This document provides an overview of personality types and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment. It defines personality as a set of characteristics that uniquely influence cognition, motivation, and behavior. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of personality tests, describing how they can help with self-knowledge, careers, and team building but may not capture all factors or be inherently correct. The document then profiles three MBTI types - ISTJ, ISFJ, and ESFP - describing their common traits, functions, and famous examples. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of maintaining one's personality and roots.

1. Personality

2. Overview
1. Personality
2. Personality tests
advantages/disadvantages
3. MBTI
4.Our personality types
5. Conclusion

3. What is personality ?
‘Personality can be defined as a dynamic and
organized set of characteristics possessed by
a person that uniquely influences his or her
cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in
various situations.’
Ryckman (2004)

4. ‘Always be yourself, express yourself,
have faith in yourself, do not go out and
look for a successful personality and
duplicate it.’
-
Bruce Lee

6. Advantages
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Learn about
ourselves
Career counseling
Disadvantages
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Team building
Selection and
research of
personnel
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Might not be
inherently correct
Not only single
characteristic
involved with job
description
Cultural concepts

7. MBTI
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Based on the work of Carl
Jung
Originally developed by
mother and daughter
Is a questionnaire designed
to measure psychological
preferences in how people
perceive the world and
make decisions

14. ISTJ ‘the Inspector’
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ISTJ personalities respect facts greatly
tend to accumulate a lot of information in their own way
analyse the surroundings quite effortlessly
maintain smooth operation
always checking facts, not assuming anything
very direct (truth more important than sensitivity)
jack-of-all-trades, achievement in diverse area
prefer traditional, hierarchical institutions
easily irritated by other people’s shortcomings

15. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
‘She is always better
informed than anyone
else’
- Daily Mail
Jamie Hyneman
Host of ‘MythBusters’
‘Jamie has a calm, nononsense attitude, and a
tendency to grumble at
anything he considers silly or
unnecessary’
- Blast Magazine
Natalie Portman
Actress
‘I always liked school’
- Natalie Portman

16. ISFJ “The Nurturers”
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ISFJ personalities most altruistic of all types.
Provide emotional and practical support to others
Loyal and hardworking
Imaginative and observant
Methodical and accurate workers in workplace
Their work ethics are high on their priority list
Humble and shy
Repress feelings
Reluctant to change

17. David Petraeus
Mother Teresa
Kate Middleton
General in the U.S.
Army
Catholic nun and
charity worker
U.K. royal
“Live our values. Do not
hesitate to kill or capture
the enemy, but stay true
to the values we hold
dear”.
“Never worry about
numbers. Help one
person at a time and
always start with the
person nearest you”.
“Some (of Williams
friends) thought she was
a bit too sensible and
serious”
- Daily Mail

19. ESFP Functions
1. Dominant:
Extroverted
Sensing
2. Auxiliary:
Introverted
Feeling
3. Tertiary:
Extroverted Thinking
4. Inferior:
Introverted intuition

20. ESFP ‘Party People’
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Loves centre of attention, desire for excitement
Loves having fun
Enjoys simplest things
Has an impulsive nature
Attractive to other people
Good communicator
Looking for opportunities and challenges in the world
Not good with repetitive or analytical tasks (rely on luck and ask other
people)
Prefers jobs in entertainment, fashion, interior design, photography, sales
marketing, tourism, counselling, coaching

21. Bill Clinton
U.S. President (D), married to
Hillary Clinton
"I always tried to keep things
moving in the right direction, to
give more people a chance to
live their dreams, to lift people's
spirits, and to bring them
together."
-Clinton
Richard
Branson
Founder of the Virgin Group
‘I always had an urge to live
life to its full’
- Branson
Katy Perry
Singer/Songwriter
I’m a jokester
prankster- i’m open
book. And my boobs
are real!’
-Katy Perry

22. ‘I think it is important to
maintain your personality, your
roots, very important’
- Paz Vega

23. References
ESFP Celebrities/famous person [Accessed on 17th November
2013]http://www.celebritytypes.com/esfp.php
Image of MBTI Overview [Accessed 15th November 2013]
http://www.me.utexas.edu/~alps/_images/MBTI.gif
Information on ISFJ personality types [Accessed 16th November
2013]http://www.typelogic.com/isfj.html
ISFJ Celebrities/famous person [Accessed on 17th November
2013]http://www.celebritytypes.com/isfj.php
ISTJ Celebrities/famous person [Accessed on 17th November
2013]http://www.celebritytypes.com/istj.php
MBTI Personality test [Accessed on 14th November 2013]http://www.16personalities.com/freepersonality-test

24. References
MBTI 16 Types Image [Accessed on 16th November
2013]https://www.google.ie/search?q=MBTI&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=i
sch&sa=X&ei=6LmGUouDF6G57AaljoDYDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1248&bih=924#img
dii=_
Personality Definition by Ryckman (2004) [accessed on 19 November 2013]
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Personality_psychology.html
Quote by Bruce Lee [Accessed on 15th November 2013]
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/brucelee394186.html#5dIfESDRtPEALouM.99
Quote by Paz Vega [Accessed on 17th November 2013]
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/personality_11.html#G5pKsG5ukEOuwuOB.9
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