Ivo Andrić

Znaci koje ostavljamo iza sebe nece izbeci sudbinu svega sto je ljudsko: prolaznost i zaborav.

“In order not to fail, most people are willing to believe anything and to care not whether what they are told is true or false. Only by remaining absurd can one feel free from fear of failure.” – Jules Henry, ‘Culture Against Man’

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АКО НЕ СУМ ОЧАЕН
ЈАС НЕЧИНАМ ЗА НИШТО

also told by Ivo Andrić
[en]When I am not desperate, I am worthless.
also
Sadness is also a kind of defence.

Dealing with INTJs

1. Be willing to back up your statements with facts - or at least some pretty sound reasoning.

2. Don't expect them to respect you or your viewpoints just because you say so. INTJ respect must be earned.

3. Be willing to concede when you are wrong. The average INTJ respects the truth over being "right". Withdraw your erroneous comment and admit your mistake 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.

4. Try not to be repetitive. It annoys them.

5. Do not feed them a line of bull.

6. Expect debate. INTJs like to tear ideas apart and prove their worthiness. They will even argue a point they don't actually support for the sake of argument.

7. 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 or argue it well. Therefore, it will take more than fervor to sway them.

8. Do not be surprised at sarcasm.

9. 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. The ultimate INTJ insult to an idea is to ignore it, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct.

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.

10. Do not expect INTJs to actually care about how you view them. They already know that they are arrogant bastards with a morbid sense of humor. Telling them the obvious accomplishes nothing.

distribution

39.6%		11.3%
ISTJ - 11.6% Inspector	ISFJ - 13.8% Protector	INFJ - 1.5% Counselor	INTJ -2.1% Mastermind
ISTP - 5.4% Crafter	ISFP - 8.8% Composer	INFP - 4.4% Healer	INTP - 3.3% Architect
33.8%		15.6%
ESTP - 4.3% Supervisor	ESFP - 8.5% Performer	ENFP - 8.1% Champion	ENTP - 3.2% Inventor
ESTJ - 8.7% Conservator	ESFJ - 12.3% Provider	ENFJ - 2.5% Teacher	ENTJ - 1.8% Field Marshall

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General sites dealing with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Association for Psychological Type
Temperament Research Institute
Myers-Briggs® Personality Type on the Web
(Virtual guide to Myers-Briggs typology sites on the web. New sites and original features, updated weekly.)
www.typelogic.com

Sites that describe the INTJ temperament
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mb-types/intj.htm
http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html
http://www.personalitypage.com/INTJ.html
http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/intj.htm
http://www.onlinepsych.com/allhealth/tests/ptt/intj.htm
http://www.haleonline.com/psych/intj.htm
http://www.socionics.com/prof/intj.htm
http://www.insightsystem.com/intj.htm

INTJ forums and Mailing lists
INTJ-Open
And for those who can't handle that one:
http://www.egroups.com/group/mbti-intj
http://www.egroups.com/group/INTJs
http://www.egroups.com/group/intj-tood
http://www.egroups.com/group/intj-list
(or alternatively - http://www.techcrafters.com/intj-list/)
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/intjopen

Intj Webring
http://intjring.webjump.com/

Other interesting sites
Population Distribution by MBTI type.
Department of the Interior jobs by type page.
An essay by personality author Terence Duniho, including a section of famous individuals by type.
Pat Marr's Cartoons This site has cartoons, a type test and other stuff.
Hal Dendurent Lots of humor MBTI and otherwise.