Your personality type:

Quietly forceful, original and sensitive. Tend to stick to things until they are done. Extremely intuitive about people and concerned for their feelings. Well-developed value systems which they strictly adhere to. Well-respected for their perserverence in doing the right thing. Likely to be individualistic, rather than leading or following.

Careers that could fit you include:

Counselors, clergy, missionaries, teachers, medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, psychologists, psychiatrists, writers, musicians, artists, psychics, photographers, child care workers, education consultants, librarians, marketeers, scientists, social workers.

It's the Myers-Briggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Audrey!! I KNEW IT!!! You're an INFJ!!!!   Meeeeee Tooooooo!!!!

http://www.typelogic.com/in...

The who?  Myers Briggs?

Is being a INFJ good or bad?  I'm a little worried about the J part. 

OMG How interesting Ray.  I read your link.  There's more of us!!

Here's me  :-)

Your personality type:

Enthusiastic, idealistic and creative. Able to do almost anything that interests them. Great people skills. Need to live life in accordance with their inner values. Excited by new ideas, but bored with details. Open-minded and flexible, with a broad range of interests and abilities.

Careers that could fit you include:

Actors, journalists, writers, musicians, painters, consultants, psychologists, psychiatrists, entrepreneurs, teachers, counselors, politicans, diplomats, television reporters, marketers, scientists, sales representatives, artists, clergy, public relations, social scientists, social workers.

http://www.41q.com/type.41q...

It's not actually a Personality test. It's a Temperament analysis which is quite different.  

The "J" part has NOTHING to do with being judgemental. There's a very complex explanation for it that would take me a while to explain, but if you Google "Myers Briggs" you can get tons and tons of information about the terms

Basically speaking, your temperatment *trends* in certain ways of solving problems.

You are basically introverted but not excruciatingly so like I am (deafness has a profound effect)

You are intuitive which is the MB way of saying you see things in a kind of "big picture" way.

Okay. This could take HOURS to get into, so I'm not going to go into the "F" (feeling) and "J" (judging) parts. But I wlll say that of ALL the 16 MB temperaments, INFJ is the most rare (about 1% of the population).

There are lots of positives and a few negatives about being an INFJ.

Here's me.....

Your personality type:

Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living. Extremely thorough, responsible and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. They can usually accomplish any task once they have set their mind to it.

Careers that could fit you include:

Business executives, administrators and managers, accountants, police, detectives, judges, lawyers, medical doctors, dentists, computer programmers, systems analysts, computer specialists, auditors, electricians, math teachers, mechanical engineers, steelworkers, technicians.

 Math teachers...ROFL, I HATE math....grandson is a math teacher and I think even he gave up on me.

Witters looks like a Myers-Briggs E.N.F.P.

Witters, do you spend a lot of time taking care of people; not out of necessity, but because you seem naturally compelled to do so?

Witters

Your intuitive is off the map.  Are you sure you're not psychic?

Ray

I really am judgmental, unfortunately.  It's something I've been working on my whole life.  That combined with my intuitive skills, makes me a mean (as in nasty) opponent.

INFJ's make only 1% of the population.  THAT explains a lot.  LOL

Nancy, you're a I.S.T.J.

Read this for a full explanation. See if you think it's basically accurate.

http://www.typelogic.com/is...

Nancy is a

ISTJ

Wow!  Nanc you could model for a new rendition of "the Thinker".  LOL

edit:

this is Nancy to a T. 

ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty

WOW Ray, that was pretty darned accurate..and scary.

Except for the part about going off and dying just because Lazarus did.  I'm not THAT dedicated...lol.

Not willing to croak, Nancy.  Lol

Audrey, it also means that your intuition is almost always correct and that you take quite a bit of time to arrive at your judgements. Rarely are snap judgements something you employ unless in an emergency.  Your judgments are based on a combination of experience, study and a natural tendency to explore deeply things you don't understand but want a kind of mastery of, just so you can speak about them with credibility.

The down side is (full disclosure alert) that an iNFJ has to be careful about wanting revenge. Of course, revenge isn't an ugly word. It's sometimes a powerful force toward seeking justice on many, many different levels including simply winning a verbal argument. It's my knowing that about myself that keeps me from engaging in so many of the blogs. I have to stop, breath into a bag, and ask myself if I want to engage a particular subject that is gnawing at my emotions. 

We had a specific program to follow when I was at the county and I was a by the book person.  We were using a new program and if we didn't adhere to fidelity how would we know if it worked or not?  Some of the others went off course and added their own thing to it...drove me completely BONKERS!  Some thought I was a control freak but it wasn't that, it was that there were rules.....

Just an example..and one that got me laughing when I read the description. 

