Exploring the hidden talents of the INTP Personality Type

The Talents of the INTP PERSONALITY TYPE THE IMAGINATIVE THINKERS

MASTERS OF SYSTEMS

INTPs are the world’s “big picture and unforeseen future challenges. Characteristically independent, original thinkers,

with unconventional thought patterns,

INTPs analyze problems very differently than other types and therefore are often the creative genius behind their breakthrough systems.

For example, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Bill Gates, and George Lucas likely INTPs created their own systems (Math, Science,

Technology, Film, and Literature, respectively). INTPs are often avid science fiction and fantasy readers/writers,

they love to live in alternative worlds that stimulate their imagination and are much more logically systematized than ours,

where it is not uncommon for an INTP to feel.

INTPs are quiet, curious, and deep, INTPs tend to spend a great deal of their day inside their own heads.

They have one of the more highly developed “inner worlds”.

of any of the types and this is where they do their best thinking.

Often they are S0 deeply in their own head, and they miss things going on around them in the immediate external world.

If a subject or problem has piqued their interest,

INTPs will devote countless hours to understanding the topic and achieve remarkable expertise (even at a very young age).

Once they have mastered a skill or subject area, they often move on to the next interest,

they like preferring to keep their learning curve at the maximum slope possible, a few topics at a time.

INTPs are natural skeptics and one of the types most likely to initially challenge the underlying principles of personality type.

Things are rarely black and white for them, as they see all of the nuances or shades of grey in an issue.

INTPs err on the side of over-analyzing a topic, considering all of the love challenges that may arise way into the future.

They are inconsistent logic of another’s position, or if their competencies are questioned.

INTPs are convinced only by logic. INTPs are a little obsessed with logical correctness.

INTPs virtually never base a decision on subjective emotional considerations.

In fact, they are not always in tune with their own or others’ emotional states or needs.

This can occasionally get them into trouble

if they poke others bluntly point out logical inconsistencies in their position.

they enjoy thinking about theoretical concepts and tend to value intellect over emotion.

INTPs are logical and base decisions on objective information rather than subjective feelings.

They love analyzing data and making decisions, they are highly logical and objective.

to be flexible and good at thinking “outside of the box.”