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Virtuoso (ISTP)

People with ISTP preferences use their thinking to look for the principles underlying the sensory information that comes into awareness. As a result, they are logical, analytical, and objectively critical. They are not likely to be convinced by anything but reasoning based on solid facts.

While they like to organise facts and data, they prefer not to organise situations or people unless they must for the sake of their work. They can be intensely but quietly curious. Socially they may be rather shy except with their best friends. They sometimes become so absorbed with one of their interests that they can ignore or lose track of external circumstances.

ISTPs are somewhat quiet and reserved, although they can be quite talkative on a subject where they can apply their great storehouse of information. In everyday activities they are adaptable, except when one of their ruling principles is violated, at which point they stop adapting. They are good with their hands, and like sports and the outdoors, or anything that provides a wealth of information for their senses.

If ISTPs have developed their powers of observing the world around them, they will have a firm grasp on the realities of any situation, and show a great capacity for the important and unique facts of a situation. They are interested in how and why things work and are likely to be good at applied science, mechanics, or engineering. ISTPs who do not have technical or mechanical interests often use their talents to bring order out of unorganised facts. This ability can find expression in law, economics, marketing, sales, securities, or statistics.

ISTPs may rely so much on the logical approach of thinking that they overlook what other people care about and what they themselves care about. They may decide that something is not important, just because it isn’t logical to care about it. If ISTPs always let their thinking suppress their feeling values, their feeling may build up pressure and find expression in inappropriate ways. Although good at analysing what is wrong, ISTPs sometimes find it hard to express appreciation. But if they try, they will find it helpful on the job as well as in personal relationships.

ISTP people are in some danger of putting off decisions or of failing to follow through. One of their outstanding traits is economy of effort. This trait is an asset if they judge accurately how much effort is needed; then they do what the situation requires without fuss or lost motion. If they cannot judge accurately, or if they just don’t bother, then nothing of importance gets done.

How Common Is This Type?

5% of the general population
9% of men
2% of women

Forces

Introverted Thinking with Sensing

Caractéristiques

Cool onlookers, quiet, reserved, observing and analyzing Life with detached curiosity and unexpected flashes of original humor. Usually interested in cause and effect, how and why mechanical things work, and in organizing facts using logical principles.

Career Paths

Interested in how and why things work
Do not function well in regimented, structured environments; they will either feel stifled or become intensely bored
Constantly gather facts about their environment and store them away
Have an excellent ability to apply logic and reason to their immense store of facts to solve problems or discover how things work
Learn best "hands-on"
Usually able to master theory and abstract thinking, but dont particularly like dealing with it unless they see a practical application
Action-oriented "doers"
Focused on living in the present, rather than the future
Love variety and new experiences
Highly practical and realistic
Excellent "trouble-shooters", able to quickly find solutions to a wide variety of practical problems
Results-oriented; they like to see immediate results for their efforts
Usually laid-back and easy-going with people
Risk-takers who thrive on action
Independent and determined - usually dislike committing themselves
Usually quite self-confident

The ISTP is fortunate because they have the ability to be good at many different kinds of tasks. Their introverted and thinking preferences give them the ability to concentrate and work through problems - that leaves many doors open to them. However, to be happiest, the ISTP needs to lead a lifestyle that offers a great deal of autonomy and does not include much external enforcement of structure. ISTPs will do best working for themselves, or working in very flexible environments. Their natural interests lie towards applying their excellent reasoning skills against known facts and data to discover underlying structure, or solutions to practical questions.

The following list of professions is built on our impression of careers that would be especially suitable for an ISTP.

Recommended Career Paths for ISTPs are:

Carpenter
Surveyor
Mechanic
Commercial Designer
Landscape Architect
Building Inspector
Forester
Farmer or Rancher
Exercise Physiologist
Athletic Trainer
Dental Hygienist
ER Physician
Chef
Photographer
Jeweler
Securities Analyst
Purchasing Agent
Financial Manager
Software Developer
Systems Analyst
Database Administrator
Software Tester
Property Manager
Office Manager
Cost Estimator
Economist
Budget Analyst
Financial Planner
Paralegal
Criminalist
Biologist
Geologist
Police Officer
Firefighter
Private Investigator
Military Officer
Intelligence Agent
Airline Pilot
Ship and Boat Captain
Flight Engineer
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Air Traffic Controller
Machinist

Hobbies and Interests

Magic and comedy, archery, weaponry, hunting, scuba diving, rappelling, aviation, skydiving, motorcycles, and other extreme sports. They are often drawn to risky or thrilling activities and those that allow them to work with something mechanical.

People Associated With This Type

Miyamoto Musashi - Samurai
Erwin Rommel - World War II general
Steve Jobs - Founder of Apple
Jack Dorsey - Founder of Twitter
Diogenes the Dog - Greek philosopher
Dalai Lama XIV - Head of Tibetan Buddhism
Ron Paul - U.S. Congressman (R) and presidential candidate
Donald Rumsfeld - U.S. Secretary of Defense (R)
Yulia Tymoshenko - Prime Minister of Ukraine
Magnus Carlsen - World no. 1 chess player, student of Kasparov
Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
Miles Davis - Jazz musician
Frank Zappa - Singer-songwriter
Stanley Kubrick - Filmmaker
Clint Eastwood - Filmmaker and actor
Harrison Ford - Actor
Tom Cruise - ActorChristian Bale - Actor
Eminem - Rapper
Scarlett Johansson - Actress

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