Part of being me means I question everything. So why not question my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) result even though it has been the same since the 1990s when I first did the test? Overthinking is great (more good stuff about this subject on the Pointless Overthinking blog).

I did the Personality Hacker free test (you have to give them your email). It follows the Myers-Briggs types closely but gives them new names. It isn’t as lengthy or thorough as MBTI, but its free so no complaints here.

I’m a Perspectives/Effectiveness Personality (INTJ)

Famous INTJs the brief report lists (Do I care about this? Yes, yes I do. Should I care? Probably not!):

• Carl Jung, psychiatrist, and psychologist
• Nikola Tesla, inventor
• Isaac Asimov, writer

Where are all the amazing INTJ women? I went looking and found a site I quickly bookmarked for future exploration: Owlcation (you had me at owl). And another: INTJ vision (INTJ women are unicorns? I’m hooked).

Let’s fix the above list:

• Marie Currie (INTJ or INTP — there’s an online debate and I agree she was INTJ), physicist, chemist, Nobel Laureate
• Michelle Obama, lawyer, writer, badass
• Audrey Hepburn, actor, humanitarian

There, that’s much better!

My “unique Genius Style” from the report emailed to me has to be shared. I think the strengths are accurate. I know the weaknesses are.

“Strengths:

• Foresees outcomes long into the future
• Understands how the mind works
• A futurist, while keeping practical

Weaknesses:

• Getting out of your head and into action
• Perfectionist, self-sabotaging
• Can be prideful”

Any other unicorns out there? My tribe is small and new members are welcome, after the obligatory introvert period of reflection of course.

Peace and progress,
Colleen