Orienting Modes

    ACTIVE ORGANIZER

  • You are an Extraverted Judger, who can best be
    described as an "Active Organizer”.  You are
    out-going, energetic, and decisive; rely on
    conventional wisdom or values; and, enjoy
    making things happen by controlling your
    external world.  Among all the four Basic
    Orienting Modes you, who prefer this mode, are
    the most adept at getting others to carry out
    your plans, because you have thought them
    through in great depth and are committed to
    them.
  • Your interests are narrowly defined, so you have
    the time and energy to develop them in great
    detail.  And, much to the consternation of less
    focused types, once you make a decision, it is
    very hard for someone else to get you to change
    it.  
  • Your primary Focus of Attention is Extraversion.  
    Your Preferred Interactive Style is Pre-Planning
    Judger.

    SILENT INTEGRATOR

  • You are an Introvert with Judging, who can best
    be described as a "Silent Integrator".  You are
    reflective and outwardly decisive; adjust to the
    external world by controlling it, while you continue
    to process and integrate your experiences in the
    safety of your inner world, based on personal
    interpretation.   Among all the four Basic
    Orienting Modes you, who prefer this mode, are
    the most adept at blending a great variety of
    seemingly unconnected facts in a unique fashion
    to create novel solutions to perplexing problems.
  • Your interests are broadly diffused; and, much to
    the consternation of those who mistake you for
    an Extraverted Judger, you modify your external
    decisions, periodically and without warning, to
    reflect the status of your constantly changing
    internal state.
  • Your Primary Focus of Attention is Introversion.  
    Your Preferred Interactive Style is Pre-Planning
    Judger.  Your Interactive Style expresses your
    Secondary Cognitive Process  

    QUIET ARCHITECT


  • You  are an Introvert with Perceiving, who can
    best be described as a "Quiet Architect".  You
    are calm, reflective, and individualistic.  You
    adjust to the external world by adapting, while
    you build an  intricate model of what you believe
    the world should be in the safety of your inner
    world.  Among all the four Basic Orienting
    Modes you, who prefer this mode, are the most
    adept at calling upon your inner resources to
    fashion an elaborate system of values and
    beliefs that guide all of your planning and
    decision-making processes, much to the
    consternation of others who may have mistaken
    you for an Extraverted Perceiver.
  • Your interests are narrowly defined; and, once
    you have made a decision about an important
    matter, it is very hard for anyone else to get you
    to change it.
  • Your Primary Focus of Attention is Introversion.  
    Your Secondary Perceiver.  It Cognitive
    Process.  

    ALERT EXPLORER


  • You are an Extraverted Perceiver, who can best
    be described as an "Alert Explorer".  You are
    out-going, active, and adaptable, continually
    seeking new experiences in the world around
    them.  Among all the four Basic Orienting
    Modes you, who prefer this mode, are the most
    in touch with current external reality, because
    you are constantly attuned to any changes in
    your environments.  
  • Your interests are broadly diffused, so you have
    a tendency to jump from one topic or
    conversation or project to another.  And, much
    to the consternation of less flexible types, you
    tend to modify your decisions, readily, to adjust
    to the flow of your current experience.
  • Your primary Focus of Attention is Extraversion.  
    Your preferred Interactive Style is Perceiving.