.Category
{Personal Applications}
.Stage
{Type as Template}
.Title
{Typological Mirror...Mirror, on the Wall}
.Number
{This application could be used with one person or with a larger group of almost any size.}
.Time
{60 - 90 minutes}
.Objective1
{To help participants understand how they spend their day-to-day time in relation to all type preferences}
.Objective2
{To help participants understand how their day-to-day activities can have a positive or negative impact on their effectiveness at work or in their personal lives}
.Instruct1
{Using the template in the Toolkit, entitled <I>Typological Mirror Exercise Template<N>, have the participant(s) complete the following lists encouraging them to be as detailed as possible.}
.Instruct11
{In an average day, list your "E" activities and list your "I" activities.  ("E" example, making phone calls.  "I" example, walking the dog.)}
.Instruct12
{In an average day, list your "S" activities and list your "N" activities.  ("S" example, paying the bills. "N" example, planning for your child's educational fund.)}
.Instruct13
{In an average day, list your "T" activities and list your "F" activities.  ("T" example, staying objective during a family or organizational disagreement.  "F" example, accommodating your spouse at the expense of your interest.)}
.Instruct14
{In an average day, list your "J" activities and list your "P" activities.  ("J" example, finishing your list.  "P" example, responding to unplanned events.)}
.Instruct2
{<BI>Variation:<N>  Have the individuals in the group brainstorm and record all of their day-to-day activities and then have them go back and sort them into lists by type preferences, using the template. }
.Instruct3
{Once the lists of activities are complete, have participants circle their individual, four-letter preferences.}
.Instruct4
{Ask participants to analyze their responses to determine how much time during an average day was spent in their preferences and their non-preferences.}
.Instruct5
{Ask them to answer the following questions}
.Instruct51
{How is the time allocation of activities in each preference impacting on your day-to-day effectiveness at work or in your personal life? 

(<B>Note:<N> this could be either a positive or negative impact.  Negative because working against your preferences could cause fatigue, frustration, stress, etc. or positive in that you may be living your life in a way that supports your true preferences.)}
.Instruct52
{Determine what, if anything needs to be modified or changed to allow you to spend more time living and working in your preferences.}
.Instruct6
{Have participants develop an action plan on how to modify the amount of time they spend in certain preferences based on their individual goals.}
