How can I begin to figure out my mind?

Dear friend,

Are you curious to understand your mind

a little better than you do now?

I bet you are.

You have seen

that any insight you gain

into how your mind works

strengthens you.

Understanding your mind

builds the core foundation

of your freedom. 

Alas, your mind does not come with a manual.

You have to figure it out yourself!

Here in Solutions

we usually dive into the deep end.

But today, let’s just take a little wade!

Let’s each of us ask ourselves

a very basic question:

What sort of personality do I have?

Our personality

Our personality is a kind of lens.

It’s like a pair of eyeglasses.

We see the world

through the lens of our personality!

Different personalities view the world

in very different ways.

Yet we all tend to assume

everyone else is looking

through the same lens we are!

We can’t understand why this other person

needs to talk first before taking action

when we just want to get things done!

We wonder:

Why does he keep dwelling

on the emotional considerations of every decision

instead of just evaluating the facts? 

Why does she want to just stay home

and read a book

rather than go to the party with me?

People and their different personalities

frustrate us

and at times infuriate us.

We get beyond such reactions

when we accept

that others have a different personality.

They are not looking at life

through the same glasses we are!

A rare bird

When I was a young girl

I was very different from other children

and I knew it.


I simply did not fit in.


I was so different

I figured I was either a lunatic or a genius.

Can you imagine how crestfallen

I was to discover, years later,

that I was neither?

Just a highly intelligent

highly sensitive girl

with the rarest of all personality types:

INFJ.

Only one in a hundred people are this type.

No wonder I didn’t fit in!

So what about you?

Let’s have some fun with this.

How about if you actually find out

what personality type you are?

You can use the best assessment tool I know—

the Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI.)

It identifies 16 personality types.

My type — INFJ — is one of them.

This tool is highly accurate

and I have found the results essential

for understanding myself and others.

There are many short form versions

available online for free.

I just took this one:

Free Personality Test

It correctly identified me

as an INFJ,

gave me a clear explanation

of what those letters mean,

then provided me with an accurate

and highly insightful profile of my personality.


If you are new to personality assessment,

learning your profile will be enlightening.

It will contribute greatly

to your efforts to figure out your mind.

So why not give it a go!

Here it is again:

Free Personality Test

After you take it

After you complete your assessment

and have read your results

you may feel a bit stunned…

All of a sudden

somebody is providing you with a profile…

claiming that you have a certain kind of personality!

No, they didn’t look in a crystal ball.

They identified your type

based on your answers to questions

about how you experience day-to-day life.

You have simply been informed

that your answers indicate

one of the 16 profiles.

You may not agree with your profile.

Parts of it, or all of it.

But I hope

that as you read your profile

you will feel

“O my…isn’t this fascinating…”

I hope that at least some aspects

of your nature

will become more understandable to you.

I hope you feel a door open.

What knowing my type did for me

I certainly felt a door open

the day I found out my type.

I was reading in depth about personality type

in the excellent book

Do What You Are by Tieger and Barron.

Knowing my type allowed me

to make sense of the way I approach life.

Why I am so motivated to fulfil

my highly idealistic mission,

why I am so emotional and feel everyone’s suffering,

why I seek to answer the deepest toughest questions

so I can share insights that liberate people.

Understanding my personality

shed so much light

on my best path forward in life.

What will knowing your type do for YOU?

Knowing the lens

through which you see the world

is an excellent way to begin

figuring out your mind.

You will gain clarity

on your own approach to life.

Knowing your personality type

will greatly assist you

in navigating your present and future years

no matter what stage of life you are in.

If you are in a relationship

both of you learning your personality types

will greatly increase your potential

for mutual understanding and harmony.

Understanding your personality

will help guide you to move

toward the kind of destinations

you are made to reach.

Blessings,

Dr. Hall

Question:

Were you able to have some fun exploring personality with me?