Podcasts about psychological types

Carl Jung published his book Psychological Types in 1921, introducing four functions of consciousness: thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition, and the two attitudes through which these four functions are deployed: introversion and extraversion. Jung's functions follow a fourfold structure, which is typical of the archetype of the Self. We are dealing with the archetype of the differentiation of consciousness, which helps you to become who you are meant to be. Jung combined function types and attitude types to describe, in turn, eight function-attitudes. These were the psychological types in Jung's original description. However, very few of us, even among psychologists, can recognise the eight function-attitudes described by Jung.Jungian psychologist John Beebe expands on Jung's work on types, extending the fourfold model to an eightfold model of personality, as well as associating an archetype with each type. The first four archetypes are: the hero/heroine, the father/mother, the puer aeternus/puella aeterna, and the anima/animus. These are ego-syntonic, as they align harmoniously with the needs and goals of the ego. As for the other four function-attitudes, we enter the realm of the shadow, or the ego-dystonic personality, which includes: the opposing personality, the senex/witch, the trickster and the demonic/daimonic personality.We may see these eight archetypes as different personalities within the vast theatre of the unconscious. They too have a role to play in our lives, seeking to express themselves outwardly. It is by integrating these archetypes of the collective unconscious that we truly become an individual. This process is at the heart of individuation. It is the journey of discovering your essence—who you were meant to be. When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. If we do not gain control over the images within us, we run the risk of them gaining control over us.

Send us a textWelcome to another bonus episode originally recorded for my Patrons and released on 25th June 2023. I hope you find it interesting.In this episode I continue my exploration of the lives and contributions of influential figures from Philosophy and Psychology. In today's episode, I delve into the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung, a pioneering figure in the field of psychology. Jung's ground-breaking theories and exploration of the human psyche revolutionized our understanding of the unconscious mind and laid the foundation for many modern psychological theories and practices. But how do they stand up to a Christian evaluation, what can we accept and what should we be more cautious about, and maybe even reject.Introduction.Biography.Main Theories.I The Collective Unconscious: Archetypes as a Universal Reservoir:II Symbolism of the Mandala Imagery.III Individuation and Psychological Types.Areas of Concern from a Christian Perspective.A Critical Analysis from a Christian Perspective (An Apologetic).Summary and Conclusion.For an ad-free version of the podcast plus the opportunity to enjoy hours of exclusive content and two bonus episodes a month and also help keep the Bible Project Daily Podcast free  for listeners everywhere at;patreon.com/JeremyMcCandlessSubscribe here to receive my new church history podcast every few weeks at.Episode Title: The Death of MosesSupport the showJeremy McCandless is creating podcasts and devotional resources | PatreonHelp us continue making great content for listeners everywhere.https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com

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Many of us are familiar with Jung's 8 psychological types (including the introvert and extravert orientations) and the Myers-Briggs. But where does imagination go? It can't belong mainly to the intuitive types. We all have it. But some of us focus it on the here and now ("heredreamers") and some focus on possibilities and patterns ("theredreamers"). A new axis of imagination added to typologies would help account for this. Chalquist.com

What is introversion and extroversion anyway?This week we're drawing on the ideas of Carl Jung, and the Big Five personality traits, to help us understand why some people get their energy from being around other people, and others prefer to recharge their batteries on their own. Emma challenges the idea that it's simply a matter of personality, and wonders whether we develop these behaviours as an adaptation to societal pressures, and Elizabeth explains why, as an introvert, she prefers a voice note to a phone call. We chat about the impact of social media and the pandemic, cross-cultural influences and, most importantly, whether you're a bath or a shower person. --- Carl Jung on psychological types: Jung, C. G. [1921] 1971. Psychological Types, Collected Works of C.G. Jung, vol. 6. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. More on the Big Five personality traits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits ---Best Friend Therapy is hosted by Elizabeth Day and Emma Reed Turrell, produced by Chris Sharp. --- Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayEmma Reed Turrell @emmareedturrellBest Friend Therapy @best.friend.therapyEmail: contact@bestfriendtherapy.co.uk

Knowing yourself is an important step in self-development. Here, Sangharakshita describes the three psychological types enumerated in Buddhagosha's Visuddhimagga, the Path of Purification. From the lecture entitled The Question of Psychological Types which introduces a number of Western and Eastern classifications of psychological types and discusses their implications in the choice of techniques of self-development. Talk given in 1970 as part of the series Aspects of the Higher Evolution of the Individual. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

