[MBTI General] How The MBTI Contradicts Its Own Stereotypes

[Mal12345]

How Each Myers-Briggs Type Contradicts Their Own Stereotype | Thought Catalog

 

[cameo]

ISTJ

Stereotype: ISTJs are unbearably rigid and set in their ways.

Reality: Though they do enjoy the tried-and-true method above the experimental ones, many ISTJs are incredibly analytical by nature. They are constantly taking in new facts and measuring them up against each other for practicality and efficiency. If a new method beats out an old one, they have no trouble swapping it out and bringing on the new.

Man, I feel this so hard. I think this here a HUGELY underestimated aspect of the ISTJ nature. I am way more interested in efficiency/effectiveness than in "tradition" or "tried-and-true" ways. If the traditional way of doing things seems to me to be the most efficient way, then I will totally continue on in that fashion. But if I see glaring inefficiencies in the tried-and-true way, then you can bet your ass I'm going to do what I can to effect change. And because I'm so analytical, it's typically pretty easy for me to discover all the inefficiencies of a given system, and I hate doing things for which I can't see the reason. It's really hard to overcome people's notion that ISTJs are just blind followers of whatever method, though. So annoying.

Furthermore, my best friend is an ESTJ and I can attest that the ESTJ part fits her to a T as well.

 

[Frosty]

That author seemed almost vaguely passive aggressively biased against certain types, that part was an amusing read. But yes, some really good points, especially those considering how types generally come across. Stating that though a type might be inwardly a certain way, it is generally their extroverted functions that shape how they are percieved.