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Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds
are head and shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning.
Complex operations involve many steps or stages, one following another
in a necessary progression, and Masterminds are naturally able to grasp
how each one leads to the next, and to prepare alternatives for
difficulties that are likely to arise any step of the way. Trying to
anticipate every contingency, Masterminds never set off on their
current project without a Plan A firmly in mind, but they are always
prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.Masterminds
are rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population,
and they are rarely encountered outside their office, factory, school,
or laboratory. Although they are highly capable leaders, Masterminds
are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the
background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they
take charge, however, they are thoroughgoing pragmatists. Masterminds
are certain that efficiency is indispensable in a well-run
organization, and if they encounter inefficiency-any waste of human and
material resources-they are quick to realign operations and reassign
personnel. Masterminds do not feel bound by established rules and
procedures, and traditional authority does not impress them, nor do
slogans or catchwords. Only ideas that make sense to them are adopted;
those that don't, aren't, no matter who thought of them. Remember,
their aim is always maximum efficiency.In their careers, Masterminds
usually rise to positions of responsibility, for they work long and
hard and are dedicated in their pursuit of goals, sparing neither their
own time and effort nor that of their colleagues and employees.
Problem-solving is highly stimulating to Masterminds, who love
responding to tangled systems that require careful sorting out.
Ordinarily, they verbalize the positive and avoid comments of a
negative nature; they are more interested in moving an organization
forward than dwelling on mistakes of the past.Masterminds tend
to be much more definite and self-confident than other Rationals,
having usually developed a very strong will. Decisions come easily to
them; in fact, they can hardly rest until they have things settled and
decided. But before they decide anything, they must do the research.
Masterminds are highly theoretical, but they insist on looking at all
available data before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of
any statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked
against reality.Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Ulysses S. Grant,
Frideriche Nietsche, Niels Bohr, Peter the Great, Stephen Hawking, John
Maynard Keynes, Lise Meitner, Ayn Rand and Sir Isaac Newton are
examples of Rational Masterminds.


Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

by Marina Margaret Heiss



Profile: INTJ

Revision: 3.0

Date of Revision: 27 Feb 2005

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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. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still
more importantly, they know what they don't know.


INTJs are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for
improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them
from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is
the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often
ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?"
to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social
norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing
the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment
for its own sake.

INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in
part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination
and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is
for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism
and disregard for authority may come
into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others
on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including
superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware
of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to
implement critical decisions without
consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do
tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual
contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for
seizing opportunities which others might not even notice.

In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know".
Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but
they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness
are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). INTJs can rise to
management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing
their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of
ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn
to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their
inherent unconventionality.

Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the
INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for
others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of
time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence
that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or
mislead them in interpersonal situations.

This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the
social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and
less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which
most types consider half the fun of a
relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely
private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which
makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most
fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense.
:-) This sometimes results
in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of
expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic
relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and
directness.

Probably the strongest INTJ assets in the interpersonal area are
their intuitive abilities and their willingness to "work at" a
relationship. Although as Ts they do not always have the kind of
natural empathy that many Fs do, the Intuitive function can often act
as a good substitute by synthesizing the probable meanings behind such
things as tone of voice, turn of phrase, and facial expression. This
ability can then be honed and directed by consistent, repeated efforts
to understand and support those they care about, and those
relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend
to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good
communications.

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Functional Analysis

by Joe Butt

Introverted iNtuition

INTJs are idea people. Anything is possible; everything is negotiable.
Whatever the outer circumstances, INTJs are ever perceiving inner
pattern-forms and using real-world materials to operationalize them.
Others may see what is and wonder why; INTJs see what might be
and say "Why not?!" Paradoxes, antinomies, and other contradictory phenomena
aptly express these intuitors' amusement at those whom they feel may be
taking a particular view of reality too seriously. INTJs enjoy developing
unique solutions to complex problems.

Extraverted Thinking

Thinking in this auxiliary role is a workhorse. Closure is the payoff
for efforts expended. Evaluation begs diagnosis; product drives process.
As they come to light, Thinking tends, protects, affirms and directs
iNtuition's offspring, fully equipping them for fulfilling and useful lives.
A faithful pedagogue, Thinking argues not so much on its own behalf, but
in defense of its charges. And through this process these impressionable
ideas take on the likeness of their master.

Introverted Feeling

Feeling has a modest inner room, two doors down from the Most Imminent
iNtuition. It doesn't get out much, but lends its influence on behalf of
causes which are Good and Worthy and Humane. We may catch a glimpse of it
in the unspoken attitude of good will, or the gracious smile or nod. Some
question the existence of Feeling in this type, yet its unseen balance to
Thinking is a cardinal dimension in the full measure of the INTJ's soul.

Extraverted Sensing

Sensing serves with a good will, or not at all. As other inferior
functions, it has only a rudimentary awareness of context, amount or
degree. Thus INTJs sweat the details or, at times, omit them. "I've made
up my mind, don't confuse me with the facts" could well have been said by
an INTJ on a mission. Sensing's extraverted attitude is evident in this
type's bent to savor sensations rather than to merely categorize them.
Indiscretions of indulgence are likely an expression of the unconscious
vengeance of the inferior.

Famous INTJs:

Susan B. Anthony

Lance Armstrong

Arthur Ashe, tennis champion

Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus)

Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers)

William J. Bennett, "drug czar"

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironsides)

Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane) (Fletch)

Katie Couric

Phil Donahue

Michael Dukakis, governor of Mass., 1988 U.S. Dem. pres. candidate

Richard Gere (Pretty Woman)

Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor

Greg Gumbel, television sportscaster

Hannibal, Carthaginian military leader

Veronica Hamel (Hill Street Blues)

Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote)

Orel Leonard Hershiser, IV

Peter Jennings

Charles Everett Koop

Ivan Lendl

C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Joan Lunden

Edwin Moses, U.S. olympian (hurdles)

Martina Navratilova

Michelle Obama

General Colin Powell, US Secretary of State

Charles Rangel, U. S. Representative, D-N.Y.

Pernell Roberts (Bonanza)

Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California

Josephine Tey (Elizabeth Mackintosh), mystery writer (Brat Farrar)

U.S. Presidents:

Chester A. Arthur

Calvin Coolidge

Thomas Jefferson

John F. Kennedy

James K. Polk

Woodrow Wilson

Fictional:

Cassius (Julius Caesar)

Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Gandalf the Grey (J. R. R. Tolkein's Middle Earth books)

Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)

Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis

Ensign Ro (Star Trek--the Next Generation)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet)

George Smiley, John le Carre's master spy

Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)