Posted by johnny five on February 26, 1999 at 04:13:17:
In Reply to: Re: Just an observation.... posted by Tal on February 25, 1999 at 21:01:08:
Well, I thought that was a pretty good post, Peter.
I will not stand up for any off-the-cuff typing job I do based on a few
lines written by someone I don't know on the board. I will stand up
for the usefulness of practicing and trying to type people. To me it is
like basic research or spinning
off wild hypotheses about some area of science or brainstorming ideas
at a high-tech company -- ie, the wilder, the better -- because creativity
should be encouraged because none of us knows enough about the
enneagram. T.S. Eliot used to say that his method of writing
was to just throw a spear into the darkness and then take a flashlight
and go out and find where it landed. It is an INTUITIVE method that
isn't for everyone.
You say that Tal is the expert on Tal so you must go with his opinion of
himself. OK with me, you do that, so I guess you'll have to take my
word for it that I am a FIVE with a 6 subtype (that is a special way
of putting it that is technically different than saying 5w6, but for
the purposes of board conversations saying 5w6 would be close enough).
That accounts for the six-ness that many of you sense in my posts.
However, the 5w6's MBTI typology commonly accepted on the board, I would
not agree with -- I'm an NFP.
Another point, as I posted Amanda, please let me clarify - what I actually
meant was that there are many types on the board but if you could count
them all then the type with the highest head count would be sixes, eg,
40% sixes; 25% fives; 10% fours; 3% ones; 2% sevens, etc. DO YOU SEE
WHAT I MEAN? That is different than what seems to have come across to
everyone who read what I said. I apologize for the unclear way I put
it the first time.
However, I do stand behind my comments that most senators, CEO's,
engineers, generals, lawyers, presidents, etc. are sixes --probably
in the range of 60% or higher of the world class people in those
professions tend to be sixes. This opinion was counter-intuitive to me
and only came about after years of analysis of famous people and
discovering an amazing pattern.
Have you been by the website, Peter? Check out the traits overview
page that I finally got up yesterday. From your post you seem to be
in the 5,6,7 range, (and yes, this is just a wild guess!)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2415