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For instance, as an INFJ, I have been accused of keeping a messy desk that is filled with the stacks listed above. On the other hand, my Judging preference is completely evidenced when I set up a buffet table for a party, and I have an exact spot for everything as part of my buffet setup system. For more information on using preferences in the outer and inner worlds, check out Type Dynamics. If you want to stay out of this conflict with someone discuss what items are most likely to be needed by the others involved and how to make them easily accessible.

When a person with a Judging preference goes on vacation, sometimes the planning is half the fun! The intricacy of the plan may depend of the destination and other aspects of the personality, but it can range from planning a couple of things each day and researching area restaurants to scheduling every second of every day, printing itineraries, pre-programming everything into the GPS, and having every meal planned with coupons months before leaving.

People with a preference for Perceiving may see vacation as one of the few times that they are not forced to plan and schedule, which is very exciting! They may run the gamut of booking plane tickets or a room on a cruise ship ahead of time to deciding to take off for the weekend minutes before leaving, deciding where to go on the way, and getting a hotel room once they get there.

This is relaxation and adventure at its finest… The ultimate in enjoying the journey and seeing where life takes you.

Wired for Conflict: The Role of Personality in Resolving Differences

Now, get these two people married to each other, make them friends, or have them be each others parents. Compromise is probably the best course of action here.

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Maybe the Judging type gets to plan every detail of the Disney trip, since restaurants book up months in advance there, but the Perceiving type reserves the right to a spur of the moment trip at another time. Somehow, this seems like a 4-letter word. When I first started facilitating workshops for college students, I made an assumption that Extraverts enjoy group work, while Introverts dislike it.

I was wrong, and the students were not shy in letting me know it! Turns out, almost no one likes group work because it involves people relying on others for grades.

Wired for Conflict: The Role of Personality in Resolving Differences by Sondra S. Vansant

Eventually, I had some realizations and began encouraging students to discuss their Judging and Perceiving preferences when starting group projects. Judging types like to plan projects in an organized fashion with steps and a deadline that allows for printer disasters to be corrected in a manner that still gets the project turned in on time or early. Last minute equally panic, or at least anxiety for Judging types.

Perceiving types usually do their best work under pressure. When the deadline is near, though, they get a burst of creative energy that allows them to get many hours worth of work done in a small time period and squeak it in before the deadline. So, when these individuals are put in a group, the Judging type gets the work done early and sets the deadlines assuming that others will do the same. When no work has come in from the Perceiving type before the deadline, the Judging type worries that this group member is, in fact, a dud who is never going to finish the work and will cause group failure.

Meanwhile, the Perceiving type has plenty of time before the deadline even if that deadline is an hour away and the work takes 30 minutes and wonders why this Judging type is attacking him or her. A lack of trust takes over, and the project becomes unpleasant.

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To avoid the conflict, remember that both preferences are valid and not inherently evil. The Judging type may seem controlling, and may be, but will often take a follower, or more laid back, role if he or she feels comfortable that the project is organized and all parties are committed to a good grade. The Perceiving type has a process that probably produces his or her best work. While this process is different that the one used by most Judging types, it does not make the Perceiving type incompetent, untrustworthy, or lazy.


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I challenge you to identify conflicts you experience that are type related and use type to improve your life! The Role of Personality in Resolving Differences , which was used as a reference for this article. She depicts the importance of understanding type preferences and how different personality types interact with one another. This guide to everyday life provides both a background in personality type and practical ways to mitigate conflicts in both personal and professional situations. Written in a lively style with examples, easy-to-follow charts, and short tips, Wired for Conflict provides step-by-step methods for implementing conflict resolution.

Wired for Conflict: The Role of Personality in Resolving Differences by Sondra VanSant

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If you do not have aspirations or plans then you are really going to be a portion of other people's plans. If you will not prepare to be the team leader at your work then some one else in your department will do so and if you do not organize to get that high status job then someone else who planned and strived for it will take it from you. If you don't plan you will get overtaken by the people who do. The first thing that comes to the mind of most many people with concerns is that they will begin to see their complications as boundaries to their success.