The stationary industry is doing great this season. Premium price colourful paper with bits of advice about how to run your life are fashionable “must-have” desk accessories, especially in today’s world of self-development and self-help books. With the advent of Christmas and the New Year, with everyone deciding what they want to do in the next year, planners, to do’s and other glittery / colourful / magical stationary pop-up in shops and are recommended as best picks for gifting your loved ones.
Here’s the thing though… some people love having a planner, and they actually use it. Other people, love having the planner and would probably love to use and… they hardly ever do.
Of course, it’s NOT about the planner, it’s about personality traits.
If you’ve ever come across Meta Programmes, or the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, or other tools that look at your personality, then you might have heard about people being called either Judgers or Perceivers. This refers to the way people prefer to live their lives. Judgers like to be more structured and they make decisions quicker, whereas Perceivers like options, they are more flexible and adaptable.
Here are a few characteristics about each of them:
Judgers:
- Love planning
- Love making lists and crossing stuff of their lists
- Love closing things
- Task oriented
- Make decisions easily
- They like order
Perceivers:
- Love options
- Highly adaptable
- They do with the flow
- Love being spontaneous
- They decide at the last minute
- They tend to be messier, and they do know where everything is
Judger vs Perceiver
There’s no better or worse personality trait and sometimes it is more useful to be one over the other. The great news is that one can be a judger or a perceiver in different circumstances, depending on which trait would enable them to get the best results in that particular situation. Wanna find out more? Book me for a FREE Results Coaching session!
