Carol,
You wrote, " This is a little scary for me. Researchers have divided behaviors
into 4 different dimensions forever and whatever one(e.g. Myers-Briggs) might
want to label them, the 4 quadrants of behavioral characteristics are pretty
much the same. What this means to me is that 75% of the people-wherever I am-
will react to situation or solve problems very differently from me. Only 25%
will react to situations the way we do."
Actually, people don't fall equally into the four MBTI quadrants, so things may
be better or worse than you thought. Here are the percentages as I understand
them:
NT 12%
NF 12%
SJ 38%
SP 38%
So, depending on your type, either 88% or 62% of people will react differently
than you do.
Anyway, remember that the percentages are simply an artifact of grouping people
together into only four groupings, under the assumption that they are similar
enough that the groupings mean something.
Here's my theory: there are currently about 5.5 billion personality types. In
solving problems or reacting to situations, *everybody* will act differently
than you do, and that's exactly why it's so nice to have you around.
Dale
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