World Socionics

1. Ideas

Ellen DeGeneres

Fundamental to the IEE is an eye for interesting, new opportunities and the fanciful desire to pursue these opportunities, putting aside what they are currently doing in order to see how the next, novel thing might turn out. IEEs cannot tolerate monotony or narrow repetition and instead follow a pattern of whimsically switching from one thing that captures their fascination to the next, starting up a variety of projects and keeping less interesting ones on hold while those that are most novel are worked on with great enthusiasm. The greatest motivation for IEEs is their limitless curiosity for the world around them and an open-mindedness to the various perspectives of the many people that inhabit it. IEEs frequently see life as a constant adventure, trying to see as much as possible in their time available. IEEs look for the inner potential in other people, seeing what others could go on to do in the right conditions and, if fascinating enough, putting aside their time to enable the fulfilment of this potential. Often their lives are filled with unusual or eye-catching experiences, or are a continued excavation into the great variety that life has to offer. Throughout, the often chaotic drive for novelty and variation creates a never ending whimsicality in these types that can be hard to rein in or predict.

2. Relations

Mark Twain

In their pursuit of the possibilities, IEEs readily build a rapport with the people they meet. Frequently, IEEs will be known to have a wonderful variety of acquaintances from multiple walks of life. Nothing is more interesting to an IEE than a new person with unknown qualities they will put a lot of curious energy into drawing out and discovering. When beginning a new adventure, the IEE will likely know the perfect person from their long, internal list of contacts to help with the job and will not hesitate in calling them and getting them interested. With a good command of their personal relations, IEEs know how to gain the trust and friendship of others and acquire their help with their latest interests. Similarly, IEEs often see themselves as enablers of new opportunities, seeing the specialness of certain individuals whose hidden gifts need to be uncovered. However, the contrast between the number of acquaintances IEEs have and true, close friends is stark. IEEs are readily discerning of the people they talk to and can intuitively judge the level of closeness they want to maintain with that person. They instinctively get a sense of rapport with each individual, knowing if someone feels right or wrong for them. This can manifest as a social pattern for IEEs, becoming excited when meeting new people, before settling into less enchanted attitude with less special individuals over time. IEEs keep many at a pleasant but casual distance, but to the few with they see with greatest potential and goodness, they will entrust themselves fully to.

Kristen Bell

3. Force

IEE can be quite assertive and forceful in their actions when they feel there is something important that needs to be done. When push comes to shove, they can take charge and summon the energy necessary to go after their latest interest and if necessary, will compel others to come along with them. Nevertheless, IEEs prefer more peaceful, friendly environments, where there is no pressure to act defensively or competitively, and do not at all enjoy the conflict they may have to wade into. Pitting themselves against another is too direct for an IEE’s tastes and they much prefer to find some alternative approach or angle that allows them follow their whims while avoiding the confrontation altogether. They also may be less able to force themselves to do things they are not personally interested in, often lacking discipline. IEEs are not natural fighters and, despite appearing tough, when forced to maintain a more active resistance for too long, the strain will begin to show. IEEs will more likely drop the issue to pursue one of the many other interesting things on their list.

Abraham Lincoln

4. Laws

When having to manage confrontations, the IEE will quickly stress over rules and limitations that might be thrust upon them. IEEs are free spirits and cannot stand to feel constrained or bound by inflexible structures or commitments. Often the IEE will express difficulty and frustration with being required to follow laws to the letter and be more inclined to persuade people into making special exceptions for them. In general, uniform approaches founded on consistent treatment for everyone are not properly understood by IEEs, who instead prefer each person be responded to on a more pragmatic, case-by-case basis. In the same way, they may pay little attention to being fair or impartial with others, their way of approaching each person depending largely on their mood or whether they like the person or not. Instead of breaking things down into their parts for analysis, IEEs prefer to assess things based on how they feel about them. Some might even reject personality type systems like Socionics on the basis that they are unique individuals that cannot be put in a box. Perhaps the most noticeable area of difficulty for IEEs is being beholden to commitments. As such, they may be hard to pin down to any fixture or event, finding other plans and calling out at the last minute or refusing to commit at all and thus not let friends down. However, when they do turn up, it makes for a pleasant surprise.

Julie Andrews

5. Senses

IEEs tend to live rather haphazard and chaotic lifestyles.This can often mean that daily requirements, such as maintaining a household, cooking and cleaning can fall by the wayside as the IEE jumps after the latest, newest excitement. Nevertheless, the IEE can be highly appreciative of aesthetics, health and leisurely relaxation, liking nothing more than peaceful,comfortable environments and enjoying anything that combines quirkiness or individuality with physical beauty. IEEs love to be pampered by others and will respond very positively to a gift that makes their lives more physically pleasant, especially if it satisfies some of their more unusual and unique tastes. Often an IEE will have cultivated a favourite snacks or sensations that cause them to, even when angry, quickly forget their troubles when given them. To IEEs, sensory experience is another window of opportunity and they will be very open to trying something new at another’s suggestion, often taking on new favourites if they happen to like what they have tried. Instead of displays of wealth or power, an IEE will be more impressed by those who are modest, but better able to enjoy and make the most of what they have, as well as those who work with aesthetic skill and detailed finesse.

