tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post5606114738138264938..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Fr. INTJ, or not all astrologers see starsFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-49017432962142401732013-01-07T17:50:27.059-06:002013-01-07T17:50:27.059-06:00Beneficial information about astrology. Thanks for...Beneficial information about <a href="http://www.astrologynews.org/" rel="nofollow">astrology</a>. Thanks for sharing this interesting website which provid very valuable knowledge of astrologers predictions very honestly.Shubh Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515577732154777986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-81373101791029584152012-07-26T12:09:00.459-05:002012-07-26T12:09:00.459-05:00So Shelly gets the "best of both worlds"...So Shelly gets the "best of both worlds" between this humble Inspector and Fr. Mastermind...<br /><br />Yay, indeed...Hurray for us introverts... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-51976271316637662762012-07-26T10:20:47.337-05:002012-07-26T10:20:47.337-05:00All us introverts gathering together! I chuckle at...All us introverts gathering together! I chuckle at this thread - my mother went back to college when I was a teenager and had to take a tests and measurements class for her education degree, so I was subjected to every IQ and personality and whateverothertest was out there at the time. Since we're all sharing :-), I'm either INTJ or ISTJ: I split pretty evenly between the S/N - no wonder I'm always confused!! But always 100% "I", and strongly T & J. Yea!! I fit in somewhere.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-19952872854994257062012-07-26T09:57:06.388-05:002012-07-26T09:57:06.388-05:00I oscillate between INTJ and INTP depending on the...I oscillate between INTJ and INTP depending on the day, but more often than not I fall on the J side of things. It makes me an anomaly in "youth ministry" work.Baron Korfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215856728880521796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-4756621610832104472012-07-26T07:01:21.973-05:002012-07-26T07:01:21.973-05:00But one of the useful things I found about these t...But one of the useful things I found about these theories is exactly that their definition of <i>introvert/extrovert</i> differs quite radically from the common stereotype ("<i>extroverts like people; introverts don't"</i>) and doesn't necessarily has to do with social skills (from Wikipedia):<br /><br /><i><b>"People who prefer extraversion draw energy from action: they tend to act, then reflect, then act further. If they are inactive, their motivation tends to decline. To rebuild their energy, extraverts need breaks from time spent in reflection. Conversely, those who prefer introversion expend energy through action: they prefer to reflect, then act, then reflect again. To rebuild their energy, introverts need quiet time alone, away from activity."</b></i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-36258413970810402792012-07-26T06:46:47.622-05:002012-07-26T06:46:47.622-05:00Faith, I remember it b/c back in 1985 I applied to...Faith, I remember it b/c back in 1985 I applied to be a dorm RA. We took the M-B as a way of getting a grip on our leadership skills. Of the 300 people there, I was the only INTJ. The admin people made a big deal about it and I was appt'ed as the chair of the housing dept.'s judicial cmte. In seminary, everyone wanted to use the Ennegram and I refused. They said, "He must be an INTJ." Sigh.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-56011091613938305512012-07-26T06:44:15.889-05:002012-07-26T06:44:15.889-05:00It has certainly been useful to me in sorting a va...It has certainly been useful to me in sorting a variety of apparently unrelated personality traits. For example, how can an introvert be a preacher? How can a rational person be a poet? In religious life, being an INTJ type is difficult b/c a majority of us are very much ruled by emotion. I get sick of being told that how we feel should be 90% of the decision-making process. That horrible decisions are constantly being made with disastrous results seems not to deter this way of thinking at all.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-55153643236764015342012-07-26T06:39:52.511-05:002012-07-26T06:39:52.511-05:00An INTJ astrologer??? Wow. Now, I've heard i...An INTJ astrologer??? Wow. Now, I've heard it all!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-31112642200238268872012-07-26T06:39:03.488-05:002012-07-26T06:39:03.488-05:00Matheus, thanks for the link! I'm too squirre...Matheus, thanks for the link! I'm too squirrely to be a Mastermind. . .maybe an Evil Mastermind if evil is understood as messy/chaotic.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-43676375868900352572012-07-25T14:07:05.303-05:002012-07-25T14:07:05.303-05:00Typical "P."
