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LOGICIAN PREMIUM PROFILE

 What’s in This Profile?

This profile is designed to cover all the main aspects of Logicians’ personality as it

affects different areas of their life, including Logicians’ key strengths and weaknesses,

relationships, academic path, career and professional development, as well as their

communication and social skills, parenting tips and advice, and much, much more. It

combines personality type theory with practical, real-world advice from others who

share the Logician personality type.

Personality type has been the focus of many discussions, some of them dating back

to ancient times. It’s wise to draw from this source of knowledge and experience,

especially when unsure of how to handle a specific situation. This kind of knowledge

offers the power to control and understand oneself. As Aristotle said millennia ago,

“The hardest victory is the victory over self.” Consider this profile a plan for success.

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Table of Contents

What’s in This Profile?........................................................................................................1

Table of Contents...............................................................................................................2

The Puzzle of Personality ..................................................................................................5

Five Personality Aspects ................................................................................................9

Mind: Introverted (I) vs. Extraverted (E)....................................................................9

Energy: Intuitive (N) vs. Observant (S) ....................................................................12

Nature: Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F) ..........................................................................15

Tactics: Judging (J) vs. Prospecting (P) .....................................................................17

Identity: Assertive (-A) vs. Turbulent (-T).................................................................20

Type Groups..................................................................................................................22

Roles...........................................................................................................................22

Strategies...................................................................................................................30

Who Is “The Logician?”.....................................................................................................39

Personal Growth ..............................................................................................................43

Motivation and Development .....................................................................................45

Self-Esteem................................................................................................................48

Self-Respect...............................................................................................................54

Self-Confidence.........................................................................................................60

Self-Evolution ............................................................................................................65

Self-Responsibility.....................................................................................................71

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Conclusion.....................................................................................................................77

Romantic Relationships...................................................................................................79

Potential Role Pairings .................................................................................................83

Logician–Analyst Relationships ...............................................................................84

Logician–Diplomat Relationships............................................................................91

Logician–Sentinel Relationships..............................................................................97

Logician–Explorer Relationships ...........................................................................103

Conclusion...................................................................................................................108

Friendships .....................................................................................................................110

Logicians and Friends of Other Types......................................................................112

Logician–Analyst Friendships ................................................................................113

Logician–Diplomat Friendships .............................................................................121

Logician–Sentinel Friendships ...............................................................................127

Logician–Explorer Friendships ..............................................................................134

Conclusion...................................................................................................................140

Parenthood.....................................................................................................................142

Parenting for Each Stage of Development...............................................................144

Building Bonds (Birth–1½ Years) ...........................................................................145

Testing Boundaries (1½–3 Years) ..........................................................................149

Thirst for Knowledge (3–5 Years) ..........................................................................153

Creating Competence (5–12 Years).......................................................................158

Finding Thyself (12–18 Years) ................................................................................161

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Conclusion...................................................................................................................168

Academic Path................................................................................................................169

How Logicians Learn ..................................................................................................170

Logicians in High School ............................................................................................176

Work or College?.........................................................................................................182

Logicians in College....................................................................................................190

Lifelong Learning........................................................................................................196

Conclusion...................................................................................................................202

Professional Development............................................................................................204

Jobs and Skill Sets.......................................................................................................207

Challenging Career Qualities .................................................................................210

Career Alternatives.................................................................................................212

Workplace Cooperation Between Roles...................................................................215

Logician–Analyst Cooperation...............................................................................215

Logician–Diplomat Cooperation............................................................................222

Logician–Sentinel Cooperation..............................................................................228

Logician–Explorer Cooperation.............................................................................234

Conclusion...................................................................................................................239

Final Words .....................................................................................................................241

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The Puzzle of Personality

When they receive their personality test results on our website, most people’s first

question is, “What do these letters mean?” We are of course referring to those

mysterious acronyms – INTJ-A, for example, or ENFP-T. As you may have already

learned from the type descriptions or articles on the website, the five letters of these

acronyms each refer to a specific trait, with certain trait combinations forming

various types and type groups. But before we discuss those traits in depth, let’s

explore their historical foundations.

Since the dawn of time, humans have drawn up schematics to describe and

categorize our personalities. From the four temperaments of the ancient civilizations

to the latest advances in psychology, we have been driven to fit the variables and

complexities of human personality into well-defined models. Although we are still

some time away from being able to do that, the current models account for our most

important personality traits and can predict our behavior with a high degree of

accuracy.

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Personality is just one of many factors that guide our behavior, however. Our actions

are also influenced by our environment, our experiences, and our individual goals.

