I've done the assessment for both work and personal reasons a few times over the years.
I've always been an ISTP. However, the "I" had become less extreme as I've gotten older (according to the assessments).
People who know me IRL superficially are always surprised. My close friends aren't. I've learned to fake the "I" quite well over time when in the wild places of Man. But I've bookmarked this note so that I can take it over the weekend. It's been a long while since I've done it.
I agree about the whole faking thing. I needed it tamed for my career. It was immensely exhausting in the beginning. So it's become difficult to tell whether I've become used to and quite good at faking it or I've learned to manage it that I can switch it on and off. I do know that I need my time alone. And I mean alone in the wilderness for periods of time to recover.
If life had a fast forward button, then we could skip through the mouthy chatter that bore-@$$ed us. But we are not so lucky. So yeah, ya fake in hopes that it help us get us to the meat and sauce of the point a bit faster. Not my quote but "society is a dominantly extraverted tribe". When in Rome.....
Why I like Sparta.
