MindTime vs Personality Models

There are two ways to understand people. Either observe their behaviors and categorize them into traits, or understand the governing principles behind all behaviors. MindTime describes the WHY, the deepest motivating drivers behind behaviors. Typically, personality models describe WHAT people do, and their behaviors themselves.

The often confusing world of personality traits

Nearly all personality type tests such as MBTI, DiSC, and Big 5*, use a number of observable behavioral (corrected spelling) traits to describe a person’s personality. The Big 5, for example, uses extraversionagreeablenessconscientiousnessneuroticism; and openness. There are literally hundreds of such personality traits to choose from, very few of which have any meaningful predictive value. In the world of these trait-based models, there is no true framework or overarching theory of differences, just a lot of descriptions of behaviors (traits).

However, MindTime changes the game. It is a scientifically validated theory that explains WHY people behave the way they do and as such MindTime provides powerful predictive insight into why we are the way we are.

* Myers-Briggs is a trademark or registered trademark of The Myers & Briggs Foundation in the United States and other countries.  DiSC® is a registered trademark of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. or its affiliated companies. 

The origins of all behavior

There are three fundamental priorities that drive the behavior of every sentient being. These priorities act as the filters we perceive through, the mechanisms behind how thoughts are shaped, the drivers of what motivates us at the most fundamental level, and the origins of why we behave the way we do. MindTime is highly predictive because it measures these motivating forces in each person, the origins of behaviors, rather than the behaviors as described by traits.

Unlike personality models, and far beyond their capabilities, MindTime can describe individuals, team cultures, and organizations as thinking systems all within one common framework and language.

MindTime is an a priori theory, supported by over two decades of reliable science, that provides us with a framework to understand the forces or priorities that shape our individual differences. In psychology, these individual differences are also referred to as personality traits, which are used to describe a person’s personality.

To read some of our research and peer-reviewed articles into the relationship between the MindTime framework and individual traits (including the Big 5). MindTime is highly parsimonious with findings in individual trait-based research, findings in neuropsychology, and cultural sciences.