Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Here is what I got on the personality test (Kim)

INTJ - The "Strategist"
Myers-Briggs Personality Types (Free Test)

Introverted: 63%
Intuition: 84%
Thinking: 53%
Judging: 79%

INTJs are introspective, analytical, determined persons with natural leadership ability. Being reserved, they prefer to stay in the background while leading. Strategic, knowledgable and adaptable, INTJs are talented in bringing ideas from conception to reality. They expect perfection from themselves as well as others and are comfortable with the leadership of another so long as they are competent. INTJs can also be described as decisive, open-minded, self-confident, attentive, theoretical and pragmatic.


About the INTJ
Expert Quotes & Links

"...approach reality as they would a giant chess board, always seeking strategies that have a high payoff, and always devising contingency plans in case of error or adversity."
- The Portrait of the Mastermind Rational (iNTj) (Keirsey)

"...observer, values solitude, perfectionist, detached, private... does not talk about feelings, hard to impress, analytical, likes esoteric things..."
- Jung Type Descriptions (INTJ) (similarminds.com)

"To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how."
- INTJ Profile (TypeLogic)
"At work, INTJs use their conceptual strengths to analyze situations and then develop models to understand and anticipate through relentlessly to reach their goals. They will continue on with their plans, even in the face of adversity and data that might suggest to other more practical types that their goals are no longer feasible. By nature, INTJs are independent individualists."
- INTJ - The Free-Thinker (Lifexplore)

"INTJs are natural leaders, although they usually choose to remain in the background until they see a real need to take over the lead. When they are in leadership roles, they are quite effective, because they are able to objectively see the reality of a situation, and are adaptable enough to change things which aren't working well. They are the supreme strategists - always scanning available ideas and concepts and weighing them against their current strategy, to plan for every conceivable contingency. "
- Portrait of an INTJ (The Personality Page)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

If you click on the link for a full portrait of an INTJ, you get a whole lot more detail on the personality - you can find it here: http://www.personalitypage.com/INTJ.html I found it really interesting :-)

I like how it says: "Their need for closure and organization usually requires that they take some action. " and this "It is not easy for the INTJ to express their internal images, insights, and abstractions."

This is also interesting: "INTJs are ambitious, self-confident, deliberate, long-range thinkers. Many INTJs end up in engineering or scientific pursuits, although some find enough challenge within the business world in areas which involve organizing and strategic planning. "

Famous People who are also INTJ's:
C.S. Lewis (explains why you like him so much!)
Augustus Caeser - Roman Emperor
Donald Rumsfeld
Dwight Eisenhower
Gen. Colin Powell
Jane Austen
Katie Couric
Lance Armstrong
Thomas Jefferson
Sir Isaac Newton

-----very interesting indeed :-)

Katrina Hope said...

They listed A LOT of journalists/authors who were INTJ's... :)

only thing I don't know I agree with is the part about being "decisive" which I don't feel I naturaly am- but I guess once I do decide what I want I stand pretty strongly with that. So maybe.

That was fun though.