>>people far more academically etc qualified than I thought him not up to snuff.
In this stuff instincts are more likely to be accurate. Its essentially self-fulfilling; within reasonable limits if you think he isn't very good then by definition he can't be.
>>are too practical, quietly analytical or exact to get value from it.
You can't be too "anything" to get value from it. Quite the opposite.
One should regard it like body language, a hint rather than a statement in and of itself.
i.e.
The man opposite you has crossed his arms and legs, is looking up and to his left, and failing to meet your gaze because he is a lying, disinterested, closed git who has no interest in what you're saying and is trying to work out how to manipulate you.
Or:
If he finds it a comfortable way to sit and can't believe how much his neck hurts after driving that go-kart at the weekend.
If your case Bromp, if I can be so presumptuous, it may well have helped you better understand and manage the relationship between yourself and either a subordinate or a superior of a different personality type. Its like a translator. Its not so much that your personality is of one type or another, but the fact that whatever type it is, it is a well-defined personality with well defined borders.
"Quietly analytical" in particular, is frequently and inappropriately misunderstood. This stuff could help you manage that.
Or it might not. Its a tool, and at times useful and at times not. But its always the bigger the toolbox the better, isn't it?
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