Hello everyone

[Ian]

Hello all.

I am new to all of this Myers-Briggs personality typing malarkey. Chose the name Eeyore for this site, but also known as Ian, Iiiii (pronounced ‘E’), The Old Evil One, and I‘m sure a few other things as well! *:-/

My wife did the Myers-Briggs test at work last year and came out as ESTP – apparently we are not compatible after being together for 20 years! I have only just found the on-line MB testing, and have been interested to discover that I actually belong to a ‘type’ (having always felt more than a little square-peggish).

I have done some other tests in the past: one that I paid for, the other done through work – the 15FP and the Belbin Test – both times I came out as scoring equally highly as an ‘Implementer’ / ‘Plant’. I was told that this was a highly unusual profile. OK!

After finding out that I am INTJ, I was also prompted to do another on-line test – the Enneagram Test – I came out as a 5w6, which probably goes some way to confirming the INTJ-type-thing.

Now for the ‘I-section’ of the intro –

I have always had an intense dislike of social events. If there are more than about 6 people in my particular group, it is as though I am not even there.
I do not do the ‘huggy-kissy-thing’ when I greet/ leave friends and family; there is only person that I want to get that close to and whom I allow to get that close to me, and I am married to her.
I hate being touched.
I hate being singled out and put on the spot, unless, of course, I have all of the answers to hand or the subject is one of my areas of expertise or that I feel very comfortable with.
I cannot and will not bull-shit people on demand.
I am painfully honest and have been told that I can be somewhat direct.
I have been known to warn people only to ask for my opinion if the really, really want it, just to avoid their disappointment of being told something they don’t want to hear in no uncertain terms.

Everyone, regardless of gender, age, ability or disability, intelligence (or lack of) race, creed, colour, religion or ‘status’ is treated the same - from the cleaner to the MD – unless they say or do something to annoy me – then things are very different. Few people ever get a second chance.

Interests: rugby (I used to run the independent supporters web site for my chosen team, Leicester Tigers), and still do a bit on the site from time to time, mainly adding picture galleries of games, which brings me to another interest, photography. I enjoy cooking. I am interested in all sciences, maths, and gaming (the Playstation type) in preference to watching TV (most of which I classify as entertainment for the hard of thinking). I am a Huge Fan of Winnie The Pooh and although I am atheist, Taoism makes more sense to me as a Philosophy For Life than any of the other high-street doctrines.

Well, this was meant to be a short introduction – it seems to have gone on a bit and turned into a mini autobiography, so probably time to stop now!

After all of that, what do you think? INTJ material?

I will keep coming back to this site, possibly contribute a little something now and then, help where I can and hopefully learn something along the way.

[Max T]

Hello all.
Everyone, regardless of gender, age, ability or disability, intelligence (or lack of) race, creed, colour, religion or ‘status’ is treated the same - from the cleaner to the MD

After all of that, what do you think? INTJ material?


Definitely INTJ in my book based on treating everyone the same!
MD's love it because they can trust our 'no BS' judgements, cleaners love it because they are treated with respect, and colleagues love it because we're not considered as sycophants.

Good to have another Brit on board- majority here are US or Canadian but they can't help it ;D

[Jezebel]

After all of that, what do you think? INTJ material?
Hmm... I don't know... Winnie the Pooh? :suspicious: Can you explain what the appeal is?

[Firelie]

After all of that, what do you think? INTJ material?
Hmm... I don't know... Winnie the Pooh? *:suspicious: *Can you explain what the appeal is?

There aren't many nicknames for the name "Ian". Or maybe he's perpetually depressed.

[Frank]

I love Taoism to, cool.

[Ian]

Jezebel - My first inclination was just to say ‘no’, but then I reconsidered.

It is a lot to do with links to Taoism and how I want to live.

The Pooh bear character is one that I aspire to live up to daily:

to be, without judging or expecting (or needing) to be judged;
to do what needs to be done without expecting (or needing) reward or approval from anyone;
to act without intent with no hidden agenda and no expectation of reciprocal action.

The Eeyore character is what I aspire to in the long term –Eeyore is not depressed, more morose – but does live in a house that is remote surrounded the space and by everything he needs, which allows him to have the contact he wants, when he wants it, with a close circle of acquaintances. My dream is to retire and live out my days in a remote country cottage…. with a phone and broadband and all of the modern luxuries, obviously.

There are other links: the Chinese idea of ‘the uncarved block’, oddly enough pronounced ‘puh’ (a bit like the sound you make if you were to blow a fly off the back of you hand). The nearest concept in western philosophy is the rough diamond. Michaelangelo was once asked how he managed to create such perfection from a slab of granite and in his reply said that the statue was always there in side, he merely removed the outer layers to expose it; the perfect form inside the raw exterior.

[Rei]

but Eeyore from Winnie the Poo is an ISTJ...

[Jezebel]

Okay, you do sound like INTJ material. Just making sure you weren't one of the ones who just collects everything Pooh just because they're "so cute!" and "it's so cool to collect pooh stuff!"... because I know some of those people and they kind of scare me. ;)

Welcome to the forum!



Jezebel - My first inclination was just to say ‘no’, but then I reconsidered.

It is a lot to do with links to Taoism and how I want to live.

The Pooh bear character is one that I aspire to live up to daily:

to be, without judging or expecting (or needing) to be judged;
to do what needs to be done without expecting (or needing) reward or approval from anyone;
to act without intent with no hidden agenda and no expectation of reciprocal action.

The Eeyore character is what I aspire to in the long term –Eeyore is not depressed, more morose – but does live in a house that is remote surrounded the space and by everything he needs, which allows him to have the contact he wants, when he wants it, with a close circle of acquaintances. My dream is to retire and live out my days in a remote country cottage…. with a phone and broadband and all of the modern luxuries, obviously.

There are other links: the Chinese idea of ‘the uncarved block’, oddly enough pronounced ‘puh’ (a bit like the sound you make if you were to blow a fly off the back of you hand). The nearest concept in western philosophy is the rough diamond. Michaelangelo was once asked how he managed to create such perfection from a slab of granite and in his reply said that the statue was always there in side, he merely removed the outer layers to expose it; the perfect form inside the raw exterior.

[Ian]

Oddly, people who can quote the character type of fictional charaters scare me :scared:

Still feeling a bit square-peggish on this site, but hey, nothing new there. :-/

[Jezebel]

Oddly, people who can quote the character type of fictional charaters scare me :scared:
In case it's any reassurance, I can't.