INTJ
Intuition
Thinking
Sensing
At Their Best
They love complex challenges and readily synthesize complicated theoretical and abstract matters. Once they have created their general structure, they devise strategies to achieve their goals. Their global thinking leads them to develop visionary goals and an overarching plan for achieving these within large organizational structures.
INTJs value knowledge and expect competence from themselves and others. They hate confusion, mess, and inefficiency.
Characteristics of INTJs
They trust their insightful connections regardless of established authority or popular opinion. Dull routine smothers their creativity. INTJs use their Intuition primarily internally, where they develop complex mental images of the future. They are likely to be
- Insightful, creative synthesizers
- Conceptual, long-range thinkers
INTJs use their Thinking to make logical decisions. They assess everything with a critical eye, quickly identify problems to solve, and are tough and decisive when the situation calls for it. INTJs tend to be
- Clear and concise
- Rational, detached, and objectively critical
INTJs are excellent long-range planners and often rise to positions of leadership in groups and organizations. They are independent, trust their own perceptions and opinions more than those of others, and apply their high standards of knowledge and competence most rigorously to themselves.
How Others May See Them
They usually don’t directly express their most valued and valuable part, their creative insights. Instead, they translate their insights into logical decisions, opinions, and plans, which they often express clearly. Because of this, others sometimes experience INTJs as intractable, much to the surprise of the INTJs, who are very willing to change an opinion when new evidence emerges.
Others usually see INTJs as
- Private, reserved, hard to know
- Conceptual, original, and independent