Happy Monday!

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-13-2005
Happy Monday!
50
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 7:08am

Hello and good morning to all - Happy Monday!!

Tell us - how was your weekend?

Did you go on a date? Do something special for yourself? Have fun with your kids? What was good about it?

Avatar for mhash
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: cl_west1745
Mon, 08-04-2008 - 7:48pm

I may be loony as well but I KNOW I don't look as good as you in short shorts ;-)


Mark whose company of INFPs are


Homer
Virgil
Mary, mother of Jesus
St. John, the beloved disciple
St. Luke; physician, disciple, author
William Shakespeare, bard of Avon
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Evangeline)
A. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie)
Helen Keller, deaf and blind author
Carl Rogers, reflective psychologist, counselor
Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
Dick Clark (American Bandstand)
Donna Reed, actor (It's a Wonderful Life)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis
Neil Diamond, vocalist
Tom Brokaw, news anchor
James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small)
Annie Dillard (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)
James Taylor, vocalist
Julia Roberts, actor (Conspiracy Theory, Pretty Woman)
Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap)
Terri Gross (PBS's "Fresh Air")
Amy Tan (author of The Joy-Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife)
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Lisa Kudrow ("Phoebe" of Friends)
Fred Savage ("The Wonder Years")
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2005
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 1:25am

Ok- I had to go test myself on the meyers test...

ESTJ.

Funny that it says that I love "routine" of holidays and family events, enjoy making schedules/ inventories and improving on them, that my best job would be where I could be the boss, that I'm friendly and easily talk to others, and that I have no patience in dating- eager to find fault in my partner and move on....

Does that sound like me?

The boy

Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-13-2005
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 7:33am

I am INTJ -

All Rationals (NTs) share the following core characteristics:

* Rationals tend to be pragmatic, skeptical, self-contained, and focused on problem-solving and systems analysis.
* Rationals pride themselves on being ingenious, independent, and strong willed.
* Rationals make reasonable mates, individualizing parents, and strategic leaders.
* Rationals are even-tempered, they trust logic, yearn for achievement, seek knowledge, prize technology, and dream of understanding how the world works.

Rationals are the problem solving temperament, particularly if the problem has to do with the many complex systems that make up the world around us. Rationals might tackle problems in organic systems such as plants and animals, or in mechanical systems such as railroads and computers, or in social systems such as families and companies and governments. But whatever systems fire their curiosity, Rationals will analyze them to understand how they work, so they can figure out how to make them work better.

In working with problems, Rationals try to find solutions that have application in the real world, but they are even more interested in the abstract concepts involved, the fundamental principles or natural laws that underlie the particular case. And they are completely pragmatic about their ways and means of achieving their ends. Rationals don't care about being politically correct. They are interested in the most efficient solutions possible, and will listen to anyone who has something useful to teach them, while disregarding any authority or customary procedure that wastes time and resources.

Rationals have an insatiable hunger to accomplish their goals and will work tirelessly on any project they have set their mind to. They are rigorously logical and fiercely independent in their thinking -- are indeed skeptical of all ideas, even their own -- and they believe they can overcome any obstacle with their will power. Often they are seen as cold and distant, but this is really the absorbed concentration they give to whatever problem they're working on. Whether designing a skyscraper or an experiment, developing a theory or a prototype technology, building an aircraft, a corporation, or a strategic alliance, Rationals value intelligence, in themselves and others, and they pride themselves on the ingenuity they bring to their problem solving.

Rationals are very scarce, comprising as little as 5 to 10 percent of the population. But because of their drive to unlock the secrets of nature, and to develop new technologies, they have done much to shape our world. There are four types of rationals: Architect | Fieldmarshal | Inventor | Mastermind

All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds (INTJ)are head and shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning. Complex operations involve many steps or stages, one following another in a necessary progression, and Masterminds are naturally able to grasp how each one leads to the next, and to prepare alternatives for difficulties that are likely to arise any step of the way. Trying to anticipate every contingency,

Masterminds never set off on their current project without a Plan A firmly in mind, but they are always prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.
Masterminds are rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population, and they are rarely encountered outside their office, factory, school, or laboratory. Although they are highly capable leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are thoroughgoing pragmatists. Masterminds are certain that efficiency is indispensable in a well-run organization, and if they encounter inefficiency-any waste of human and material resources-they are quick to realign operations and reassign personnel. Masterminds do not feel bound by established rules and procedures, and traditional authority does not impress them, nor do slogans or catchwords. Only ideas that make sense to them are adopted; those that don't, aren't, no matter who thought of them. Remember, their aim is always maximum efficiency.

In their careers, Masterminds usually rise to positions of responsibility, for they work long and hard and are dedicated in their pursuit of goals, sparing neither their own time and effort nor that of their colleagues and employees. Problem-solving is highly stimulating to Masterminds, who love responding to tangled systems that require careful sorting out. Ordinarily, they verbalize the positive and avoid comments of a negative nature; they are more interested in moving an organization forward than dwelling on mistakes of the past.

Masterminds tend to be much more definite and self-confident than other Rationals, having usually developed a very strong will. Decisions come easily to them; in fact, they can hardly rest until they have things settled and decided. But before they decide anything, they must do the research. Masterminds are highly theoretical, but they insist on looking at all available data before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of any statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked against reality.

Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Ulysses S. Grant, Frideriche Nietsche, Niels Bohr, Peter the Great, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes, Lise Meitner", Ayn Rand and Sir Isaac Newton are examples of Rational Masterminds.
Rational Quotes

The four types of Rationals are:

Architect | Fieldmarshal | Inventor | Mastermind

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2002
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 8:15am

That really does sound like you...


Mine being ENTP said that i'm looking for someone playful, someone who listen to my crazy stories

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-30-2004
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 9:15am

Hey Pacs.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-11-2007
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 10:31am

I love it!

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-15-2008
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 10:35am
OK

JH

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 10:42am

Can I call it "Happy Tuesday"??

 
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2003
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 11:08am

What site are you guys using to do the Myers Briggs test?

Avatar for mhash
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: cl_west1745
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 11:27am

I got to see Dark Knight, the Batman movie with my DS19 on Friday night.