Rational Portrait of
the Mastermind (INTJ)
All Rationals are good at planning operations, but Masterminds are head and
shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning. Complex
operations involve many steps or stages, one following another in a
necessary progression, and Masterminds are naturally able to grasp
how each one leads to the next, and to prepare alternatives for
difficulties that are likely to arise any step of the way. Trying
to anticipate every contingency, Masterminds never set off on their
current project without a Plan A firmly in mind, but they are
always prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.
Masterminds are rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent
of the population, and they are rarely encountered outside their
office, factory, school, or laboratory. Although they are highly
capable leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command,
preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their
inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are
thoroughgoing pragmatists. Masterminds are certain that efficiency
is indispensable in a well-run organization, and if they encounter
inefficiency-any waste of human and material resources-they are
quick to realign operations and reassign personnel. Masterminds do
not feel bound by established rules and procedures, and traditional
authority does not impress them, nor do slogans or catchwords. Only
ideas that make sense to them are adopted; those that don't,
aren't, no matter who thought of them. Remember, their aim is
always maximum efficiency.
In their careers, Masterminds usually rise to positions of
responsibility, for they work long and hard and are dedicated in
their pursuit of goals, sparing neither their own time and effort
nor that of their colleagues and employees. Problem-solving is
highly stimulating to Masterminds, who love responding to tangled
systems that require careful sorting out. Ordinarily, they
verbalize the positive and avoid comments of a negative nature;
they are more interested in moving an organization forward than
dwelling on mistakes of the past.
Masterminds tend to be much more definite and self-confident
than other Rationals, having usually developed a very strong will.
Decisions come easily to them; in fact, they can hardly rest until
they have things settled and decided. But before they decide
anything, they must do the research. Masterminds are highly
theoretical, but they insist on looking at all available data
before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of any
statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked
against reality.
Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Ulysses S. Grant, Frideriche Nietsche,
Niels Bohr, Peter the Great, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes,
Lise Meitner", Ayn Rand and Sir Isaac Newton are examples of
Rational Masterminds.
A full description of the Mastermind and Rational is in People
Patterns or Please Understand Me II
More About Your Rational Mastermind
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Careers: Best Job Fit for
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Relationships: Women and Romance -
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School: Maximizing Your Study
Environment for Rational Students
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