Myers Briggs test results

tdjohnsn mentioned the Myers Briggs test in a recent posting. I've heard about it for years but never actually taken it until now.

It seems I'm an INTJ:
Introverted: 56%
Intuitive: 38%
Thinking: 62%
Judging: 89%

Strong-willed, decisive, detail-oriented, pragmatic, unsentimental, perfectionist, efficiency-obsessed and goal-driven, occasionally to a ruthless degree. Yup, sounds about right: a project planner with an eye for covering every conceivable contingency, no matter how unlikely, with little patience for people, rules or events which might impede progress to a goal.

Which, all in all, sounds rather unlikable. Wearing tight jeans must be making up for a lot more than I originally suspected. :-^

Myers Briggs test results

tdjohnsn mentioned the Myers Briggs test in a recent posting. I've heard about it for years but never actually taken it until now.

It seems I'm an INTJ:
Introverted: 56%
Intuitive: 38%
Thinking: 62%
Judging: 89%

Strong-willed, decisive, detail-oriented, pragmatic, unsentimental, perfectionist, efficiency-obsessed and goal-driven, occasionally to a ruthless degree. Yup, sounds about right: a project planner with an eye for covering every conceivable contingency, no matter how unlikely, with little patience for people, rules or events which might impede progress to a goal.

Which, all in all, sounds rather unlikable. Wearing tight jeans must be making up for a lot more than I originally suspected. :-^

Computer flea market visit coming up on Sunday

Kent & I are planning to head to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, MD, for the computer show & sale on Sunday, Aug. 28, probably in the early afternoon. I'm shopping for a new printer as my colour inkjet is finally caving in under years of abuse, as well as looking at any shiny object which happens to impinge upon our admittedly short attention span.

If anyone is in the vicinity and would like to join us, give me a shout!

Computer flea market visit coming up on Sunday

Kent & I are planning to head to the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, MD, for the computer show & sale on Sunday, Aug. 28, probably in the early afternoon. I'm shopping for a new printer as my colour inkjet is finally caving in under years of abuse, as well as looking at any shiny object which happens to impinge upon our admittedly short attention span.

If anyone is in the vicinity and would like to join us, give me a shout!

Dear Corporate Governess...

The Globe & Mail also has an advice column, sort of a Miss Manners for corporate etiquette. I love the closer on today's entry:
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DEAR CORPORATE GOVERNESS
I was recently asked to contribute to a wedding gift for an employee in my department. The problem is that the young man is gay and I have strong moral objections to same-sex marriages. How do I gracefully decline?
Roland P., Hamilton

DEAR ROLAND
If gift giving is the norm in your workplace, it's discriminatory to be selective about which individuals you deem worthy of your generosity. Because you are a leader, workers will take notice not only of your lack of generosity but also of your prejudice. The danger here is that others may follow your example, creating a toxic work environment.

If your conscience truly does not allow you to wish your gay employee well, it would be better for you not to participate in gift giving at all.

You should also resist using the occasion as a soapbox for your objections to same-sex marriage or, for that matter, your views on overpopulation should Julie in accounting choose to have a baby.

Realize that the happy couple in question have already made their decision, and so has the government of Canada. Make peace with it.

Dear Corporate Governess...

The Globe & Mail also has an advice column, sort of a Miss Manners for corporate etiquette. I love the closer on today's entry:
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DEAR CORPORATE GOVERNESS
I was recently asked to contribute to a wedding gift for an employee in my department. The problem is that the young man is gay and I have strong moral objections to same-sex marriages. How do I gracefully decline?
Roland P., Hamilton

DEAR ROLAND
If gift giving is the norm in your workplace, it's discriminatory to be selective about which individuals you deem worthy of your generosity. Because you are a leader, workers will take notice not only of your lack of generosity but also of your prejudice. The danger here is that others may follow your example, creating a toxic work environment.

If your conscience truly does not allow you to wish your gay employee well, it would be better for you not to participate in gift giving at all.

You should also resist using the occasion as a soapbox for your objections to same-sex marriage or, for that matter, your views on overpopulation should Julie in accounting choose to have a baby.

Realize that the happy couple in question have already made their decision, and so has the government of Canada. Make peace with it.