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bill self praise is no recommendation!! email tag lines i did change from i to e but only a little way into the e i still get my energy within myself i think >From: "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Changing personality types >Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:44:23 -0400 > >Hi all, > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, the digest contained: > > > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:09:25 -0400 > > From: Dick Swindler <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Changing personality types (Was: Re: Kristi and her >Question) > > > Can one's personality type change over time, or due to circumstances? I > > suspect the answer is "yes." > > > > When I was working, I tested as an ENFJ, but just a bit over into the J > > category. Once I retired, I went back to testing as an ENFP. Clearly, >in a > > work environment it made sense for me to develop the J part of my > > personality. Away from work, I could go back to being my flaky self. > > As I remember, the test booklet said that you are more than > likely to "swing back and forth over the line" from time to time > depending on your life circumstances. I've always considered my- > self a sort of Flak ... er, uh .. I mean, Feeling sort of guy. > And, it surprised me a lot to be scored as a Thinking type. On > the other hand, with my interest in Sciences, Math and all of > those left-brained things, I should have known I was thinking- > oriented. > > I'm sure that I'm wrong, but I've always considered the S/N, > T/F, and J/P pairs to be sort of "minor" to the E/I pair which I > considered to be the dominant personality trait. My I is so high > I could never imagine it changing. But, what's that old saying? > "It takes all kinds ... to make this world go around." Even peo- > ple who switch between introvert and extrovert. > > Thanks for sharing, take care ... > >Bill-- > ...who says that all *true* wisdom is found in e-mail tag-lines. > /^--^\ (42?) >.___. William A. ....._..._ .......7177 Heritage Drive+-- \____/ /-----+ >| _ \__ _ _ _ _ _ ___| |_| |_ ___ .Westchester........| / \ | >| _/ _` | '_| '_/ -_) _| _/ -_).OH 45069-4012......| | | | >|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.513/779-0780.......| \__/ /_/ | >..... http://w3.one.net/~wap/ .... [log in to unmask] .......+------\ \---------+ > / / > \/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com