The types aren't black and white. When you take the test, you get a numerical score for each type that measures how strongly you are of that type. When your type changes, its often because you were borderline between two types to begin with.
Razziel
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The INTJ Personality Type, (and those close to it)
by done4good ini am compelled to write a bit about this at this late hour here in the us, because it is keeping me up.. the recent four year old thread on the briggs myers personality type test that was dug up, produced an interesting finding.
many here, (at least tested informally for), the intj personality type.
intjs also do not understand irrational behavior particularly well at all.. why does this matter?
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Who negotiates a lower price when buying a new vehicle?
by hoser ini don't.
whatever the sticker says on the side of the window is the price i pay.
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Razziel
I recently purchased a new vehicle; a model that I've wanted for several years but could never afford until recently. I finally decided to buy used (2 to 3 years old as that seems to be the sweet spot with depreciation) and did all sorts of research about negotiation. I went ahead and got outside financing pre-approved so I'd have a baseline rate the dealership would have to compete with.
While researching, I found that you can sometimes get a good deal on 'leftovers'. For example in the US, the 2015 models will be out in the next few months. There are still a few brand new 2013 models sitting on the lots. I looked and found only one left in my area.
So I picked out several used 2013 models with less than 10k miles on the odometer, went down to the dealership, and asked them to convince me why I should buy their nearly two year old "new" car, when I could pick up the same year model slightly used for many thousands less.
I had already consigned myself to buying used, and already had the financing, so it wasn't difficult to get up and start walking out when they initially wouldn't come down in price. But they were bluffing, and they needed to move the car. They knew I wasn't bluffing. I was ready to go buy one of the used cars I had picked out. So they came down in price, and I got the car below invoice, and almost 8k below sticker price (on a car with no incentives that often retails several thousand above MSRP). That beautiful new car turns into a lead weight if it sits on their lot long enough.
If you do your research and have a good poker face, you can find a good deal on a car. I've been royally screwed in the past, largely because I didn't understand how car buying works and didn't take the time to research. (Hint: When the salesmen give each other a high five on your way back from the finance office, you've been bent over the fence.) Now I know (a little) better.
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News story about JW elderly care facility being built - Rent as low as $2,900 per month!
by Faithful Witness inwhere is salisbury township?
who will own this residential village for elderly jw's?
spending $6.5 million to build it, housing up to 38 individuals.
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Razziel
A line of nursing homes might be a good financial move. In the US, when an elderly person with no assets moves to a nursing home, doesn't their social security check go to the home and medicaid pays the rest of the bill? What is left to profit off of penniless elderly JWs but their government benefits?
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A medieval question for you, if you believe in god....
by snare&racket inmany ancient believers of god used cognition to 'think' their way from belief to atheism.
what initially seems a silly question to reason over, can actually destroy a whole theology.. here is a question made famous by 'saint' thomas aquinas, believers in a almighty god with unlimited ability, please have a think about this..... the omnipotence paradox:.
"could an omnipotent being create a stone so heavy that even he could not lift it?
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Razziel
2. Utterly deterministic, yet often unpredictable. We would make the same decision every time yet do not know what the decision will be until the moment is upon us. Deterministic chaos.
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Is it a tradition in your congregation for the visiting speaker to give the final prayer on Sunday?
by hoser inevery congregation i have attended this is the case.
i was wondering if this is just a local thing or if it is an unwritten rule worldwide?.
hoser.
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Razziel
It's definitely in writing. Maybe the old green "Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry" book?
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Rich people don't create jobs
by slimboyfat injust when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
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Razziel
This stuff is all interconnected in ways even economists have a difficult time understanding and continually argue over.
Some rich people don't create jobs and contribute virtually nothing to society.
Some rich people hurt society by simply leeching money off the top.
Some rich people do directly create jobs and contribute much to society in terms of fostering innovation and philanthropy.
Some rich people do indirectly create jobs by providing financing to businesses and individuals with innovative ideas who could not otherwise overcome the barriers to market entry without their help.
Rich people will always have an advantage over everyone else because of the exponential compound interest function. That's ok until we reach the second half of the chessboard.
Some rich people pay nothing in taxes.
Some rich people pay OVER 100% in taxes.
Some rich people worked very, very hard for their money.
Some rich people inherited their money, or otherwise did nothing to earn it.
Some poor people who could work, don't want to, or have no incentive to, and hurt society by leeching money from entitlements.
