Personality Hacker: Harness the Power of Your Personality Type to Transform Your Work, Relationships, and Life

by Joel Mark Witt, Antonia Dodge

Overview

Hack Your Personality Type to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Success.

Delve into this interactive guidebook to hack your mind and uncover your core identity. Get past superficial markers of identity and discover the full makings of your personality type. Recognizing all aspects of who you really are will improve your confidence, compassion, decision-making process and success.

Written by the hosts of the popular podcast Personality Hacker, this book shows how your mind is naturally wired. It provides the information and tools you need to harness the power of your personality type and realize your full potential, including:

• Detailed Personality Test
• Interactive Journal Prompts
• Myers-Briggs Explanation
• Personal Growth Techniques
• Cognitive Functions Breakdown
• Relationship and Career Assistance

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612437668
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	295,333
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Antonia Dodge is an author, thought leader, coach, trainer, systems thinker, and personality profiling expert. At the age of 15 Antonia picked up a book on personality psychology and her world changed forever. She began to see the patterns of why people do what they do – not based on behavior alone – but based on how the mind works. Antonia has co-developed a 6-month profiler training course that teaches coaches and business professionals how to speed read people, understand how their mind works and and then work with the unique personality for achievement, life purpose, or team building.

Joel Mark Witt is a speaker, writer, and digital media entrepreneur with a focus on personal growth and transformational leadership. As the co-owner and CEO of Personality Hacker, he oversees a new kind of publishing company that merges digital media with emerging models of human development focused on helping people “hack” their personalities and create more happiness in their lives.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Our Generation's Identity Crisis 1

