Have you ever taken the MBTI test?

It's a good day today, isn't it?

Hello.
It's Satoru.

My daughter, who will be entering the workforce this April, is currently visiting home, and
she asked me this while we were eating dinner.

"Dad, have you ever taken the MBTI test?"

It was my first time hearing about it, so

"What's that? Is it some kind of health checkup?"

I replied, and she burst out laughing.

The MBTI test is an abbreviation for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,
and

it seems to be a
self-reporting diagnostic test where you
report your own perceptions, decision-making reasons, and processing methods,
which are then used to categorize you into one of 16 personality
types.

I only learned this after looking it up.

This test is
tailored to the culture of each country,
and it seems to be gaining popularity in Japan as well.

An organization called otalab conducted a
"Survey on the Actual Status of MBTI (16-Type) Diagnosis"
in September 2023.

It was conducted targeting Gen Z across the country,
with 661 people responding to the main survey,
and
5,991 people responding to the screening survey.

As a result, about 60% of Gen Z
know about the MBTI test.

My daughter says that this test often comes up as a topic of conversation
with her friends and people she meets for the first time.

Since there is compatibility depending on the type,
she even uses the results of the test as a basis
to actually reconsider her relationships...

It's not something you'd question the reliability of like blood types,
but apparently it's based on psychology.

It's different from the Enneagram,
but she says it's quite accurate.

Urged by my daughter, I tried it out of curiosity.
You can take the test on this site.

There were surprisingly many questions, and it took me 10 minutes.

And this is the result I got.

My daughter laughed at me again.
Apparently, it's a very rare type among Japanese people.

But...
Honestly, I was surprised myself at how accurate it was!!

I felt like it hit the nail on the head to an embarrassing degree.

It's important to trust your own instincts,
but I thought that these kinds of tests might also be reliable.

Putting self-understanding into words is difficult for anyone,
so it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it once just as a reference.

Thank you for reading until the end.
See you tomorrow♪