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INTJ – The SCIENTIST / Strategist / Mastermind
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🛠 Most Independent
( 2.1% world-wide) (3.3% ♂︎ //  0.8% ♀︎)  The Badass mastermind // Iconoclast

NATURAL: Everything has room for improvement
GOAL: to Criticize.

INTJs are independent, determined & competent. They’re natural leaders, although usually keep to the background until they see a real need to take over, but also will follow someone if they trust their authority. They place a high value on knowledge & structure, & when committed, are capable of organizing a job & carrying it through to the end.  They have very high standards for their own performance, & that of others.

Original thinkers, they’re often able to define a compelling, long-range vision, & are driven to gather meaning from their ideas, coming up with innovative solutions to complex problems. Their analytical mind can easily see patterns in external events & then explain them thoroughly, coupled with an exceptional ability to turn theories into solid plans of action.

INTJs spend a lot of time inside their own mind, usually with little interest in other people’s thoughts or feelings, quick to express judgments. With very evolved intuitions, they’re often convinced they’re right about things. (More…)

• They’re : analytical, calculated, caring, driven, efficient, knowledgeable, innovative, need to be competent, need things ‘my way’, skeptical, straightforward, strategic, theoretical,  seeing world as a chessboard
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Hidden side : They fiercely believe in free will, but aren’t stubborn. If they learn the value of something they previously resisted, they can do a complete 180 – quite often – because of their tendency to analyze things for a long time. They’re more aesthetically oriented than other Thinking types, & can be quite whimsical, though it may not always show

While they can seem cold, they’ll quickly defrost for a cause or something they relate to. They can be quite compassionate to people & things that are misunderstood, urging others to look beyond biases at facts & circumstances. While their thinking is very independent, they usually don’t mind (even prefer) helping & being helped, because of their keen understanding of everyone’s limitations

• Life’s Purpose : To be objective in a sea of subjectivity.
• Their Law : You shall always be like Newton.
• They Comfort others by saying: Are those….tears? Holy moly!

• They Say : I’ve found all the inconsistencies in the rules, so I consider them void. I look to the future rather than the past. …. just Stop.
• Catchphrase : Hope for the best & prepare for the worst

• Communication : Advice – Stop talking about being the smartest. They won’t start a conversation, & may ‘look’ angry. They’re probably not, but still…. approach with caution.

• Weaknesses : Can be arrogant, extreme anger, misanthropy, too apathetic toward others
• Manipulate : Never have time for anything because they’re always ‘busy’ with work (by their definition).  Can’t argue with them because they’re ‘always right’

• Paradoxes : Visionary AND arrogant. Everything planned BUT nothing solidified. Confident BUT insecure
• Value: Vision           • Fear : of losing their skill

• Judge people by: their competence
• Are Judged for : being an idiot

STRESSED by situations in illustration. They design a universal procedure that will solve their problem for all time

Under stress (Melancholy-Choleric) INTJs live too much in their mind, mostly disregarding physical & emotional needs. Therefore, love & romantic relationships can take them by surprise, the intensity of their own emotions being what causes them distress.
They may feel out of control, restless & tormented, so respond to these emotions by dismissing them, turning them into abstract theoretical principles that don’t connect to objective reality

In these circumstances they can feel physically stressed & intensely angry, with an obsessive focus on certain details, & a tendency to over-indulge. Idealizing their own complex concepts & ideas, they fail to recognize the importance of relationships with peers, managing to isolate themself from their emotional & physical self, as well as the world around them. They become ‘misunderstood’ loners, cryptic & enigmatic to everyone else.

• Hate : asking for help because it make them feel incompetent, being injured or diseased, being ordered around, feeling stupid, flippant attitude, ignorance, overly-dramatic people, misinformation, subjectivity, someone who keeps making ridiculous jokes while the INTJ is trying to be serious

• Don’t argue with an INTJ while they’re holding : all the cards
• Never : control them     • Never tell them : “You’re not as smart as you think you are”

GROWTH
Advice : Occasionally take time off from work to explore new things

When it comes to emotional satisfaction, INTJs simply are out of their element. They can come across as cold and distant when focusing on the task at hand, & miss recognizing or appreciating the contributions of others.  They can find it hard to engage in social conversations, & tend to too reserved, not giving as much praise or intimate support as those around them would like

INTJs need to organize their esoteric perceptions and highly intuitive mental constructs, by applying some form of general logic to them so they’re understandable to others. They need to become more grounded in reality by also appreciating & giving proper importance to material practicality

INTJ Relationships
YOU : take commitments very seriously, prepared to dedicate substantial energy & time into a relationship to make it work. Instead of falling head over heels, you first look for the qualities you admire. Embracing conflict instead of avoiding it, you can easily move on from a breakup.
👥  Your relationship superpower is Healthy Confrontation.

• Thrive in any environment that is : stable & intellectual (What you need – scroll down)

• As a friend, you’re the MENSA one who sometimes rubs it in everyone’s face, but because you’re so fascinating – they don’t mind.  The sarcastic one who’s quiet, & occasionally gives  death glares

• Annoyed with: anyone who’s an idiot

INTJ Parent / child of INTJ parent, INTJ child    (ALSO…)

• Still single because : you’re arrogant and socially inept
• Unhealthy behavior : plan your wedding on the first date

• Show interest by : being stalkerish
• Show love : are affectionate, giving time, advice, analysis….

• You want to hear : I’m in awe of you
• You’re attractive/sexy because : you’re observant, meticulous, work hard & play harder. You seem both fully present & other-worldly, so people find your mysterious, detached & intriguing

• You should date : someone very smart who can force you to live in the moment, can make you accept your emotions without trying to ‘understand’ them, can help you experience passion without logic but will listen to your logic-rants without falling asleep

• To attract you : they need to present you with a completely new way of thinking about something you’d already decided on. It’ll shake your foundation but win your admiration (Your turn-on)

• Some famous INTJ : Chevy Chase, Raymond Burr, Richard Gere, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Hawking, Ayn Rand, Isaac Asimov, Al Gore, Bill Gates

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