Okay. I HAVE to say this about Witters .  Her E.N.F.P (I"m fairly sure) is the EXACT person you'd want to have as a best friend and I have ssoooooooooo many good reasons for saying that because my dear friend here in Cat City is and ENFP and a TREASURE because they are such CARING people who have REMARKABLE physical energy.  Need to organize your garage? Call Witters even if it's just for advice.

I had a counselor tell me once that I was extremely intuitive but that I ought to counter it with a little more kindness. 

I've always known I was this way.  That I can "feel" out a perons's weaknesses and strengths. 

But when I'm wrong about someone, I'm really wrong! 

I have also been there for people when others didn't even realize that a problem existed! 

Are you that way too, Ray?

Thanks for posting that Audrey, that was fun.  (I think..I'm still not sure if mine was good or bad....lol)

We had a specific program to follow when I was at the county and I was a by the book person. 

Nancy I don't have to use my intuitive skills to know this.  Your own posts revealed that about you.  Tee hee

Nancy

I think the reults for all of us are a lot of good mixed with a little bad.    That's what makes us human. 

 WOW Ray, that was pretty darned accurate..and scary.

That's the EXACT reaction I had when I took the MB analysis several years ago. I felt like someone had been following me around keeping notes. I think the MB Temperament is a very valuable personal tool.

RAY:  yes, I'm always "helping out".  Is there a Web site for ENFP'S??? When I worked at the college I was always involved in somebody's project! I was the cheerleading advisor for 4 years - don't know who had more fun, me or the kids!!!

AUDREY: sometimes yes RE: psychic question.  I get "feeling" about people. My sensativities are on high alert when I feel an "evil" not good presence around me.  I usually have to leave the area if it is really strong.

Witters

DO NOT go see Paranormal Activity at the movies.  It will send your recepttors into overdrive.

OK..................I found it!!!!!

ENFP
Warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. See life as full of possibilities. Make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns they see. Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. Spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their ability to improvise and their verbal fluency.

I'm not sure if this figures into this blog or not but the paranormal brought it to mind.  Last summer the grandkids went to visit her family in TX and took a trip to the cemetary to visit the graves of her great grandmother and great grandmother.  The baby was just about 14 month old or so and when they turned him loose he went straight to the headstone of what would be his great great grandmother and put his hand on it and started babbling.  Then he went to the adjoining gggrandfathers head stone and said "papa."  Seems that's what the kids called him.  Then he plucked some grass and strowed it on the footstones.  They were all freaked out by his actions.  And they said he was not shown the graves nor did he go to any others.

Wonder what his type would say on the test.  Intuitive?

LOL  Audrey!  Actually I don't like those kinds of movies.  I do like The Witches of Eastwick and the new TV program Eastwick.

Psycho sent me into overdrive!! 

On the other side, my empathy is so sensitive I can't even watch commercials with animals who are caged or hurt without going into tears and sometimes deep depression.  Sometimes I can actually "feel" another persons/animals physical/emotional pain. Like when you and I were "going at it" on the blogs I KNEW something was wrong 'cause you just don't usually talk that way (to me anyway!), and I could "feel" how you later told me you were feeling at that point in time.

Yes, I know, I'm weird!!!!!  BUT.....................I always see the glass half full!!!

Oi, mid-test blogging here... but does anyone else find these questions are not specific enough? "Things" and "events" really aren't precise enough for me. For example, I like some "things" to be planned and other "things" can just happen, so what the heck do I select? I guess this is because I have a formal vs informal mindset. Formal things like conferences and business meetings for specific agendas should be planned. Informal things like going out with friends should just unfold organically.

 Are you that way too, Ray?

I am EXACTLY that way, Audrey; and in every respect you just now stated.  When I'm RIGHT i'm DEAD RIGHT and when I'm wrong I'm not merely WRRRROOOOOONNNNGGG, I'm harshly critical of MYSELF for being wrong.

Nancy: Children are more intuitive and sensative to those things. It is the adults who push it out of kids instead of allowing it to flourish.

As you can see from what I said to Audrey, my mother encouraged my "feelings".

LOL Nancy

That child needs his own TV show.

Witters, yes. It's here:

http://www.typelogic.com/en...

Very, very intriguing temperament and if I may say so, a GIFT to mankind. We need LOTS of Witters in the world.

SHWAINE:  My whole life is/has been "informal" !!!  I think that also goes with being a dead center Gemini Extrovert!!!

Let's send Witters to Sacramento.  She can kick some congressional butt!

Lordy RAY!!!! don't tell my family that!!!!  They think one of me is enough for any planet to handle!!

Although.....................I have a cousin in Canada who is my "personality" twin and I have a grandson who is my "clone"!!!!!!  My daughter is not a happy camper with that!!!!

Shwaine

I don't think any one question is important, its the slant of your answers overall that "tells the tale'.

