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Some corporate training programs use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to help people with different personalities get along. The Myers-Briggs types are based on the psychological writings of the Swiss physician Carl Jung. Dr. Jung's theories, in turn, were greatly influenced by Hindu yogis... In other words, some of today's corporate training programs have been influenced by early Hindu thought... Read More
Uncanny
Really interesting. When I was getting my master's in counseling, I found the Myers-Briggs uncanny in its personality profiling of me. Other students I knew reacted similarly. Had no idea of the connecion to Hinduism.
Greetings...
Dr Mayer: Please allow me a second comment just to say small world and nice to "meet" you! Just noticed your university affiliation. UNH is where I got that master's. (Dr. Falvey kindly provided one of the back cover endorsements for my recent book.)
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