This post is about Modes of Decision Making. We make decisions each and every day and, apparently, our personality type influences how we make those decisions. I think this should go hand and hand with how we gather data about a situation (see Intuition) but I'm not a professional on matters of the mind. But I am good with matters of the heart, as well as other things, so ladies feel free to drop me a line.
Ok, let's get on with it. There are two types (aren't there always?) of decision making personalities according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (opens in new window), Thinking and Feeling. I'm in the Thinking group.
An interesting note about this particular personality type section thingy: This is the only one that is gender bias. Men tend to be about 60% Thinking and 40% Feeling. Women, they're about 40% Thinking and 60% Feeling. From some of the minor research I did, I think the test may be slanted a little, thus skewing the results in this aspect. I believe some newer versions of the test correct for this gender deviation.
Thinking types base their decisions on logic. Think Mr. Spock; it's all about the logical thing to do, Jim. People, emotions or the uniqueness of the situation matters not to a thinking type. They only consider the facts of a situation when making a decision.
Feeling type people, however, base their decisions on people and the needs of those people. Inconsequential things like truth and principles are low on the list of priorities for a feeling person. They strive for harmony among those involved in a situation to make a decision.
Thinkers are oriented towards solving a problem. They are analyzing folks who are idea oriented. They are brief and businesslike. They seem to be impersonal automatons. However, they tend to treat others more fairly, maybe because they focus only on the facts and logic of a situation.
Feelers want to support others in a situation. They are all about the people. Of the people, for the people and by the people! These are those naturally friendly folks you meet. They are "people people" and they treat each person as an unique individual.
Well, that's it for tonight folks. Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion into the mind of a true wonder of your time, Mr. Sin!
- From The Chronicles of Mr. Sin
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