ISTPs are also more focused on the logical aspects of things. ESTPs have more of a friendly people-person aspect. ISTPs confuse facts of reality with logic. ISTP is more patient, ESTP wants to get moving and make things happen quickly. ISTP prefers working alone, they could perhaps be called loners. ESTPs enjoy working with others as long as they bring them what they want.
I dont confuse facts of reality with logic, I have logic based on outcome which is tied to values, I dont confuse it with reality, it just differs from the way things are. I follow my logic and refuse to follow any external logic unless it makes it through my logical filter. What ends up is I have a much different view on how I operate and what I think then main stream. I also prefer to live in my logical world rather then in the mainstream world. Thats why I dont like politics...I understand the reality, but I refuse to follow it because why follow whats screwed up in the first place. In other words, I beat to my own drum, not the worlds.
Yes, I am ISTP even though it says ESTP. I fit more ESTP then what has become the "stereotypical" ISTP. I am just more subdued and mellow...and not a huge people person. Just dont confuse not a people person with being rude...its more that I am reserved and quite. I tend to bend over backward for the people around me without even batting an eye or having to second think it.
I refuse to be a follower, I refuse to follow the "revenge" mentality. Screw me over, I dont want you in my life, you arent worth my time. I would prefer to spend the time advancing my life without you in it. I dont follow the "typical" games. I use my senses to "see" reality for what it is, not for what other people follow. I watched my parents and learned what I did and didnt like and created my own set of logic and values. I didnt inherit my parents logic or values, mine are based off of cause and effect all which was observed. I saw the effact of frustration when working and logic says...the outcome is stupid and counter productive. I have seen the games people play and the hurt it causes, logic says counter productive. I saw the effect of things my dad did and how my mom responded and learned and created my own logic od what to do and what not to do. I watched my dads response and did the same thing. I watch people and see what actually "is", not some "deeper meaning" that people pull out of there ass half the time.
I am a realist, not the typical "realist" who call them self that because they see the negative in the world and arent afraid to vent about it, but the kind that sees things as they are, not some ideal or some "protect myself from what I dont want" vission. This is why I have so much issues with religion, I see it for why it is needed, why it thrives. Is it real...honestly I have no clue, when I die I will find out...aka...I will see/experience, but I know why people flock to it like they do. Most dont want to admit why and dont accept it because if they did it means it may not actually be real.