MSI Press Blog

  What is a  book jewel ? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Understanding the People around You , a classic by Ekaterina Filatova. Description: This book is a translation and update by the author of her popular Russian-language book on people types. The field of socionics (personality type along the lines of Jung's theories) is fully covered in this book for American readers; the author is one of the leading socionists in Russia/Europe. The examples and discussions are written at a lay level and are meant for the ev

  Excerpt from Understanding the Analyst (Quinelle) -  WHO IS THE ANALYST The Analyst is an Intuitive Thinking Introvert (TII), who is also Rational. As such, he or she is a combination of the three expressed traits and the unexpressed trait, Rationality (emphasis on the Jungian definition, not the English language lay definition).  Some might say that he reminds one of Mr. Spock, of the television and movie series Star Trek . (The resemblance is clear enough that when my 10-year-old Analyst son was through-hiking the Appalachian Trail with his father, he was referred to by other through-hikers as “Spock,” though his official AT moniker was “Puff.”) Certainly, too, one would find many an Analyst in Silicon Valley; if one were to stereotype the geek world, it would contain mostly Analyst features.  Filatova describes the Analyst in the following way: The most notable attributes of Analysts are a lanky body and a hollow cheeked face, often with an elongated nose. They have a

Recently released - the audiobook for Understanding the People around You by Dr. Ekaterina Filatova This book is an English-language update of the author's popular book on Jung's people types. The field of socionics is fully covered in this book; the author is one of the leading socionists in Russia/Europe. The examples and discussions are written for the everyday reader though specialists will also find them helpful. This popular book now has a spin-off series,  Socionics in Everyday Life , with a small book dedicated to further delineating each personality type in the original book. The spin-off series is being written (two books published, two books in production, 12 more planned) by Kacee Quinelle, friend of Ekaterina Filatova, in memory of "Katya" who died in 2015. For more posts about Dr. Ekaterina Filatova and her book, click HERE . Purchase the paperback at discount from the  MSI Press webstore . Use Coupon Code FF25 for 25% off. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC

  Excerpt from The Invisible Foreign Language Classroom by Laura Dabbs and Betty Lou Leaver. Defining and Recognizing the Invisible Classroom Artisans General Orientation The SP seeks freedom and action.  Artisans would rather not have rules to follow but go where the impulse takes them.  To them, work is essentially play.  They have no real desire for closure or completion of a task or assignment—to the Artisan, the doing is the learning independent of any conclusion.   As Learners SPs are often the most misunderstood learner in the average classroom.  The SP craves action and hands-on learning;sitting in a regimented row, day after day, can seem like the ultimate torture.  Giving the SP freedom to be creative and to experience hands-on learning can be the key to reaching the SP learner.  SPs are often misunderstood in the classroom and seen as discipline problems because they can’t sit still daily and routinely perform as does the SJ.  The SP wants and needs choices and independe

  Excerpt from Understanding the People around You (Filatova) THE LEADER: Sensing-Feeling Extravert (S F E) General Appearance   The most distin ctiv e fea t ure of L eaders (SFE s ) is   t heir proud gaze. T he y look around as if they wan t t o e x amine a poten t ia l ba ttl efie l d before making a v i t a l decision. O ften, L eaders have round faces w i th shor t or «ha w k» noses. Leaders are g rea t optimists. T he y l i v e w i th gusto ; the y are v er y in v igora ti ng, se l f-asser tiv e, and so m eti m e s e v en i m pertinent . L eaders frequen tly w ear st yl ish and impressi v e cl o t hes. W omen prefer bright and vi bran t col ors, red is one of th e i r fa v or ite s.   Characterization According to Strong Channel Functions I.   P ersonali ty P r og ram Ch annel ( e — volitional pressure, drive, influence…) T he mo st important thing for Leaders is