My personality type

After taking those gazillion inane 'who, what, why and just about when' tests on facebook (pl don't think less of me for this!), I finally remembered some of my own HR gyaan and logged on to a site that gives one a taste of MBTI or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. To know more about the theoretical aspects pl visit wikipedia. Anyway, to translate it all into simple English, Jung basically said that people can be rational (thinking and feeling) or irrational (sensing and intuition). To add to this, he said that these types can be expressed either in an extroverted or introverted fashion. Add to this you could either be Judging or Perceiving and you have the 4 pairs or by simple permutation and combination, 16 personality types. So essentially I lost you here rt? Fine! Lets make it simpler

4 pairs:
Extraversion - Introversion (how does one gather energy: within or without)
Sensing - iNtuition (How does one gather information?)
Thinking - Feeling (How does one process this information?)
Judging - Perceiving (What is your decision making style?)

and you will have more of each pair on all the 4 dimensions. So you will either be:

- an extrovert (deriving energy from doing things and meeting people) or introvert (deriving energy from thinking),
- sensing (Being able to see and articulate the reality, gather information from the 5 senses, data driven) or intuitive (driven by an inner logic, insights of the subconscious that can be excruciatingly difficult to explain to the sensing type)
- thinking (take decisions from a detached standpoint, look for rationality) or feeling (decide by empathising with the situation and people involved, looking at things 'from the inside')
- Judging (people who prefer to have matters settled) or Perceiving (those who would like to keep decisions open)

So guess what am I? Guess guess...
Well... I am an I(Introvert), N(Intuitive), F(Feeling) and J(Judging) person. To understand me better (talk about narcissism) I am attaching a few interesting descriptions I found on some other sites... This one calls my type a Counselor Idealist:

Counselors have an exceptionally strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others, and find great personal fulfillment interacting with people, nurturing their personal development, guiding them to realize their human potential. Although they are happy working at jobs (such as writing) that require solitude and close attention, Counselors do quite well with individuals or groups of people, provided that the personal interactions are not superficial, and that they find some quiet, private time every now and then to recharge their batteries. Counselors are both kind and positive in their handling of others; they are great listeners and seem naturally interested in helping people with their personal problems. They are the constant 'givers'. Not usually visible leaders, Counselors prefer to work intensely with those close to them, especially on a one-to-one basis, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes.
Counselors are scarce, little more than one percent of the population, and can be hard to get to know, since they tend not to share their innermost thoughts or their powerful emotional reactions except with their loved ones. They are highly private people, with an unusually rich, complicated inner life. Friends or colleagues who have known them for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that Counselors are flighty or scattered; they value their integrity a great deal, but they have mysterious, intricately woven personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.
Counselors tend to work effectively in organizations. They value staff harmony and make every effort to help an organization run smoothly and pleasantly. They understand and use human systems creatively, and are good at consulting and cooperating with others. As employees or employers, Counselors are concerned with people's feelings and are able to act as a barometer of the feelings within the organization.
Blessed with vivid imaginations, Counselors are often seen as the most poetical of all the types, and in fact they use a lot of poetic imagery in their everyday language. Their great talent for language-both written and spoken-is usually directed toward communicating with people in a personalized way. Counselors are highly intuitive and can recognize another's emotions or intentions - good or evil - even before that person is aware of them. Counselors themselves can seldom tell how they came to read others' feelings so keenly. This extreme sensitivity to others could very well be the basis of the Counselor's remarkable ability to experience a whole array of psychic phenomena.

So why am I doing all this? Just because I feel less of a freak now. I know that my type is rare ... just 1% of the human population. I know that I am an introvert so I don't have to get confounded by the 'feeling' aspect of my personality, which makes me wanna talk to people. I understand why I feel panicky when I get invited to parties!! I'll feel okay now when I am unable to explain the logic of my decisions to people... they just harass me and make me look like a fool and then in the end when I am proven right... beyond all 'logic' I'd like to add... I just cannot make them look bad by saying... I told you so! Also that though I am a decisive person I just dither most because I have some human considerations at heart!! So there.... I got me figured. Some atleast.