;-)Typical "P." <br /><br />;-)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-19312987023665255742012-07-25T14:05:55.969-05:002012-07-25T14:05:55.969-05:00Shannon! We were separated at birth! Give me a d...Shannon! We were separated at birth! Give me a drop-dead deadline or it will never get done. Give me a crisis and I'll fix it. Give me a roomful of hostile teenagers with questions about the Church's teachings of sex and I'll wrangle them. I actually advertised on this blog for someone to sit behind me with a stick while I wrote my thesis in Rome. had lots of takers.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-43341433805107892372012-07-25T12:19:05.029-05:002012-07-25T12:19:05.029-05:00Funny enough, all this led me to have some more fu...Funny enough, all this led me to have some more fun with these tests, and I found Wikipedia to be much more informative than that Similar Minds site... And I found out that the Kinsley test seems more reliable than the Myers-Briggs. Which turns Fr. INTJ into "Fr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_%28Role_Variant%29" rel="nofollow">Mastermind Rational</a>".<br /><br />I for one much prefer being an "Inspector Guardian" than a "Trustee"... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-42618839104610593682012-07-25T08:57:49.806-05:002012-07-25T08:57:49.806-05:00I don't know how you remember that nonsense. ...I don't know how you remember that nonsense. I don't remember my Myers-Briggs, except that I came out two opposites meaning I drive myself crazy (everyone else, too). I never remember what Chinese year I was born, except that it was some disgusting animal. My zodiac sign never fit; I seem to be on the cusp, or waning, or whatever. I even did the enneagram but it was too complicated; I forgot what I had figured out the previous class, so spent the workshop lost in space.<br /> So when people talk about personality types, my eyes glaze over.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945662015612932618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-85612318163981524672012-07-25T01:06:06.858-05:002012-07-25T01:06:06.858-05:00They say we are masterminds. :)
I too agree that i...They say we are masterminds. :)<br />I too agree that it is the best type :PJuliennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260438019768627763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-9231973310686937992012-07-24T18:48:25.644-05:002012-07-24T18:48:25.644-05:00I am an INTJ as is most of my family, including my...I am an INTJ as is most of my family, including my dad, all my siblings, their children and my children. I think we are responsible for the .4%. My daughter has used this to explain to others how she thinks, learns and acts. It has worked really well for her when starting a new job or when doing group work when she was getting her degree. she agrees it isn't perfect and a little like astrology but has found it a helpful reference tool, they can search the internet like you did and see she isn't anti-social. She also has used this interviews to explain the advantages she brings to a job. I have learned to follow her lead. When I was in college and learned this, it helped explain why I didn't for the most part get other girls when I was in high school, and being at an all girls high school this was hard.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01682505737569001407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-85202103666201716562012-07-24T14:14:11.983-05:002012-07-24T14:14:11.983-05:00I swing back and forth between INTJ and INTP, both...I swing back and forth between INTJ and INTP, both of which are unusual as I understand.Deacon Bill Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-4049188919727995262012-07-24T09:41:25.054-05:002012-07-24T09:41:25.054-05:00As an INTP, I must protest. The MB is not at all l...As an INTP, I must protest. The MB is not at all like astrology. All astrology needs to know is your birth time and place and voila, there you are. MB is based on testing, asking you about yourself. It may be limited to your self-knowledge, but the character type is based on data, not fate. Maybe if you think of it as a descendant of the four medieval humors you might like it more!<br /><br />I have found it useful in couples counseling. It can turn what mates think is some kind of inimical flaw in their partner into a propensity for interpretation and action no more threatening than being left-handed.OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-53393491539906718472012-07-24T07:20:35.382-05:002012-07-24T07:20:35.382-05:00Have you heard of KCI Kolbe Conative Index.... tot...Have you heard of KCI Kolbe Conative Index.... totally explains procrastination. I have a very high level of "quick start" I work best under pressure, fabulous in emergencies, think and adapt on the fly like a genius, but am a procrastinator. I need to have something at stake to stay motivated...a person following me around with a fly swatter and swatting me occasionally to keep me on task would be ideal, hehe :)Shannonhttp://www.celestialdrama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-24383950570478955092012-07-24T07:07:42.206-05:002012-07-24T07:07:42.206-05:00There has been recent research suggesting that our...There has been recent research suggesting that our subjective assessments of our personalities are flawed because we have a conscious persona and another persona controlled by our "adaptive unconscious" which controls most of our actual behavior. One study suggested strangers are better at describing our personality and predicting our behavior than we are. I have taken the mbti multiple times and sometimes I am intj and sometimes infp. I am also an astrologer... To me it is a way to tap into that unconscious part as it provokes one to see themselves from a variety of angles (both geometric and mythological) . I guess I am wearing my intj hat today, lol!Shannonhttp://www.celestialdrama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-2794182723244362492012-07-24T06:15:07.572-05:002012-07-24T06:15:07.572-05:00ISTJ, too... "Trustee" (whatever that me...ISTJ, too... "Trustee" (whatever that means...)<br /><br />I remember that everybody and their brother on the blogosphere were posting these tests around 2004/05 from a site called <a href="http://www.similarminds.com/" rel="nofollow">Similar Minds</a>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-14502975123172304842012-07-24T04:57:02.469-05:002012-07-24T04:57:02.469-05:00LOL! Being empathetic--as you know--is important ...LOL! Being empathetic--as you know--is important unless you don't want to be a sociopath. It's possible, I think, to be empathetic w/o being an emotional wreck all the time. "Being pastoral" is often thought of as pure empathy. . .that's just wrong. Who can function that way?Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-48226266829500849972012-07-24T04:54:55.577-05:002012-07-24T04:54:55.577-05:00Sharon, I must be a diffferently-abled INTJ, then....Sharon, I must be a diffferently-abled INTJ, then. :-) I'm a procrastinator, though if it's a truly important job, I'll get it done and on-time. Only 1-4%?? Wow. You'd think we'd have a club or something.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-57659461923906676442012-07-24T04:52:47.931-05:002012-07-24T04:52:47.931-05:00Looking back on my seminary days I can see why--th...Looking back on my seminary days I can see why--though the lens of the M-B stuff--why some of my less "rational" colleagues/brothers thought I was often crass, blunt, etc. Being a religious priest has helped me get a better grip on my more abrasive negatives. . .of course, I had to learn all this on my own, through experience, b/c I wouldn't listen to anyone tell me this stuff! :-)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-63712290642485558702012-07-24T04:14:01.048-05:002012-07-24T04:14:01.048-05:00I'm INTJ and so is my son. When he was fillin...I'm INTJ and so is my son. When he was filling in the questionnaire he turned to me and said "I understand what empathy is, I just don't see the point of it". He's twelve. My seminary dean said I had a "cerebral propensity and a shallow joviality".Catholicushttp://www.mccamley.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-76525110987127050122012-07-23T23:44:32.411-05:002012-07-23T23:44:32.411-05:00INTJ. Fr Powell
INTJ – 1-4% of the population
Have...INTJ. Fr Powell<br />INTJ – 1-4% of the population<br />Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Sceptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance – for themselves and others.<br /><br />I am an ISTJ. 11-14% of the population.Sharonnoreply@blogger.com