A Woman's Weekly

Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging according to the Jung Typology Test.

When it comes to their own areas of expertise — and INTJs can have several — they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don’t know.

Aiyorr.. I find myself smiling at that last paragraph! To those of you who know that I am struggling to accept an invitation to do the No Apologies program in BM, this is why!!

INTJs are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion “Does it work?” to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms.

This Cool Dad knows very well! He often tells me, “Honey, it’s really very simple bah… gini ja!”

INTJs are known as the “Systems Builders” of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause…

There’s another paragraph that brings a smile to my face… being Mom is a cause!!

INTJs can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality.

This reminds me of the time when Cool Dad & I were in Youth Ministry. No wonder for the longest time, it seemed that the church didn’t recognise nor appreciate what went on with their young people. Lain kali Darling, we have to MARKET what we do dong!

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