People who prefer Judging like a more structured and organized lifestyle. They like to control their environment by making plans or at least knowing what the plans are when others make them. Interaction with the outside world is through their decision-making (judging) mental process of Thinking or Feeling. Making decisions, coming to closure, and then moving on is important to people with a Judging preference.
People who prefer Perceiving like a more flexible and open-ended lifestyle. Rather than control their environment, they want to experience it through exploring options. Interaction with the outside world is through their information gathering (perceiving) mental process of Sensing or Intuition. Staying open to new information, last minute options, and being adaptable is important to people with a Perceiving preference.
Everyone takes in information and makes decisions. However, when it comes to dealing with the outer world, people who prefer Judging tend to focus on making decisions because they like things decided. People who prefer Perceiving tend to focus on taking in information because they like exploring options.
Everyone spends some time each day taking in information (Perceiving) and deciding (Judging) as part of day-to-day living. Most of us tend to find comfort with and lean on one more than the other when approaching the outside world.
People who prefer Judging (J) tend to:
- Like making and sticking to plans
- Want closure
- Make and follow schedules
- Like organization and structure
- Work in a methodical manner
- Want to control life
- Do their best to avoid last-minute stress
Keywords: systematic, planful, early starting, closure, scheduled, methodical
People who prefer Perceiving (P) tend to:
- Be flexible
- Keep options open
- Go with the flow
- Like spontaneity
- Adapt to emerging information
- Want to experience life
- Get energized and do their best work at the last-minute
Keywords: casual, open-ended, pressure-prompted, options, spontaneous, emergent
- How we approach complex tasks
- When we come to closure
- How we handle deadlines
- How we view work and play
- Planning for events