MBTI

It seems every time I read through my MBTI I always discover something new. It’s either about myself, how I relate to others, or how other people’s personalities are. I am reminded of how we all think and react differently to information around us, within us, how we process it, and how we put it out to the world. It always strikes me that if more people simply understood that everyone has different tendencies, then more people would get along.

Just this summer I had an internship that involved a lot of youth development processes’. I discovered how my little knowledge of the MBTI scales really pertains to how we work and can interact with people. At our staff meetings we worked towards coming together as a group so we could accomplish everything we wanted to with the goal of creating successful youth leaders in our minds. I had brought up the MBTI model to my staff members and suggested that we do more to understand each other so that we would also understand how different people could be. They all loved the idea and learned just as much as I had about how much easier it is to get along and work with people to whom you better understand their personalities.

The same concept applies to my small group of students. They all have different ways of doing things based on personality. And by making myself aware of how they take in and respond to information around and within them, I can better myself as their leader so they will grow as successful college students themselves.