The Personality Brokers

Know Thyself. Oh how we like to be sorted. Especially in these days of buzzfeed quizzes.

This is mainly the history of the two women, a mother-daughter pair, that inspired by Jung's personality types created the famous Myers-Briggs tests. Their history is entwined and runs in parallel with the general history of personality testing in the US. Some of it is interesting, but not necessarily all of it.

While the author touches upon the allure of self-assessment, it could have been interesting to have a deeper look at the psychology of why we like to be typed. Also, the author points at the criticism the MBTI receives, for its inconsistencies and lack of scientific grounding, which could have been solidified with actual stats about the differences between MBTI and professional psychological typing.

Obviously I had to finish this book off with a test, and I am consistent enough to be always either INTJ or ISTJ :)