INTJ
From
Conversations with
Conceptualizer Directors
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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I often feel I am missing something, that
I have a perspective or viewpoint that
isn’t widely shared and that I am
decades ahead of my time, maybe more.
It’s like being caught in a time
warp.
I
tend to be someone who looks at all the
what-ifs, thinking way ahead with a vision
of things and anticipating. I’m always
interested in extending myself into areas
I don’t do well in. I’m a good
problem solver from that perspective.
I like to go through anything I can think
of before I act—the implications,
what others have tried before and their
effect, my options and their consequences,
who to mobilize and in what time frame.
I like coming up with new ideas about
how to approach a situation until I find
a solution that feels right. And I like
to think that solution will be something
that works for everyone. I experience
problems as challenges, not as things
that can’t be dealt with or accomplished.
Challenges can always be dealt with
I
am naturally organized, structured, and
analytical. If a project enters my mind
it immediately assumes the form of its
pieces, its basic structure, and what
order—first, next, last—it will
take to get it done. This isn’t something
I do, it happens instantaneously without
effort. Issues are multifaceted and I
try to think from different perspectives,
not only my perspectives but others’
too. And I’ve found it’s good
to gather as many facts as I can. Sometimes
there is a piece that needs to be thrown
out, or maybe it’s the seed of another
project.
I
won’t do something if I feel I can’t
do it well. I prefer trying something,
then critique after the fact. I will integrate
the experience and never make the same
mistakes again. I am satisfied when things
work well, and I like to improve people’s
lives by reorganizing and introducing
things in an understandable way that is
explicit and clear and makes sense. Then
someone else can come in and take over.
I set very high standards for myself,
and I believe it is possible to be competent
at anything and everything I set my mind
to.
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keep myself very private; that’s
a part of who I am. I keep people at arm’s
length. They have to gain my trust and
interest. People are curious about me,
I think, but only the brave try to figure
me out. I feel very serious, but some
I meet I just like a lot, and I can be
spontaneously playful. I have a sensitivity
to people and can feel warm with them,
although many perceive me as intimidating,
aloof or annoyed, or incredibly calm and
competent about everything. People say
I ask them good questions, not to make
the decision for them, but to help them
think through things. I look for systems
that will make things better, and I am
very much a person who seeks fairness
and equality. People are very important,
and I want to help them develop the skills
they need to get on in life, whatever
that means for each one of them.
There’s
always something to occupy my mind or
attention. I must be using my mind in
a purposefully creative way, pushing the
envelope with the most creatively challenging
thing I can do, being the originator of
a solution to a problem that doesn’t
exist yet. It’s a complex world,
and I believe we each should develop as
complex an inner life as possible with
the facility to react or initiate in a
wide variety of ways. The more successful
one is at actively developing all of that
and having access to that, the better
things can be. If something really interests
me I have an incredible ability to stick
with it—even though I have a larger
perspective, I can be very focused and
zero in on a point. I have always seen
the world at many levels.
Autonomy
is important, to be respected for my own
thoughts and feelings, ideas and creativity.
I am turned off when people try to discredit
my ideas or don’t listen before they
even understand, or when people don’t
try to do the best they can or fight against
progress. And if the emotional piece is
not well managed in my life, or not compartmentalized,
work is very difficult. Chitchat is tedious.
I don’t know what to say, and I figure
the other person isn’t actually interested
in me anyway.
Over
time I have built a world-view, like constructing
a map of the cosmos, and from this, essentially
everything is understandable and anything
is possible. All the things I’ve
done, have been self-taught by picking
up on or asking myself good, clear, penetrating
questions to expose and articulate the
hidden structures that underlie the experience
of living.
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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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