What the MBTI Is Really About and How It Can Help You

It’s not about putting people in a box — it’s about understanding, acceptance, and improvement

And that’s where it all began.

I spent the next ten years researching, observing, and learning through the basis of the theory: the cognitive functions (I introduce and explain the basics of the cognitive functions in the next two posts in my Objective MBTI list):

I built up my knowledge through careful observation and analysis, and through picking up the patterns I found in the people around me. Through honing in this information, I was able to use it to better understand myself and others. Before finding this theory, I had thought everyone was like me. I had thought everyone thought and felt the same way. The MBTI helped me see how wrong I was.

Over the course of the years I spent introducing this valuable typing tool to people, I’ve had many varied responses to it. People told me their reasons to stay away from it. One of the most common ones I’ve heard was they didn’t want to put people in a box.

To that, I always tell people this: MBTI is a tool. And like any tool, it’s up to the user how they decide to use it. When used properly, it’s not about limiting people or putting them in a box. It’s actually quite the opposite. It’s about acknowledging…

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