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	Phil's Blogservations Thursday, November 10, 2005 Posted by philgomes 9:19 PM Love To The World's INTJs Love To The World's INTJs My Myers-Briggs type is "INTJ": Introversion (Ant. Extroversion) iNtuitive (Ant. Sensing) Thinking (Ant. Feeling) Judging (Ant. Perceiving) I'm told that us INTJs are one-half-of-one-percent of the population. I'm always excited when I meet one. Today, I met one in my company. Very cool. This person forwarded me "How to communicate with INTJs": Be willing to back up your statements with facts — or at least some pretty sound reasoning. Don't expect them to respect you or your viewpoints just because you say so. An INTJs respect must be earned. Be willing to concede when you are wrong. The average INTJ respects the truth over being "right." Withdraw your erroneous comment and they will see you as a very reasonable person. Stick to erroneous comments and they will think you are an irrational idiot and treat everything you say as being questionable. Try not to be repetitive. It annoys them. Do not feed them a line of bull. Expect debate. INTJs like to tear ideas apart for intellectual stimulation. Do not mistake the strength of your conviction with the strength of your argument. INTJs do not need to believe in a position to argue it and argue it well. Therefore, it will take more than fervor to sway them. Do not be surprised at sarcasm. Remember that INTJs believe in workable solutions. They are extremely open-minded to possibilities, but they will quickly discard any idea that is unfeasible. INTJ open-mindedness means that they are willing to have a go at an idea by trying to pull it apart. This horrifies people who expect oohs and ahhs and reverence. This also means that they will not just accept any viewpoint that is presented to them. The bottom line is "Does it work?" — end discussion. The ultimate INTJ insult to an idea is to ignore it, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct. Do not expect INTJs to actually care about how you view them. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.