Okay, so I just went with informal situations on those answers, because I figure that was more what they were looking for. Work is work and playtime is more yourself. So here's what I got:

Your personality type:

Independent, original, analytical and determined. Have an exceptional ability to turn theories into solid plans of action. Highly value knowledge, competence and structure. Driven to derive meaning from their visions. Long-range thinkers. Have very high standards for their performance and the performance of others. Natural leaders, but will follow if they trust existing leaders.

Careers that could fit you include:

Scientists, engineers, professors, teachers, medical doctors, dentists, corporate strategists, organization founders, business administrators, managers, military, lawyers, judges, computer programmers, system analysts, computer specialists, psychologists, photographers, research department managers, researchers, university instructors, chess players.

Guess that fits with being a computer geek.

Shwaine, the best way to approach the analysis is to

1. Respond the way you ARE as opposed to how you'd like to be.

2. Understand the words in the questions using your own sense of what they mean. If you take the word literally, answer it literally. If figuratively, answer it figuratively.

There several variations on the exam and sometimes it a good idea to find one that makes sense to you. But some of the questions are HARD to answer because they force you to split hairs, to decide what is your own most likely tendency. Remember, this isn't about personality. It's really about how you resolve problems.

AUDREY: they would throw me out in a heartbeat!!! Not to mention my sensitivities for evil going off the board!!!

THEY can't handle the truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RAY:  It's really about how you resolve problems.  That is another thing people were always calling me about when I worked!!!  For some reason most people take the steps: A-B-C-D-E-F........... to get a final result. I almost always found a way to eliminate 3-4 of those steps and get the same end result!!  Wha-La............done!

Just for fun I ran through it a second time, answering the opposite way on those questions that I found were imprecise. The results were slightly different:

Your personality type:

Logical, original, creative thinkers. Can become very excited about theories and ideas. Exceptionally capable and driven to turn theories into clear understandings. Highly value knowledge, competence and logic. Quiet and reserved, hard to get to know well. Individualistic, having no interest in leading or following others. Highly analytical, they can discover connections between two seemingly unrelated things and work best when allowed to use their imagination and critical thinking.

Careers that could fit you include:

Physicists, chemists, biologists, photographers, strategic planners, mathematicians, university professors, computer programmers, computer animators, technical writers, engineers, lawyers, forensic researchers, writers, artists, psychologists, social scientists, systems analysts, researchers, surveyors.

Swaine, your an I.N.T.J. which is DEFINITELY perfect for someone in your line of work. 

http://www.typelogic.com/in...

I added the pics from the paranormal channeling post.

I had the story backwards..seems he went to "papas" grave first.

And Ray, the problem was the way I am said "ERROR: this does not compute" on that handful of questions. There just is no preference. Both sides are present and equally loud. I like structure in some tasks, but I like other tasks to unfold organically. It's mostly on a work/non-work divide, but not entirely. Like my pet routine is a structured task. Same with my meal schedule (needed since I am prone to low blood sugar). These are practical things that need to be structured in order to preserve sanity and health.

But I don't insist on a schedule when going out with friends. I don't cook by recipes once I've mastered the basic steps. And at work, I don't run my servers by the book but instead view them as evolving beings that need to be handled individually by their quirks and setups. I've got a bit of a dualistic mindset I suppose. Maybe that's another Gemini trait.

Shwaine

Was Ray's analysis correct?    It's been right on the money for the rest of us.

Witters, you sound just like my friend.  Case in point, your ABCDE example.

I was talking to him one day and asking him how he is able to get so much done. His explanation is that when he's faced with a job, he JUST STARTS DOING IT even if he has to redo some things.  Okay, the thing you just described about your co-workers who want an ABCDE approach is that they are Temperments who like to have a SET PLAN firmly in mind BEFORE they start.  You require NO SUCH PLAN. You DIVE IN and get half the work done before they get started.

Right?

We're all introverted except for Witters.   Anybody else notice that?

RAY:  it's called multi-tasking also!!!  and you are right - I jump in with both feet and just start working! I have had many jobs wherein I had to do just that - clean up the paper trail mess left by the person before me and get it organized!  At home I'm a mess but work has to be semi organized.  I set things up so if I'm not there anybody can find what they are looking for. I like "clean-up" office jobs!!!  One can actually learn a lot about the job they will be doing by "cleaning up" as you have to go thru everything to get to the bottom of the mess!!!

HEE HEE HEE!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!  This is the week I'm on the up swing of my "manic" mode!!!!

Bye guys.  I have to put dinner on the table.  This has been fun.  Thanks for sharing.

Shwaine is borderline in two areas

1. Sensing - Intuition
2. Judging - Perceiving

In a case like that, where you are on the borderline, sometime you have to read the options you trend that are on the opposite side of the graph.  I have this examine on my IPHONE and it shows what your top 3 or 4 most likely temperaments are (actually much better than this online quiz Audrey found). 

This isnt Astrology. There's some hard science behind the Myers Briggs so it's not really correct to compare this stuff with your astrological sign.  This is Jungian psychology.