In this episode, which is the first of a multi-episode series, David introduces you to the CALM model that will help you to become the best leader you can be and create new leaders. David delves deep into his experience of setting up and running multiple businesses and shares what works today, providing real-world examples of how to apply each method alongside some exercises you can do. This week, he covers understanding the energy preferences you and your team members have. How to identify which psychological type they are. Then, use that knowledge to lead each individual effectively, so that they work more closely as a team. KEY TAKEAWAYS Regardless of what mission you are on, leadership will prove to be crucial to your success. Management is about getting tasks done. Leadership is about people. CALM stands for Communication, Accountability, Leadership, and Management. Understanding how you and your team members tick is incredibly powerful. When you are in a relaxed situation is it your head or heart that leads your decisions? Are you extroverted or introverted? Do the energy-type exercise that David shares to find out. It´s not about playing mind games. BEST MOMENTS ‘Management is about getting tasks done. Leadership is about people.' ‘Hitting the wall or hitting the ceiling, in business and life is inevitable. To bust through that you need to master leadership.' ‘Thinking about what kind of leader you are, actually begins with what kind of preferences you have as a person.' EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.insights.com/products/insights-discovery/ ABOUT THE SHOW People with purpose make a difference. Imagine a world where more people can just get their purpose out of them, into a plan, and then actually make it happen. What a world that would be - People everywhere finding meaning and harnessing that to bring inspiration and energy to each and every day, changing lives for the better. But no one ever achieved anything on their own - we all have something unique to bring and that means we all have to play our part - if we want to go far, we have to go together and lead or serve towards a vision of the world we want to see. Everyone has a story to tell, and this show is where these stories come to life. ABOUT THE HOST David Roberts is a highly regarded CEO, mentor, and investor with 30 years of experience across multiple sectors. As an intrapreneur and entrepreneur, David has bought, grown, started, and sold several businesses, working with values-driven start-ups, award-winning SMEs, and multinational corporations on strategies for service excellence, leadership, and profitable growth. David's passion is for purpose and creating an environment where everyone can succeed, through building teams that get things done, execute on their mission with passion, deliver exceptional service, and really make a difference. ARTWORK CREDIT Penny Roberts - https://www.instagram.com/penpennypencils_/ CONTACT METHODS LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-nu-heat/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DavidRobertsPeopleWithPurpose Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidcroberts_/ Clubhouse - https://www.clubhouse.com/@davidcroberts?utm_medium=ch_profile&utm_campaign=MBv1ubya1-oOBXc_uQKFHw-46334This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Interested in a workshop all about dancing with your shadow functions? Join me on October 8: https://www.meetup.com/baaptsf/events/288338568/(I realize that this is last minute. I plan to offer similar workshops at a later date. Let me know if you'd be interested in attending something like this by leaving a comment). Watch Psyche Design Season 2 Episode 2 on YouTube: Transcript: Hello there. So today I'm going to be discussing Turning a Friendly Face Toward the Shadow. And what kind of lifestyle would that be if you were someone that genuinely had, or generally had, a friendly attitude toward your shadow. So this is a huge topic. And I'm actually going to be doing a workshop on a very similar topic that's called Dancing with the Shadow: Embracing Your Inner Paradox next Saturday, the eighth, I believe. I'll have a link for that below, if you're interested. And if you can't make it, I understand that this is last minute I want to be doing, I will be hosting similar workshops in the future on this subject. So a lot of you listening to this probably are familiar with Carl Jung's concept of the shadow. This episode is not going to be really focused on defining the shadow, I might make another episode on that, but I'm going to assume that you have a general understanding whenever I say the word shadow— which is essentially all the parts of our psyche that we're not conscious of, they might make our ego uncomfortable, we might be in denial of these things, it's a pretty general term for those contents of your psyche that you cannot see. So, um, we also want to bring up the question of — Now that you know, your personality type (assuming that you do know your personality type), now, what? How does that knowledge of your personality type shift your perception? So, I've been circling around these sorts of topics for several years now. But what I'm, what I'm coming to... like, this main point, I guess, that I feel like I'm coming to is this idea of — what is your ego's attitude toward the shadow? And I think that ,if you are familiar with your Jungian personality type pattern, that will tell you a lot about how your ego naturally functions, and your tendencies, your preferences, but it doesn't tell you what your attitude is toward the shadow. Um, there's a lot of talk out there within the personality type community, like... let's say you're not really you don't have as much background on Jung, but you have been studying personality type for a while. There's a lot of different ways of talking about things such as ...developing your shadow functions, or tapping into your Inferior Function. All of the all of that regarding developing the shadow functions is a portion of "shadow work" in a more general way, because your personality is only going to be your... your personality type is just going to be sort of a sliver of your psyche.It can kind of tell you this hero's journey that your ego might be going through. Now, one of my biggest criticisms of how people discuss personality type is, I think that the ego trap that we can get into is that once we, once we know what our personality type is, then what again, like I said, — Now, what what do we do with that information? The ego can approach this in different ways. The ego can double down on its own self-understanding and be like "yes, I am that, I am an ENFJ, I am a feeling type, I am an intuitive type, I am an extrovert." The ego could be like, yes, that is me. Now, what are the shadow sides of that?So, using myself, my ENFJ best fit type as an example. The shadow of that would be introversion. It would be sensing, it would be thinking (more specifically with my cognitive functions, Extroverted Sensing and Introverted Thinking would be the exact shadow flip side of my Dominant and Auxiliary functions). Not to mention the shadow functions that you don't prefer. All of these are parts of the shadow. And we can take the attitude of, "I'm a feeler. Therefore, none of that thinking stuff matters to me. None of that sensing stuff matters to me." Or you can take a different attitude, where you approach the shadow with curiosity with humility, with interest with openness.So that is I guess my number one reflection question for all of you is what is your attitude toward the shadow? And then, I'm going to be talking pretty generally about the attitude, and how to potentially develop an attitude toward the shadow that might be more embracing it. Because the thing is, is that...It's normal for the ego to separate things between, "that's me, and that's not me." And that can be very helpful. And, in fact, even whenever you are discovering your personality type, it can be very helpful to be able to separate me from what's not me. If you realize you're an extrovert, it might help you figure out what kind of career to go into. Knowing that I have preference for intuition and feeling, for example, can help me figure out what what sort of careers to go into, it can help me understand maybe some of my relationship patterns, people I tend to gravitate toward. Um, so, knowledge of type really is just the first step. And how you approach that knowledge of type is absolutely crucial for how much value type actually could bring your life. And I think that we don't talk enough about the *how* we talk a lot about the *what.* We talk about the difference between ENFJ and INFJ, we talk about the difference between intuition and sensing. And Ne and Ni, (if you're into the cognitive functions) we talk a lot about these differences.And I think that if we don't talk enough about the *how* of how we are approaching that information... if we don't intentionally talk about the how, what will happen is that our ego will naturally without even thinking, do the separation game, where we double down on our identity. And we identify with these functions that are our preferences, or we identify with this personality type. So there's nothing wrong with seeing yourself in a personality type. However, each of the 16 personality types, they are assigned essentially, they're... they're kind of like social roles that you play. They're not the Self with a capital S. Now, in Carl Jung's idea of individuation, it's all about this journey to find the Self. And the Self is separate from our egos. And so knowing your personality type can very well be a hindrance to finding your Self. Even though it tells you a lot about how your ego works. So that's why this attitude thing in this "how" is very important. Because if we're just taking in the information of "I'm an ENFJ, these are my tendencies, these are my shortcomings, and this is how I might manage stress, and these are the things that might trip me up." If I just take in that information without reflecting on that. And without thinking about, "what my attitude is going to be toward that?" It's so easy to just fall into a trap of "okay, well, I guess that means I need to avoid all of these things that are my weaknesses... or else I'm going to make a fool of myself, or else I'm going to fail, or else I'm going to experience pain."It's the ego.. it's naturally you know, going to try and do that. So um, you know, knowing your personality type can be very beneficial for improving your relationships with friends and family who are a different personality type than you however, you also can choose to take in that information and discriminate against different types. You might say, "I don't know... that type is quite different from me. So I do not understand, I don't care to get to know those people."Some... it's way too common in the type community for people to say things like, "I don't get along with this sort of type, or I would never date this sort of type." And, again, it's normal for ego to have preferences... like especially when it's coming to picking a job. For example, like, like I said before, the 16 personality types, they kind of play the social roles. You might think of it as a kinda a caricature, to be to be honest. It's not your Self. It's not who you really are deep down, it might even be similar to a mask you wear in order to perform a sort of social function.You know, the ego is there for a reason. Your preferences are there for a reason, there's likely lots of potential and talent there. So for example, for me as an ENFJ, I'm going to attempt to use my extroverted feeling and introverted intuition to give back to society in some way, because those are the functions that I naturally use. And so you know, there's got to be an outlet for your your dominant functions, I'm not saying to like, not focus on them at all. But I think that there's this, there's this wall between what we're conscious of, and what we cannot see. And I think that, so ... Jung suggested that having this attitude toward the shadow was a moral ... was actually an ethical thing. And he described it as a moral feat to be able to embrace the shadow. So "Shadow Work" is a whole other topic that I could do another video on, but I'm sure you've heard about it, it's become quite a buzzword these days. But the whole idea of doing Shadow Work is a lifelong journey. So what I'm talking about, though, today is the first step, I'm talking about the attitude that your ego has. And this is something that we can shift, shift to just a small thing, and it can make a huge difference. And I think that regarding the attitude we had toward the shadow, there's always going to be a wall between what we're conscious of and what we're not, however, um, how thick is that wall? And so it can go the wall between your shadow and your, your conscious and your unconscious, could be a big thick brick wall, or it could be a piece of glass, you know, very thick glass could be very thick glass, but you can potentially see a little bit through so anyway, and another thing, when it comes to the ego attitude is yes, your ego is always going to have this need for control, potentially. But what kind of control? Is your ego a tyrant? Is your ego, trying to basically stomp out everything that is not like it? Or is your ego, a democratic ruler, a transformational leader that is listening to all of the psyche and taking responsibility for all of the psyche?So what I think... what we really want to get to, and what a lot of my content moving forward is going to be discussing is not so much what is your personality, but how do you use your knowledge of your personality, to think about how to really be yourself and not just stop at the identity label. Because I think that a lot of us that get into personality type, we do it because we are into self discovery. We want to know more about who we are, we want to improve our relationships. And I think that giving... getting the label of ENFJ, for example. That can feel like the short-term fix, like you can get this dopamine hit of "Yes, I learned about myself. Cool." But there's more. And I guess I'm trying to talk about this resistance. That or "how" we need to kind of lean into the resistance here. And feel into that. If we want to go a little deeper and find ourselves or be on the path to finding ourselves on the path to dancing with the shadow in a more symbiotic way. Because the thing is, is that these shadows are going to come up whether we like it or not, and it's really a matter of "How do we respond when those shadows come up?" The thicker your walls, the more tyrannical your ego. If a shadow comes up, you're going to not see it coming in, you're going to be more likely to blame and double down on your ego's tendencies.But if you respond with curiosity and humility and openness, when your shadows come up, you can use that as a learning opportunity. So this can, this could apply in a personal sense or in an interpersonal sense. So for example, using type in an interpersonal sense, let's say, I, as an ENFJ, is engaged with a ISTJ in a work situation. If I was not already having this attitude of humility and curiosity about my shadows of sensing and thinking, then like, that's going to directly change how I interact with that other person. So for me interacting with an ISTJ. If I am curious and grateful and intrigued by sensing and thinking, then I am going to engage in a completely, like... I'm just going to engage in a completely different way, I'm not going to be like, shut down, and like ignoring and completely blind to any value that they would have to offer.And so much of this is about, I think, leveraging the creative potential that already exists between people, and between yourself, and kind of leaning into that resistance and leaning into that creative tension. Because like, for two people to have different type preferences, it like really can go one of two ways. Well, the two ways are a spectrum, but you can be approach it from love and curiosity, and really gain from the other person's... like, allow the other person's strength to teach you something and allow you to integrate some more of your shadows, sothat you walk away from the relationship better off than where you started. Or, it can turn into this, this war-like battle between two tyrants of the ego. But if both of the egos attitudes toward each other, was from a more transcendent and transformational mindset, or a growth mindset, you could say, then you're going to be aware of these little differences in these little these points in which you can work together. And both.. both gain and this doesn't even have to be interpersonal, like I was saying, like, this could just be you.Personally, let's say you're working on a project, and you find yourself you keep getting stuck in the same types of spots over and over, or maybe in your personal life, you find yourself repeating certain patterns over and over and you get triggered, and now you're in this spiral, and you don't know how to get out and you're frustrated with yourself, because you always seem to be getting into the same spirals. So no matter who it is, who's involved, even if it's just all in your own head. It's like when you trip, it's like, look at yourself, or and be like.. how? Yeah, change your attitude about what you're tripping on.And I think if we can almost like play a role of like an investigator, whenever the shadows come up, it starts to get really fun. Now, I personally think it feels fun. I've done a lot of trial and error with this with my inferior Ti (introverted thinking) throughout the years. And in fact, for those of you who have been following me for a long time, you might have noticed that I have not been posting nearly as much as I used to post, and the funny thing about that is that I've been reading more I've been writing more I've been questioning more, my thoughts are clearer. And I'm not feeling the same urge to share that I used to. And it's actually very strange because I think that with my dominant extroverted feeling, I always had this impulse to share with everyone else and help others. And then the more curious my extroverted feeling started to get about my Introverted Thinking. The more I realized how much that information how much it had to offer and how much it can help me help others.So, for example, using Extroverted Feeling and Introverted Thinking as an example, I've realized that getting really clear on my concepts and getting better and quicker at my word choice can help me put something into exactly the right words, that will be exactly what someone needs to hear that will actually crack one of their limiting beliefs. So, extroverted feeling just without Ti... just on its own without ti might feel like empty platitudes of you can do it, I love you, I've got you go for it. But Fe with some Ti in there can tell you specifically, like, why you can do it, or how to do it or, you know, It can help clarify things, and it can help you feel better. So, you know, my... the more I've wanted to lean into my Fe desire to want to help others, the more I realized that there's all these problems that I want to solve here, so how do I solve them?I don't just want to be a cheerleader. So I want to actually help people. So what does that mean? Well, I'm gonna have to do some work and think about it, and I'm gonna have to, you know, figure it out and troubleshoot it with with inferior Ti.So anyway this turning a friendly face toward the shadow, I think that it's like this first step, to just sort of open your heart up to a little bit of curiosity. And I think it's the first step toward an entire life or an entire journey of Shadow Work, integrating the shadow and all that good stuff.And it's something you can do every day, just check in with yourself, and what is my attitude you can check in your with yourself, whenever you trip up, you can check in with yourself every time you meet a new person, or you can just do it every morning or every night just sort of be like, what's my, how's my attitude? And I think that the potential here if you want to know my opinion here, is that I think the shadow is gorgeous, absolutely beautiful. I think it's the mystery of life, I think that you find a lot of artists are inspired by the shadow.A friend and I talked about the concept of shadowgazing, we might turn that into an episode... (We thought about turning that into a podcast, so don't take that name). But anyway, like the whole idea of shadowgazing, I've just been thinking about how it starts with, like this first step is to just loosen up a little bit, and perhaps see the value in the shadow. And be, you know, have your ego be a little bit more humble, be a little bit more curious about what it doesn't know, so that whenever the shadows come up, you could be open to it like a sponge rather than...This is another thing is that I think sometimes. When people talk about shadow work, or even about developing their functions, they might feel like, "oh, I need to dig and dig until I find out what's wrong with me until I find the problem." And I think that it's not so much that, it's not so much that we have to dig into our shadows. I just think we need to be open because like I said, and like I've said before, Carl Jung has said is that this individuation process, it happens on its own.The shadows will come up on its own, you don't have to do the work to go dig up the shadows. That would be your ego controlling the situation. I've been guilty of that, of being like "I need to dig up my shadows."And it might feel like you're going somewhere. but like, I think that the in reality... The mindset is a lot like mindfulness, it's it's a lot like meditation, to where it's about letting go. And it's about just letting the shadows come and leave. Like it's the same with meditation, if you're letting thoughts kind of pass by, to where like you're just listening, you know? You're open, you're grateful. But that, this first step might be just having more of a friendly face rather than trying to stomp out the ego. Because honestly, it's so easy to stomp out the shadow with our ego because that's just what we all do. And that's what our culture encourages. So you're not a bad person. If your ego is trying to stomp out the shadows we we all do it even if there's a big part of us that is trying to appreciate the shadow more.But I think that on the other end, like a lot of artists, they have this mindset where they're not just open to the shadow. They spend their day gazing at the mystery and the beauty of the shadow. And so I think that that is a whole other thing that honestly reminds me of worshiping the feminine principle, worshipping the goddess or Sophia, something like that, that I think has kind of been lost in our society.I think that there's a lot I can say on this. And now I'm kind of just throwing out some half-baked ideas here is that basically, a lot of people right now are talking about, "oh, these divided times, I can't believe how divided we are, everything's so chaotic." And whenever Carl Jung came out with his theory of Psychological Types, and was talking about thinking versus feeling sensing versus intuition, he was talking about the one-sidedness of the Western mind. This is a whole other point that I want to make another video about is that he was talking about the one sidedness of the Western mind. And so one thing that I think we can forget is that a lot of his this theory, a lot of his theories, probably, you know, it is universal to all people, however, culture plays a big role. And so we can't forget that, especially putting this in the context of when it was written in like the late 1920s. And also, from a Western standpoint, Jung was pointing out how this one-sidedness is becoming a huge problem. Now, if you remember earlier, whenever I was saying that this attitude, where we are more mindful, where we are more open toward the shadow reminds me of mindfulness, it makes me wonder if the Eastern mindset if their religions already have some of this shadow curiosity baked in a little bit more. Because if you look at the history of wars in the Western World, and how much it can feel, very divided... like even the whole idea of the Industrial Revolution, and the scientific revolution, and this rise of materialism, it makes sense to to see how potentially the Western culture has more of "this, this versus that" There, it seems to me like there's a strong divide of you're "you're either this or that." And Carl Jung's book about Psychological Types, when he brought up the types, it's like, our tendencies toward these functions is kind of just one way that we're a little bit crazy, it's not necessarily a good thing to be a type. It's not a bad thing, it's a part of our process. It's a part of our... the way I see it, we start out whole and undifferentiated, then we differentiate ourselves, and then we go down the individuation path, and then we get closer and closer to an integrated wholeness.But it's like, um, we start out with all this potential, and every choice we make, leads to more differentiation. Or ego is saying, "this is me, that's not me, this is me, that's not me." We're like deciding who we are as you go. But all that potential still with us to where we eventually can then attempt to bring back all of that potential back with us through embracing the shadow as we get older.Anyway, with the "divided times" is that I feel like right now, in 2022, in America, in particular, because that's what I can speak to, is that it feels like we're getting more and more divided into two distinct camps, politically, and you we could see this in our social issues as well. And so, um, I think that will actually, the whole idea of... I definitely think that Christianity is part of the reason for this, because the whole idea of good versus evil and original sin. I think that facilitates this division. Like if we're, if we really believe that there's good and then there's evil, and as these two separate camps, then we're very much looking at things through the duality perspective.Whereas we also could look at both of those, the duality through a transcendent perspective, like a triangle, where we're looking at both from a bird's eye view and we are attempting to integrate both together. So anyway, I'm getting a bit into other things that I kind of didn't want to get into, because I think that they would be better for their own dedicated video. But, I guess my point is, is that one of the reasons why I think that this is important is because I think that this that, you know, Jung suggested that our attitude toward the shadow was very important in that it was, in fact a moral feat to attempt to integrate your shadow.And I think that while fully integrating the shadow might feel like a far off pipe dream... (maybe similar to ideas such as enlightenment, or even ego death). Well, that might feel like a far out pipe dream. What you can do today, right now is be a little bit more humble and a little bit more curious about your shadows. And knowing your type doesn't only show you your preferences, it also shows you your shadows. And so you can be aware when you're interacting in the world, keep your ears perked for the things that potentially you would have just glossed over and fought found not important, you can start to be like intrigued a little bit by it. And, um, I think that we're in the midst of a cultural shift Cultural Revolution, and I have no clue what is going to happen. To me, it feels like a "things must get worse before they get better" sort of deal, which I don't really like. However, this brings me to a whole other topic of that I've been thinking a lot about self-development as being a reflection of social justice as well, and how a lot of this rise of self-development these days has felt a little bit narcissistic, a little bit like, "how do I improve my career? How do I have it all? How do I hold up... Or, how do I make sure that I measure up to all of these impossible Western standards?" But if we think about the division that we are facing in our culture, and if we want to come together and have there be less conflict, what sort of attitude would the human race have to have in order to do that? And it doesn't mean that you let go of something you believe in or something that's your preference? Absolutely not. Because some tendencies or some opinions are more integrated than others. And so some things aren't even a true binary... some things are like a radical ego, comparing itself to a more well-rounded view. So even whenever I say, when I talk about the left and the right politically, I'm not even saying that they're on equal footing. I'm, I absolutely don't think that but um, anyway, I'm... what helps me is thinking about it, as "I'm in charge of my mindset, I'm in charge of what I how I respond to." But, I'm not in charge. So this is a this is another thing of your ego needs to know that it is not as "in charge" as it thinks it is. But what are you in charge of? So, kind of allowing the ego to play its role and sit back and watch a little bit and observe and enjoy the shadow, my ego is not in control of other people, of everything that happens to me. But it can control how it responds whenever a shadow comes up, or when a lesson comes up in, we can control how we choose to engage in our attitude toward things if we're curious and loving, and all that sort of stuff (more on Love in another episode). But I would argue that shifting our attitude about the shadow is going to be a very crucial shift in order to support this cultural revolution that I think we're kind of in the midst of, but I think that it's probably going to take a decade or two (if not more) for us to like actually get there. I feel like a lot of people are starting to have these discussions lately. And I guess I want to open the door to this discussion. What would it look like to dance with the shadow? What would it look like to embrace it and its role there? (Which now as I'm saying this I'm realizing it kind of just reminds me of... it feels feminist in a sense. Because I feel like...)A lot of times, you know, the moon in astrology has been associated with the subconscious. A lot of feminine Tarot archetypes are associated with the unconscious and the shadow. And I do feel like there's something very receptive here. And very, like almost feminine energy spirituality here that to where this decision to embrace the shadow in and of itself is a way of balancing the polarities between light and shadow. So, because you know, if there's light in their shadow, and if there's a shadow, there's light, the to feed into each other. And I would argue that our western culture has been very focused on the light. And right now we're facing a lot of black and white thinking a lot of division where we need some more gray area here. And I do think it reminds me of a lot of the Eastern mindset of mindfulness, and letting go and being a little bit more receptive to things and a little bit more perceptive.So, and I think that that's an attitude that's needed, in particular right now. And I think that it is something that we need to talk about when it comes to our personality type. Because knowing your personality type can be a catalyst for finding the self and for individuation, and improving your relationship with your shadow. But only if you're asking yourself about that attitude.And you're asking yourself, how. "How am I using my personality type?" So, I think that there's a lot of beauty to be seen in the shadow. And like I said, I think a lot of artists, what they get their work from gazing at the shadow, and from marveling at its beauty.So thank you so much for listening to this episode. I would love to hear your thoughts. 