INTJ aka Mastermind

In my quest to learn about why I am the way I am & how my own brain functions, I took an online Myers-Briggs personality test.

My result is INTJ:
Introverted -- "slightly" at 11%
iNtuitive -- "moderately" at 38%
Thinking -- "moderately" at 38%
Judging -- "distinctively" at 67%

Here are the links provided for this result's description:
Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)
Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

So much of what is said in those two articles is very true. Neither is too long, so g'head and give 'em a read if you want to learn more about my brain. The only major thing that I don't fit in with is the lack of or apathy toward interpersonal skills -- I'm still very social.


"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." --Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)


To help understand, here's a list of people you might recognize who are/were also Masterminds:
Alan Greenspan
Frideriche Nietsche
Niels Bohr
Peter the Great
Stephen Hawking
Sir Isaac Newton
Susan B. Anthony
Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus)

US Presidents:
Chester A. Arthur
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
General Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
James K. Polk
Woodrow Wilson

Fictional people:
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
Gandalf the Grey (Lord of the Rings)
Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes' nemesis)

Prof James Moriarty has always been a fascination of mine...! And with Hannibal Lecter on the list, I'm sure Johnny The Homicidal Maniac is also an INTJ (based on his story/life).


So "Mastermind" ay? Introverted, intuitive, thinking and judging. Explains my love for mad scientists, and JTHM... and a lot of what goes on in my head. And my need to design things, and that my desire to design is more important than any desire to create it & see it to completion. Let me design it, from there anyone can do the grunt work & actually implement it. ;P
I'll take this as a compliment. ^_^

It also explains why I've loved this quote from Thoreau since I first heard it in high school:
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him keep step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."