GEAR UP FOR SUCCESS! "Tips, Techniques, and Tasks" - a weekly newsletter designed to support you in getting IN GEAR to create the life you want today.

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Issue #36 - June 12, 2000  <<THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR>>

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brought to you by Laurie Riddell Geary, M.Ed., PCC. Coaching you to get your life IN GEAR by making shifts, getting unstuck, finding balance, accelerating your growth, and mapping the best route to your chosen destination: a life filled with passion and purpose.
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Table of Contents:
 1. Reader Feedback
 2. Topic: Self-Esteem Assessment Tool: The MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
 3. Recommended BOOKS
 4. Recommended TASKS
 5.TELECLASSES and Local WORKSHOPS
 6. SUBSCRIPTION information

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READER FEEDBACK:
<Laurie,
I visited your web site today. I spent time looking at the Coaching Tips and
Techniques in your newsletter section. I'm glad you put this out there for me
and others to view at our convenience. You've got some wisdom in your
newsletters. I believe there's enough there to keep me growing for a long time.
Your issue on Assertiveness (#23) was well written and provides practical tips
that I can use. Your issues on Affirmations and Attitudes were well written and
practical. Great job, keep up the good work.> An interested reader

<I really appreciate Reader responses; please send in any of your comments today! Thanks>

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For the past two months I have been elaborating on my 8-A+ System for Building Self Esteem. <see Issue # 22  at my website: www.ingearcoaching.com>
More A's keep showing up!  As a  life coach I often use assessment tools to facilitate my client's growth in building their self esteem.  Since I am giving a  group presentation this week on the uses and benefits of the MBTI, I decided to focus on it for this week's newsletter. For your own individual MBTI assessment, please contact me @ laurie@ingearcoaching.com.

 Topic: ASSESSMENT TOOLS help build Self Esteem:
  The MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

 Are you aware that the MBTI, or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, is the most widely-used and largest-selling personality measure of self-awareness for the general public?  Since  1975, the MBTI has been used by numerous businesses and corporations, educational Institutions, human service agencies, and other organizations to improve working relationships and increase staff development. Over 300 research studies have proven the Indicator to be a reliable assessment tool in a variety of situations such as effective employer/employee fits, increased job satisfaction, corporate team-building, teacher/student learning-style matches,  marriage success,  career development, college roommates matches, and much more.

 Based on a theory developed by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, in 1923, that there is a pattern in apparently random behavior...a pattern that reflects a person's preferences for taking in information, making decisions, and taking action.  Jung postulated that these preferences are inborn/innate, like handedness <our preference for using our right or left hand>, and basically remains the same over our lifetime.

 At the same time Jung is developing his theory, Katerine Briggs (an American with no advanced degrees) is developing her own typology based on observing people and studying biographies...and eventually integrating her theory with Jung's.  Later, in the 1940's,  Katherine's daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, devised a method to make her mother's and Jung's theories of practical use. Thus, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was born. In 1975, Consulting Psychologist Press made it available for general use.

 The MBTI evaluates personality in four distinct areas: Extroverts - Introverts or E - I;
 Sensing - Intuition or S - N;  Thinking - Feeling, or T - F;  Judging - Perceiving, or J - P.  Thus, each one of us will score a combination of 4 of these 8 categories which make configurations for a total of 16 different personality types.  You determine your type by taking the easy self-scoring  MBTI, which must be administered by a qualified professional.

 E - I    indicates where you get your energy...from the external world or internal world;
 S - N  indicates how you take in information....from observable facts or from your visions.
 T - F   indicates how you make decisions...from your head or from your heart;
 J - P   indicates how you structure your world....by planning & organizing  or
  by being flexible & spontaneous

We all have a preference for each one of these pairings..  You can probably guess now what your preferences are...and then come up with your configuration.   Most people are not surprised at their type configuration when they score the MBTI, but it is interesting to be confirmed by what you already know about yourself.  It can be very interesting to know the types of others, however, in order to value and accept their differences

My type is ENFP - this combination tells me much about myself..my preferences. and helps me value my <gifts>.  I can learn to capitalize upon my dominant types and find ways to balance them with my less dominant types.  And, by understanding the types of others, I can learn to value their <gifts> and thus improve our relationship by building upon our differences and similarities.  One of the most valuable points of the MBTI is that our differences are positive and essential; we need each other! Our differences enrich out lives.  The MBTI has been shown to reduce conflict,  improve decision-making and problem-solving, increase effective communication, and create better job satisfaction.

