The Pygmalion Project

A friend recommended a book to me: Please Understand Me 2.  It is all about personality types.  Throughout history, people have divided personalities into 4 main types.  More recently, those 4 types have been subdivided, each, with 4 of their own subtypes.

The book includes a test to determine which type you are.  You can take an online version of it here:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

At the end, you will get a four letter type.  There is also a link to a description of your type, along with its common name.

I took it and found that I am a Rational.  More specifically, a Fieldmarshal.  Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it?

http://www.keirsey.com/4temps/rational_overview.asp

http://www.keirsey.com/4temps/fieldmarshal.asp

At first, the book was pretty dry.  But then I got to the chapter on Rationals.  Wow, it really hits the nail on the head!  It says that Rationals are obsessed with efficiency and refuse to expend effort on something that does not have a correspondingly valuable result.  Check!  It goes on to say that Rationals can get absorbed in things and so often appear to be cold and uncaring toward others.  Double check!  Here are some more:

"Some Rationals are seen as using a vocabulary which their listeners find pretentious and pedantic."
"Because of their focus on long-range strategies, they may, at times, be unware of the feelings of others."

I love it!

You might enjoy taking the test and then reading your type description.  Let me know what you think!