INTJ, same as last time. For those who know me:
To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence.
INTJs are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest.
INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability.
INTJs can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality.
Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations.
Many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand.
INTJs enjoy developing unique solutions to complex problems.
They appear to have 'read my mail.' 
My managers all seem to slowly realise that I'm best suited to working on short-term problem-solving projects, due to my perfectionism, lateral thinking and attention to detail. I personally see work as a means to an end, which is why I don't pursue a more fulfilling career. As long as it pays alright I'm fine, although I have to admit I've enjoyed running the projects I've been involved with. I'm one of the only people I know (in a work environment) who is able to see things through to their conclusion. Most of the people who manage me don't understand me or half of what I do - they just realise that what I do works well.
My creative endeavours are characterised by megalomania, but without the discipline I'm able to draw on at work. I need to find a way of drawing on this resource in a solo creative context. I'm a good arranger of music, someone who ties together other people's ideas (I work well in a band as long as my workaholic tendencies, attention to minute detail and perfectionism don't terrify the other musicians, who're usually completely the opposite), while my poetry is often purely functional, pragmatic but content heavy, and therefore kinda opaque. I see no reason why my creative efforts have to be accessable: as long as they perform a very specific, narrow job very well, I'm happy for the majority of people to not understand. |
