List some reasons why personality assessment is vital to a doctors’s career.
Many professionals have been so influenced by their environment that they adapt or alter their inborn personality tendencies almost beyond recognition.
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List ways in which you can become an “authentic listener”.
Focus all of your attention on what the person is saying. Minimize questions you ask.
Many experts use the old S.M.A.R.T acronym to remember how a Goal Statement should be defined. What does SMART stand for?
The Goal Statement forms the basis for the entire process so careful attention should be placed on formulating a clear and accurate goal statement.
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My biggest time management problem seems to be procrastination. Any tips for fixing this?
Procrastination happens to all of us from time to time.
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Organization development professionals, marriage and family counselors, and psychologists use a variety of assessment tools, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTITM) to determine what?
Today’s most popular method used for personality assessment is a tool called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTITM, which is taken by over four million people annually, in over 16 different languages.
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Procrastination is somewhat like perfectionism? Why?
Like perfectionism, procrastination also is both a behavior and an attitude. Waiting until the last minute or otherwise putting things off tends to create a crisis or problems that may not otherwise exist.
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Some people are defensive about receiving criticism? Why?
A person may feel they are being criticized or attacked. The situation is often awkward and uncomfortable.
Traditionally, I was never very good at formal time management, but usually made out okay by winging it. Any tips for how I can make time management habit forming?
The heart and soul of effective and efficient traditional time management is the daily list of things that need to be done.
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The results of perfectionism are great for your patients, but taken to even slight extremes, the behaviors that create the outward hallmarks of the “ophthalmic personality” can lead to what within your own family and staff?
In most cases, the personality pattern of surgeons allows them to function in an extremely demanding world. Patients probably want to have someone who is a commanding personality holding a blade to their eye.
The theory of “psychological type”, as defned by MBTITM says that people with different preferences naturally have different interests, perspectives, behaviors, and motivations. Why do you need to be aware of this?
Awareness of preferences helps people understand and value others who think and act quite differently. All preferences are equally valuable and each type brings an important perspective to human interactions.
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