Shawn L. Bird

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October 11, 2013

Filed under: Pondering — Shawn L. Bird @ 11:47 pm

I was telling someone this yesterday- how funny that it came up on my random post generator today!

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I talk.

I talk a lot, actually.

I was glad to discover when I did a Meyers Brigg’s Personality Test that this is because I’m an extravert.  That doesn’t just mean I’m noisy; it means that I process my thoughts by speaking them aloud and I gain energy from interacting with other people.  I come to an understanding of issues by talking them through, and after a meeting people I am wired and alert.  This makes it sound so much better than a label like “blabbermouth,” doesn’t it?

But to be honest, sometimes I amjust a blabbermouth.  If I’m nervous or excited, I will ramble like crazy.

I was mentioning this today, and was given the most wonderful quote.   I think I may have to make it onto posters and hang it on walls wherever I go.  The person who was telling me about this thought it was…

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  1. These are great, I could stand to learn from these myself.

  2. Hi Shawn, Fun! I’m an extrovert too. We like to work things out by talking. Here’s another fun aspect to the MB tests-the 16 personality types. I usually come out as ENFP (famous ENFP’s are Hunter Thompson to Aldous Huxley, Ralph Nader etc.) or an ENSJ. http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.asp And there’s the enneagram test. I’m usually a helper/investigator type. xo


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