Some poor people work full-time, and still don't make a living wage.
Some poor people are penalized for taking on a second job, or trying to better themselves, or get a promotion, because then they lose entitlements and tax breaks, and actually make less.
The middle class consistently seems to get the short end of the stick.
US corporations have among the highest marginal tax rates in the world.
US corporations have among the lowest effective tax rates in the world.
US taxes are portrayed as progressive. When all taxes and tax breaks are taken into account, they are flat for the poor, progressive for the middle class, and regressive for most of the rich. This further exacerbates the compound interest dilemma.
By allowing companies to pay less than a living wage, and then subsidizing the poor with entitlements because they don't make a living wage, we indirectly transfer wealth from individual taxpayers to corporations. (Individual taxes make the bulk of US income, not corporate taxes.)
If we required US corporations to pay a living wage, most wouldn't be able to compete in a global economy without transferring even more jobs overseas.
US consumers demand more competition and lower prices. For all of our talk, virtually no one would pay 50% more for an all US made product of equal quality.
US consumer demand for lower prices created the need for US companies to go overseas to compete. What started out as a way to stretch our paychecks has resulted in shrinking our paychecks.
US workers continue to be the most productive in the world. This productivity is split between lower prices and higher profits, but not in increased worker wages since the 1970's.
Historically, a significant percentage of the world's population has lived in poverty, a small percentage has been extravagantly wealthy, and most people just get by.
For all of our technological advances, I don't think that will change anytime soon. Society just hides it a little better with $5 Wal-Mart clothes and $1 ramen noodles instead of rags and gruel. You can be dirt poor and half-starving and still look respectable nowadays with a $20 wardrobe from Wal-Mart.
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Flawed Heroes
by jgnat inbeing the inquiring sort, i've read deeper in to the past of some of my heroes, and found....flaws.
it shakes me up.
i wonder; is my hero worth emulating?
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Razziel
In a sense, we're all fractured characters. We can compensate for our weaknesses, but I don't think that we can turn them into strengths as strong as our natural strengths. I think a portion of wisdom is identifying what our weaknesses are, and then when confronted with a situation involving that weakness, to carefully solicit and consider the advice from others we consider strong in that area before making a decision, even if we decide to follow another path. That quality also makes a good Manager.
The other thing is no matter how strongly we feel that we are correct, at least keep in the back of our mind that we could be wrong, and anticipate the need for alternative solutions (i.e. have a Plan B and a Plan C). Don't overly second guess yourself, but at the same time don't be so rigid that you stick to a tactic that has become an obviously losing one. Adaptation to changing circumstances or new information can be the difference between success and failure.
/sigh I've read too many war books.
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Flawed Heroes
by jgnat inbeing the inquiring sort, i've read deeper in to the past of some of my heroes, and found....flaws.
it shakes me up.
i wonder; is my hero worth emulating?
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Razziel
No it's not good enough to learn the best. You have to learn the worst too. I think you can actually learn more from the mistakes of others rather than the successes of others. Oscar Wilde said "Experience is merely the name men give to their mistakes".
Success in whatever you are trying to do is open-ended. There are many ways to get there. But there are even more ways to set yourself up for failure before you get out of the gate. You have to get rid of the road blocks. You have to clear away the rubble first. And one of the ways to do that is by considering the mistakes of others.
The hard part is taking all that you learn, and tailoring it to your own personality, strengths and weaknesses. If you try a cut-and-paste it won't work.
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Flawed Heroes
by jgnat inbeing the inquiring sort, i've read deeper in to the past of some of my heroes, and found....flaws.
it shakes me up.
i wonder; is my hero worth emulating?
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Razziel
Don't model your life after one person. Choose several heroes in a wide variety of areas, and take the good and learn from the bad. Generally, the more exceptional someone is in one aspect, they have greater failings in another aspect. Find qualities to emulate and the qualities to avoid. People often develop a "soapbox" that they fight for with such focus that they lose sight of things they consider of less importance until those things devolve into such a state they become more of a problem than what they were fighting for.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and go....
by HintOfLime ineach night i draw closer to completing towers of midnight.
i'm on page 918 or so right now, and somehow it makes me sad.
i started over from the beginning about 8 months ago (this is my third time through the available canon), and i'm nearly through everything published up to now.
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Razziel
I was just tooling through Wal-Mart, and they have them on sale early. Just picked up a copy.