One of the most enjoyable books on Myers-Briggs typology is "Type Talk" by Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen. A fun but informative read with lots of great stories and anecdotes. Here's one (and I'm paraphrasing because I loaned the book to someone and never got it back):
A group of Js and a group of Ps were given an identical task - given a bag of colored jellybeans and told to use them to design a new library system.
The Js were very serious and developed and tested several models before coding each section with the various colors and marking each space on a map with the candy. Satisfied, they sought out the facilitator to explain - in detail - the theory behind their system.
The Ps argued a bit about the uselessness of the task. Then they ate the jellybeans.
Go Ps!
Updated On: 5/7/06 at 06:19 PM