Planning for Now and Tomorrow, for Success and Meaning

Usually in PixieTypes we deal with a basic assessment of personality type. We address the four temperament first — Classic, Fun, Smart, Organic — and then break it down a little further into the other components, leaving out extraversion and introversion because they rarely figure too much into how we keep house. In Linder’s book What Will I Do with My Money? his personality type analysis of how we spend our money is a bit more sophisticated, but it’s easy to learn, and today we give a quick primer.

Linder sees there being four ways of spending money which depends on how each type makes “psychologically satisfying decisions”. Each of the 16 personality types has a dominant function and this will either be Sensing, Intuition, Thinking or Feeling. It doesn’t correspond with the temperaments, but it’s the first thing that comes to mind when making decisions and it’s a powerful indicator of how we make decisions about money.

Here’s a quick run down of the four dominant types and how they make decisions about spending money. See if it rings true:

The Dominant Sensors see money as “as a source of funds to achieve tangible, practical, near-term results.”

Introverted Classic Freedoms (ISFJ)
Extraverted Fun Freedom (ESFP)
Introverted Classic Structures (ISTJ)
Extraverted Fun Structures (ESTP)

The Dominant Intuitives see money as “a resource that provides for future possibilities and to meet tomorrow’s goals”

Introverted Smart Structures (INTJ)
Introverted Organic Structures (INFJ)
Extraverted Smart Freedoms (ENTP)
Extraverted Organic Freedoms (ENFP)

The Dominant Thinkers see money as “a pragmatic tool to achieve power, control and measurable success.”

Introverted Smart Freedoms (INTP)
Introverted Fun Structures (ISTP)
Extraverted Smart Structures (ENTJ)
Extraverted Classic Structures (ESTJ)

The Dominant Feelers see money as “a source of funds to support what is valued to themselves and others.”

Introverted Fun Freedoms (ISFP)
Introverted Organic Freedoms (INFP)
Extraverted Classic Freedom (ESFJ)
Extraverted Organic Freedom (ENFJ)

Tomorrow we’ll get back to temperament.