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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
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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.
Table of Contents
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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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