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Transcription: Hello, my name is Meghan LeVota, and you are listening to the Psyche Design podcast. This is the first episode of season two. And, I'm not fully sure everything that I'm going to talk about in this episode. But for myself, I'm treating it as almost like a personal manifesto of "How I Intend to Talk About Personality Type Moving Forward," and just some general ideas to set the stage.So, I'm calling this episode a Call For Complexity. Because that is partially what I'm calling for, is a way in which to talk about Carl Jung's theory of Psychological Types — as well as the 16-type model that was popularized by the MBTI (Myers and Briggs), and all of the other systems that have followed.And I guess what I want to bring up right off the bat, is that Carl Jung himself was pretty long-winded and convoluted, one could say. And in the book, Psychological Types, he talks a lot about the problem of opposites, and how opposites interact with one another, and what to do about it, and what problems that gives society dealing with those opposites. And then at the end of the book, he goes into the eight cognitive functions, which I'm not going to go into what those are just yet. So if you're new to personality type theory, and you want to know what these functions are, you might want to check out another episode.But for those of us who have been in this personality bubble for a while, basically, the way I see it is, Carl Jung talked about the psyche, in quite a complex way, too. And, you know, interestingly enough, he wanted his theory of Psychological Types to be something that the layperson can pick up and use. However, in the way in which he explained things, it was not very easy for a lay person to pick up and use, what did people do, they jumped right to the section about the categories. And they just read about the categories and skipped over the beginning part, I've been guilty. I'm guilty of this literally when it comes to reading that reading his book. And I think that, you know, based on how the ego works, according to Jung and psychology, this shouldn't be that surprising that our ego is automatically going to go toward the information in which we, our ego feels like we can use something from it. Whether this is our self-concept, we're going to understand ourselves better. Or other people, maybe we want to get along with other people better. And so even though Carl Jung had hopes that his book Psychological Types would be able to be used for the layperson to be able to figure out how they are dealing with their problem of opposites, in instead went over a lot of people's heads. And I'd like to argue that it's going over our heads right now. I'm not even trying to claim that it hasn't gone over mine, I just want to bring out right off the bat, that the guy is pretty dense when he writes and not all of us have read all of it through.And I'm not even a Jungian purist here. However, I am someone that philosophically aligns more with Jung than Freud. And I tend to agree with his philosophy on the psyche in the shadow a little bit more so than, like mainstream modern psychology. And so, whenever the Myers Briggs came to be, it was inspired by Psychological Types. And it went with the categories that Carl Jung proposed with the eight cognitive functions and it uses his theory about how we have a dominant and we also have an auxiliary function and then we have an inferior function that is opposite to our Dominant function. The MBTI was able to put those categories and use his theory and turn it into 16 types Next. And there are there are some debates and whether or not Carl Jung agreed with the MBTI. And there's some debate and whether or not the two systems even can work well together. But for most of us in 2022, for learning about personality, we're probably first learning about it through the lens of the 16 types. And then if you get more interested in the background, then you go back and look at some of the depths and the complexity behind it. And I guess what I want to bring up is that. So the MBTI definitely succeeded at reaching the layperson, way more than Carl Jung did. I think we can agree on that. However, right now, in 2022, if you're familiar with the site, 16 Personalities — that is a very popular online quiz that a lot of people will go and take to figure out what their personality type is. While the 16 Personalities is not actually Jungian-based typology theory — it's actually trait-based, it has nothing to do with the MBTI. And so it's a fundamentally different theory, than the, you know, the 16 Jungian types, the type patterns. And so you also could argue that 16 Personalities did a better job at reaching the layperson. But at what cost?Well, I'm not even saying that there's anything wrong with it, necessarily. The cost, some could argue that the cost that there might be, you know, that it's not factually as true or holistic, maybe they see some ethical problems with a pressure to stereotype things or put people in boxes. Um, but it's not the way that Carl Jung described it, it's a completely different theory. But it's ... almost using his credit, credibility, or authority in order to, you know, make this site. And I'm not arguing that the MBTI did this with Jung, in theory. But I am saying that just because something is easier for a layperson to, in general, understand... and just because you're able to describe it in a more simple and engaging way, doesn't necessarily mean that it's more correct.And, in my opinion, the 16 Personalities quiz, it tries to mix... Well, this part isn't an opinion it's true. It's true that it uses the Big 5, which is a pretty popular trait-based model in psychology. It kind of uses that, but then uses some of the same verbiage that the MBTI uses such as thinking and feeling. Ya know, I'm pretty sure that the MBTI has said before that they regret not trademarking, their names like ENFJ, INFJ, and whatnot, because they're upset for the end, because basically, the 16 Personalities is using their credibility of those keywords.And the type code, however, like, I, personally am happy that the Myers Briggs did not trademark those names, because, you know, even Carl Jung himself, he was talking about things like thinking versus feeling, sensing versus intuition which these have existed as these concepts had. These concepts have existed as dichotomies, even before Carl Jung, he just identified them. And so I think it would be kind of silly for someone to trademark the idea that there's a dichotomy because anyone can perceive them. It would be like trademarking the idea of light versus dark. I mean, that's just one way of looking at it. And so I feel like everybody should have the right to talk about things such as feeling versus thinking, introversion versus extraversion, and any other dichotomy that might exist in the world. And as reflected in our psyches.Um, but I think that there has been almost like a feeling that in order to get this across, we have to be as simple as possible, or else people won't understand. So now I want to critique the idea of talking to a layperson in general. Because who even is a layperson? What does that mean?I guess you could say it means somebody that's not super into psychology. But think about where we're at right now. In 2022. With a computer at our fingertips, no matter where we go, most of the time, for most of us, we can Google anything we'd like. A lot of us become experts in things that we don't officially have a degree in.And we're exposed to so much information to where I'm a lay person in the 1920s is quite different than a layperson in the 2020s. Because what, when you also think of layperson, maybe you're thinking what would be like a commoners job, or like the most normal occupation? Well, at least in America, a lot of our manufacturing jobs have gone overseas. So the layperson in America is working in an information economy, in a knowledge economy. We're even things like customer service that involve working with people. And so a layperson when in Jung's time, would have more probably been someone that had a job in which they were told what to do. And they didn't have to think much more beyond that.However, I don't think that a lot of us in 2022 have the privilege to be able to do that. So bringing me back to all this, I've been sitting with the question of, maybe there's a reason why Carl Jung introduced the eight cognitive functions in the way in which he did and in the order in which he did, it seems like a lot of us and the MBTI included, they read, you know, Psychological Types and thought, you know, this is really interesting. However, you're losing me a bit Jung, like you're talking so much about all the stuff that I don't care about, get me to the categories. And so that's basically what a lot of these type models have done, is want to quickly get to why someone would want to hear about what they're saying, and explain it in a way where it's quick and snappy, and you're able to add value quickly.And we see the sentiment, this whole sentiment of trying to cut through the fat, and get right to like this point, that might be convincing for someone. We see this all the time in sales, and in marketing. And I think that with so much information in 2022 that we are all sifting through… I know a lot of us work from home, I work from home, I feel like I'm sitting behind a computer a lot. I read recently the other day, that apparently the average person sees, could see up to 10,000 advertisements per day, in 2022. So, and in contrast, in the 70s, that number was more like 500 to 1000. So there's a lot that we're trying to sort through, there's a lot of information that we're juggling all at once. We aren't like living on a farm and working in a factory doing the same thing over and over and over. And so imagine what that's done to our psyches. We aren't a lot of us are not just sitting and doing the same thing over and over and over.So I ask what do you think that a layperson is able to understand? And how much do you think that we have to dumb it down? Because I think that a lot of people are trying to make it seem simple and easy. So that people get it and understand and it's almost like you want to hook them so that they can see the value and then, later on, explain the depths of it. However, I think that when we do this, people have a lot of unlearning to do. I had a lot of unlearning to do. Because in order for the system of the eight cognitive functions to actually work, the implication is that there are these Jungian principles of how the psyche works, that are the foundation for how these eight cognitive functions even work.So, I want to shine a light on the fact that there are these underlying principles of Jung in psychology, what even is a psyche? How does the shadow even work? How does the consciousness or how do the conscious and unconscious parts of our brain interact? And how does projection work? What is the individuation process? What is the transcendent function, all of these things, in my opinion, are integral to understanding how the eight cognitive functions even work. And I know that it's common understanding it among type practitioners, too, it seems like a lot of the priority is to help people get to their best fit type now, and then you can explain all of the parts behind that.So for example, you might want to help someone get to the fact that they are an ENFJ personality type, because then they can use that model now, to understand themselves better and understand others better. However, the system of the 16 types, has a different purpose than Carl Jung's theory of Psychological Types, in which he introduces the eight cognitive functions, which are essentially like the building blocks of the psyche, if you were to envision your psyche and split it into groups and split it into eight. It's all based on the four elements that everything in the universe is based on. It's the four elements in and out, it's the formula for elements in your inner world, and four elements in the outer world.And so I've said this in other videos, but I really, really want to underscore the fact that I'm, well, I'd argue that the psyche of one individual is a microcosm of the entire universe. And so you have to realize how infinite of a potential that is. And if you were to look at the microcosm of all that is, and divide it by eight, do you understand the depths of which each one of these psyches or each one of these functions is capable of.I think that if we are putting it into little keywords, we're trying to narrow it down and water it down and make it easy, so that other people understand —  not only are we assuming that others aren't intelligent enough to grasp something that in my opinion, all of this is experiential knowledge. We're all human. If you lived it, if you can feel it, it's gonna make sense.Like, you know, don't assume that we don't have or the delay person, whatever doesn't have the capacity to understand something that their brain is literally doing. So I, so this is just my opinion, I am kind of sensitive to the fact I noticed this, like in politics and whatnot, where people are almost talking to the masses, as though they're a separate group or separate from them. And it's like, we're all mass, we're all the masses. You know, like, Who do you think you are? Um, so I guess I want to challenge that idea, because, but I understand it's scary.And I'll tell you why it's scary. It's because we are afraid of the transformation that occurs, in which groups of people that operate differently than one another mix together. That would be mixing, feeling and thinking, mixing sensing and intuiting, mixing intuition — I already said that, I'm mixing introversion and extraversion.You know, when we mix these polarities together, you're going to expect some chaos. And so of course, the masses are chaotic, but it's not because they're stupid and you're not. It's because the totality of all of us together is extremely chaotic. And you know what, guess what, your psyche is extremely chaotic as well.And so, when I say Call for Complexity, I am making a call for each of us as individuals to acknowledge and own the complexity of our inner conflict and our inner paradox and our dichotomies that exist within us. Because I'm not just a feeler, I'm not just intuitive. These are labels that we can use in order to better understand our social role, better understand where we've been and where we want to go. But it's extremely helpful, in my opinion, to recognize that while our ego has a personality type pattern that plays out throughout your ego’s development, we're that that whole journey of, you know, going from your Dominant function and learning to lead on your auxiliary and whatnot. That's a journey your ego is going through and will continue to go through, however, who you are really yourself, which in Carl Jung's psychology, he talks about the individuation process in which we are going on a journey to unravel the self with each decision with each step.And through that, we are allowing the shadow to come to light, which means that we're eliminating the resistance between there in that partition between the consciousness and the unconscious.If we want to find who we really are, if we want to identify with ourselves, and not just our ego, and not just our persona, we have to identify with that journey, we have to identify with that. The you that is going through this whole tunnel, this whole process to which you feel the wobble within one side and the other.So anyway, so I have been going back to why did Carl Jung talk for that long about the problem of opposites before he went into I did identifying the eight cognitive functions. And I think it's because this whole idea of the Western mind being one-sided, and the impact that causes in society. Carl Jung talks about that a lot. For example, he talks about Romeo and Juliet being an example of the two families and how they have different conscious preferences. And they're projecting on the other through their shadow. And they represent these opposites. And then Romeo and Juliet themselves, their decision to come together through love. It causes chaos between these opposites. And a transformation occurs.Why did he talk about that? Instead of explaining the difference between an INFJ and an INTJ? Well, you could argue that the MBTI developed and added on to things that Carl Jung didn't know. And that's definitely the case, I think that there has been a lot of development within understanding the 16th type map type patterns in 100 years, not just with the MBTI, but with people such as John Beebe, who was a union analyst who developed an eight function model. And he identified the different complexes that might be attached to each of our functions. So for example, not just thinking about it as this Dominant function, he also talks about how we might have a hero complex attached to that function in the way in which we use it, whereas the auxiliary function will have a supportive parent complex. And, you know, he goes down the line in which you see how the shadow and the light within your personality work together. And so how do they work together? That's what I'm calling our inner paradox.So, okay, back back, though, to what I was saying is that yes, there's been development, and we've learned things now that Carl Jung did no because the times have changed. There's been development in psychology. So there's again, there's a lot he doesn't know. However, I asked myself if was there a reason why he went into that for so long? And also, is there a reason in which he explained it as through the eight functions, rather than coming up with almost like a persona, in order to go with it?And I keep coming back to the idea that he is really framing the value here, by explaining how the fragmented and divided western mind is clinging to one-sidedness. And also the unconscious effects of that. And type, recognizing which cognitive function is being clung to, in a one-sided way, is very useful if you are trying to solve the problem of an extremely divided society.And so, to me, especially after everything we've gone through in the past couple of years with the pandemic, to me, how divided our society is is of number one importance to me, because the MBTI, developed a system to your type is essentially like a social role that you can put on in order to get by, and it's not bad. It's just not all that there is to you. And I think we all know that I think that people who really love the 16 types system, which I do as well, I'm not saying I'm not going to talk about ENFJ, or any of that. I think we all realize that. There's more to it than this. And you know, and when we're talking about what type is one of the biggest barriers we get from people is, “I don't know, I feel like I'm both or, you know, I was this but then I changed.” And maybe instead of launching into, “Oh, no, you need to take a good test. Maybe you're this, maybe you're that”... Maybe, instead we need to recognize that. “Yeah, you did change. And you are both.” And I think that the way in which Carl Jung introduced it by initially pointing out the problem in which, “oOh, everybody is really one-sided,” it gets us to start thinking, “Oh, how am I one-sided? How am I suppressing a certain side of myself?” It starts to get you thinking in that way.And then when you explain the eight cognitive functions, is explaining the map of the psyche in which we all travel. So, yes, that might be confusing. It's more confusing than taking an assessment, and figuring out which type of personality pattern you might have. Or maybe it is, I don't know. But I think in the long run, I think that it might actually be easier… it might actually be easier for people to grasp if we just leaned into the fact that it's kind of complex. Because it's not even that it's that complex, it's just that so much of thinking about how consciousness and unconsciousness works …there are a lot of paradoxes here. It's like, I'm an introvert, and I'm an extrovert. I'm a thinker, and I'm a feeler.One thing that this makes me think of is that I have been taking improv classes recently and one of the principles of improv is the idea of “Yes, and,” and in order to create a scene with somebody new, you have to be open to whatever they are giving you. And you have to say “yes, and” tack onto it.And that whole principle of “yes, and”  reminds me a lot of the transcendent function in which Carl Jung talks about how when we hold tension between the two opposites, a third thing can emerge. When we are able to recognize the opposites within us, rather than cling to our one-sidedness, that's where creative energy comes from. That's where we find ourselves. And that all comes through owning our inner paradox. And so my thing is, is that everybody, I don't care if you know what your type is, I don't care if you even like talking about type. Everybody can get some value from thinking about, “How am I holding the tension between introversion and extraversion, feeling and thinking, sensing and intuiting?” Everybody can get value from that. And knowing what type you are just tells you which side you might be leaning on to a little bit more. So yeah, I've just been thinking a lot about why, why did he explain it in the order in which he did? Because I think that he had a reason, even if he didn't explain it very well. Because he explained it in that order. And then he became very frustrated when people didn't understand it. And he also became frustrated with the simplifications because he felt that they were missing something. And I'm I think that not everybody is going to want to get into the theory of all this. And there can be some value in like a workplace setting or like a team setting, just to use an assessment, and figure out, you know, what our preferences are, like, oh, I have a preference for feeling versus thinking, that can be very useful in team environments. And it can be practical. And so I totally understand why the MBTI and other models have framed it in this way, in which they are explaining, typically, the logic is they're going to explain to you, this is what the tool does, it helps you understand yourself and others, it helps you understand your decisions, as well as how you process things. And that can be very helpful. But if we are wanting to talk about it in a dynamic way in which we are feeling into the sort of spiral movements that we go through, and um I don't know lately, I'm just really interested in tapping into the whole idea of like, your core creative instinct. And also like the chaos of that, because holding tension or holding opposites.Intention is very chaotic. It's very creative. But it also makes you feel alive. And so how do you feel alive? Well, no matter what type you are, you probably need to go easy on your lower functions a little bit, it doesn't mean you need to, you know, all of a sudden abandon what your preferences are, and jump to something else, you got to ease into it a little bit, you got to make it feel like a dance. And if it's not feeling like a dance, oftentimes, it'll feel like ginormous tidal waves, or it'll feel like you're on this pendulum, where you're clinging to one side, you're afraid to go swinging somewhere else.And it's like, the more pressure you put on one side on the conscious realm, then the more your shadow is going to bounce back to bite and come back to bite you. And so if we don't want to be going through these things, these insane, like reactive and out of control, seesaw-like feeling internally, we got to hold some sort of space for both.And so I think that if we talk about type, from this sort of like chaotic core creative instincts, the Self that's on its journey back to ourselves. I think that it might actually make more sense, even if it sounds more complex. Because like I said, I mean, I think that it's the kind thing to do to speak to an audience that you believe is at your level of intelligence, rather than speaking down. I believe it's the kind thing to do to not treat the masses as though they're somehow separate from you. I also think that humanity has gone through a lot of change in the last 100 years, to where we are all having to deal with so much complexity all the time, to the point where it's making our brains feel very fried. And so I think that embracing the complexity of the theory and also applying it to social issues, or cultural things, it might feel kind of nebulous, but like I said, I think it's an experiential form of knowledge. To where if you play around with it, and you tune into how your inner paradoxes are working, I think that anyone can catch on.Because it's describing the ways in which our psyche works and we all have a psyche, right? So, I would like to start talking about individuation more broadly and the psyche more broadly. And then talking about type in relation to that. How does type work as a tool for individuation? There are other tools for this as well. You can identify archetypes. Jean Shinoda Bolen has a system of archetypes related to the Greek gods and goddesses that I have been into. The archetypes are, are more instinctual, whereas the functions are more mental. And then there's also astrology. Now, I know this might be unpopular for a lot of people who are maybe MBTI type practitioners and psychologists because astrology is not very scientific. However, Jung did use astrology. Jung used astrology in order to explain what synchronicity even was. And I would argue that astrology is a tool for individuation, just as typology is a tool for individuation, and there are different tools. And I would argue that typology is a bit more down-to-earth, which is why it's easier to test and measure. And it is, psychology is a science, it can be depending on how you do it. And I would argue that synchronicity, synchronicities, when you run into them, those are the signposts that show you that you're on this path of individuation that things are getting easier that you are releasing the resistance between your two polarities.And the last thing I'll say on this, when I say call for complexity, I spoke in February at the type conference for the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi), and I titled that talk The Call for Complexity: Typology Online. And for that talk, I was talking all about the state of personality typology online, how people were using YouTube, how people were using online groups, and things like Discord, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. And most of my audience for that was some of the older generations, and I kind of was just sort of trying to come in and bridge the gap, and speak on behalf of I guess, a millennial that has been in typology communities online for about 10 years now. And I also wanted to point out, like, I, you know, Gen Z's here, Gen Z has come as come in, and there are different social norms for the Internet, then there were whenever I got started, and I argued, and I can go into this in another episode that being on the internet, it's really the wild wild west. And it, I think, can trigger our shadows more than perhaps real life to some extent, um, in the sense that I think that it's easier to find yourself up against an opposite. Whereas if you say something online, you're probably going to find someone who absolutely hates what you said, and is representing the exact opposite view. Whereas in real life, you're probably more likely to stick to people you know, or stick to like-minded cultures, religions, whatnot, but the internet, you can talk to anyone.And so I think that the web has influenced those of us who are digital natives, to where our minds work a little bit differently. I'm not sure if it's better, or if it's worse, we don't even really know yet. But I think that it's fair to argue that the internet is affecting our minds and thus our psyches. And you know, there are so many possibilities on the internet. And I think that our the younger generations know that there are more possibilities than maybe the older generations did. And we're conceptualizing things differently. And I personally believe that it's a lot harder to go through life thinking just from your own preferred function standpoint, without bumping into, at least once, somebody who thinks that you're absolutely insane for naturally thinking what you think in the way that you think. You're going to bump into those people that challenge you, and then when you're challenged, you're going to have to deal with that tidal wave.And so what I told APTi at that talk to the older generations, is that I think that we need to recognize that the younger generations are thinking about type in a pretty complex way. And a lot of us have figured it out on our own, by seeking out information on our own and piecing it together on our own. And so I think that there has been this bias from older generations thinking that if you want to reach millennials, or Gen Z, you have to be very simple and quick, because you know, we're the generation that is used to Amazon, Amazon Prime, and just like getting everything within a moment's notice. I think that you don't have to be fast, in order to get our attention, I think that you have to be, say something novel. And also don't disrespect our intelligence. So that's my theory is that I think that the younger generation are looking for something meaningful, and they want to have a meaningful conversation, and that we shouldn't be afraid to talk about complexity. Because I think that if you give all the information out there, rather than trying to segment it, it's going to make it a lot easier for people to come to holistic understandings on their own.Because also, that's another thing, I'm not here to teach. I'm here to share some of my experiential knowledge and have a conversation together.So I think that that's good for today. Um, I am going to, at the very least do an episode once a month, and potentially more than that, sometimes I'll be on camera, sometimes I won't. I do want to go deeper into explaining like, what the functions are, in my words, and whatnot. But really, at the end of the day, knowing about the eight cognitive functions, has absolutely transformed my life in ways that I don't even know how to explain.. and so I think that’s what I want to explore on this podcast is how, how even knowing about the dichotomies and holding space for them, and that whole way of thinking, how has that led to transformations in my life? And I believe it's because it's activated the transcendent function, which yeah … and I think that I feel completely done with trying to come up with definitions and categories. And systems. I'm not saying that in like a one-sided way in which I'm afraid of using my thinking functions. Because I will try and be specific, and I will try and use models if I absolutely need to, to explain. But I'm going to try and let myself have an ENFJ preference, and I'm going to try and just let myself use extroverted feeling here and do what I do best. I'm going to try and give myself permission to yeah, um, it's like, I want to talk about the transformative power of this tool more so than I want to be splitting hairs about what's what, and defining things, I want to get to the part in which we're actually applying this to things that are really, really meaningful, that can really change an individual's life.And I believe when I say call for complexity, I want to end this by saying that I think the problems that humanity faces right now, socially, are bigger than ones we've ever faced before. This is a very pivotal time. And, you know, there's been a lot of times in which we've said that, and, yeah, that's okay. Because this is a new time. You know, we're, we've never dealt with this before. We've, we've dealt with monumental, unprecedented times before. But we're at another one, we're at another one of those points. And I believe that each of us as individuals need to be the sort of individuals that can manage our own inner complexities without lashing out without getting reactive, without projecting if we want to solve these problems that we face.Because think about how things are politically right now. People aren't even hearing each other. Like we aren't even having conversations because people are doubling down on their side, that isn't being heard by the other side. And we need to hear all of the sides. We need to become a person that can hear all of the sides and isn't afraid of our own complexity, if we want to face this sense of overwhelm and this information in the chaotic world that we live in right now. And so the way that I talked about time is going to reflect that. Thank you so much for listening. And until next time, have a wonderful day. This is a public episode. 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Episode 2: We talk about all 8 Jungian functions in detail and mostly go over and stick to Jung's descriptions in his writing: Psychological Types. Ne Ni Se Si Fe Fi Te Ti Did Jung really see ENTP/ENFP as the same type Ne? And INTP/ISTP as the same type??? How does the order of functions work? What are the two types and four functions? How did Myers-Briggs come about creating MBTI from Jung's functions? And More.

