Benefit from being true to yourself, by understanding yourself

Knowing and understanding your personality and positioning yourself optimally in all areas of your life based on your self-knowledge and self-awareness will benefit you in all areas of your life.

Are you mostly in a 'feeling' (empathic, identifying) mode, or are you mostly in an 'intuitive' (prescient, figurative), 'sensing' (sensory, perceptible), or 'thinking' (rational, objective) mode – Dr Carl Jung's 'psychological functions? Or are you mostly in a combination of these modes? And do you switch between these modes depending on various factors? Here, we explore these concepts.

Jung's 'psychological functions' together with his concepts of introversion and extroversion, the two psychological 'aspects', are the basis of many personality assessments, e.g. the MBTI, the Kiersey Temperament Assessment, and other 16-type personality models.

Mode State Stage is a holistic model for human personality and functioning that combines structure and process. The model can be used as a tool to understand oneself and others, in all contexts. It provides a way to process information and to make decisions in response to this information, or more broadly, for responding to the stimuli that we encounter in our everyday lives.

The information posted on this site elaborates the model and describes its applications in various contexts and situations – see the 'Blog Posts' page for the various post types, including articles. The first 'Insight' blog post initiates the series of 'primers' for understanding the model and its relations to its underlying, or contributing, theories.

On the 'Publications' page, you will find the books and other media referred to in the 'Insights' and other blog posts, as well as those regarded as recommended reading. Please note that by enabling referral cookies, you will allow a referral commission to be earned, which will not affect the price you will pay for any of these publications.

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