Personality types

[DOGMAN]

There are lots of different personality types. Is there an ideal personality type for Surviving a group crisis situation?

[klkak]

Is homicidal a personality type?

hehehe, Kill everyone in the group and use their stuff. hehehe

"stop it...stop touching me"

[DOGMAN]

We call that the "Stony" personality type

[klkak]

Is homicidal a personality type?

hehehe, Kill everyone in the group and use their stuff. hehehe

"stop it...stop touching me"

Sorry, I had a momentary laps in sanity.

[AKS]

Sorry, I had a momentary laps in sanity.

Momentary?

[Ken]

Think so.

First, you need to watch how everyone's reacting. Most people will look to others for leadership.

Second, you need to stay calm no matter what.

Third, if you quickly and calmly present a solid plan to deal with the crisis, most people will follow your lead.

Fourth, if the group decides to follow the lead of an ignorant loud-mouth, bug-out alone, if you can, and deal with things yourself. No reason to have anyone lead you off a cliff. Of course, this won't work if, say, you're on a lifeboat, but you get my "drift".

[Alpine_Sapper]

Think so.

First, you need to watch how everyone's reacting. Most people will look to others for leadership.

Second, you need to stay calm no matter what.

Third, if you quickly and calmly present a solid plan to deal with the crisis, most people will follow your lead.

Fourth, if the group decides to follow the lead of an ignorant loud-mouth, bug-out alone, if you can, and deal with things yourself. No reason to have anyone lead you off a cliff. Of course, this won't work if, say, your on a lifeboat, but you get my "drift".

Or, you could always just shoot them, take their stuff, and assume leadership yourself. Might be a bad precedent to set though, in case someone disagrees with one of your leadership decisions down the road.

[Ken]

Won't shoot 'em until they try to take my stuff or hurt my family or friends.

[AKS]

Or, you could always just shoot them, take their stuff, and assume leadership yourself. Might be a bad precedent to set though, in case someone disagrees with one of your leadership decisions down the road.

Right, but that is why you must watch how everyone is reacting...Shoot the ones who might disagree with you and have the ones that are left carry all the extra stuff.

[klkak]

I'm beginning to like my idea better. Just kill everyone and then you have everybody's stuff. Unless there is a useful woman in the group. Better to have her around then a volley ball named Wilson.

[AKS]

I'm beginning to like my idea better. Just kill everyone and then you have everybody's stuff. Unless there is a useful woman in the group. Better to have her around then a volley ball named Wilson.

Of course you are entitled to your opinion but I think it would depend on how many people there were and if you were wanting to stay mobile. Just how much stuff would you really want to carry? I do agree about the woman though, cause volley balls just can't cook.

[klkak]

Of course you are entitled to your opinion but I think it would depend on how many people there were and if you were wanting to stay mobile. Just how much stuff would you really want to carry? I do agree about the woman though, cause volley balls just can't cook.

Maybe I should have said "Then you have the pick of their stuff"

[Sam Reeves]

I think me and mine would stray from the group as soon as possible. I hate to sound selfish but in most cases I, like most folks here, would probably end up having to take up the others slack if I didn't leave the pack as soon as it was practical.

[Rick]

Montana, that's an excellent question. For those of you that have lived in the corporate world, you've probably gone through personality testing so you know what personality type you are and which type of personalities you get along with. Also what you need to do to get along with other personality types. It's an important topic for team building. Survival is at the extreme end of team building but will have the same interactions (look at Alaskan Survival).

Jung - Myers-Briggs is one test typology that can place you and your personality into 16 different possible categories. There are, of course, other testing methodologies but Jung-Myers-Briggs (I've seen it listed as Myers-Briggs as well) is probably one of the most famous. Here is a link if you are interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-B...Type_Indicator

[crashdive123]

As was joked around about (you were joking right?) group dynamics will play an important part in the survival of that group. In a group, leaders, workers, providers, comforters, disrupters can all emerge. The trick is knowing everybody's strengths and weaknesses, and learning to work together as a group. When that happens, the entire group will survive. That's why, as Rick posted, many businesses want to find out the personality types of potential employees.

[Rick]

As a manager, it was helpful to me to be able to spot the personality types of my employees. By looking for their tells I knew which ones I would be able to get along with and which ones would be a problem for my personality type. I could then make accommodations for those individuals that would by in conflict with my personality type. It's not the be all, end all, of course but it is helpful to understand why two people can instantly be in conflict with one another over nothing.

In a survival situation, it could be life saving to have that information. Team dynamics works with you or against you and you had better figure out which it is very quickly if it's survival time.

You folks that were in small fire teams in the military probably have a very clear understanding of this. I'm sure you worked on just team building a lot even if you used different names for it.

[Buddha443556]

INTp - I'd be the first to disappear from any group I'm not leading.

[MonsterMash]

Thats why you pick your group before the crisis, not be stuck with one after. And all joking aside. The lone wolf route will get you killed. One person cannot make it for long, alone IMO.

[wareagle69]

if you want to see how it plays out we should find the thread from last aug or sept we ran thru and experiment with the group it turned to hell quickly as most of us are leaders in our own right, sarge started the thread makes for an interseting read.
myself i like being alone i have found that having too many freinds pulls you in many directions and people get jealous when you don't spend time with them, i have my wife who is most like me and my animals and i am comfortable with that, some may say that i am too selfish but life is short and i do what makes me happy with my free time if it is selfish i can live with that..

[Sam]

Of course you are entitled to your opinion but I think it would depend on how many people there were and if you were wanting to stay mobile. Just how much stuff would you really want to carry? I do agree about the woman though, cause volley balls just can't cook.

Sounds like the old joke about the difference between sheep and women.
Sheep can not cook. lol