No Surprises Here!

My coworker went to a training course and shared the Myers-Briggs test she took. So I found one that seems pretty darn good, just for fun and free online. Ryan and I both took the test, and it was pretty darn accurate. I learned a lot about my husband and also that we really are complete opposites. I have a new understanding for why some of the things he does bug the crap out of me (and vice-versa I'm sure).

Below you'll find a summary of our personalities. You'll have to check it out for yourself! Please let us know what your personality type is. While it's not a completely new concept to me, I have a new found fascination with it!

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Ryan has personality type: INTP - Portrait of the Architect

Strength of the preferences:
Introverted 33%
Intuitive 75%
Thinking 25%
Perceiving 56%

One of the tip offs that a person is an INTP an obsession with logical correctness. Errors are not often due to poor logic, but usually a result of overlooking details or incorrect context. INTPs are pensive, analytical and may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them. Precise about their descriptions, INTPs will often correct others (or be sorely tempted to) if the shade of meaning is a bit off. INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to anything until their principles are violated, when they may become outspoken and inflexible. They prefer a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves. A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure. They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves. The open-endedness conjoined with the need for competence is expressed in a sense that one's conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data. An INTP arguing a point may very well be trying to convince himself as much as his opposition. Mathematics is a system where many INTPs love to play, similarly languages, and any complex systems. Understanding, exploring, mastering, and manipulating systems can overtake the INTP's conscious thought. This fascination for logical wholes and their inner workings is often expressed in a detachment from the environment, a concentration where time is forgotten and extraneous stimuli are held at bay. Accomplishing a task or goal with this knowledge is secondary. They especially enjoy games...including Risk, Bridge, Stratego, Chess, and word games. Famous INTPs (take note they're all men): Socrates, Descartes, Pascal, Sir Isaac Newton, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Gerald Ford, Albert Einstein, Henri Mancini, Bob Newhart, Rick Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids) and Tiger Woods

Erin has personality type: ENFJ - Portrait of the Teacher

Strength of the preferences:
Extroverted 11%
Intuitive 38%
Feeling 50%
Judging 100%

ENFJs are idealists, abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in achieving goals, and directive and extroverted in interpersonal relations. They like to have things settled and arranged, preferring to plan engagements ahead of time and are absolutely reliable in honoring commitments. ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity. ENFJs are very much at home in complex situations which require the juggling of much data with little pre-planning, often dreaming up, effortlessly and endlessly, activities for groups to engage in, and stimulating roles for members of the group to play. Even as children, the ENFJs may attract other children ready to follow their lead and lead without seeming to do so. ENFJs expect the very best of those around them, and this expectation, usually expressed as enthusiastic encouragement, motivates action in others and the desire to live up to their expectations. ENFJs take for granted that their expectations will be met, their implicit commands obeyed, never doubting that people will want to do what they suggest. And, more often than not, people do, because of the extraordinary charisma. ENFJs value harmonious human relations above all else, can handle people with charm and concern, and are usually popular. ENFJs are not social as educational leaders, but are interested primarily in the personal growth and development of others, and less in attending to their social needs. ENFJs bring infectious energy to their intimate relationships, and they make passionate and delightfully creative companions. However, the intensity of their wishes can create interpersonal conflict. They can overwhelm loved ones with exuberance, that everyone wants to be helped along the path of self-discovery. Then, when their loved ones resist their pressure or fail to meet idealistic expectations, they can feel frustrated, disillusioned, or even betrayed by the persons they care most about. ENFJs believe in their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they usually are. The ENFJs focus is expansive, often juggling an amazing number of responsibilities simultaneously and have a tremendous entrepreneurial ability. They are apt to neglect themselves and their own needs for the needs of others. ENFJs often take on more of the burdens of others than they can bear. ENFJs are found in no more than 2 or 3 percent of the population. Famous ENFJ's: Lincoln, Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Maslow, Ross Perot, Sean Connery, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Craig T. Nelson, Diane Sawyer, Randy Quaid, Tommy Lee Jones, Kirstie Alley, Michael Jordan, Johnny Depp, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Saget, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ben Stiller, Peyton Manning, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, and John Cusack; TRADEMARK: "The first shall be last"