Last week, I went to Sacramento for an introduction to the Step III assessment that is coming out later this year. The results of this assessment is supposed to evaluate how well you use your type functions! And the vision is to help individuals make their perceptions clearer, their judgments sounder, and their lives closer to the heart’s desire. But if anything, it will help bring about great discussions about personal development. Keep in mind that now someone won’t even have to learn the Myers Briggs lingo to understand the Step III results. This is contrary to Step I and Step II where you do need to have an understanding of Type.

It’s a common misconception that for the Myers Briggs, the numbers that you get as a result mean “how good you are” at that dimension. It actually means how confidence the test is in your scoring. However, this new assessment will provide color into your competency in your functions.

personal development

Here are just some gems that I noted from the session:

  • You can be aware of things, but it takes time to integrate it into your life. When you read a self-help book, you might have heard of the concepts, but how well do you live by them?
  • Good development means you are tolerant of other people but run your own affairs
  • Poor development means you tell other people what they should do and neglect your own responsibilities
  • Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise … Thomas Jefferson
  • Strong E’s and J’s are likely to get promoted for their ability to just make decisions. At times, they might make decisions with very little information! In time however, this will catch up to them when mistakes get costly.
  • Child development can go wrong with over-indulging parents. They grow up with the wrong expectations, for example, that they will get what they want from life. That people will be able to figure out what you want from your tantrums or body language.
  • If children are raised amid constant crises, they will grow up thinking that they don’t have the resources to match the world. Or, they will get so defensive that they will think that the best defense is the best offense … to become hyper-aggressive people.
  • Overall, people need goals and work better with goals … idleness deteriorates humans.
  • My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items, which I notice, shape my mind.
  • Coaches will spend most of their time around appreciating a person’s skills and identifying what’s important … this is because it’s easy for people to take their skills and assets for granted.
  • If a client reacts with an emotional “It’s wrong” attitude to an assessment, there’s likely something worth talking about here.
  • Test to see if you need some personal development help …
    • Do you feel like you have sufficient resources to meet the demands of the world?
  • Build confidence and self-motivation, while reducing strain in your life. These words are assessed in Step III.
  • The Step III has been piloted with CEO’s and other high-powered individuals and the good news is that they found tremendous value in this assessment. It told them something new.