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Ron McFarland has been working in Japan for over 40 years, and he's spent more than 30 of them in international sales, sales management training, and expanding sales worldwide. He's worked in or been to more than 80 countries. Over the most recent 17 years, Ron had established distributors in the United States and throughout Europe for a Tokyo-headquartered, Japanese hardware cutting tool manufacturer. More recently, he's begun giving seminars in English and Japanese to people interested in his overseas travels and expanding business overseas. You can find him on LinkedIn.
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Have a look at this website: http://keirsey.com/
I've been tested by them and the official Myer-Briggs website:
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
For me, I keep coming up just about the same although it has been a good decade since I looked into my type.
Hope these are helpful and very excited that you are interested.
One problem with MBTI is that it is only an explanation, never an excuse. I have heard people say, "I don't have to worry about people's feelings, because I'm a T Type". Or, "I can't give speaches because I am an I Type". These are bad excusses for doing things you don't prefer most of the time.
If you believe that left-handed people don't prefer using their left hand most of the time, I would agree with you. But that is not the case. If you observe behavior long enough, you can see that people use one preference over another most of the time. It is only "hype" because it is misunderstood by too many.
That is why MBTI has been around for decades and used successfully. It has helped me in the international environment I live and work in.
Thank you for your comments though. I'm very glad you're passionate about it. If you have a better idea on how very different personality can work better together in teams, I'd love to hear them.