Rhymeless References

If you want to learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, personality types, neuro-linguistic programming, and representational systems, I suggest you start with the following. (Full disclosure: I have no affiliation with any of these websites, companies, and authors.)

Personality Types

• TypeFocus Careers has a free personality survey.
• AdvisorTeam has several free and not-free personality surveys.
• I find What Type Am I?, by Renee Baron, an accessible introduction to and explanation of the Myers-Briggs personality types. It includes a personality survey.
• Please Understand Me II, by David Keirsey, describes the personality Temperaments Keirsey built on top of the Myers-Briggs personality types. It includes a personality survey.
• Teaching Around the 4Mat System, by Bernice McCarthy, explains one way to integrate personality types into education.

Representational Systems

• Discover Your Preferred Representational System has a free representational system survey.
• Influencing With Integrity, by Genie Z. Laborde, briefly covers representational systems.

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Comments

• Anonymous
  July 21, 2008
  PingBack from http://blogs.msdn.com/micahel/archive/2008/07/18/FinallyTheFinish.aspx

• Anonymous
  July 22, 2008
  I'd second the recommendation for Please Understand Me II - I read this book when I was thinking of changing careers and it made me realise I was a tester

• Anonymous
  July 23, 2008
  Hi Michael, thanks for writing about MBTI, I follow your postings, and liked your rhymes recently. Inspired by AYE and the PSL, I served up a few tips about MBTI myself on my Scrum Tips blog a couple of days ago. It's in Swedish though.