Jungian analyst Dr. Murray Stein returned to the podcast to discuss Jung's concept of psychological types, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), personality, and BTS. This special video edition was livestreamed on Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00 am CT.

The INTP unconscious shadow experience is a completely different experience than Fe (Extraverted Feeling) stress. And so, since I'm in it right now I thought it would be a great time talk about not only what the experience is, reference John Beebe's 8-function model and how I'm hoping to integrate this consciously into my life. We're going to discuss the INTP shadow functions, which are Extraverted Thinking or Te, Introverted Intuition or Ni, Extraverted Sensing or Se, and Introverted Feeling or Fi.  We also talk about how Introverted Sensing (Si) stress can become the gateway to this unconscious takeover experience.  Get a free Audio Book with Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/DOPEAMINE 8 Function model reference: https://www.psychologyjunkie.com/2017/11/10/introduction-shadow-functions/ Personality Hacker Personality Test: https://ca157.isrefer.com/go/phpt/letsgocnote/ Carl Jung's Psychological Types: https://amzn.to/3FK7M95 DOPEamine is a podcast about healing, acceptance, creativity, and growth hosted by Christian Rivera a.k.a. C.Note an INTP Creative Director doing growth work on a daily basis. With this podcast you'll learn how to grow yourself as an INTP, learn lessons from Christian's life story, and perhaps learn something new about psychology or creativity along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/happychemicals/message

