Board Meeting: Time to refocus and reorganize

• Subject: Redefine the purpose of Mindblink Blog
• Board members: Me, myself, and I
• Concerns: Mindblink is losing direction and focus (where were we going with this?)

I have created this blog after being inspired by The MBTI Blog of Breanne Potter as a means to stay connected to the MBTI community and also to share my new passion with others who may not be familiar with the type theory. As I have a tendency to make everything broader than they need to be, my focus can easily get scattered. Judith Grutter, who was my teacher for my on-line Strong Interest Inventory qualification, pointed to the fact that:

if I try to do everything, I will most likely end up doing nothing.

...Simple statement with so much truth in it... I've been chewing on that thought for a couple of weeks now, trying to digest it and find a focus.

I have been readjusting my goals and my vision as far as my career path is concerned, and it's slowing becoming more clear as I think through it. I've come too far to just let it fizzle out into nothing.

I am here to address the issues concerning this blog. I am reaching deep to get in touch with my out-of-preference and underdeveloped "S" and "J" functions. It requires frequent deep breaths and great concentration, but it's time to make some clarifications and find a focus here:

1. Psychology will be the main focus of this blog. While it is true that I believe psychology applies to everything in life, it is also true that "everything" is simply too broad of a topic.


2. I will resurrect my other blogs to write about my thoughts that don't quite seem to fit into the category of psychology and MBTI.


3. Other writers here whom I have invited to co-author this blog will be requested to post at least once every 4-6 weeks. I will do my best to suggest appropriate topics.


4. As for myself, I will be writing about my new discoveries and lessons that I learn as I continue in my growing process as it applies to psychology in general, and to MBTI in particular.


5. Staying within the context of #4 stated above, I will continue to think, ask questions, learn as much as I can, and share what I've learned in a way that is palatable and easy-to-comprehend.
   


6. Nothing is ever written in stone with me, but I will try this "focus" thing for a while and see how it goes...

New Direction

I have been doing a lot of thinking about my vision and the direction in which I want to take my new adventure. Everything I have been working toward for the past four years is finally showing signs of life.

It’s time to breathe. It’s time to live. It’s time to give. It’s time to act. It’s time to begin what has been brewing in my mind.

A thought that came to me as I was working on a recent video project was “Everything is connected…”

MBTI is a new passion of mine. I have a very high regard for what it can do as a tool for self-awareness and the awareness of others. However, I don’t want it to become all-consuming, wherein my vision gets blurred.

My number one desire is in bringing people together and sharing more knowledge and understanding. MBTI is a big part, but not all, of what I do. If financial gain comes as a result of it, so be it. If not, my vision will still be intact. I will still be in my corner of the world leaning hard toward the light.

I am taking this blog in a new direction. I suddenly got the idea as I was asking Richard Wade to be a guest author. He said yes! I will be honored for him to stop by whenever he can. I plan on recruiting a few more surprise authors for this blog.

The following is a quick preview of who may be joining us in the future (please say yes, Chuck!):

A friend, Chuck Hillig, from his amazing book, Seeds for the Soul:

"Unless you develop true intimacy with what’s real, then you’ll always be struggling with both your fears and your desires.

But your heart can’t be truly intimate with either fear or desire.

Your heart can only be truly intimate with who you really are."