I just took the Myers-Briggs typology quiz again for the first time in several years. I'm an INTJ, in case you want to know -- Introverted-Intuitive-Thinking-Judging. I'm practicallly off the scale on "introverted," though, which is no big surprise to me, and I barely register on "Judging," which might surprise some of you. According to the scoring, that makes me a "Mastermind," a description I rather like; who wouldn't? This is supposedly me:
All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds are head and shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning. Complex operations involve many steps or stages, one following another in a necessary progression, and Masterminds are naturally able to grasp how each one leads to the next, and to prepare alternatives for difficulties that are likely to arise any step of the way. Trying to anticipate every contingency, Masterminds never set off on their current project without a Plan A firmly in mind, but they are always prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.
According to the literature (that's how these people talk: The Literature), Masterminds don't immediately take charge. We hang back to see if whoever does screws it up; then we take over. Guilty as charged -- if I'm in a directionless meeting, I tend to gradually take over, just to get the damn thing done so we can go back to real work.
I guess I'm not a "true introvet," which would be an INFJ. But it's the trait I think is the strongest in me, and it's the way a lot of people describe me. The link to Myers-Briggs was at a blog entry I stumbled across that included a discussion of "10 Myths About Introverts," which includes this one:
Myth #4
