Last spring I paid to take the Myers Briggs personality indicator test.
My personality Type: INTP




Introversion: People who prefer introversion tend to focus their attention on their inner world of ideas and impressions.
Intuition: People who prefer intuition tend to take in information from patterns and the big picture and focus on future possibilities.
Thinking: People who prefer thinking tend to make decisions based primarily on logic and on objective analysis of cause and effect.
Perceiving: People who prefer perceiving tend to like a flexible and spontaneous approcah to like and prefer to keep their options open.

Logical, analytical, and objectively critical
Quick, insightful and ingenious; intensely curious about ideas and theories
Adept at providing a detached, concise analysis of an idea or a situation
Likely to approach situations with skepticism and form independent opinions and standards
Likely to value intelligence and competence
Flexible and tolerant of a wide range of behaviours
Usually seen by others as quiet, contained, and independent
[source: Myers Briggs test results]


Dominant: Introverted Thinking (Ti):
In the INTP, as with all introverts, the Dominant function is introverted. As introverted Thinkers, INTPs spend the majority of their time and energy putting order to the interior, logical world of principles and generalizations in an effort to understand. Introverted Thinking is calm, articulate, and aware of the forces that bind reality together.

Auxiliary: Extraverted iNtuition (Ne):
The Auxiliary function is extraverted iNtuition, which gives INTPs a grasp of the patterns of the world around them. They use their iNtuition to put empirical data together into coherent pictures, from which universal principles may be derived. INTPs frequently puzzle over a problem for hours on end, until the answer suddenly crystallizes in a flash of insight.

Tertiary: Introverted Sensing (Si):
The Tertiary function is introverted Sensing, which gives INTPs potential for keen insight. They use their powerful introspection to form a detailed, organized inner world. Unlike extraverted Sensors, who see the world literally, INTPs experience the external world primarily through the memories and associations it evokes.

Inferior: Extraverted Feeling (Fe):
The Inferior function is extraverted Feeling, which drives the INTP to desire harmony in community. At their most relaxed, INTPs can be charming and outgoing among friends, or when they have a clearly defined role in the group. When under stress, however, INTPs can feel disconnected from the people around them, unable to use their extraverted Feeling to reach out to others. As their inferior function, Feeling can be a weak point; when threatened they will hide behind a wall of stoic logic. INTPs can be easily hurt emotionally. This can lead them to bottle up their emotions to preserve reason and harmony; but a failure to deal with these concealed emotions can lead to childish outbursts, including violence.
[Source: Wikipedia]

INTP Goals
Be better organized, be patient with less intelligent people, and work at improving your social skills.
[Source: Do What You Are:Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger]