Personality Type: An Owner's Manual

**dogwoodlover** · 01-06-2011, 05:04 PM

By Lenore Thomson.

The quotes I've seen, Google preview I've read, and the online Exegesis all lead me to think that this book is one of the more important works written on Jung and the MBTI. Surprisingly, I've seen little mentioned of it on this forum, even from our in-house "MBTI experts".

I ordered it today. Any thoughts, reviews, criticisms?

**Tactical Panda** · 01-06-2011, 05:11 PM

Apparently its kind of a wacky read.

It may be a bit vague and open to interpretation if it requires an exegesis website. Just a thought.

**dogwoodlover** · 01-06-2011, 05:13 PM

My understanding is that it draws very strongly on Jung, rather than relying on Kiersey, Myers-Briggs, etc. as the foundation for its approach to personality. There also seems to be a pretty strong emphasis on the cognitive functions (rather than all the bullshit "letter talk").

**jndiii** · 01-06-2011, 05:19 PM

It's decent. The Ne descriptions suck, though.

01-06-2011, 05:04 PM	#1
dogwoodlover Member [47%] MBTI: ISTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,913	By Lenore Thomson. The quotes I've seen, Google preview I've read, and the online Exegesis all lead me to think that this book is one of the more important works written on Jung and the MBTI. Surprisingly, I've seen little mentioned of it on this forum, even from our in-house "MBTI experts". I ordered it today. Any thoughts, reviews, criticisms?
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01-06-2011, 05:11 PM	#2
Tactical Panda Core Member [133%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,328	Apparently its kind of a wacky read. It may be a bit vague and open to interpretation if it requires an exegesis website. Just a thought.
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01-06-2011, 05:13 PM	#3
dogwoodlover Member [47%] MBTI: ISTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,913	My understanding is that it draws very strongly on Jung, rather than relying on Kiersey, Myers-Briggs, etc. as the foundation for its approach to personality. There also seems to be a pretty strong emphasis on the cognitive functions (rather than all the bullshit "letter talk").
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01-06-2011, 05:19 PM	#4
jndiii Core Member [132%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,302	It's decent. The Ne descriptions suck, though.
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