 The MBTI is a rich assessment tool for learning about yourself and others.  Taking the MBTI in a group setting with its accompanying explanations for greater understanding can be very helpful for professional staffs.  However, individuals can also find value in taking the MBTI and learning more about the value of their <gifts>; individuals can learn  how to find greater balance in their personal and professional lives which certainly helps build self esteem!

 Take time to learn more about yourself and the people around you; take the MBTI and improve your self esteem and your relationships.

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Recommended BOOKS:

by Isabel Briggs-Meyers
<GIFTS DIFFERING>
http://ww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/089106074x/gearupforsuccela

<INTRODUCTION TO TYPE>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/9996400727/gearupforsuccela

<PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME> BY Marilyn Bates and David Keirsey
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/0960695400/gearupforsuccela

<SIXTEEN WAYS TO LOVE YOUR LOVER> by Kroeger and Thuesen
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/0385310315/gearupforsuccela

<LIFETYPES: UNDERSTAND YOURSELF AND MAKE THE MOST OF WHO YOU ARE> by Hirsh and Kimmerow
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/0446388238/gearupforsuccela

<I'M NOT CRAZY, I'M JUST NOT YOU> by Pearman & Albritton
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN/0891060960/gearupforsuccela

Recommended RESOURCES:

<The CENTER FOR APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE>
Call 1-800-777-CAPT  for lots more information - books, workbooks, exercises, trainings, etc.

<CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST PRESS> Call: 1-415-857-1444

<THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE> Call: 1-800-624-1765
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TASKS =

1.  Contact me to take the MBTI and discover your type - then receive a coaching session to understand your <gifts>;  and have your partner/spouse/friends/colleagues take the MBTI and learn how to better share your gifts with each other!

2.  Read one of the books mentioned above. <send me your recommendations!>

3. Go to my Website www.ingearcoaching.com for back issues of my newsletter.

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What's COACHING?
Call me for a complimentary half-hour COACHING session; experience is the best teacher!
Voice:617-494-1422;  email: laurie@ingearcoaching.com
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TELECLASSES:
4 one-hour private sessions - to be scheduled at your convenience - Fee: $300
 or for group teleclases: $99.

<LEARN the 8 A'S - A SYSTEM for BUILDING YOUR SELF ESTEEM>

<LEARN the 3-STEP MODEL for TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS in order to
 GET UNSTUCK/MAKE BREAKTHROUGHS  to CREATE the LIFE YOU WANT>

<RESOLVING CONFLICTS> Learn and practice effective skills for managing and resolving conflicts in all your relationships..at work or at home.

<ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING> Get your needs met while respecting the rights of others.

For a more detailed description of my teleclasses go to www.ingearcoaching.com
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<UPCOMING LOCAL WORKSHOPS>:

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR Training: Beverly Hospital
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
private workshop -

BE A PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL COACH
*Boston Center for Adult Education
 Monday, July 24, 2000; 6:30-9:30p.m.
Monday, September 18  - also, Monday, November 13.
*Middlesex Community College
Saturday, September 23rd from 9-4 pm
*North Shore Community College
Wednesday, September 27th from 9-3 pm

RISK-TAKING: THE PATH to PERSONAL GROWTH
*North Shore Community College
Wednesday, October 4th from 9-3 pm
*BCAE - Monday, October 16  from 6:30-9:30 pm.

BUILDING YOUR SELF ESTEEM with the 8 A+ SYSTEM
North Shore Community College
Wednesday, October 11th from 9-3 pm

ATTRACTING WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE
*Middlesex Community College - Saturday, October 14th from 9 to 4 pm

TEAM-BUILDING & NETWORKING: Games and Inititatives for Learning
ICF Conference, Balance Program, Vancouver, BC
October 27, 2000
also at RANCHO LA PUERTA SPA, Tecate, Mexico
December 16-22, 2000

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