By Donna Dunning
In my MBTI® Certification workshops participants respond to the instruction -“Describe your type using words, phrases, or pictures.” I find these visual representations of type preferences help illustrate individual differences.
Here is a photo of a response from a group with INTP personality type preferences.
I like the way they use the metaphor of the duck moving smoothly on the surface, but paddling away madly under water to demonstrate their introverted process.
INTPs generally are calm and collected, but internally they are busy using Introverted Thinking (Ti), their dominant function to examine and evaluate possibilities. They can see many perspectives as they do this. Notice their comment, “it’s all grey, no black & white”.
You may also enjoy looking at how other INTP groups have completed this illustration of type exercise.
If you are interested in seeing how people with different type preferences complete this exercise, check out the Illustrations of Type series.
What’s Your Type?
Learn about your personal approach on our What’s Your Type? page where we’ll introduce you to personality type and the 8 Ways of Working.
Resources
Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?
Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.
If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication
Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.
If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning
Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type
Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type
What a brilliant picture they drew. In college, a friend gave me a tiny plaque that says “Be like a duck–keep unruffled on the surface but paddle like the dickens underneath.” I still have it twelve years later because it suits me so well.