Whats Your Personality Type

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Whats Your Personality Type?

• Roberta Schwartz Wennik, MS, RD

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Categories and Preferences

• Category What stimulates or energizes you
  Preferences Extraversion or Introversion
• Category What you want to knowPreferences
  Sensing or iNtuiting
• Category How you make decisionsPreferences
  Thinking or Feeling
• Category The way you handle lifePreferences
  Judging or Perceiving

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What to Watch Out For

• Even though we favor one preference over the
  other in each category, we are able to use all
  the preferences.
• Personality type can explain some behaviors ---
  but not all.
• Dont try to box someone in by type. Variations
  exist within each type.
• Be sure you have someones type right.

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What to Watch Out For

• There are no good or bad types.
• Dont use type as an excuse for doing or not
  doing something.
• Situational factors may influence the way we
  express our type.
• Type creates a bias in how we speak, listen and
  respond. Becoming aware of that bias allows us
  to compensate.

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What to Watch Out For (cont.)

• Type does not measure amount of preference or
  ability
• Type makes us aware of our gifts
• Type helps us become aware of the gifts of
  others

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Are you an Extravert or Introvert?

• Extraverts
• Must live life to understand it
• Introverts
• Must understand life before living it.

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Extravert or Introvert?
Are you
Normally outgoing, talkative, easy to know?
More reserved, quiet,harder to know?
OR
Do you
Enjoy working alone or with one or two others?
Enjoy working in groups?
OR
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Extravert or Introvert?
Do you tend to
Act first, then (maybe) reflect?
OR
Reflect first, then (maybe) act?
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Extravert or Introvert?
Do you tend to
Bottle up your emotions?
Express your emotions openly?
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Extravert or Introvert?

• Do you prefer

Experiencing a variety of things?
Concentrating on just one or two things in depth?
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Extravert or Introvert?

• Do you tend to think out loud?
• OR
• Do you examine the facts first, then say what
  youre thinking?

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Are you a Sensor or iNtuitive?

• Sensors
• Trust their five senses.
• iNtuitives
• Live by a sixth-sense or their hunches.

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Sensor or iNtuitive?

• What is more important to you?

OR
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Sensor or iNtuitive?

• Do you prefer to be given facts and details
• the whole picture ?

OR
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Sensor or iNtuitive?

• Do you start at the beginning, taking a
  step-by-step approach?
• OR
• Do you tend to do things randomly?

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Sensor or iNtuitive?
Set procedures and established routines?
Do you like
Change and variety?
OR
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Sensor or iNtuitive?

• Do you want things to be definite and measurable?
• OR
• Do you prefer an opportunity to be creative and
  inventive?

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Are You a Thinker or Feeler?

• Thinkers
• Life must make sense.
• Feelers
• Life must feel good.

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Thinker or Feeler?

• Do you decide with
• Your Head? OR Your Heart?

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Thinker or Feeler?
Which are you more concerned with
Truth Justice?
OR
Relationships Harmony?
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Thinker or Feeler?
Do you make decisions
Logically and analytically?
OR
Based on personal values?
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Thinker or Feeler?

• Do you see things
• Objectively, more as a spectator?
• Subjectively, more as a participant?

OR
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Thinker or Feeler?

• Are you good at ...
• Finding mistakes,
  being critical?
• OR
• Showing appreciation, giving
  praise?

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Are You a Judger or Perceiver?

• Judgers
• Life should be organized.
• Perceivers
• Life should be spontaneous.

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Judger or Perceiver?
Are you
OR
A planner who schedules events? Keeps a list?
Flexible, adapting toevents? Seldom keepinga
list or schedule?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Do you tend to be
OR
Goal-oriented?
Process-oriented?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Do you complete projects on time by
OR
Starting on time and working regularly?
Rushing at the last minute?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Do you tend to
Have several things going at once?
OR
Finish one thing before starting the next?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Do you make your decisions
OR
More slowly, preferring to get more information?
Quickly, wanting closure?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Do you feel more comfortable with
Being given limits and directions?
OR
Having freedom to explore without limits?
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Judger or Perceiver?
Would you say you are
Organized and structured?
OR
Disorganized and messy?
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Four-Piece Puzzle
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Which Type Are You?
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Next Step

• Its not enough to just know your type name. You
  need to know how to use the strengths of your
  type to make some healthy changes. Consider
  getting the book,
• Is Your Personality Type Making You Fat?
• Once you close this slideshow, click on
  Overview to see more about the book.

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