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The following
is adapted from Linda V. Berens and Dario
Nardi, The
16 Personality Types: Descriptions for
Self-Discovery (Telos Publications,
1999) *Used with permission.
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Life feels like a constant state of moving
from one interesting thing to another,
and I can get frustrated when there isn’t
enough time to pursue all those interesting
things.
I
have a wide range of interests. I love
to explore the world, how other people
live, what they believe in, and what their
lives are like. I have a deep need to
understand the human condition and what
brings people to life, even above difficult
odds. I like it when the conversation
goes wherever it wants to go—deep
imaginative, intellectual, or philosophical
conversation. Going off on one theory
or another is fun, but long stories with
nothing to learn frustrate me.
Ideas
mean change. When I meet people who have
interesting ideas, talents, or projects,
I want to get to know them and help them
make whatever they want to do possibly
much bigger, more successful, or more
impactful than they had intended. I start
aligning with them and building trust
because I want to get invited in—to
probably change whatever they want to
do because I tend to see more possibilities.
Then we cook up the project. It’s
fun to learn. I enjoy that in-the-moment
experience of connecting things in my
mind. Challenge and intellectual stimulation
get me excited.
I
just see a different world than the one
in which I live, and I admire people who
have genuine compassion and a commitment
to serve others. I really respect people
who have the ability to take the slings
and arrows that come with leadership roles
and working for change, who can cope with
all the misunderstanding and resistance,
who can say, “This is an idea whose
time has come and we’re going to
get it done.” It’s important
to me to be in a setting where people
are committed, where facts are respected,
and where there is a space for people
to tell the truth or at least look for
the truth—and be open to listening.
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describe me as someone they can go to
when they want an idea or help with an
issue or problem they’re trying to
solve. I often can condense or simplify
a complex idea. I really often know the
right words to use, not necessarily the
right empathetic words but the right words.
Coaching and giving ideas I do well. Just
giving direction is boring. I don’t
feel things have to be done my way, but
they have to be done well.
I
am very partner oriented, and being creative
together is what makes a relationship
alive.
I work a lot, always looking for new projects,
something to sink my teeth into, and I
am constantly challenging myself to make
things better. Things I’ve already
figured out I like to put together in
a format or structure, so I don’t
have to sit down and go through all the
nitty-gritty details. I think in terms
of the future—why am I here, what
is this connected to, where are things
going, where did they come from and wouldn’t
it be better if…? When my intuition
is working it produces a lot of excitement
and ideas.
I
tend to look at things from a very objective
basis. Sometimes I don’t take the
time to stop and thank people and let
them know I’m trying to build on
what they have already done. When I look
at things, I am trying to figure out the
system—looking beneath, behind, or
above, somehow looking beyond the sensory
data to figure out how it all works. I
spend a lot of time trying to figure out
in my head everything around me. Competence
is a must, trying to perfect things, finding
a new way. I am hardest on myself, with
incredibly high standards, and I hold
others to my standards even though sometimes
I wish I hadn’t. And yet I often
seem pretty easygoing.
Fairness
and consistency are really important.
I feel that people should be treated with
respect at all times, and I don’t
like behavior demeaning to others. When
there is conflict I feel a compulsion
to figure it out, to resolve it. When
I’m personally involved, it can be
difficult to initiate a discussion about
the conflict. Sometimes I feel inadequate.
I
think life is a puzzle and we keep playing
with how to fit the pieces together. Something
new and challenging is always more interesting
to me than something I am already competent
at.
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Search & Apply to New Jobs The
following is adapted
from Linda V. Berens and Dario Nardi,
The
16 Personality Types: Descriptions for
Self-Discovery (Telos Publications,
1999) *Used with permission.
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