person who doesn't enjoy reading.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Myers/Briggs Type Indicator.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book helped me understand the basics of Myers-Briggs, but I found it somewhat limited. I still have not accounted for why I am Introvert dominant, but often have extrovert tendenies. I plan to read on in this subject area. The author also introduces a little bit of David Keirsey's theories on personality (Please Understand Me, etc.), as well as the more ancient study of the Enneagram, which I knew very little about. Older readers and students of psychology and personality will enjoy the appendix which goes into more details about Myers-Brigg's and explain the basics of Enneagrams.

I think this book will be great for teens and their families. The writing is clear and simple in most places (but hold onto your hat while you learn specific definitions for usually more generic terms like type and temperament). Every kid thinks that they were adopted at one point, and this is the perfect book to read when you have that feeling -- that you are all alone in the world. Even as an adult, I still had a strong critical voice inside me telling me I should be more this and more that. Turns out, those values are not really mine and that is not where my dominant tendencies lie. The introduction by the author is powerful. I felt that she was speaking with my voice. I knew she felt the same way I did as a kid.

[Seeker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and swift read. In particular, the discussions about Keirsey's four personality "temperaments" were helpful for crystallizing the core ideas behind the 16 MBTI types. Unfortunately, neither the tests nor the explanations were sufficient to clearly distinguish between different personality types; for example, I could see myself as an IXFX (e.g. ISFJ at work but INFJ in relationships) based on the descriptions provided. Some discussion about cognitive functions, which form the basis of Carl Jung's personality theories, would have been helpful here. The tests perhaps allude to the larger problem associated with MBTI tests, that these are merely labels and far too simplistic to capture the complexities of our personalities.