I’ve been so distracted, I’ve hardly had time to think much about Myers-Briggs.

Well, that’s not true. I’m always thinking about Myers-Briggs. But organizing my thoughts is another thing.

Still thinking about Tom Hardy, though. I’m not completely satisfied with ENTP as his type. And Emma Watson. I think she’s probably an INFJ, but it’s hard to tell. And fictional characters, like Jay Gatsby, who I think might be an ENFP… but I’m only halfway through the book, so who knows.

Yeah, I think Tom Hardy’s an ENTP again. (Sorry for the awful cheesy post title.)

I guess I’ll never really know. Obviously. But I don’t think he’s an ISTP.

None of you will take me seriously on anything anymore because I’ve changed my opinion on the matter about 5 times. Sorry about that.
:)

But Tom Hardy’s brain is extraverted intuition (Ne), in my opinion. Constantly jumping from one possibility to another, interested in concepts, ideas and elements of the imagination. I think yes, he earns the type ENTP quite well.

I think, is an ENTP. This hypothesis is only based on a few interviews I’ve seen with him.

He is definitely a thinker. There’s no question. And based on just observation and things he says in his interviews, lifestyle, etc., he strikes me as an -NTP. The only reason I give him an E rather than an I is that he’s more outspoken and comfortable with people than many INTPs that I know. INTPs can be very gregarious (probably due to their inferior function, Fe) at times. But he seems, to me, more extraverted than introverted. He also reminds me a lot of some ENTPs that I’ve met, so I guess I’m a bit biased there.

What do you think?

Their motivation was the desire to study people and how they work based on what they think. People are interpersonal systems to an INTJ, again, another system for the system builder :)

The INTJ way & INFP connection

I was going to make individual posts describing in detail each of the 16 types, but then I realised that you can just research that yourself. Also, I clicked a wrong button and everything I’d written was deleted, so… So anyways, I’m just going to talk about some things I’ve personally noticed about each type that online descriptions don’t touch on, or that contradict the online descriptions.

ESTJ’s:

• They’ve been called “traditional”: I’m not sure that’s the right word. All SJ’s are said to value tradition a lot, but I’d say it’s more of a desire for comfort than anything. Perhaps it’s better to say that ESTJ’s, along with other SJ’s, can become traditional as they grow older, depending on what the habits of their life have been. For example, if an ESTJ is used to having dinner at 6pm every night, they might raise their children with the same tradition and be more likely than other types to feel uncomfortable if it is changed or disrupted.
• The ESTJ’s I know are oddly sensitive compared to many other Thinkers I know. I’m not sure why this is, but they can sometimes unexpectedly react very emotionally to criticism or teasing of any kind. I have no theories for why this might be, it’s just something I have noticed.
• For some reason, they can be mistaken for feelers a lot. I don’t know why, perhaps it’s their enthusiasm, or the fact that they are very sensitive individuals. I know of at least 3 ESTJ’s that were originally mistook by their friends/family for being feelers.

And just for fun, here’s an ESTJ in fiction that I’ve typed myself:

Tells you your type, who you would like to be and who you are attracted to. Fun / interesting.

Gives brief descriptions of each one. Provides a chart of which personalities have which functions and their order from dominant to inferior. 

INTJ

Yeah. I deleted my last post about not knowing his type because I figured it out. You may not agree, but it totally fits. He’s perhaps more diplomatic than many T’s I know, and probably borderline on the J/P.

• Introversion: As pointed out before, shy, withdrawn, enjoys spending a lot of time alone. Suggestion that social environments are taxing for him.
• iNtuition: Speaks in broad terms. When describing or explaining something, talks generally rather than giving a lot of specific details. Interested in the abstract rather than the concrete.
• Thinker: Values knowledge, intelligence, logical thought. Not offended or intimidated by conflict/criticism. 
• Judger: Finishes what he starts with apparent ease. Seems to value the product, as well as the process. His creativity is always put to practical use — an idea is not just an idea, but something that can be implemented on the world around him.

INTJs:
- Live in a world of ideas and strategic planning
- Usually self-confident
- Generally extremely intelligent and capable
- Good listeners
- Tendency to believe they’re always right
- Observers, skeptical
- Perfectionists: Still spends months drawing a single episode of Family Guy, because “that’s the only way to do it”, according to him.
- Have an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the restraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.

Self-confidence often mistook for arrogance:

“To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of “definiteness”, of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise — and INTJs can have several — they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don’t know.”

- http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html

Though I believe it’s possible SM is borderline on the J and P, upon reading several biographies and articles/interviews, his life, though perhaps sometimes a little disorganized, is always on track and always has been. He finishes what he starts, refines his existing skills and successfully juggles several projects at once. This, to me, seems the lifestyle a J would be quicker to chose for themselves (and quicker to handle) than a P.

Also: One important difference between INTPs and INTJs,

INTP: Perfectionists of thought
INTJ: Perfectionists of action

INTJs have a strong desire to implement change in the world around them where they believe improvement is needed. This constant quest for improvement can be annoying to other types, particularly those who believe the system doesn’t need changing.

This article http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0604/celebrity-100-12-family-guy-seth-macfarlane-gets-serious.html 

* Particularly 7 paragraphs down, the section discussing his concern for science.

Read that and tell me he’s not an INTJ.