What do you think of these type descriptions?

[527468]

ENTP INTP ENTJ INTJ
ENFP INFP ENFJ INFJ
ESTP ISTP ESFP ISFP
ISTJ ISTJ ESFJ ISFJ

Does yours fit you? Which one(s) fit(s) you the best?

 

[Asterion]

Certainly better than other profiles, I think it does quite a good job. I only read ENTP though (at least so far).

 

[Oaky]

INTJ fits me quite nicely

 

[The Outsider]

These are good descriptions. Being that I am an INFP, that's the most fitting for me. It isn't littered with stereotypes, which is nice for a change.

 

[lane777]

One of the best out there for my type, imo.

 

[StephMC]

Yep, love 'em. Whenever I type my friends and want to show them a profile, I always show them these. They've all commented on how accurately it described them. I feel like it's the personal description that makes them so great

 

[Saslou]

Mine fits for the most part .. I like the way it's worded.

 

[Fluffywolf]

They're not bad descriptions, and compared to others out there I'd say even better.

But just about every description in MBTI is about the good sides of the personality types. I'm far more interested in a personality type description that samples both ends of the personality's spectrum. The good sides and the bad sides. The strengths of a type are explained very well. Some weaknesses are mentioned, but they don't go beyond the surface of it.

 

[Oom]

Wow, and here I thought I was an INTP. That ISTP description fits me almost perfectly!

 

[StephMC]

They're not bad descriptions, and compared to others out there I'd say even better.

But just about every description in MBTI is about the good sides of the personality types. I'm far more interested in a personality type description that samples both ends of the personality's spectrum. The good sides and the bad sides. The strengths of a type are explained very well. Some weaknesses are mentioned, but they don't go beyond the surface of it.

I'd recommend a book I think I've advertised all over the forum then. Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to the Personality Type Code By Linda Berens and Dario Nardi. It talks about the positive and negative uses of every process each personality uses.... The link should show you at least one example towards the end

 

[Fluffywolf]

I'd recommend a book I think I've advertised all over the forum then. Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to the Personality Type Code By Linda Berens and Dario Nardi. It talks about the positive and negative uses of every process each personality uses.... The link should show you at least one example towards the end

Yush, that is worth much more to me. I globally skimmed through it once. Might get around reading it in detail. But heh, I'm still a P. Irony lol.

 

[527468]

Cool, because the INTJ profile seems to fit me much better than other INTJ profiles, even if its a bit on the surface. I kind of get lost if its explaining too deep into thought process, but here I think they had a pretty accurate balance.

 

[NewEra]

ISTJ

This fits me well, but some parts of it just don't fit me at all... the 3rd paragraph from the top does not really describe me well. Neither do a couple of paragraphs near the bottom. The INTP and ISTP last two paragraphs matched me better. Then again the ESTJ and INTJ ones also seemed like it matched a little.

I would say overall, though, the ISTJ one matched most closely.

 

[527468]

This fits me well, but some parts of it just don't fit me at all... the 3rd paragraph from the top does not really describe me well. Neither do a couple of paragraphs near the bottom. The INTP and ISTP last two paragraphs matched me better. Then again the ESTJ and INTJ ones also seemed like it matched a little.

I would say overall, though, the ISTJ one matched most closely.

Yeah I'd say whichever one fits you the best, anyway. It could be a part enneagram thing, where a 5-ISTJ might not fit as well in some areas such as that one. I've heard that enneagram can certainly change the usual profile.

 

[BlackCat]

This fits me well, but some parts of it just don't fit me at all... the 3rd paragraph from the top does not really describe me well. Neither do a couple of paragraphs near the bottom. The INTP and ISTP last two paragraphs matched me better. Then again the ESTJ and INTJ ones also seemed like it matched a little.

I would say overall, though, the ISTJ one matched most closely.

Another thing to keep in mind is that aren't you on the border of E/I? You would naturally relate somewhat to ESTJ in that case. And as for INTJ, they are running with Ni, and ISTPs have tertiary Ni, and you are on the border of J/P and on functions test you are ISTX. So there you go.

 

[NewEra]

Another thing to keep in mind is that aren't you on the border of E/I? You would naturally relate somewhat to ESTJ in that case. And as for INTJ, they are running with Ni, and ISTPs have tertiary Ni, and you are on the border of J/P and on functions test you are ISTX. So there you go.

Well, not exactly on the border (I'm not sure what percentages exactly), but I'm definitely more I. About the J/P thing, very good point.

 

[BlackCat]

Well, not exactly on the border (I'm not sure what percentages exactly), but I'm definitely more I. About the J/P thing, very good point.

Yeah, you know what I meant.

To add to the thread I relate pretty much equally to ISFP and INFP. Like, the ISFP and INFP profiles both fit me quite well, not a word is off.

I also find it interesting that I relate much more to SP as a temperament, being utilitarian and non abstract in communication.

But most people see me as N so eh whatever.

 

[wolfy]

Both the ISFP and ISTP descriptions fit me equally well at Best Fit.

 

[Orangey]

Damn I relate more to the INTJ and ISTP descriptions than the INTP one. Plus some of the stuff they say about themselves is self-glorifying to the point of being cringe-worthy. Like, "I sometimes think my thinking is decades ahead of my time."

 

[GirlFromMars]

Fits perfectly...I could so have wrote the INFP profile.