Personality Hacker is an organization designed to help people leverage their own mental processes to optimize whatever can be optimized: productivity, communication, job satisfaction, and most importantly – your overall happiness. When we get these needs met we stop being so myopic through the lens of our own experience, and start seeing a bigger picture. Today's episode gives you some high-level overview of the Myers-Briggs as a system from Antonia Dodge and Joel Mark Witt. We also nerd out a little. In the end, we think you'll learn something about how this all works and the powerful potential value it holds when you use it as a tool for growth. The entry point isn't the important thing, it's how you apply it to become the best version of you. Listen to the end when we give you the Big Self Takeaway. Time Stamps: 5:30--The way we approach Myers-Briggs is not your mom's Myers-Briggs 6:57--The point of origin of Myers-Briggs is actually Carl Jung (from Psychological Types) 8:40--It has something that can applied 12:24--There's a lot of one-sidedness to our personalities 15:48--This system works well to identify a problem in our personalities, especially when things aren't working well 19:40--We have a tendency to over-attach to our type, especially at first 20:20--Most people aren't coming to the system with so much depth, they want practical applications 31:40--The people sitting in the car when it comes to the functions of your personality 36:00--Personality systems create a map for us to leverage 36:34--Is the goal integration? 40:41--Trust and working with businesses 43:10--The challenge in talking about the difference between Sensing and Intuition 55:05--The Big Self Takeaway Find Joel Mark Witt and Antonia Dodge at: https://personalityhacker.com/personality-development-starter-kits/ (https://personalityhacker.com) https://personalityhacker.com/ph-podcast/ (https://personalityhacker.com/ph-podcast/) And check out their book here: https://amzn.to/3vU75qk (Personality Hacker: Harness the Power of Your Personality Type to Transform Your Work, Relationships, and Life) Leave us a review and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-self-podcast/id1485907203 (subscribe on Apple iTunes). https://open.spotify.com/show/1yx9VzUCRcYezd7cUlSRn4?si=Xygeo5a7T0ePnX7IaHu0AQ (Subscribe on Spotify). Find us at the Big Self Community on Facebook.

