Maybe it's a defective type of personality, but for people who like raising the bar, ultrarunning is a good way to do that.
As you might imagine, becoming the dominant player in electronics component manufacturing in China -- particularly at a time when competition has never been fiercer -- takes a particular personality type, and after reading BusinessWeek's profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, you get a very real sense that the dude meets the criteria.
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From a personality type perspective, the CFO and CIO are two peas in a pod.
Jennings said that as well as being a unique and physically demanding team-building exercise -- "People come back and say they feel like they've run a marathon" -- the experience appealed to competitive spirits of "Type-A personality" executives.
Even if you cannot predict what will happen, with each new experience you will learn about a new type of client, a new personality (or personality disorder), and a new way of negotiating.
In addition, they say more information is needed to define exactly what a "Type D" personality is.
Experts say mental illness does not necessarily cause creativity, nor does creativity necessarily contribute to mental illness, but a certain ruminating personality type may contribute to both mental health issues and art.
As the first-born child (and an undeniable Type Double-A personality), I started taking over big things for my mother when my father was still in the nursing home.
She told me about a leading investment bank where employees are not only tested but are actually given for their desks a symbolic representation of their personality type, to guide colleagues who might be visiting.
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Each person you talk to will expect something different, just as each personality leads to a different type of conversation.
Anyone of any personality type can be a leader.
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If every individual could fit perfectly into one of these personality type boxes, your job as a presenter would be simple.
As women most of us are pretty particular about the kind of purse we carry because we feel it is a reflection of who we are and the type of style and personality we have.
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Adjusting your presentation to the personality type of your audiences will help you create a bridge with the audience.
In fact, in interviews to determine personality type, therapists consider short, concise answers to be a marker of an avoidant attachment style.
Linehan diagnosed her with borderline personality disorder, an extreme inability to regulate moods, and prescribed a type of counseling called dialectical behavior therapy.
Last but perhaps most telling, the election campaign turned into a gigantic exercise of building Putin up as a nearly mythical savior-of-the-nation icon of the type known as "cult of personality" in the Stalinist era.
As a result, online daters are more likely to focus on less-relevant factors, such as appearance and personality type.
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