Introspectives

There are three Introspective types: Four, the Individualist; Five, the Observer; and Nine, the Universalist. Check below to discover which one describes you the best.

If you are a Four, it’s likely that you:

1. See the world through a wide range of bright and dark, subtle and dramatic emotions.

2. Can easily find yourself in a dark mood because the world is a difficult place and it’s so hard to get what you want out of life.

3. Are able to initiate original programs and projects.

4. Are attracted to any activities or pursuits that stimulate emotion, allow you to express feeling, or combine your native interests in personal expression and relationships.

5. Have an aversion to mediocrity and therefore love both traditional and off-beat complex things, people and situations.

6. Seek to understand why other people do what they do and have insight into situations.

7. Believe the world would be a better place if everyone tried harder to understand themselves and others.

8. Find it easy both to be contrite for your mistakes and justify your behavior, depending on the situation and the people in it.

9. Seek to be understood and feel you have the right to it.

10. Tend either to be quiet or freely divulge personal information, and especially to explain your feelings.

11. Tend to deal with conflicts with authority by laying all your cards on the table, even though it is difficult to trust everything will turn out all right.

12. Believe that being an honest and authentic person is an important value most people don’t take seriously enough.

For a description of Type Four, follow this link.

If you are a Five, it’s likely that you:

1. Like to stand back and take a long, cool look before you draw conclusions or make decisions.

2. Don’t like feelings to get in the way of logic.

3. Notice the quirks in life and people and use dry humor to comment on them.

4. Express your commitment to and love for others by sharing your ideas with them.

5. Enjoy piercing to the core of an issue and understanding it.

6. Are known for being both consistent and persistent in expressing your ideas.

7. Generally don’t say anything unless you have something important to say.

8. Wonder why other people say so many things that don’t need to be said, repeat themselves, and go off the topic.

9. Find that other people usually don’t understand your ideas.

10. Tend to leave social overtures to the other party and social arrangements to your partner or best friend.

11. Find small talk boring and avoid situations in which you may be required to create it.

12. Need little by way of “creature comforts” except in one or two areas in which you often indulge yourself.

For a description of Type Five, follow this link.

If you’re a Nine, it’s likely that you:

1. Are known for being friendly and affable even when inside you feel very different.

2. Generally like to get along with others, even to the point of verbally agreeing with them and then privately doing what you want or intended all along.

3. Reserve personal communication to very few people.

4. Are willing to do your work but also conserve a good portion of your time for relaxation and play.

5. Don’t like to fight, argue or push yourself to get ahead.

6. Generally hold your competitive drive in check and expend it in games and sports.

7. Prefer living by routines you can rely on and find changes in schedules or plans distasteful and/or annoying.

8. Have a place in your home to which you gravitate when nothing else is going on.

9. Find yourself resolving conflicts and/or dealing with failure by saying things like “It doesn’t matter” or “It’s no big deal.”

10. Can find yourself dwelling on past offenses and feeling caught in unresolved emotions, which cause you to believe others don’t value you as much as they do other people.

11. Feel best about yourself when you have a good reputation and know you’ve earned the respect of others.

12. Enjoy outdoor activities and find in nature a source of freedom and peace.

For a description of Type Nine, follow this link.

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