I often see people talking about not fitting the type to a T and inquiring about why they're not exactly as these types describe. I'd like to add that there are only 16 different types and these are only rudimentary descriptions of the individuals, there are entirely too many different people in the world to create a type that fits everyone exactly. Even if there were 10,000 types, there's no way they would ever be able to describe everyone precisely and without having deviations from who they are. I think adding enneagram to the MBTI can give one a bit better understanding of themselves, but this still doesn't narrow it down perfectly.
Keep in mind that no one can tell you who you are no matter how many of the characteristics you may have, nature and nurture ensure that everyone is so uniquely different there would need to be 7.9 billion types.
Matt Kim (not verified)says...
I often see people talking about not fitting the type to a T and inquiring about why they're not exactly as these types describe. I'd like to add that there are only 16 different types and these are only rudimentary descriptions of the individuals, there are entirely too many different people in the world to create a type that fits everyone exactly. Even if there were 10,000 types, there's no way they would ever be able to describe everyone precisely and without having deviations from who they are. I think adding enneagram to the MBTI can give one a bit better understanding of themselves, but this still doesn't narrow it down perfectly.
Keep in mind that no one can tell you who you are no matter how many of the characteristics you may have, nature and nurture ensure that everyone is so uniquely different there would need to be 7.9 billion types.