myers briggs personality type (Page 2)

INTJ every time I've done it (3 to 4 times in last 10 years)

INTJ here also.  This thread is really interesting since we are supposed to be so rare.  Are we ALL BT'ers????? 

Didn't look at all the types, but the list of famous INTJ's includes a bunch of athletes, including Lance Armstrong.  I doubt there are enough "famous" triathletes to make the list, even if they are INTJ.  Interesting.

More about us ISFJs : http://keirsey.com/personality/sjif.html

This description makes us sound like doormats....not so much. http://typelogic.com/isfj.html

All so very interesting. I wonder how my profile will look in 5-10years, when my kids are older, or if my dad wasn't sick.

8 years ago I was an ESFP, now I am an INTJ. Interesting...

I'm still an INFJ and was in high school too.  The description is pretty much dead on.

Joshua

INTJ as well.  Last time I took it I was INTP.

As for the majority of us being the INT types.....Considering the description for INTJ includes someone who believes in pragmatism efficiency, and being goal-oriented, is it really all that surprising?  Endurance athletes in general are going to be closet experimenters and radicals.  Sure, we put on the suit and tie to fit in at work, but who doesn't relish the idea of the fact that many people consider us to be loons?

As for us all being here....Birds of a feather flock together.  That will happen regardless.  The Internet just makes it easier to find others like us.

I took a different MB test a few years ago and was an ENTJ.  Wouldn't you know that I came out again as an ENTJ

You are:

• moderately expressed extravert
  
• moderately expressed intuitive personality
  
• moderately expressed thinking personality
  
• slightly expressed judging personality

The poll results are very surprising.

Two years ago we polled on types (Do you know your Myers-Briggs type?) and only 4 of over 60+ votes cast were INTJ.

(INTJ here.)

What is your source for the claim that mostly men are INTJ's?

I can't say whether people actually knew their type when they cast their vote. The poll presupposed that people would cast their vote if they already knew their type. As you can see by some of the responses, many people were familiar with the MB. I'm pretty sure I posted the keirsey quiz in a thread somewhere... I'll search for it.

Thanks for the link on the Australian survey. I'd be much more interested in a survey of an American audience (I've looked in the past, but haven't found one.)

Two years ago:

ESFJ
Warmhearted, conscientious, and cooperative. Want harmony in their environment, work with determination to establish it. Like to work with others to complete tasks accurately and on time. Loyal, follow through even in small matters. Notice what others need in their day-by-day lives and try to provide it. Want to be appreciated for who they are and for what they contribute.

Now:

INTJ
Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Skeptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance – for themselves and others

That's interesting. I can completely see how I've changed in my professional life from being a collaborative team player who wants to get along to.... something else. My job hasn't changed, but at the time of the first test I was working with new people trying to help them get up to speed. Now my attitude is pretty much a "if you can't do it quickly and efficiently with a high degree of skill, get out of the way and let me do everything and don't get your feelings hurt over it because by now you should see that you aren't where you should be and you should quit or do something to make yourself better because I've taught you everything I can and I'm done with you"... sorta thing. Interesting...

Bill, one of the more interesting tests that I took measured 2 things: who I think I am and who others think I am. In the case of 'who others think I am,' the answers reflect the projected persona. This persona or facade can be disconnected from who you really are and more of a representation of who you think you need to be in order to get things done (INTJs are very pragmatic in this regard).

Think of a kindergarten teacher who is an INTJ. He might think he needs to be warm and fuzzy for the kids (facade) and this is in conflict with his true persona that is less emoting. However, because the INTJ is pragmatic, he chooses to be warm and fuzzy because he knows that this approach works best with 4-5 year old kids.

Back to the test, though. In addition to representing Facade and True Self, it measured the stress caused by the gap between Facade and True Self (the greater the gap between being yourself and being who you think you need to be in your given situation/work environment, the greater the stress). It also measured Energy Reserve Level (ERL) - your ability to tolerate stress. The higher the ERL, the greater the ability to tolerate the stress caused by the gap between Facade and True Self. The lower the ERL, the lower the ability to sustain a Facade either under stress or over time.

Well that makes perfect sense Renee.  That's some seriously insightful stuff.  Thank you.