People like to think they are very different from each other. And, to an extent, this is true. What is surprising is that people's personalities can be predicted quite accurately once you know what type they are. All that is needed are four measures that can be combined into 16 personality types. For example, I am an INTP type, I am good at problem-solving and designing of logical models. What are you? Let me know. If you have a difficult and interesting problem I am sure I can help. If you would like me to explain how knowing about personalities can help you at work, during your time off, at home, or when analyzing some problem, let me know. What are you looking for when teaming up with a business partner or getting together with a friend? Why do other people do things differently from us? Why do we care?
There are many related links on the internet--here are a few:
Please Understand Me II
You must read this book
if you have children, work with people, or otherwise interact with anyone.
This is the best of all of these references.
Keirsey's Temperament Sorter (Test Yourself)
Team Technology's Description of Personality Type
This is my interpretation of the personalities of People in the News. I will try to add a name or two every month. The percentages shown are the approximate distribution in the general population. Let me know what you think or if you disagree with any of these interpretations.
ARTISANS (SPs) 23% |
RATIONALS (NTs) 14% |
IDEALISTS (NFs) 17% |
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Composer (iSfP) 7% Russell Crowe Quincy Jones Tom Ford Anna Quindlen John F. Kennedy, Jr. Janet Jackson King Mohammed IV Vicente Fox |
Crafter (iStP) 5% Bill Johnson Steffi Graf Michael Jordan Eddie Murphy Donald Trump Steve McQueen Robert DeNiro Pelé |
Architect (iNTp) 4% Alan Greenspan Tim Berners-Lee David Keirsey Tim Noakes Dean Kamen Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe John Abizaid |
Healer (iNFp) 4% Tiger Woods Martin Puryear Sally Mann Aung San Suu Kyi Sinéad O'Connor Kofi Annan Khalid Khannouchi Mohammed Khatami Charles Schulz Leonardo DiCaprio Carlos Santana Michael Jackson Prince |
Performer (eSfP) 6% Julia Roberts Rosie O'Donnell Judge Mathis Kathie Lee Gifford Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Muhammad Ali Jack Nicholson Marilyn Monroe Warren Beatty Ben Stein Howard Schultz David Neeleman Quentin Tarantino |
Promoter (eStP) 5% Ann Coulter Madonna Carson Daley Bill Clinton George W. Bush Boris Yeltsin Ehud Barak Kim Jong Il Bruce Lee Ernest Hemingway Mary Lou Retton Drew Carey Rupert Murdoch |
Inventor (eNTp) 3% Dennis Miller Jeff Bezos Steve Jobs Stephen Hawking Sherman Alexie Gwyn Coogan "Weird" Al Yankovic Janeane Garofalo |
Champion (eNFp) 7% Christiane Amanpour Anne Rice Jerry Brown Shirley MacLaine Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
GUARDIANS (SJs) 45% |
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Protector (iSfJ) 11% Lance Armstrong George Bush Laura Bush Barbara Walters Martha Stewart Tim Russert Roger Clemens Meg Whitman Nancy Reagan |
Inspector (iStJ) 13% Tommy Franks Chuck Norris Jack Lemmon Yasser Arafat Dick Cheney Al Gore Steve Forbes Vladimir Putin Priscilla Presley Warren Buffett Michael Dell John Browne H. Lee Scott, Jr. Azim Premji |
Mastermind (iNTj) 4% John Stossel Bill Gates Stephen Wolfram David Letterman |
Counselor (iNFj) 2% Michael Moore Mebrahtom Keflezighi Ralph Nader Tracy Chapman Bill Bradley Phil Jackson Sidney Poitier Mohandas Gandhi Daniel Vasella |
Provider (eSfJ) 11% Natalie Cole Sarah Ferguson Bobby Knight Al Roker Maria Shriver Joe Lieberman John McCain Dr. Laura Schlessinger Jesse Helms |
Supervisor (eStJ) 10% Bill O'Reilly Michael Dell Colin Powell Judge Judy Bill Parcells John Kerry Luisa Diogo Carly Fiorina |
Fieldmarshal (eNTj) 3% Donald Rumsfeld James Watson Paul Wolfowitz Jay Leno Dr. Phil (McGraw) Alan Keyes Isaac Isimov |
Teacher (eNFj) 4% Iyanla Vanzant Oprah Winfrey Montel Williams Lynne Cheney Harrison Ford |
Based on David Keirsey's Please Understand Me II, 1998.