I spent a week in February in Sunningdale near London for a training course. My mates were 23 people from all over the world and from various professions. We were asked to work in teams for many games that may be seen as children’s – like moving blocks, building a water fountain out of logs and ropes, or a bridge out of lego blocks and pieces of thin wood. Our MBTI and Belbin types were on our name tags (I am ENTJ, Planter, Monitor-evaluator, Resource Investigator, and Shaper – if you can make out what that means: I can only say that this seems to contradict my image of a meek Asian woman in the eyes of strangers). It is easy to fear the abuse of psychology, but I really enjoyed having the time to keenly observe how I behave, and put myself into a perspective in comparison with others.



I don’t think I could become a better person after this, but am definitely more self-aware and ready to experiment to become a more adaptable person for others when the next opportunity arises.