In this episode:We look at the value of the symbol and the transformative function that it holds for our psychological lives.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:“Symbols … are always grounded in the unconscious archetype, but their manifest forms are moulded by the ideas acquired by the conscious mind. ..." ~ C.G. Jung, from Symbols of Transformation in 'Collected Works, vol. 5.'"[Symptoms are ] an attempt of the self-regulating psychic system to restore the balance, in no way different from the function of dreams – only rather more forceful and drastic.” ~ C.G. Jung from The Tavistock Lectures in 'Collected Works, vol. 18.'Discussion of "Symbolic Attitude" from Psychological Types in 'Collected Works, vol. 6.'Shakuntala, adapted from 'The Dance of Shiva and Other Tales from India' by Oroon Ghosh.“We are amphibious creatures..." ~ Evelyn Underhill in "Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness.'“With the coming of consciousness, cultural and psychological values began to compete with the purely biological aims of unconscious functioning.” ~ M. Esther Harding in 'Psychic Energy: Its Source and Its Transformation.'“A symbol is a function of relationship between our human consciousness and that which is symbolized.” from 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.'“Strangest of all is the ease with which the vision is lost..." ~ Kathleen Raine, quoted in 'Beauty: The Invisible Embrace' by John O'Donohue.Like this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:PodchaserApple PodcastsMusic:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Audio recording from the PTD April 2021 issue. A Tympanum in a Time of COVID: Confronting Chaos and Cosmos with Psychological Types by Vicky Jo Varner. Read by Lori Green.

