Today we move into the Introverted Perceiving Types with ISTP-The Mechanic.

As you know, I am sending each of the 16 cars for the next 16 weeks (we are on 5 of 16) to help you learn about each type and see if you can identify friends and family like this so you can better understand them.

Type is ALL about better understanding ourselves and others so we can live our best lives and have amazing relationships!!

So far we have covered:

You can go back and read the others if you missed them.

Today’s is ISTP – The Mechanic

Driver: Your best self

INTROVERTED THINKING IN THE INTERNAL WORLD/IN YOUR HEAD: 

  • Logical order is what is most important to you
  • You will dismiss illogic; you will ignore the trivial
  • As you take in information, it is logically organized in your mind
  • You sort out and discriminate that which makes logical sense from that which does not
  • You are like a detective
  • You are a problem solver, seeking clues and root causes

Copilot: What the world sees of you, your second-best self

EXTROVERTED SENSING IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD: 

  • You are good at seizing the moment and becoming immersed in the here and now
  • You are pleasurably and spontaneously interacting with people, things and situations of interest
  • You are good at turning “work” into play
  • You enjoy learning by doing (touch it, taste it, hear it, smell it, see it)
  • You enjoy new sensory experiences
  • You’re big on details and data
  • You enjoy play

Drunk Uncle in the Back Seat: Things you suck at and should NOT be doing

INTROVERTED INTUITION IN THE INTERNAL WORLD/IN YOUR HEAD OR HEART: 

  • Doing things which require you to see patterns, relationships, symbols, meanings
  • Trying to make magical connections to practical problems
  • When people expect you to just “understand” them when they don’t make sense
  • Anything that requires you to fill in the missing pieces of a puzzle
  • Activities where you have to think or imagine “what’s next”
  • Activities which routinely ask you to imagine possibilities
  • You dislike all new-age, flakey, woo-woo stuff
  • You need to have people in your life to help you see possibilities and the big picture since this is an area you are going to struggle with

Baby in the Back Seat: Where you go under deep stress or when someone has hurt you

EXTROVERTED FEELING IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD YOU GET LOUD:

  • Your normal logical self goes away
  • You become intensely emotional
  • You may cry, scream, yell
  • Your outbursts may cause you to be “in people’s faces”—this can scare them