How you define yourself

[onlyparallel]

How do you define yourself or how would you choose to define yourself? Would you strictly tell people your personality, facts like name and birth date, titles and accomplishments like 'King' or 'PhD', physical features, what you're good at, what you own, or perhaps who you're related or married to?

What do you find is the most useful way to catagorize who other people are?

What is the most interesting aspect about how other people define themselves?

Forgive me if this isn't in the right section or has been done before, I looked but found nothing along the lines I'm getting at.

[azelismia]

Why do we need to "define" ourself?

I am.

[catd]

Why do we need to "define" ourself?

I am.

I agree. Although I might have gone with "I will" over "I am" :laugh:

I have never needed to define myself, in fact I try to avoid being defined. I do/am a lot of things - you can't sum me up in a few words.

[PRBori]

A very ambitious women, extremely independent and complex, very determined and stubborn at times with clear goals and views of life.

I think the above describes me completely.

[sriv]

How do you define yourself or how would you choose to define yourself?

I would define myself as a free willed human being.

Would you strictly tell people your personality, facts like name and birth date, titles and accomplishments like 'King' or 'PhD', physical features, what you're good at, what you own, or perhaps who you're related or married to?

I would give them the generals. A human is so difficult to comprehend that it is not possible to describe one completely.
Overview: MBTI type, name, age, nationality, ethinicity, hobbies, etc. I am not much of a show-off about the titles, accomplishments, and property.

What do you find is the most useful way to catagorize who other people are?

MBTI type gives a very rough sketch of the personality that allows me to know what kind of person I am dealing with. MBTI type, age, and possibly educational accomplishments would be the best descriptions.

What is the most interesting aspect about how other people define themselves?

I think it is interesting how others define themselves based off clothing or emotional attachments. I stay away from that kind of stuff.

[onlyparallel]

Why do we need to "define" ourself?

I am.

That raises a vey good point. I suppose we really only need to define oursleves so that we know our place in the world (even though many of us know that without defining ourselves) and perhaps to allow others to know us better.

Plus what happens at a job interveiw when your potential boss says 'so, tell me about yourself' and you say 'I don't feel the need to define myself?' it has a few good applications in life.

Also, sriv, I agree with you on your last point there. I hate it when people think that clothing status and what car they drive is all they are.

[RoyalINTJ]

i think my personality, beliefs and expressions define who i really am... i find it very effective to define myself.. i think its is key to improvments... ok so i am "that" "that" and "that".. and i dont like "that".. i gonna eliminate "that" to do "that" better (i hope "that" wont confuse you, it could be anything inserted there :) )

Speaking of catagorizing other people .. i have found that it is best not to try to catagorize them in some big groups( i was doing that while back when i was younger) but rather be ready to analize them on spot... he is like "that" "that" and "that" (here we go again with "that") so i can expect "that" "that"and "that"...

Well i hope i made my point clear enought cuz its kinda hard to explain this all not with my native language...

[mkay]

How do you define yourself or how would you choose to define yourself? Would you strictly tell people your personality, facts like name and birth date, titles and accomplishments like 'King' or 'PhD', physical features, what you're good at, what you own, or perhaps who you're related or married to?

What do you find is the most useful way to catagorize who other people are?

What is the most interesting aspect about how other people define themselves?

Forgive me if this isn't in the right section or has been done before, I looked but found nothing along the lines I'm getting at.

It depends whom I defining myself to. If I were on a job interview, for instance, it would be different from describing myself socially. But how I see myself is based largely on my personality / character, good and bad.

I tend to see people as individuals rather than group them.

[Motor Jax]

I AM SPARTICUS!

actually, i'm just dark with a funny sense of humor

[ShaiGar]

Ehyeh Asher Ehyer

[True Rune]

Depends on the context.

[darkkodiak]

With regards to defining myself, it will have to depend on the situation. However, I do love how my friend defines himself with strangers when they ask who he is and he responds with "I'm not a suspicious person" hehe.

[Double Victory]

I change too much for a definition of myself to have any practical use. If someone wants to know more about me, then it's better for them to just talk to me about other things, or to hang around me.

On the internet.... I guess you're defined by what you say. Needless to say, that can be very inaccurate, especially if you have a tendency to argue points you don't agree with just for the sake of debating something. (<--guilty)

I usually categorize people by their actions and habits. For example, I have the category of people who think or act like me, in which there is myself and maybe a couple of friends. Then I have the category of people who are at least semi-intelligent, or have other respectable traits such as honesty or unselfish kindness. And then I put everyone else into a group that I sometimes refer to as "Normal People," since most everyone I've ever known always ends up in that category. Everyone starts out in that category, and works their way up. I hope that doesn't sound too egotistical of me--it's more of a scale of respect. So I guess I categorize people by how much I respect them. Like sriv, I also find that figuring out someone's MBTI type can be pretty useful, if I want to get more in depth with groups rather than generalizing everyone into either People I Love, People I Like, or People I Don't Care About.

I think it's interesting that you can deduce things about other people by the way that they define themselves.

[vaguely dissatisfied]

This makes me think about identity again and how people seem to need to have an identity and identify with a group.

[ElstonGunn]

It depends on the context. My answer would vary to a huge degree whether I was talking to a hiring manager, a (hypothetical ;)) date, or just some guy. I guess there would be some common ideas in each situation, though. Probably something about being independent and detached or whatnot.

[onlyparallel]

Ehyeh Asher Ehyer

I could have guessed.

[notoppings]

Danger, contents under pressure, may also cause sever irritation. Handle with care.

[malefide]

I am way too fluid to ever have one specific definition. I can only describe myself in individual moments and overall trends.

[foroneonly]

my religion/belief system/worldview, education/vocation, age, hometown if someone asked me. I don't really define myself by what my job is though. It's not that important to me. I more define myself in relation to other people personally.

[IgnoranceIsKind]

If I could, I would love to introduce myself as an INTJ. That saves me the trouble of having to explain my eccentricies, social awkwardness etc. But that can only happen in a perfect world, where everyone is actually educated on the MBTI.

On first impressions, I would generally like to define myself as how I really am without pretence. It is up to them, thereafter, to make the appropriate judgements and to evaluate if I am befitting of an extended acknowledgement. I would never go out of my way to employ surface conformism, because if they don't wish to make further contact, hey its their loss not mine.

The exception, however, would lie in any persons who would benefit me in some ways. In this situation, I would be extremely tactful as to how I behave, what I say, and how I react. Impressions are extremely important for such acquaintances, and I would spare no efforts in executing the right measures.

[vad1981]

I'd love to define myself a "King PhD" though...

[hongi]

Don't . . . but if they must have an answer to "what do you do?"

... as little as possible.