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People cannot be defined by just 16 personality types. The MBTI is not a psychological tool designed to "define" or "limit" people, but rather to "maximize" their "potential."
"The MBTI You Knew Wasn't the Real MBTI" is a book written by an expert instructor of MBTI types. It teaches how to utilize the MBTI as a "tool for self-exploration." It encompasses the author's expertise, which has earned him rave reviews from universities and companies. Let's learn how to properly utilize the MBTI to respect both "self" and "we."

If you want to 'respect' someone, you must first understand that person's 'way of being'.
‘Personality’ is that person’s ‘unique way of being.’
Understanding 'personality' makes 'deep respect' possible.
This principle applies equally to respect for oneself and respect for others.
This book is written for people who want to experience such respect in their lives.
--- p.5

The free personality test currently trending online (from a site called "16Personalities") isn't the MBTI. While it closely follows the MBTI format, it's actually the "NERIS Type Test," which is based on the Big Five personality model.
Because of the similarities between the two tests, the NERIS test can be somewhat helpful in determining your MBTI personality type.
However, it is difficult to experience the 'differentiating benefits' of MBTI with just the NERIS test.

Above all, if you take the test without knowing exactly what the MBTI 'criteria for measuring personality types' are, there are many cases where your type is incorrect.
If you don't know the measurement criteria, most of the time the 'current status' is reflected in the test.
For example, if you are stressed or in a relationship, your test results are very likely to be different.
Therefore, before taking the test, you must properly understand the measurement criteria, and after taking the test, you must receive sufficient counseling to confirm whether your type is correct.
Just because your test results show ENFP, it doesn't mean you're an ENFP.
It may or may not be true.

Many people think of MBTI as a simple psychological test.
However, MBTI is closer to a ‘tool for self-exploration’ than a ‘psychological test.’
Taking a psychological test is just the starting point for self-exploration.
If you want to know what MBTI really is, you need to clearly understand that MBTI is not a simple psychological test, but a 'tool for self-exploration.'
This book teaches you how to use MBTI as a 'tool for self-exploration.'
--- p.10

There are two alphabets for each indicator, and if you choose your preferred alphabet, a total of four alphabets will appear.
For example, the first indicator, extroversion (E) and introversion (I), is to choose which one you prefer more.
If you are extroverted, choose E; if you are introverted, choose I.
The second one is the same.
You just have to decide which one you prefer between S and N.
If you select the third and fourth indicators in the same way, you will get a combination of four alphabets, such as ESTJ and ENTP, which is your personality type.

It's easy to think of it as finding your 'right hand in your heart (or left hand if you're left-handed)' while remembering the experience of writing your name with both hands before.
That is, both are within us, but we can choose the preference indicator that we use more easily and comfortably, like our right hand.
In other words, you just need to remember that the standard for determining your type is your ‘innate psychological preference.’

As mentioned earlier, personality test results may vary depending on the environment one is in.
Let's approach this step by step, remembering that the most important thing is to find your own 'true type'.
--- p.61

The purpose of this chapter is to use type dynamics to identify the communication patterns of each type.
By understanding communication patterns from a typological dynamics perspective, we can clearly recognize each type's communication style, strengths and weaknesses.
Additionally, it becomes easier to understand the other person's core needs and ways of expressing them.

To help understanding, types with the same main function are placed in front and behind.
Because having the same primary function means that they are very similar in their core needs and ways of expressing them.
Additionally, you will be able to understand what differences arise when the primary function is the same but the secondary function is different.

After explaining the 16 types, we will also briefly discuss 'Conflict Management Tips'.
Please make sure to take care of that part too.
This time, let's start with the type that uses Si as its main function.
--- p.279

The basic principles of type dynamics are the same in the career field as well.
Primary and secondary functions create a strength pattern, while tertiary and inferior functions create a weakness pattern.
The key point is to appropriately utilize these principles in the process of choosing a career.

The most important thing to remember for this is that 'the basic psychological structure of type dynamics does not change.'
As explained in Chapter 10, the 'basic framework' of primary, secondary, tertiary, and inferior functions does not change.
However, within the basic framework, the ‘way of forming relationships between psychological functions’ is constantly changing.
It is very important to know that there is an unchanging psychological structure within our minds.
Because it can be used as an important criterion for setting the direction of one's career.
If your primary function changes frequently, applying personality type to your career becomes very risky.
Can't we use psychological characteristics that change from time to time as a criterion for choosing a career?

Of course, when choosing a career, many other factors should be considered in addition to personality.
It's not easy to find the right job for you based on just your personality type information.
However, it is clear that we must avoid being too far removed from the strengths of the primary and secondary functions, or having the vulnerabilities of the tertiary and inferior functions act as fatal weaknesses.
Otherwise, it will be very difficult to be evaluated as competent in one's field (this is a common case in the field).
Therefore, when choosing a field of work, the following questions should be asked first:

“What can be done to best utilize the strengths of the primary and secondary functions?”
“What is it that does not cause the vulnerability of the tertiary and inferior functions to become a fatal weakness?”
--- p.306

How is your self-esteem? If you had to rate your self-esteem, how would you rate it? Give it a score out of 10.
Then think about why you gave it that score.

Self-esteem is 'a subjective feeling about oneself'.
We call the belief that one is a 'precious being' worthy of being loved and a 'competent person' capable of achieving good results self-esteem.
People with healthy self-esteem develop healthy identities.
And based on that identity, there is a high possibility that you will be able to fully demonstrate your abilities in various areas of life.
In interpersonal relationships, they also show healthy reactions.

The problem is that once this self-esteem is formed, it is not easily changed.
That's why the wounds we receive in childhood often have lasting effects even after we become adults.
From a personality type perspective, low self-esteem can be seen as an overall sign that you 'don't like your personality type.'

In this chapter, we will examine whether healthy development occurred in the first half of your life.
The process of looking back on the first half of one's life can be a process of 'healing inner wounds' for people with low self-esteem.
This is because it includes a process of looking back and reinterpreting the process in which one's innate personality type was not supported in a healthy way.

--- p.382