Metaprogram: Judging - Perceiving
People relate to their environment either by judging or perceiving.
Judging:
People with this Meta-Program tend to ensure that the environment adapts to them. They have a plan and a goal and organize their lives so that it aligns with their plans and goals. They like it when everything is neat and structured. They have no problem forming an opinion on something and making a decision. Once they have formed an opinion, they stick to it until new information forces them to reconsider. They like it when something, e.g., a project, is completed; they love to finish things.
Perceiving:
People with this meta-program tend to adapt to the environment. They love to live in the moment and spontaneously do things they feel like doing. They like to act based on their intuition. It is extremely difficult for them to make a decision, and when they do, they often change it very quickly. They like to keep many options open and avoid finalizing things.
Classifying Questions
Do you love to live your life spontaneously and in the moment?
Do you find it rather easy or rather difficult to make a decision?
Do you frequently change your mind?
Are you more punctual or more unpunctual for appointments?
Do you get annoyed when someone else is late for an appointment with you?
Recognize and Identify
Judging: These people live according to a plan and love to make lists of what to do when and in what order. They love their time system and are happy when their scheduling is clear and organized. Without their scheduling book, they feel like only half a person. They are punctual or slightly early for appointments and expect punctuality from others as well. They strictly adhere to agreements. They make decisions easily. They behave in a way that gives them as much control over their life circumstances as possible.
Perceiving: These people love their spontaneity and therefore hate any kind of plan. Daily schedule planning, fixed appointments, etc. They feel bound and unfree by such agreements. They often do not adhere to agreements. They are often late for appointments and generally have a poor sense of time. They are reluctant to make decisions because with every decision they feel they have cut themselves off from valuable opportunities. They try to understand life and adapt to it.
Examples
Judging:
"I love it when everything goes according to plan."
"I have and regularly use my time management system."
"I can decide easily."
"I usually stick to my decisions."
"I am punctual and expect this from others as well."
Perceiving:
"I have no time management system and hate fixed appointments."
"When I'm there, I'm just there."
"I hate having to make decisions all the time."
"I prefer to keep many options open."
"I frequently change my mind."
"I am often late and it doesn't bother me if others are late too."
Statistical Distribution
Judging: 50%
Perceiving: 50%
Language patterns:
Judger: Plan, approach, order, punctual, commitment, decide, organize, completion, solve, control, structure, definite, deadline.
Perceiving: Free, spontaneous, options, possibilities, wait and see, flexible, adapt, open end, intuitive, provisional.