General
ISTJ
Summary
ISTJ's are responsible coordinators, driven to make and uphold order inside systems and establishments. They are orderly and methodical, all around, and have a tendency to have a strategy for all that they do. Dependable and loyal, ISTJ's need to maintain custom and take after directions. ISTJ's are unfaltering, profitable contributors. In spite of the fact that they are Introverted, ISTJ's are once in a while detached; run of the mill ISTJ's know exactly where they have a place in life, and need to see how they can partake in established systems and organizations. They fret about keeping up with social order and ensuring that guidelines are met.
Strengths
- Honest and direct
- Strong-willed and dutiful
- Responsible
- Calm and practical
- Create and enforce order
- Jack-of-all-trades
Weaknesses
- Stubborn
- Thinks to clarify thoughts
- Insensitive
- Always by the book
- Judgemental
- Often unreasonably blame themselves
Population
- 12% Overall
- 16% of men
- 7% of women
Function Pair
Function Pair: ST
Life and work approach:
- In an objective and analytical manner
- Like to focus on realities and practical
applications in their work
Careers:
- Require a technical approach to things, ideas, or people
- Tend to be less interested in careers that require nurturing of others or attending to their growth and development
Relationships
ISTJ
Complements
- ISTP
- ISFJ
- ESTJ
Opposites
- INFP
- ENTP
- ENFP
- ENFJ
Romantic Matches
- ESTP
- ESFP
How to Attract
Express a desire to learn and share your
passions with them. Be willing to be on time and respect when they set up dates for you. Showing that you are slightly scattered will definitely give them a strong desire to help you get your life together, but too much will turn them off. Be in tune with emotions and be willing to be more forward, so that they do not have to.
Dating Style
- Looks for stability, for someone who wants something long-term
- Looks to build a relationship, not to date
First Date ldeas
- Something completely out of their comfort zone
- You'll look organized and accountable, and they' re going to get an opportunity from perpetually having to arrange and organize things in their life
As Parents
- Very comfortable in this position because of their sense of responsibility and traditional values
- Takes this job seriously, and work hard to Succeed
- Tends to make strict parents with high standards and don't offer much emotional support
As Friends
- Make loyal, trustworthy, honorable and dependable friends
- Stays by their companions' sides no matter what with deep commitment
- Usually are slow to make friends, and tends to end up with a small circle of friends
- Typically makes friends with people who share many of their same perspectives and world views as they do
Career
ISTJ
Careers
- Military officer
- Lawyer
- Judge
- Police officer
- Detective
- Accountant
- Auditor
How to Succeed
- Arrive early at work to take advantage of quiet time
- Plan private breaks during the day to gather your thoughts
- Practice brainstorming new idea
- Prepare yourself for roundtable discussions
- Remind yourself to consider the effect of your decisions on other people
- Soften your critical remarks to coworkers, and try to find the positive in situations
- Look for points of agreement before criticizing
- Recognize that deadlines may not be negotiable
- Keep your surprises to the team to a minimum, and reduce the options you consider
In the Workplace
- Classic hard-working, dutiful employee
- Searches for structure, clearly defined rules, and respect for hierarchy and authority
- Insensitivity to others, focuses on themselves
- Longs for responsibility
As Subordinates
- Go-to for unpopular projects
- Sometimes inflexibility and sensitive to criticism
- Has no problem following orders
- Very punctual
- Loyal, meticulous, dedicated, and patient in
- completing work
As Colleagues
- Very trusted to ensure projects are on schedule
- Sometimes are insensitive to coworker's feelings
- Mostly likes to work alone, but are good in a team when putting ideas into practice
As Managers
- Loves responsibility and the power that comes from it
- Regularly go above and beyond their duties, and expects their subordinates to do the same
- Very intolerant of their subordinates' failures to meet their obligations
- Hands out hard criticism Willingness to make tough decisions
Fun
ISTJ
Hobbies
- Concentration games (chess and Trivial Pursuit)
- Computer games
- Watching sporting events
- Physical fitness
- Playing solitary sports (golf)
Famous ISTJ's
- George Washington
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Warren Buffett
- Jeff Bezos
- Natalie Portman
- Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
- Dana Scully (X-files)
- Sting
- Denzel Washington
- Angela Merkel
- Jason Borne (Bourne Series)
- Condoleezza Rice
Quotes
- "Have you noticed how the moon is introverted?
She hides during the day when all the eyes could be on her, but she blossoms during the night in the presence of those she trusts most."
- "My alone feels so good. Ill only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude" - Warsaw Shire
- "Sometimes being alone is the only way I know how to nourish myself I am restored by my own presence" - Reyhan Vega
- "My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein." George Washington anonymous
Vacation Style
- Has scheduled every small detail of the trip
- Likes to visit historical vacation and museums, as well as upscale restaurants and shopping
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