Honoring Our Past, Remembering Our Heroes

Published April 21, 2011 in Psychology by Sharon Harris

Lanny Friedlander passed away on March 19, 2012.   You may not know his name – I didn’t until recently – but he had a profound effect on the liberty movement.   Friedlander founded Reason magazine, today the world’s largest and most influential libertarian magazine, in 1968.   I’m writing about him here because of what Nick Gillespie, editor in chief of Reason.tv and Reason.com, (Read More)

Unlocking the Secrets of Personality Types – Part 4

Published July 08, 2010 in Psychology by Sharon Harris

Everything you’ve learned in parts one, two, and three can help you tremendously when speaking one-on-one. However, sometime you might have to speak to a group. Have you ever been nervous while talking to groups? Knowing personality types can help communicate better.

Note: Knowledge of "types" is most useful when speaking one-on-one to people you know well  (Read More)

Unlocking the Secrets of Personality Types – Part 3

Published July 07, 2010 in Psychology by Sharon Harris

You learned what personality types are in part one and what personality type most libertarians are in part two, but what do personality types have to do with libertarianism anyways? If you want to effectively communicate the ideas of Liberty, you must first know who you are talking to. Finding an individual’s personality type can help you better communicate with them in a way they will better respond to.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Personality Types – Part 2

Published July 06, 2010 in Psychology by Sharon Harris

Now that you’ve learned about the different personality types in part one, learn what that means for you. You may even find out that your personality type makes you more likely to be a libertarian.

Four temperament types

In his groundbreaking book, Please Understand Me, David Keirsey took the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types and reduced them to four "temperament" types. This makes it much less complicated to figure out and understand  (Read More)