'The most ENTJ-like book that I have listened to recently was Grit by Angela Duckworth. Interesting insights from research, and also good to keep in mind when thinking about success and development...|||1. Practically never in it's true form. INTJs do not have Introverted Thinking in their top 4. That is not to say that some can't fabricate it with their Ni-Te combo.  2. INTJs have Se as their 4th...|||If you can't measure something or observe it, you can't science it. Maybe you can math it, but you can't science it.|||You can view a statement like that in a couple ways, I think.   Option 1: He is a cold-hearted, logical, and robot-esque person who doesn't understand or truly grasp love, and sees it simply as a...|||Here is my INTJ Advice:  Think about how much this specific INTJ tells other, general population people about themselves. Then feel confident that telling others up to as much as that amount will not...|||I teach college-level courses in a High School environment. AP Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Microbiology, etc. I think INTJs bring something powerful to the table in terms of education,...|||Nor will you ever, unless we allow it. :ninja:|||Well, our immune system is based on a cellular response. Kill things that aren't 'Us' and are broken. Statistically, its a pretty solid approach, considering our most prevalent enemies are things...|||Agreed. Kittens are the only way to go.|||Which is an elaborate and expensive way to kill the creature.  See Host-vs-graft|||I would say I think in 'weighted possibilities'. You could also call it contingency planning, but when it is on the fly, it functions more like weighted possibilities. So, I can see 5 possible next...|||I certainly enjoy a tasteful tabby.  64442|||I have read over your situation, and a couple things really stand out to me.   1. Your relationship is displaying an overwhelming lack of direction. For me and most other NTJs I know, that is a...|||I'm not interested in winning any popularity contests. I just want to find that one person who likes me more than all the rest.|||*CRASH!* ........*Burrrrnnnnnnnn*|||I think what you are looking for in someone else has a lot more to do with your motivations in life, and therefore, Enneagram. I doubt all INFPs or INTJs are looking for the same thing in a partner.|||Lack of belief is a belief, plain and simple. Intellectual hubris is the problem here. I am not saying I am right. I am saying no one can say anyone else is wrong definitively.   ...|||Introverted iNtuition is not a rational function. Atheism doesn't happen to be verifiable, either.|||See the line where I say you don't always have to be right about everything. If something doesn't makes sense, the universe has not appointed you to be the guy who highlights that. That goes a long...|||Much is said on this forum about the natural compatibility of the ENFP and INTJ types. However, I think that most INTJs miss opportunities for strong compatibility with the deep and soulful INFP...|||Have you ever seen Dexter? That.|||Using the recent past as an indicator, I am optimistic that Disney will be able to facilitate a decent film. Given that since they bought Marvel, they have made entertaining and satisfying films like...|||I can't go along with Stark as an ENTJ. He seems unavoidably ENTP to me. The manner of his wit and even his dynamic in the team makes me unable to agree with ENTJ.   Robert Downey Jr., though, is...|||Words that describe me: Devastated Gutted Hopeless Numb|||I don't really know for sure. But from the looks of your avatar, you are more of a Batman kind of girl anyway :wink:  (Yes, I am conflating Batman with INTJs)|||I got completely hung up on this same item, haha!  I read it as 'You can see no reality'.|||Being whiny and being stubborn aren't the same thing. All types can be whiny, that's an individual thing.   The stubborn part is probably more Ni than Fi, especially if it's facts you're talking...|||Dreams are when Elmo and Toy Story have a party...and I go there!  - Ralph Wiggum  I feel you, bro.|||The indelible ability to charm while alienating, haha.|||They're more like Nolan's Catwoman, and you know it   ;)|||It's like trying to bite your own ear. Try it.|||I understand, but usually it is so massively uncomfortable for me to behave like that with the uncertainty of how it will be received that it takes a long period of time, a strong emotional desire to...|||With most people in my life, it is actions. I am the one who will go above and beyond to help you. I am the one who works diligently in the background to make all the little (significant) pieces fall...|||43425  I just want to take a minute and share the train of thought that keeps solidifying to me the fact that I truly do not fit in with most people, and in fact, I detest their mannerisms.   As...|||43009|||I tend to measure intelligence, power, and ability on an intuitive basis. I 'map' people out on all of these things constantly. I get into their brains and try to see how things work.  I think that...|||1. Christians are not guaranteed any perfection in life with the context you are describing. God has no 'perfect' Will for every individual such that X, Y, and Z will happen at 10:53AM on July 15,...|||A 'Product of Sex' bumper sticker makes me think Hmmm, that is shamefully over-simplified.|||To summarize the OP:  INTJs  --> Get a lot of stuff done --> Boring  INFJs  --> Not Boring (Inexplicably) --> Hitler  I feel like we have made a ton of progress. Good talk, kids!|||It could be that I am old-fashioned, naive, or idealistic, but what you are describing here does not seem to be motivated by real Love. I would classify the motives in this case to be more closely...|||So, if I have to choose between the OCD INTJ straw man that you have constructed and the logical opposite of that, which is the 100% go-with-the-flow hedonist ESFP straw man, I would happily go with...|||Like the Romans, I have walls to keep the barbarians out. Except my walls are better.|||I think it's probably one or more of these, depending on which individual we are talking about:  List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia|||'Objective analysis' is something that Introverted Intuition longs for, which can be INTJ or INFJ. Fairness is included in that.   The 'Feeling' functions are still thinking styles. And anyone can...|||I don't really see many similarities. Running for president of the United States on the basis of 'virtues' has always seemed absurd to me. As an INTJ, I would run on competence all the way. Jimmy...|||INFP and INFJ are not interchangeable. The way an INTJ will react with either of those is vastly different.   INFJ and INTJ matched actually have different Judging functions -  Fe vs. Fi and Te vs....|||The main problem for me in my specific pairing of these types, and I am sure it was as much an individualized issue as anything, was the fact that she had tendency to be reserved and compromising....|||I don't really care too much about degrees or income. Both are fairly common and easy to acquire.   I prefer to dwell on ingenious solutions and masterful strategy.   Example: In high school, I...|||http://i.qkme.me/3othw5.jpg|||I tend to attract types who are too afraid to express their feelings about me when they might be interested in more. They are too afraid to even hint at it. That's a problem. I end up discovering...'