Self Controversy

We all have done many MBTI’s before, I personally took 3 the first semester last year alone. I thought they were very helpful for starting out college but I was confused with some of the certain letters. Mainly I was confused with the extraversion and introversion, which deals with where you get your energy from. My confusion was that I feel like I am a very energetic person that likes to meet new people but sometimes I just sit back more like an “I”. With this test it broke it down each type into 5 sub categories, which explained my “E” and “I” controversy. It said I was receiving and contained, and those are both on the “I” side but it says I am an "E". Receiving and contained says that I am more reserved, like to get introduced and harder to get to know, which is very true for me because once introduced and know the person more, I am very open. My other type that was interesting to me was my “J” and “P”, I am a “P” but a low “P” and then the early starting sub category was very high, which is in the “J”. I like to start things early and plan but I don’t usually totally fallow that plan and I like to be spontaneous and do random things.

The MBTI taught me a lot about myself and I believe it will help me to not only become a good mentor but will help me to improve myself as a person and help out with school and my career. This MBTI helped me to get to know the other peer mentors and see who is like me and who might complement me as a partner like Allie and Silas complement each other.