How Understanding Your Personality Preferences Can Be Your Recipe For Success
by Irene Houston

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There has never been a more powerful statement for discovering our personality type and self-understanding, than that from famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns, when he observed "Oh God, the gift to give us, to see ourselves, as others see us."

It would be a powerful thing if we could see ourselves as others see us, don't you think?

How do you see yourself? Is it in the same way as others see you?

You'll find the more you discover about yourself (and others) the more successful and confident you'll feel at coping with all aspects of your life, your career, or your business. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist studied his clients' different personality types in depth, then published a book in 1921 called 'Psychological Types'. He observed his clients' personality preferences over time and found, to his surprise, he was able to successfully predict their behavior. We are all creatures of habit after all.

Do you know what energizes you? How do you recharge your batteries?

Jung called this the 'energizing scale' and noted most people would be either introverted or extraverted. By introvert he did not mean a very shy person, as we sometimes hear them referred to today. On a similar note, his description of an extravert was not someone who is a loud mouth and dances on tables. He named these two different personality functions by the way they are energized.

In his theory of psychological types Carl Jung drew to this conclusion:

* Extraverts prefer to draw their energy from the outside world of people, activities and things



* Introverts prefer to draw their energy from inside their own head, in a world of ideas, emotions and impressions.

Author's Bio
And now I invite you to discover more about your personality type and how his can impact on your future success in all elements of your life by visiting www.RecipeForPersonalityTypes.com where you'll learn more about yourself and others from the well-documented principles of Carl Jung. Irene Houston has helped hundreds of people learn more about their personality type as a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) trainer.