The source of your energy (Introversion / Extraversion) Taking in information (Sensing / INtuition) Decision-making (Thinking / Feeling) Dealing with outer world (Judging / Perceiving) Because Judging / Perceiving preference pertains to way you deal with outer world, it has greatest influence on way you manage time and space, however, other preferences also come into play, as described in earlier articles. Your preferences in four areas listed above combine to form one of 16 different personality types.

This article is a summary of responses I received, according to participants' stated personality type. Where specific time management products were named, this information has been included.

Due to their preference for planning and their attention to detail, Sensing Judging types are generally considered natural organizers with a strong attachment to schedules and deadlines. Most formal time management systems on market were designed by and for SJ types.

Although one ISTJ participant stated that he doesn’t use a time management system at all, others showed a preference for a paper-based system. Most like week-at-a-glance format, either Day Runner® or Taylor Planner®, because it allows them to visualize what they have to do. One student supplements her daily planner with a wall-mounted dry-erase calendar as well as a dry-erase board containing her weekly time map.

ISFJ participants also showed a preference for a paper-based system. Although one stated that she loves technology and was given a Palm Pilot®, she has no desire to give up her Day-Timer®, which has a monthly calendar that allows her to see her commitments at a glance. It also includes two pages for each day, with space for a to-do list and daily schedule, as well as blank space for jotting down phone messages and important thoughts. Others are less concerned with scheduling, but use daily to-do lists.

The only ESFJ who responded to survey indicated a preference for Palm Pilot®, which allows her to easily search for and retrieve information and to sync with her Outlook® calendar. She prefers to use paper for ideas that she needs to "sketch" visually and for face-to-face situations with clients where Palm Pilot® might seem a distraction or even rude.

Unfortunately, no ESTJ's took part in survey, but according to Sandra Krebs Hirsch & Jean Kummerow, authors of LifeTypes, and Larry Demarest, author of Out of Time: How Sixteen Types Manage Their Time and Work, ESTJ's like to-do lists and use a calendar or planner to keep track of what has been done and what still needs to be addressed. ESTJ's typically plan thoroughly, scheduling preparation time for meetings as well as for meeting itself.

Although a wide variety of systems were reported, due to their preference for Intuition, INtuitive Feeling types generally prefer time management systems that allow them to see big picture.

ENFP's reported using multiple calendars for different functions. One uses a Palm Pilot® for scheduling, but creates a daily to-do list using Microsoft Word®, so that she can cross out tasks as she completes them. Another uses an electronic calendar and task list along with a manual tickler file consisting of a folder for each day of month and a folder for each month, where she keeps all paperwork to back up her electronic system. A third uses a Day-Timer® system, one page per day, folio size, with monthly calendar inserts to keep on track, along with a calendar on kitchen fridge to keep track of family activities.

INFP's had widest participation rate in survey, and reported a variety of time management system preferences, encompassing both paper-based and electronic systems. One successfully manages her busy schedule with a PDA to schedule personal and private practice appointments. She schedules job appointments on her computer at work using Outlook® and syncs her PDA and work computer upon arrival and again before leaving work. Another uses Palm Pilot® for scheduling and alarms, along with Microsoft Streets and Trips® to find locations and download to PDA. She likes ability to print her calendar and have entire month in front of her.

Another uses a Franklin Planner® “when she thinks of it,” sometimes recording tasks that have been completed, in case she need to remember when she started something, and uses Microsoft Works® calendar occasionally as well. One INFP designed her own multi-ring planning system.

In my words, law of attraction is that we attract events and circumstances that vibrate at same or similar frequencies we emit. All energy has an inherent vibration frequency, like pitch of a voice. Picture positive events, thinking, and circumstances as high frequency vibration-the treble-while negative events, thinking, and circumstances vibrate at low frequency-the base. We intuitively know this. When we’re feeling good, we often say we’re high. And when we’re feeling bad, we usually say we’re down, or feeling low.