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Skriven 2006-04-27 23:36:21 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
    Kommentar till text 308 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
Ärende: A Different Drummer...  3.
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Hi again, James!  Continuing from where I left off in reply to you:

JB>  Wind in the hair, seat of the pants...


          Definitely SP!  Don't worry, it gets easier with practice....  ;-)



JB>  I'm sure you noticed my confusion with the A-type
JB>  personality.


          I was somewhat baffled by your explanation initially.  The theory of
temperament isn't exactly the same, but I'm beginning to see how the two might
be complementary.  To paraphrase a poem by Rudyard Kipling... "If you can fill
the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run, you may well
be an SJ!"  You've alluded to the folks who scurry around with a coffee cup in
one hand & a cell phone in the other (as I have).  If they're doing it because
they enjoy the adrenaline rush and/or if they appear to be making plans on the
spur of the moment they're probably not SJ.  Workaholic perfectionists are the
classic "heart attack" personalities... the type I've seen referred to as type
"A".  They're more likely to spend long hours at a desk job & avoid using cell
phones.  "B" people go with the flow & take time to smell the flowers, which I
imagine comes more easily to those with a strong "perception" component.  When
Nora was a baby I cracked up the New Mothers' Group by saying "I'm learning to
be a Type 'B' person".  As a teacher, I was ruled by the clock & the calendar.
As a parent, however, I soon had to learn to function on Toddler Time....  :-)



JB>  Likewise, it's a sliding scale, isn't it?


          In the sense that it's a continuum, yes.  I exaggerate SJ & SP in my
descriptions for educational purposes.  Some people really are that extreme...
others are more of a mixture.  I'll catch myself doing something, for example,
and say "Hmm... that's my SJ.  Is that what I want to do, or is it something I
think I should do because my parents or my teachers said so?"  If I'm aware of
what reasoning style I'm using I can change mental gears as necessary....  :-)



JB>  The soft spoken fella, said very quietly, "No, I can not
JB>  climb with him any more. I don't want to talk about it."


          Perhaps the "cowboy" lacked a sense of responsibility, which is most
often associated with "J" people.  IMHO a certain amount of it is desirable...
especially in a hiking or climbing companion.  Where it may be irritating to a
"P" person is where it is experienced as "the tyranny of the shoulds".

          The difference between "J" and "P" appears to be the factor which is
most likely to lead to conflict.  And while almost everyone has some intuitive
ability, it does complicate the picture.  Three quarters of the population are
predominantly SJ or SP... so they're easier for the beginner to identify.  :-)



JB>  Jack Karawak


          Kerouac, the "beatnik" poet??  According to this theory the majority
of such people were SP's... and so are a lot of professional entertainers.  If
you don't know where your next meal is coming from you may be an SP....  :-)))



JB>  And then there's the `fusion' bagpipe player, or one
JB>  that incorporates it into a comedy act, and makes it
JB>  sound like a British emergency vehicle.


          That's very much the sort of thing Peter Schickele does with his PDQ
Bach comedy routines.  In one of these, the bagpipe player emits a pedal tone.
I'd been wondering how he did it.  Then one of my band students offered to let
me use his chanter... and told me to blow gently.  Voil…!  I got the same note
on the first try.  I was thrilled because I'd found the answer to my question.
My student was upset because I hadn't followed the correct procedure....  :-))




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