ISTP: “The Realist”

Note: If you want to read about all personality types, please go to The 16 Personality Types. If you want to learn your personality type, please go to take the Personality Type Test or one of these more sophisticated Myers Briggs Career Personality Tests.

ISTP = Introverted, Sensing, Thinking Perceiver

Nickname of ISTP: “The Realist”

Main Qualites of ISTP:

Patient
Data-Oriented
Logical
Efficient
Compromising
Tolerant

Good ISTP Careers:

Software Developer
Systems Analyst
Securities Analyst
Purchasing Agent
Computer Repair Person
Banker
Pharmaceutical Sales
Firefighter

Famous ISTPs & Fictional ISTPs

U.S. Presidents: Zachary Taylor
Charles Bronson
Tom Cruise
James Dean
Clint Eastwood
Robin Cook
Burt Reynolds
Keith Richards
Charlie Yeager
Frank Zappa
John Malkovich
Katharine Hepburn
Michael Jordan
Archibald “Harry” Tuttle – Brazil movie
Blondie – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Boba Fett – Star Wars
Brett – Alien
Butch Coolidge – Pulp Fiction
Elvira Hancock – Scarface
Han Solo – Star Wars
Hedda Gabler – Hedda Gabler play (Ibsen)
John Milner – American Grafitti
Wolverine, X Men
Maggie Fitzgerald – Million Dollar Baby
Verna – Miller’s Crossing

These Web site were helpful for this article:

KnowYourType, TypeLogic, MyPersonality and SimilarMinds

I find these books useful:

If you are enjoying the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, you may also enjoy The 9 Enneagram Personality Types.

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