How We Got into This Mess 2

Why We Need to Know Ourselves 3

Introduction 6

What You'll Gain from This Book 7

How This Book Is Organized 8

Getting the Most from This Book 9

Section 1 System and Theory 11

Chapter 1 System of Personality 12

Our Favorite Personality Map 14

Chapter 2 Myers-Briggs Dichotomies and Cognitive Functions 17

Myers-Briggs Dichotomies Explained 19

Introversion vs Extraversion: Inner World vs. Outer World Reality 20

Sensing vs. iNtuition: How We Perceive Reality 23

Thinking vs. Feeling: How We Evaluate Information and Make Decisions 25

Judging vs. Perceiving: Do You Want Freedom or Organization? 27

Dichotomies: In Conclusion 30

Chapter 3 The Cognitive Functions 31

The Four Cognitive Functions You Use 37

Pairing Cognitive Functions with Myers-Briggs Types 40

Dominant and Auxiliary Functions 42

Tertiary and Inferior Functions 43

Chapter 4 The Car Model 45

Determining Cognitive Function from Type 47

Driver (Dominant) 50

Copilot (Auxiliary) 51

10-Year-Old (Tertiary) 53

3-Year-Old (Inferior) 56

Chapter 5 Cognitive Functions in Detail 60

Perceiving Functions 61

Judging Functions 67

The Good News and Bad News 73

Section 2 The Sixteen Types 77

Chapter 6 ENTP Personality Type 78

The ENTP Driver Is Exploration (Ne) 79

The ENTP Copilot Is Accuracy (Ti) 86

The ENTP 10-Year-Old Is Harmony (Fe) 92

The ENTP 3-Year-Old Is Memory (Si) 95

Chapter 7 ENFP Personality Type 98

The ENFP Driver Is Exploration (Ne) 99

The ENFP Copilot Is Authenticity (Fi) 106

The ENFP 10-Year-Old Is Effectiveness (Te) 114

The ENFP 3-Year-Old Is Memory (Si) 117

Chapter 8 ESTP Personality Type 120

The ESTP Driver Is Sensation (Se) 121

The ESTP Copilot Is Accuracy (Ti) 126

The ESTP 10-Year-Old Is Harmony (Fe) 133

The ESTP 3-Year-Old Is Perspectives (Ni) 136

Chapter 9 ESFP Personality Type 139

The ESFP Driver Is Sensation (Se) 140

The ESFP Copilot Is Authenticity (Fi) 145

The ESFP 10-Year-Old Is Effectiveness (Te) 152

The ESFP 3-Year-Old Is Perspectives (Ni) 155

Chapter 10 INTJ Personality Type 159

The INTJ Driver Is Perspectives (Ni) 160

The INTJ Copilot Is Effectiveness (Te) 166

The INTJ 10-Year-Old Is Authenticity (Fi) 172

The INTJ 3-Year-Old Is Sensation (Se) 175

Chapter 11 INFJ Personality Type 179

The INFJ Driver Is Perspectives (Ni) 180

The INFJ Copilot Is Harmony (Fe) 186

The INFJ 10-Year-Old Is Accuracy (Ti) 192

The INFJ 3-Year-Old Is Sensation (Se) 196

Chapter 12 ISTJ Personality Type 200

The ISTJ Driver Is Memory (Si) 201

The ISTJ Copilot Is Effectiveness (Te) 208

The ISTJ 10-Year-Old Is Authenticity (Fi) 214

The ISTJ 3-Year-Old Is Exploration (Ne) 218

Chapter 13 ISFJ Personality Type 221

The ISFJ Driver Is Memory (Si) 222

The ISFJ Copilot Is Harmony (Fe) 229

The ISFJ 10-Year-Old Is Accuracy (Ti) 235

The ISFJ 3-Year-Old Is Exploration (Ne) 239

Chapter 14 INTP Personality Type 242

The INTP Driver Is Accuracy (Ti) 243

The INTP Copilot Is Exploration (Ne) 250

The INTP 10-Year-Old Is Memory (Si) 256

The INTP 3-Year-Old Is Harmony (Fe) 260

Chapter 15 INFP Personality Type 263

The INFP Driver Is Authenticity (Fi) 264

The INFP Copilot Is Exploration (Ne) 271

The INFP 10-Year-Old Is Memory (Si) 278

The INFP 3-Year-Old is Effectiveness (Te) 282

Chapter 16 ISTP Personality Type 285

The ISTP Driver Is Accuracy (Ti) 286

The ISTP Copilot Is Sensation (Se) 293

The ISTP 10-Year-Old Is Perspectives (Ni) 298

The ISTP 3-Year-Old Is Harmony (Fe) 302

Chapter 17 ISFP Personality Type 305

The ISFP Driver Is Authenticity (Fi) 306

The ISFP Copilot is Sensation (Se) 314

The ISFP 10-Year-Old Is Perspectives (Ni) 319

The ISFP 3-Year-Old Is Effectiveness (Te) 322

Chapter 18 ENTJ Personality Type 325

The ENTJ Driver Is Effectiveness (Te) 326

The ENTJ Copilot Is Perspectives (Ni) 333

The ENTJ 10-Year-Old Is Sensation (Se) 340

The ENTJ 3-Year-Old Is Authenticity (Fi) 343

Chapter 19 ENFJ Personality Type 346

The ENFJ Driver Is Harmony (Fe) 347

The ENFJ Copilot Is Perspectives (Ni) 354

The ENFJ 10-Year-Old Is Sensation (Se) 361

The ENFJ 3-Year-Old Is Accuracy (Ti) 364

Chapter 20 ESTJ Personality Type 367

The ESTJ Driver Is Effectiveness (Te) 368

The ESTJ Copilot Is Memory (Si) 375

The ESTJ 10-Year-Old Is Exploration (Ne) 382

The ESTJ 3-Year-Old Is Authenticity (Fi) 386

Chapter 21 ESFJ Personality Type 389

The ESFJ Driver Is Harmony (Fe) 390

The ESFJ Copilot Is Memory (Si) 397

The ESFJ 10-Year-Old Is Exploration (Ne) 403

The ESFJ 3-Year-Old Is Accuracy (Ti) 407

Chapter 22 The FIRM Model 410

Find Your Fixation 411

Personality Fixations 413

What If You Don't Identify with Your Type's Fixation? 418

What If You Identify with a FIRM Fixation of a Different Type? 418

Conclusion: The Path Forward 422

Think of Yourself as a Sovereign Person 422

Find Access Points to Become Who You Were Meant to Be 423

Change the World by Loving and Developing Yourself 424

Appendix 427

Discovering your Myers-Briggs Type 427

Scoring Mechanism 435

My Car Model 436

Car Model Notes 437

Acknowledgments 439

About the Authors 440