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ENFP, but E was borderline I.
Of course, this test is bogus. 
When my mom took the test, she was hard-pressed to answer with a mere Yes or No the question, "Do you often leave parties early?"
Finally, she said, "If I want a ride home, I do." Dad is an ISTJ. 

Gosso wrote: In How I Found Freedom, Harry Browne talks about discovering who you truly are and then placing yourself in an environment which matches that.  But unfortunately, I'm unsure of what my true personality is.  I have a rough idea, but I'm not satisfied with that version.  I'm unsure which parts of my personality are the true self or from cultural programming.

I might be over thinking this, but discovering who you are seems to be the most important problem one can solve.  I just fear I'll go too deep and end up living in a VAN BY THE RIVER!


(maybe not a bad option?)

Haha! Actually, I'd guess Matt Foley is more like the opposite of a person who has discovered who he really is. He's utterly bitter and cynical. When someone is chronically unhappy, I think it usually means they're either fighting to suppress some inner drive, or are at least allowing it to be suppressed by other people or their environment.

People who have discovered their inner passion and pursue it with zest seem like the most genuinely happy people in the world.

Tortoise wrote: Haha! Actually, I'd guess Matt Foley is more like the opposite of a person who has discovered who he really is. He's utterly bitter and cynical. When someone is chronically unhappy, I think it usually means they're either fighting to suppress some inner drive, or are at least allowing it to be suppressed by other people or their environment.

People who have discovered their inner passion and pursue it with zest seem like the most genuinely happy people in the world.

Hmmm...sounds like I have some more thinking to do...it's times like these I wish I had an isolation tank.

Gosso wrote: Hmmm...sounds like I have some more thinking to do...it's times like these I wish I had an isolation tank.

That makes two of us. I'll probably still be trying to figure out "what I want to do when I grow up" when I'm 80 years old.

I'd love to try out an isolation tank sometime, ideally after having an appropriate mycological snack. Given the popularity of Joe Rogan's podcast, and the fact that he talks constantly about his isolation tank, I suspect he has probably single-handedly caused a noticeable boom in the manufacturing and selling of isolation tanks since late 2009.

Tortoise wrote: That makes two of us. I'll probably still be trying to figure out "what I want to do when I grow up" when I'm 80 years old.

I'd love to try out an isolation tank sometime, ideally after having an appropriate mycological snack. Given the popularity of Joe Rogan's podcast, and the fact that he talks constantly about his isolation tank, I suspect he has probably single-handedly caused a noticeable boom in the manufacturing and selling of isolation tanks since late 2009.

No kidding.  I need to have a good long conversation with God!

"unremarkable in every way."  Sad At least in this forum.

It's been a long time, but I think mine varied between INFP and INTJ. It was close. Someone in another forum I'm in ran a poll and the results were similar. I suspect that those who can read and write and sit at a computer are long enough to read through a thread are similar types.

I too want an isolation tank. I went so far as to price them after finding out that it's a couple hundred bucks an hour to rent. I was worried that I would stay in there for hours not knowing how much time had passed and emerge having run up a huge tab.

alvinroast wrote: It's been a long time, but I think mine varied between INFP and INTJ. It was close. Someone in another forum I'm in ran a poll and the results were similar. I suspect that those who can read and write and sit at a computer are long enough to read through a thread are similar types.

True, but I'm sure there are also forums out there that appeal to ESFP types (the "opposite" of INTJ), for example, forums for gregarious musical performers, stage actors, fashion designers, comedians, etc.

alvinroast wrote: I too want an isolation tank. I went so far as to price them after finding out that it's a couple hundred bucks an hour to rent. I was worried that I would stay in there for hours not knowing how much time had passed and emerge having run up a huge tab.

Wow, a couple of hundred bucks an hour seems a bit much, even for someone who's really eager to try it. And if there's any activity that's fundamentally incompatible with having to worry about a timer, it's exploring inner space in an isolation tank.

It looks like there's at least one place within driving distance of me that rents for around $160 for a 4 hour session (and other session lengths are available). So as with most things, it probably pays to shop around a little.

Gee, seems like mostly INTJ's

Me too

Another INTJ here.  Strong on the ITJ, moderate on the N.

ESJT.  First took the Meyers-Briggs in the mid-1970s.  Was ESTJ.  Took again in the late 1990s - still an ESTJ.  I guess I'm incapable of change.  For what is worth, the majority of military officers in the late 1990s registered as ISTJ's.

I'm pretty strongly INTP.  Sometimes the summary descriptions read like horoscopes, but it seems to describe me pretty well.

INTJ!!

I have tested both INTJ and INTP in the past.  I regard it as more shits and grins than anything.

One thing people seem to forget is that testing INTJ does not make you smart.

I have been listening to the Jungian Podcast, and came across an episode where the personality types were discussed.  To listen to the podcast click on this LINK and then fastforward to the 7 minute mark.  You can stop listening at the 17:40 mark, but the rest is also good.  There are two more podcasts on typology after this one if anyone finds this interesting.

Apparently Carl Jung was unhappy about how the typology was used in a corporate setting, and felt people mistakenly thought their typology was set in stone.  Jung believed that the person will change as they advance through the individuation process.  Jung thought of the typology test as a way to identify the current consciousness of the person, but was by no means permanent.

INTP, very heavy on the I and the T.

INTP..

took the test 10 years ago and also recently.. same result.

Moderately I, slightly N, heavily T and P.

I've taken the inventory multiple times and always ended up ENTJ; moderately E and pretty strong in the other three categories.

MediumTex wrote: I'm a Scorpio...and left-handed.  I wonder how that fits into the Meyers-Brigg methodology.

I'm also a Scorpio, left handed, and scored ENTJ on Myers-Brigg....

INTJ

INTJ here as well.

ISTJ
I (moderate) S (moderate) T (heavy) J (heavy)

Interesting to see so many I's posting on a public Internet forum

INTJ
Introvert(89%)  iNtuitive(50%)  iNtuitive  Thinking(25%)  Judging(33%)
You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%)
You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (25%)
You have moderate preference of Judging over Perceiving (33%)


http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

Definitely a lot more Thinkers than Feelers on here.

MachineGhost wrote: Definitely a lot more Thinkers than Feelers on here.

That's because this is a forum on investing populated predominately by libertarian-leaners.   Not exactly a feeler-friendly environment. Too much discussion of "correct" and "incorrect", "success" and "failure", "right" and "wrong"; it all makes feelers uncomfortable because we talk too much about what works and what's right, and not enough about how people feel about it.

ENTP. At the end of the scale on the N, less extreme on the others, but always the same type when I take the test over.