Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Thinking

That's my personality type. We took a Myers Briggs personality type indicator test at work this month. We used the results to help us to better understand the people on our team so that we can become a "highly effective team". It was VERY interesting, but I'll leave the conversation about my team for another day. For now I'm going to focus on ME.

Here are some of the things it said about my type that I thought, "Yup, that's me" when I read it.

• clear vision of future possibilities coupled with the drive and organization to implement my ideas
• love complex challenges and like theory and abstract ideas
• value knowledge and expect competence from myself and others
• insightful, a creative synthesizer, conceptual, and a long-range thinker
• tend to be clear and concise, rational, detached, and objectively critical

Others may see me as calm, decisive, and showing an assured face to the world, though I may find it difficult to engage in social conversation. I usually don't directly express my most valued and valuable part: my creative insights. Instead I translate them in to logical decisions, opinions, and plans, which I often express clearly. Because of this, others sometimes experience me as intractable, much to my surprise. I am very willing to change an opinion when new evidence emerges. Others usually see me as private, reserved, hard to know, even aloof, conceptual, original, and independent. (but ask me questions and I'll usually share my thoughts and ideas)

Sound like me? Let me know if you agree or disagree with any of these.

Anyway it is interesting information. Not all of the qualities are necessarily good. I hope to utilize as a tool for understanding how and why I deal with things

If you want more details, here are a few sites that you can read.
http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mb-types/intj.htm