Gifts Differing - Understanding Personality Type By: Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers, Copy right 1995 by DaviesBlack Publishing Imagine, if you would, a situation with a co-worker, or with your spouse or child, in which you and they are left with a feeling of frustration following an exchange in which you just could not seem to see eye to eye. Sound at all familiar? We frequently think that the world would be fine, that our relationships in the world would be fine, if all those other folks just saw the world the way we do. And of course if they all just realized how right I actually am! Gifts Differing is a classic in the field of personality-type research, written by one of the co-developers of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality assessment. In this book, Isabel Briggs Myers and her son Peter Myers write about respect for and the appreciation of individual differences. In Gifts Differing, the authors explain an extremely well-researched theory that says there is not simply one successful way of doing things or of being there can be a multitude of ways. But if we are not prepared to give those other perspectives a hearing, we simply don't listen, we don't hear, and what is created is division and distrust rather than understanding. This clearly written book provides an overview of the theory of personality type that underlies the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It includes fascinating chapters on such topics as: personality type and marriage; type and learning in early childhood; learning styles; personality type and occupational satisfaction; obstacles to type development and fostering positive personality type development in children. If you have an interest in developing a greater appreciation of human diversity, this book is an excellent resource. By recognizing the strengths of different gifts, we can further expand, rather than stunt, our individual and organizational capacity. This in turn can lead to future successes, and a positive sense of accomplishment.
