Sunday, March 4, 2012

What Boxer Am I?

I have wondered what people would ask me the most about Office Boxing. So far it is: “What boxer do you think I am?” It’s a tough question. Really, there is no immediate answer unless I know you well. And, of course, there is a high probability that you are none of the boxers; your idiosyncrasies—odd or endearing as they may be—aren’t the stuff (or enough of the stuff) to make you personality disordered.

The boxers in the book are archetypes: models, standards, epitomes of a personality disorder. Most people will have a trait here or there in common with one of the boxers. The more traits you have in common, the more apt you are to be that type of boxer. I have found that people will often dislike the description of the boxer with whom they most closely resemble. But… be careful! During my research I took on each and every boxer profile and thought “that’s me!”