Actually, many people clutch to excuse of all sorts. For example, prepping itself has been used as an excuse by some to collect and horde large numbers of "prepping" gadgets. Some have collected dozens if not hundreds of knives ...etc. Some have even forgotten to enjoy life using the excuse of being "busy prepping". I think they have "prepping OCD".

Anyway. You are right that people are too complex to categorize with 4 letters each. Not only that but life itself is too complex to even think we can analyze.

Take for example the phrase "bad situation". I have seen it with my own eyes when a "bad situation" becomes the best thing that ever happened to some people because it was the only thing that worked to improve their personalities. They have become more understanding of others around them. Before that, no amount of discussion or convincing was working. When they faced deteriorating circumstaces and harsh realities, they started to THINK !!

So you are right that 4 letter symbols are not what we are , but still we can look at them as "multitools" to use in survival situations when we do not have the full tool box that we keep at home.

I was checking Amazon to order the book , then stumbled on a review that says the book "borrows" a lot of material from another earlier book :

Coping with Difficult People , by Robert Bramson


Check out the first review :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071785...rd_i=007146333X


I am thinking to ordwer both books , as well as another one about "TOXIC coworkers". LOL. I like that description. LOL

I view these kind of tests as tools that can and should be used for a purpose.

For the individual, such a test should be a step to increased self awareness: What are my best and worst sides, and what triggers the best/worst in me? Then you might want to proceed to the next step: What do I want to improve to become a better version of myself?

For the group leader, such a test can be a tool for assembling a group with a higher probability of success for whatever project.

No tools are perfect, and some can be pretty harmful if used unwisely. In my view, if you take such tests and leave it at that it is pretty similar to take tool X out of your dad's toolbox, flap it around and play with it for a while, then put it back without ever realizing what X is for, how you use it and why.