by Ryan McKeen
At the insistence of my wife, I took an online Myers-Briggs Test. She told me that I would learn things about my work habits. As usual, she was right.
I came back as an ENTJ. Less than 2% of the population are ENTJS. ENTJS are field marshals. Famous ENTJs include Hillary Clinton, Napolean, and Bill Gates.
During a consultation with a client, I nearly always say, “alright here’s our plan…” Field marshals are planners:
When in charge of an organization, whether in the military, business, education, or government, Field marshals more than any other type desire (and generally have the ability) to visualize where the organization is going, and they seem able to communicate that vision to others. Their organizational and coordinating skills tends to be highly developed, which means that they are likely to be good at systematizing, ordering priorities, generalizing, summarizing, at marshaling evidence, and at demonstrating their ideas. Link.
This is just one example of how taking the test has me thinking about my habits. The more a lawyer knows himself, the better position he is in to assist his clients.