In this episode:I discuss the importance of play and creativity in the practice of the symbolic life.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:"If play expires in itself without creating anything durable and vital, it is only play, but in the other case it is called creative work...." ~ C.G. Jung in Psychological Types in 'Collected Works, vol. 6.'Episode 25: Preparing to Work with Your Dreams“If the wrong person uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way.” ~ C.G. Jung in Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower in 'Collected Works, vol. 13.'"A vivid awareness of infinite Being at the roots of our own limited being" ~ Thomas Merton in 'New Seeds of Contemplation.'“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” ~ C.G. Jung in The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i.'Proverbs 8:22 - 31 in The Revised English Bible.“Whoever finds me finds life.” ~ Proverbs 8:35 in The Revised English Bible.“Play is the free spirit of exploration, doing and being for its own joy.” ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch in 'Free Play: The Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts.'“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ~ C. G. Jung in 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul.'Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

“People do business with people who they know, like, and trust.” ~Bob Poole Earliest Studies on Human Behavior The earliest recorded efforts to explain human behavior came from astrology, where astrologers explained behavior based on the alignment of certain planetary bodies in the heavens. Hippocrates devised the four temperaments to explain human behavior. In the '20s, Dr. Carl Yung wrote the book Psychological Types, the most sophisticated human behavior book at that time.  The Four Basic Personality Groups  I've found that through my studies, many psychologists and others who look at human behavior usually come up with four primary groups of personality styles. Most people are a blend of styles, with one being dominant. The Developing Human Brain We develop certain brain parts more than others which predisposes us towards specific, predictable patterns of behavior. Other professionals say our personality is based on patterns. Over time, people's nature turns into predictable behavior patterns, and you may know how someone will react to a specific set of stimuli from their personality pattern. Listen in as we talk about how we can like and trust someone within minutes of meeting them, effectively communicating with another based on their personality style, and the four personality styles: driver, expressive, amiable, and analytic.

WEBSITE // NEWSLETTER https://www.thoughtsonthinking.org/ ORIGINAL VIDEO (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vs41n7czrU&t=874s SUPPORT ME ON PATREON (thank you!) https://www.patreon.com/thoughtsonthinking/ DISCORD https://discord.com/invite/3YdhJBaCJQ INSTAGRAM @thoughtsonthinking In this video I make an inquiry into the behaviours that have been found during the pandemic, by looking at aspects of Carl Jung's psychological types (typology // functions) within introversion and extroversion, and using my own philosophy // perspective, I partake in analysing conformity, scepticism, radicalism and blind faith found within the pandemic and ask the question: why has such a psychic epidemic occurred today? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughts-on-thinking/message

This episode follows the news of the White House super spreader event and the president and white house staffers testing positive for COVID-19. As Jung arrives at the "portal of a great mystery" our hosts explore the various definitions of magic in Jung's Red Book, Satya speaks to Jung’s notion of individuation, the need to relinquish will power in favor of psyche, and the pain of going one’s own way. Ann Carroll speaks to Nietzsche, Will to Power, and Jung’s wrestling with Nietzsche’s “failed individuation." Satya and Carol explore the meaning of the Symbol. Satya reads from Jung’s "Psychological Types" and refers to Gandhi and Mandela’s experiences in prison. Carol shares a "decumbature" chart showing the movement of planets from the 12th House to the 1st in Jung's Chart at "The Way of the Cross." Carol discusses snakes, serpents, incubation dreams, and the image of the snake coming out of the mouth. Carol introduces Shawn Nygaard, an astrologer, to share some thoughts on the images. Satya emphasizes fantasy as Jung’s return to the feminine and offers an analogy of “the crazy girlfriend” as the neglected soul gone crazy Chapter: "The Way of the Cross" Astrological Charts:  The Way of the Cross, Jung: January 27, 1914 Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: Quarterlife.org Recorded on October 4, 2020

In this episode, I look at clarifying the difference between introversion and extroversion in Jung's book on Psychological Types, and also at some brief ideas around how Jungian typology interacts with the enneagram. Twitter: @duncanreyburn

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This lecture explains Jung's model of how the mind works, the eight psychological functions, and the types of people they are associated with. See here for a basic sketch of the introverted functions and here for a basic sketch of the extraverted functions. Also, here is a link to tables with the Jungian functions and types for reference (scroll to the bottom). This lecture references Jung's Psychological Types (1971, Collected Works Vol. VI), and quotes come from pp. 436–437, 553, 360, 370, 346–347, 368, 380, and 399. Main ideas come from Chapters 10 and 11 and the essay Psychological Typology (1936) in the Appendix. Other references include Dario Nardi's book The Neuroscience of Personality (2011) and A.J. Drenth's profile of the ESTP personality type at https://personalityjunkie.com/estp/.

An abridged version of Jung's Psychological Types and an analysis of how he came to the concepts of introversion and extraversion, along with reasons why we should study introversion today. Course: The Philosophy and Science of Introversion Lecture 1: The Origin of Introversion References: Psychological Types, pp. 392-393, 427, 452-453.

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Are you a women who is proud of your career accomplishments but feel like you're missing out on love? Not all women who seek careers are single and unmarried but if you are and wonder why you may be finding it difficult to meet a compatible mate, Debra and Dr. Rob explain the shadow side of the 'Professional Archetype'.They'll discuss the work of Toni Wolff — one of Carl Jung’s students, mistresses and a collaborator. She developed the concept of the Four Feminine Archetypes based on Jung’s Psychological Types. We'll cover the women’s roles in the Victorian era and their influence and how they changed dramatically and continue to evolve in the 21st century.You'll learn about:The Four Love Persona Types according to the Creative Mind MethodThe common blocks to love that many professional women encounter in dating and relationships based on their shadow sideHow the professional woman can become conscious of her conflicts between career and family and shift emotionally to open her heart for lasting loveEpisode Exercise: Love requires going deeper than the persona (mask). Debra will guide you through some key questions to move you forward on your path to being authentic in love and relationships. Watch our on-demand video about empowering yourself for love and details on the Love Personas. We'll show you how you can take our free Love Persona Assessment!https://creativemindmethod.com/q/feminine-archetype-test/

Are you a women who is proud of your career accomplishments but feel like you're missing out on love? Not all women who seek careers are single and unmarried but if you are and wonder why you may be finding it difficult to meet a compatible mate, Debra and Dr. Rob explain the shadow side of the 'Professional Archetype'.They'll discuss the work of Toni Wolff — one of Carl Jung’s students, mistresses and a collaborator. She developed the concept of the Four Feminine Archetypes based on Jung’s Psychological Types. We'll cover the women’s roles in the Victorian era and their influence and how they changed dramatically and continue to evolve in the 21st century.You'll learn about:The Four Love Persona Types according to the Creative Mind MethodThe common blocks to love that many professional women encounter in dating and relationships based on their shadow sideHow the professional woman can become conscious of her conflicts between career and family and shift emotionally to open her heart for lasting loveEpisode Exercise: Love requires going deeper than the persona (mask). Debra will guide you through some key questions to move you forward on your path to being authentic in love and relationships. Watch our on-demand video about empowering yourself for love and details on the Love Personas. We'll show you how you can take our free Love Persona Assessment!https://empoweryr.com/sign-up-for-intro-to-empower-your-relationships-for-love

