Daily Excerpt: Understanding the Analyst (Quinelle) - Who is the analyst?
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WHO IS THE ANALYST
The Analyst is an Intuitive Thinking Introvert (TII), who is also Rational. As such, he or she is a combination of the three expressed traits and the unexpressed trait, Rationality (emphasis on the Jungian definition, not the English language lay definition).
Some might say that he reminds one of Mr. Spock, of the television and movie series Star Trek. (The resemblance is clear enough that when my 10-year-old Analyst son was through-hiking the Appalachian Trail with his father, he was referred to by other through-hikers as “Spock,” though his official AT moniker was “Puff.”) Certainly, too, one would find many an Analyst in Silicon Valley; if one were to stereotype the geek world, it would contain mostly Analyst features.
Filatova describes the Analyst in the following way: The most notable attributes of Analysts are a lanky body and a hollow cheeked face, often with an elongated nose. They have a taste for casual attire; however, their suits are rather official and decent.
The Analysts’ manner is, for the most part, gentle, reserved, and restrained—as long as their interests are not involved. When a matter that affects the Analysts is brought up, however, they may exhibit brusqueness that is surprising to those in the vicinity.
Generally, they are guided in their actions by high moral values. They do not, however, reveal these values to others. A deeper look at each of the Analyst characteristics—Thinking, Intuition, Introversion— separately provides insight into the Analyst. Keep in mind that this ordering of the elements indicates that the Analyst belongs to the Rational personality group described by Jung, in distinction from the Intuitive, Thinking, Introvert, who belongs to the Critic socion.
The Thinking type looks at the world as an objective system of laws and hierarchy. This type becomes involved in inventions and creations. Thinkers are fascinated by the structure of the universe, but care little about the social world. They trust in facts and are unlikely to make rash decisions or hasty statements. Emotions confuse them, and they have a limited repertoire of appropriate responses in emotional situations. They would prefer to leave emotions out of their interactions and decisions.
Analysts, like all Intuitive types, rely on personal impressions. They trust their intuitions more than they trust facts, data, statistics, or other kinds of objective input. Subjectivity is where they live and what they rely on. Additionally, like all Intuiters, they live in the future and can be quite oblivious to what is going on around them, resulting in their being perceived as absent-minded. Routine is anathema to them, though they do love systems, and comfort is not something they think about much. More than anything, they are imaginative. Imagination and orientation toward system-thinking is what allows so many Analysts to contribute to new designs, especially in the area of computer programming.
The Introversion of the Analyst propels him or her inward, reaching outward primarily through imagination: creating films, authoring books (especially science fiction), and designing computer programs and games. Unlike the Entrepreneurs, for whom the value of ideas lies first and foremost in the possibility of realizing them, i.e. making them real, the ideas themselves are sufficient for the Analyst. Whether others agree with them, believe them, or want to join them matters little to most Analysts. Introverted Thinkers want a logical world based on functioning systems and are always looking for ways to find the systems in the world around them and their place in them. While they are good at building systems, they do not always feel compelled to do so for others. A system that works exclusively for them is enough.
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