Four Groups

Meg Ellis made some comments on our 4G and Myers Briggs/MBTI posting .

The MBTI reported type code is a beginning point for people to determine their “best fit” type. They may behave differently from what their preferences are. Life is that way. Work demands we use aspects of ourselves that are not our favorite use of time. That’s true in other aspects of our lives as well. Therefore, MBTI is not predictive of future behaviors.

That’s one reason why there is no best pairing of people in significant relationships according to MB Type Code alone. There are benefits and challenges no matter who we partner with. Granted some are easier than others.

I assume that 4G measures traits or behaviors which can predict how successful a relationship can be. Not so with Myers-Briggs.

I think this is an excellent summation of one of the differences between MBTI and 4G. However, it also raises a question in my mind over how such instruments reflect day to day reality. Surely there has to be something deeper or ‘better’ to measure in order to represent people’s own reality of relationships and that ‘some (relationships) are easier than others‘? Put another way,

…there is no best pairing of people in significant relationships according to MB Type Code alone

But in reality, we all know that some relationships are more equal than others!