How this personality test could change your life (Personality Test - Myers Briggs) - Sometimes after a toxic relationship, we sort of forget who we are. But if we want to be happy and succeed in life, introspection is a powerful catalyst to ensuring your success. Thankfully, today you have access from the comfort of your home to powerful and proven personality test technology that until now was only used in large corporations, psychological circles and education settings. If you want to know more about yourself, you can spend as little as 15 minutes taking a test that will give you tremendous insight into your own psyche. You’ll learn about both positive and negative factors of your personality that affects all aspects of your life. Once you learn these parts of your personality, you can work toward actually changing the negatives. You can also find ways to work around the negatives so that you can accentuate the positive aspects of your personality to reach more success than you ever thought possible. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), heavily influenced by Carl Jung’s work on “Psychological Types” published in 1923, was created by a mother and daughter pair: Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Briggs conducted a study of personality types, due to Katherine’s curiosity of personality types influenced by her daughter’s fiancé’s different personality. Publishing the first finished questionnaire in 1943, it’s been updated and changed over the years to more match not only the times but also new insights into personality that has developed along with the advancement of computer technology. Discover. Understand. Overcome. It's how smart people change their lives! Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AuthorAngelaAtkinson?sub_confirmation=1 Have a question you need me to answer? Ask me here: https://home.reachableapp.com/?Name=angieatkinson My Cards: Gabrielle Bernstein Super Attractor Deck: https://amzn.to/2QYgtoU DBT Cards: https://amzn.to/2Fyu94D **NEW!! Become a member of my channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnyC5I55W__RBj1PMybF5g/join *****Closed captioning provided by Athena Moberg and CPTSDFoundation.org, providing Daily Recovery Support™ to survivors and practitioners through trauma-informed education, resources, and daily calls, led with compassion that can only come from those who have experienced first hand how trauma can poison every aspect of your life and health. ******* **LIVE EVERY TUESDAY! Never miss a live session! Just text "AngieLive" (no spaces) to 33222 and I'll send you a text each time I get ready to go live! Schedule a coaching appointment with me at http://narcissisticabuserecovery.online Start your healing at https://queenbeeing.com. Take your life to the next level at https://shine.buzz Get my books at http://booksangiewrote.com, schedule a coaching appointment and/or pick up your free 7-day fear-busting email course (specially designed for narcissistic relationship survivors) at http://narcissismsupportcoach.com. Join SPAN (Support for People Affected by Narcissistic abuse in toxic relationships) - AKA "The SPANily" - at http://queenbeeing.com/group-support. Let's Also Connect On: Facebook at https://facebook.com/coachangieatkinson. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachangieatkinson/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/angyatkinson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/angieatkinson Full disclosure: Angie Atkinson follows all FTC guidelines with regard to sponsored videos, sponsored posts, paid product placement and affiliate sales. Any and all links on this channel may be monetized. All links to Amazon.com may be affiliate links and Angie may earn a small commission on these links. This helps us keep up with site costs and to continue to create free content. Thank you for your support. #shinebuzzSubscribe to Narcissistic Abuse Recovery with Angie Atkinson on Soundwise

In this episode of Creative Mind Living, Debra and Rob warn against boxing yourself in or limiting yourself (or others!) with personality tests and assessments. Debra also gives in to her fangirl side and admits her addiction to Game of Thrones and her inner turmoil over the final season. Did you know... Many people associate the popular Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 'personality test' with the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. But it was actually created by mom+daughter team Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs-Myers — neither of whom were trained or educated in psychology or psychiatry. The test has become a popular way to classify and label people but is no more accurate or authoritative than an Astrology horoscope! “Every individual is an exception to the rule... this kind of classification is nothing but a childish parlour game.” Carl Jung. Psychological Types. Routledge, 1921.Subscribe to our podcast Creative Mind Living. Learn more about us and our transformational Life Coach trainings & Personal Development programs based on the best principles of Carl Jung, Neuroscience, and Eastern Philosophies by connecting with us online. Like our Facebook Page to stay updated about our next Group for free Creative Mind Coach micro-trainings for aspiring Life Coaches: fb.me/creativemindmethod

In this episode of Creative Mind Living, Debra and Rob warn against boxing yourself in or limiting yourself (or others!) with personality tests and assessments. Debra also gives in to her fangirl side and admits her addiction to Game of Thrones and her inner turmoil over the final season. Did you know... Many people associate the popular Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 'personality test' with the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. But it was actually created by mom+daughter team Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs-Myers — neither of whom were trained or educated in psychology or psychiatry. The test has become a popular way to classify and label people but is no more accurate or authoritative than an Astrology horoscope! “Every individual is an exception to the rule... this kind of classification is nothing but a childish parlour game.” Carl Jung. Psychological Types. Routledge, 1921.Subscribe to our podcast Creative Mind Living. Learn more about us and our transformational Life Coach trainings & Personal Development programs based on the best principles of Carl Jung, Neuroscience, and Eastern Philosophies by connecting with us online. Like our Facebook Page to stay updated about our next Group for free Creative Mind Coach micro-trainings for aspiring Life Coaches: fb.me/creativemindmethod

The discussion today centers on Dr. John Beebe's ideas about psychological types as inspired by Jung's understanding and articulation of this theory of personality. Dr. John Beebe is the leading expert on the subject, so much so that in the forthcoming release of Jung's collected works on Psychological Type will include an introduction by Dr. Beebe – an honor of the utmost order. Dr. Beebe and I explore how the psychological types show up in film and how viewing films through this lens may enable someone to understand the various types and the dynamics between them better. Dr. Beebe explains how our early history provides the framework for our attitudes to organize themselves in service to making sense of the world. Conflicts between each other and ourselves are usually, in part, a consequence of the different attitudes and functions of the personality misunderstanding each other given their differences between how each of these comes to experience and know what it experiences. John identifies Hamlet as a means by which we may see the personality types play out. Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com Band of the week: The Chemistry Set Learn more about this project at: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks

with John Beebe, MD This episode is the first hour of the seminar A New Model of Psychological Types. Jung’s theory of psychological types is an attempt to make comprehensible the regular differences between individuals. His concepts of introversion and extraversion, thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition have gained wide currency since…Read MoreA New Model of Psychological Types

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http://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/topic/podcast http://MakeEverySale.com * DISC and many other assessments * Four basic patterns of behavior * Dominant * Interacting / Influencing * Steady / Amiable / Relator * Conscientiousness / Cautious / More of a thinker or analytical type * Personal development, team building, leadership development, sales effectiveness, selection of job hires / candidates, etc. * DISC Fitness System at Assessments 24x7 * Benchmark: * The job * The ideal candidate * What you're shooting for in a new hire * Match candidates against the benchmark * There is a simplicity and practicality in DISC * Other tools like MBTI are great for internal assessments but it can be confusing and often needs an expert to interpret them * DISC gives you two basic scores * Personal * Adapted: how I behave when I'm with others and have to change my pattern to reduce conflict * Carl Yung in 1927 wrote "Psychological Types" * "The Emotions of Normal People" * "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women" * Look at characters in the public domain to understand how to identify and anchor the concept of DISC profiles in sales * "The Odd Couple" was a classic with only two characters who clashed between "I" and "C" * "Seinfeld" * Jerry - "S" * Elaine - "D" and some "I" * Famous people can fall out of favor so he doesn't use them any longer in his books and training * So use historical characters who are dead with no baggage * In sales get the customer talking more than you with open ended questions * Make two either-or decisions as they talk * Are they more open or guarded? * Are they more direct or indirect? * Direct but guarded = D * Direct but open = I * Indirect and open = S * Indirect and guarded = C * If they're open then start with more chit-chat * If they're guarded then get to the point * If they're direct then move faster * If they're indirect then move slower * He sold door-to-door during the summers in New Jersey while in college * He had a 3-ring binder and flipped through it * He wouldn't pick up the hint when people wanted to slow down or speed up * How to handle a High D * It's a bit difficult * They want to run the show * If you butt heads it could be the end * How to handle High S's and C's (indirect and slower-paced) * Information-driven (C more so) * The S likes to get others involved while the C may make the decision on their own * Go in prepared * Understand their needs * Give them options * Give them data and documentation * The "Cs" want to sleep on it * Clarify with them "Do you have all the information you need to make a decision?" * Have an agenda and cover it with them up front * Don't wing it * Admit when you don't know * Task-oriented: D & C * C's are slower and like data more * D's are risk takers * C's want all the options * D's want a couple of options * Relation-oriented: I & S * S vs C * Both procastinate * S's procrastinate getting started * C's procrastinate finishing * The three V's * Verbal * Vocal * Visual * Take his Sales IQ assessment—48 questions Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-sales-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy