One thing I’ve learned through studying Myers-Briggs® types and movie tastes is that so far everyone has a wide variety of favorites. After asking the INTJs for their top ten favorite movies, I ended up with a list of 2039 movies (I’ve ran two surveys, in 2015 and 2024). After tallying up all the responses,…
Do you ever feel like you and your partner, friend, or family member show love in completely different ways? As an INTJ I often show love by problem-solving or looking for intellectual intimacy. My ESTP husband shows love by calibrating thought processes and engaging emotionally (thanks to his tertiary function, Extraverted Feeling). Often in relationships…
As an INTJ, one of my favorite pastimes—besides overanalyzing social interactions and wondering why people enjoy small talk—is studying patterns in human behavior. And because I also enjoy making my hobbies needlessly complicated, I decided to see if different Myers-Briggs® personality types had specific tastes in movies. Naturally, I started with INFJs, because if there’s…
It’s easy to feel alone in the world, to feel that nobody understands you. This is especially true of INFJs as they make up only 2% of the US population (according to the latest surveys in the MBTI® Manual). These types rarely meet others who share their visions, quirks, insights, and passions. Some of us…
If the Enneagram types were countries, where would you belong? Imagine stepping off a plane and instantly feeling like the entire place just gets you—the values, the vibe, even the way people greet each other. Would you find yourself in the hyper-disciplined efficiency of Japan? The warm, open arms of Senegal? The brooding, poetic solitude…
