A key component of decision making is laying out all the options to make an informed decision.
Watching the angst of the political parties trying to solve the debt problem shows that they are both charging around saying their favorite rallying cries, which does not promote dialogue, but just inflames the other party.
Think of these two parties, Dems and Repubs, as made up of two TYPES of individuals. The MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) personality test is made up of 16 distinct types of people and you can summarize and put them into two main groups – the Traditionalists and the Innovators.
See if this sounds familiar – Traditionalists like for things to stay the same, they always support the status quo. They dislike change for change’s sake, so they don’t want to raise taxes. They like to keep a strong sense of order so they
are often military, law enforcement, corporate titans, etc. They are often presidents of associations and organizations and they are great at keeping things running efficiently.
Innovators want to explore and try new things – in life AND in politics. They want to get out of Afghanistan and put in a new tax structure, and reinvent old institutions, instead of cherishing them, as the Traditionals do.
Both these groups have great contributions that they make to society – Traditionals keep things organized and running and Innovators find new, better ways of doing things.
Innovators are always searching for the next new thing so it’s so coincidence that
California has more than it’s statistical share of Innovators – they keep kept going west, and kept looking until stopped by the Pacific ocean.
Type preferences are set before you are 5 years old and indicate preferences for your entire life. I am already seeing types emerge from watching toddlers under the age of 2.
When you understand the values of the other party, according to type preferences, you can have a more civil dialogue because you can now understand where the other side is coming from, so to speak.
You can find out which type you are, or just find out more about the MBTI at www.myersbriggs.org.