Finding out your inborn preferences can be quick and easy, or it can take a long time. Cultural, parental and employment expectations influence your behaviour just as much as your inborn preferences. So, if you have the opportunity to complete a questionnaire that indicates your personality type, remember that all questionnaires can be wrong - and this is true of any questionnaire that measures your Myers-Briggs or Jungian type.

If you want the Myers Briggs/Jungian model of personality to be useful to you, you will have to understand both the model and yourself. Doing the questionnaire, or reading these slides, is just one step in understanding yourself better. Once you understand yourself better, then you can start to understand others in better and more useful ways. Self-awareness is the foundation for being more influential, being a better team player, enjoying life more and making a better contribution to society. Bad Joke: Why does someone interested in "self-help" go to a "self-help group"?