Personality Test

So, I just had to complete a personality test for one of my graduate classes this semester. Normally, I would not post such subjective information - but the accuracy of this test was CRAZY!! I was reading the in depth information about my personality type and it was like reading information that was written specifically about me!! It was hysterical and it really answered some the burning questions I had about why I am the way I am. Some of these questions were . . .
? Why do I put SO much on my plate at one time (grad school, running Special Olympics for the county, marathon training, building my own business, and a full time job in the course of time when my husband is in boot camp and I am preparing for a bone marrow transplant)?
? Why do I sometimes seem so very emotionally distant from other people - including my own husband at points in time?
? Why do I question if I live somewhere on the autism spectrum with my to-do lists,the LOVE I have for planning and watching the plan unfold, and my drive for perfection?

Well -- my questions are all answered! Here is what the test told me . . . (by the way - my personality type is only found in 1% of people in the world:)


Your Type is INTJ
Introverted - 78%
Intuitive - 38%
Thinking - 75%
Judging - 89%

Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)
All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds 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.

here is the website if you want to try the test yourself and post your results as a comment!

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