This profile describes how people belonging to a specific personality type are likely to

behave. We will outline indicators and tendencies, however, not definitive guidelines

or answers. Significant differences can exist even among people who share a

personality type. The information in this profile is meant to inspire personal growth

and an improved understanding of yourself and your relationships – not to be taken

as gospel.

Our approach has its roots in two different philosophies. One dates back to the early

20th century and was the brainchild of Carl Gustav Jung, the father of analytical

psychology. Jung’s theory of psychological types is perhaps the most influential

creation in personality typology, and it has inspired many different theories. One of

Jung’s key contributions was the development of the concept of Introversion and

Extraversion – he theorized that each of us falls into one of these two categories,

either focusing on the internal world (Introvert) or the outside world (Extravert).

Besides Introversion and Extraversion, Jung coined the concept of so-called cognitive

functions, separated into Judging or Perceiving categories. According to Jung, each

person prefers one of these cognitive functions and may most naturally rely on it in

everyday situations.

In the 1920s, Jung’s theory was noticed by Katharine Cook Briggs, who later coauthored one of the most popular personality indicators used today, the MyersBriggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®). Briggs was a teacher with an avid interest in

personality typing, having developed her own type theory before learning of Jung’s

writings. Together with her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, they developed a

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convenient way to describe the order of each person’s Jungian preferences – this is

how four-letter acronyms were born.

Of course, this is just a very simplified description of the Myers-Briggs theory.

Readers interested in learning more should read Gifts Differing: Understanding

Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers. As we define personality traits and types

differently in our model, we will not go deeper into Jungian concepts or related

theories in this profile.

Due to its simplicity and ease of use, the four-letter naming model is now shared by

a number of diverse theories and approaches, including Socionics, Keirsey

Temperament Sorter®, and Linda Berens’ Interaction Styles, among many others.

While the acronyms used by these theories may be identical or very similar, however,

their meanings do not always overlap. As a result, if you meet five people who say, “I

am an INFJ,” their understanding of what that means may vary significantly.

Regardless of its structure, any type-based theory will struggle to describe or

characterize people whose scores lie near the dividing line. A different way to look at

personalities is through the lens of a trait-based rather than a type-based model.

What do we mean by that? Instead of creating an arbitrary number of categories and

attempting to fit people within them, a trait-based model simply studies the degree

to which people exhibit certain traits.

You may have heard the term Ambivert, which is a perfect example in this case.

Ambiversion means that someone falls in the middle of the Introversion-Extraversion

scale, being neither too outgoing nor too withdrawn. Trait-based theories would

simply say that an Ambivert is moderately Extraverted or moderately Introverted and

leave it at that, without assigning a personality type.

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A trait-based approach makes it easier to reliably measure correlations between

personality traits and other characteristics – for example, political attitudes. This is

why trait-based approaches dominate psychometric research, but that’s more or less

the only area where these approaches are dominant. Because they don’t offer types

or categorizations, trait-based theories don’t translate as well as type-based theories

into specific recommendations and takeaways. Assigned categories such as Extravert

or Introvert may be limiting, but they allow us to conceptualize human personality

and create theories about why we do what we do – something that a more

scientifically reliable but colorless statement, such as you are 37% Extraverted,

simply cannot do.

With our model, we’ve combined the best of both worlds. We use the acronym format

introduced by Myers-Briggs for its simplicity and convenience, with an extra letter to

accommodate five rather than four scales. However, unlike Myers-Briggs or other

theories based on the Jungian model, we have not incorporated Jungian concepts

such as cognitive functions, or their prioritization. Jungian concepts are very difficult

to measure and evaluate scientifically, so we’ve instead chosen to rework and

rebalance the dimensions of personality called the Big Five personality traits, a model

that is very popular in psychological and social research.

Our personality types are based on five independent spectrums, with all letters in

the type code (e.g. INFJ-A) referring to one of the two sides of the corresponding

spectrum. We’ll talk more about these concepts in the next chapter. This approach

has allowed us to achieve high test accuracy while also retaining the ability to define

and describe distinct personality types.

During the last few years, we have conducted more than 800 studies to uncover

trends and correlations between personality traits and various behaviors. Many of

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these studies will be referenced in this profile, and additional information can be

found in our online Academy. Our goal is to give you access to our sources without

repeating ourselves or overwhelming you with information. If you are particularly

interested in a specific study or its statistical characteristics, please feel free to

contact us via our website, and we will do our best to provide additional information.

With that aside, let’s dig deeper into the five personality aspects!

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