MBTI – Views Splash!

Right now even though my left ear is aching from holding the cellphone against it for so long, I’m relieved. And frankly I don’t have the slightest energy to blog for today but here’s something about the people I just talked to – My Parents.

If any of you ever gets to visit or see my parents, one thing that you’ll surely notice is, how beautifully they respond to intelligence. Mom, completely gives in to you. She becomes a fan of you and wants to hear you and understand from you. While my dad tries to indulge in as many intelligent discussions you may want to have with him. He has a say on every topic and he doesn’t care if he is right or wrong but a response is something he always has. Amazing! He will understand you and try to breakdown the discussion into pieces only to build it up later and give a clearer picture. Both of them are all ears and brains then.

We can learn from it. Not only should we hear more, but also try to understand to build our own perspective about it. It matters a lot – our perception.

In one of my earlier posts, I had told my audience that from unconfirmed sources like a few websites I had listed, that I was of INTJ personality type and how it was the second smallest population on this planet.

I stand corrected. I have now officially appeared for my MBTI test and I am from the ISTP group. Here’s an excerpt from the related MBTI website about us –

“Tolerant and flexible, quiet observers until a problem appears, then act quickly to find workable solutions. Analyze what makes things work and readily get through large amounts of data to isolate the core of practical problems. Interested in cause and effect, organize facts using logical principles, value efficiency.”

I’m too besotted to think beyond my bed.

I love You Ma and Papa! The credits come hither and thither but please remember that you are always there.

P.S. – I will never forget the excitement in your voice today Ma.

I’ve always been confused about how do I explain to people around me why I am what I am and why have I turned into someone who they never taught me to be. There was always a signature failure in explaining that people like me exist and it’s normal for someone to behave the way i sometimes do. It was always that I have lain to people around me all my life when all that I have said is the truth – the truth about their inner beings. It’s them that have run away from objective truth. I have only been acting like a mirror – silent as I can be yet forceful enough to get my point across. The wrinkles on my face, the black puff under my eyes, a double-chin, a bloating belly, a receding hairline – that’s all you – you gave it to me!

People who never understood me can maybe now take some pointers about how to behave with me. I have been very analytical about it and thought about it a lot. I took some online tests after I came across this article – My Name is Bond – Life of a BDSM Practitioner about why do I actually behave the way I do and the way I have behaved lately. I know that this is not an adult website and I should refrain from providing such links but all I wanted to show you was, how from the unlikeliest of sources, you get links and knowledge that may offer a lifetime of clarity. I am yet to come to terms with the validity of the test because I never gave the authentic MBTI test offered at CAPT. All I have appeared for are tests that claim to be close to what MBTI has to offer and not the real thing. Following are the tests I took-

1. 16personalities

2. personalitypathways

3. humanmetrics

The real test costs a lot and I frankly don’t have that kind of money to spare. The results with all the above were the same. Now only to verify if I really think the same way of myself as my wife perceives and knows me, I asked her to give the test as she knows me. The result was the same. I also made her give the tests for herself and then I gave the test for her. The result was the same for her too. So coming to think of it, at least on a very broad basis, basis on which the above tests have been compiled, I am an INTJ type – the same as the article. It was surprising at first. All of the above sites have their interpretations of this type and all of them are very close to what I actually am. I never knew there were things that could define why I am what I am at times but at least there are words that can validate me to people. The closest that a site has come to explaining me is INTJ Personality.

Just for an easy info, we are the second rarest personality type on this planet – only 1.5% of the people who appeared for the authentic MBTI tests have turned out to be INTJ.

Please do let me know if I should consider some other aspects of these tests (things that I may have missed) before applying them on myself and my life.

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MBTI Personality Types – ISTP

MBTI Personality Types

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