Lifestyle (Attitude towards Outside World): Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)

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Each person takes a different attitude or posture when dealing with the outside world. According to the type theory, there is a preference for either judging, structuring and looking for clear patterns (J), or for perceiving and adapting to the situation (P). The judging type is more result oriented; the perceiving type is more process oriented. The judging type needs a plan, wants to organize or have instructions what to do when and where. The perceiving type is open for new insights or aspects, wants to stay open-minded, and prefers options. In a team environment, different people with preferences for judging or perceiving might get each others' nerves. People who live and work together with the different attitudes can learn to accept and appreciate each other - actually the key learning with typology.

The first step in a traditional workshop is the agenda, which is quiet a challenge for those with a judging preference when the leader opens the workshop without structure and invites participants to "just start and see where we go...."

On the other hand, in a meeting with more than 50 people at 09:15 AM, the moderator started out with a clear-cut schedule. Two hours later one of the participants commented, "When you started out this morning, I thought I was in the wrong meeting - we were supposed to meet each other and share, the schedule felt like a noose around my neck. But now, I must say, things are going quiet well.

Try not to quickly type people on the first sight. Sometimes we have to look beyond the surface.        

Consider a caricature below:

Upon entering that cleaned-up office, if you ask the person on the left for the keys to the company car and he starts looking, searching all over, moving papers, going through the desk drawers, and finally calls his wife to check his trouser and back home lying under the bed, then you know you are dealing with a P. And when you enter the office of the person on the right and ask for the minutes of meeting 5 weeks ago, and he pulls out the right document from the left pile, you could type him as a J.

Some people prefer an organized result. Others prefer an open, flexible process.

And where do you stand?

Image and content credit: Understanding the Dynamics of Typical People: An Introduction to Jungian Type Theory by Richard Bents and Reiner Blank.

We have now covered all the type. As you read all the articles of the series, you probably tried to see where you fit best. It is always important to validate you type. Even if you have taken a survey or inventory, double checking and verifying the results can sharpen your self image. We will offer a summary of all the four published article in a recent post. Kindly lend some time to complete the survey. Before that kindly go through all the four aspects mentioned below If you loves reading the articles, kindly click on the "follow" below to get update to such content.

We have now covered all the type. As you read all the articles of the series, you probably tried to see where you fit best. It is always important to validate you type. Even if you have taken a survey or inventory, double checking and verifying the results can sharpen your self image. We will offer a summary of all the four published article in a recent post. Kindly lend some time to complete the survey. Before that kindly go through all the three aspects mentioned here. Article 1: Perceiving Function: Sensing and Intuition , Article 2: Judging Function: Thinking and Feeling and the Article 3: Attitude: Extraversion and Introversion. If you loves reading the articles, kindly click on the "follow" below to get update to such content.