6. Procedures

Steve Martin

Many IEEs will aspire to be competent, productive individuals that are able to reliably achieve the things they find interesting.This can instil in them a strong desire for self-improvement and mastery over a range of helpful, practical skills. When they encounter something that is too difficult, the IEE will take great fulfilment from improving themselves to the point they can overcome the difficulty. They may put great value into their own education and reading up on subjects that interest them to a degree where they feel they can be competent. Despite this, an IEE will often not appreciate being told what to do or how to do things by others. Instead, they seek the freedom to do things on their own terms, asking for advice when they have already tried and failed in accomplishing the task themselves. This can make IEEs quite capable and organised if they apply themselves, enjoying the challenge of solving problems and making things in their lives work better. Many IEEs will take pleasure in showing to themselves that they can understand how an issue works and will gain personal satisfaction from being able to explain things to their friends in a simple, practical way that they can easily understand, away from anything too structural or composed of complicated terminologies.

7. Time

When they latch onto something interesting, an IEE will have a great urge to run after it straight away, disliking the idea of having to wait. Patience does not come to IEEs easily and they much prefer the instant satisfaction of their interests. Often their lifestyles will be focused on chasing after what is immediately possible and they will shun the idea of waiting for something in particular to happen in the long term. Despite this, IEEs are quite capable of thinking ahead and seeing how things are likely to turn out, they just find such an approach laboured and uninteresting, much preferring to achieve whatever long term purpose they might have indirectly by going after what happens to fascinate them at the time. In general IEEs prefer not to plan things too carefully as they feel this might be committing them to a particular course of events and cutting out other possibilities that might arise later as being more interesting.

8. Emotions

IEEs are emotional, mercurial creatures and tend to experience strong, rapidly changing feelings they can hardly contain. When they are excited, upset or angry, IEEs may feel the need to discharge their emotions to their close friends and family. However, IEEs can be strongly opposed to the idea of having to control or regulate their emotions in a way that matches those surrounding them, making them less likely to be social conformists. When happy and around people they like, IEEs positively brighten up the atmosphere with their gregarious light-heartedness. However, when depressed or around people they are not familiar with, the IEE will unashamedly be a very different, more moody person and will likely give the cold shoulder to those who approach them with expectations of friendliness or enthusiasm. In their emotions, IEEs will be fundamentally erratic, and how they act and express themselves will vary much from day to day. Furthermore, IEEs will resist any expectation that they should sacrifice their unique individuality for the sake of belonging with any group. Instead, IEEs will prefer unofficial ties with a multitude of groups, travelling everywhere but not needing to belong to any one. In doing so, they avoid feeling beholden to any community, or pressured to alter or hide their free spirit for the sake of fitting in. Often they will find the expressive, loud humour of others over-the-top, and will instead opt for something more reserved, dry or witty. Similarly, they will often drift towards niche clusters of individuals, rather than bigger societies or communities.

Some famous people we think are IEEs:

Julie Andrews
Kristen Bell
Ellen DeGeneres
Abraham Lincoln
Steve Martin
Mark Twain

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. Relations
Central to the EII are their personal sentiments or attitudes towards the people and events surrounding them and the demands of their conscience. The EII is in a persistent state of subjective evaluation, trying to assess how they feel. They tend to form attitudes on based on their personal ideals of 'goodness' and then strive to act sincerely to these sentiments. When applied to behaviours and actions, this provides them with strong ideals of what is ‘decent’ of a person, and they tend to hold themselves to nearly quixotic standards. Often they may feel a sense of disappointment with their own actions, not living up to their potential. When applied to people, this promotes social selectivity, with EIIs being motivated to form close, meaningful and stable bonds with those they feel to be of a desirable character and avoiding those they feel to have bad intentions. EIIs tend towards idealism and may be reluctant to form their deepest, closest connections with just anyone. Instead they will keep most people as friendly acquaintances and spend much time waiting for the special person who would be right for a romantic relationship, occasionally waiting so long as to not commit to anyone at all. In each case, they create the appropriate psychological distance with each individual according to their inner compass, sharing themselves completely and honestly with those they feel close to, while being more reserved and distant with those they are less sure of.

J.K. Rowling

2. Ideas
As an aid to their leading function, EIIs like to keep an open mind to the numerous possibilities. In tandem with their main approach of assessing the inner character of others, this provides a sense of ‘good faith judgement’. Instead of judging someone on their superficial actions or deeds, the EII tries to get a grasp of a person’s potential to be good, where they have room for growth. In this way, they are able to largely see the best in others and indirectly draw that goodness out of those they care for. For this reason, they are less likely to cut off their relations with others if they have had a bad experience, tentatively and indefinitely delaying character judgement until they are sure of the person's potential. In the same way, EIIs are open to new ideas and may enjoy a wide range of eclectic and even quirky interests, often being open to the potential these areas offer to improve their lives. However, this also results in a non-committal nature of EIIs, who prefer to try out a range of different experiences and walks of life, rather than commit themselves to a particular path and cut out alternatives. This can result in a meandering or wandering effect, the EII drifting between different activities and phases, trying things out but not staying long in any one thing.

Hayao Miyazaki

3. Laws
Despite being disposed to sentimental judgements, EIIs are aware that being more objective is required in certain situations. As such, the EII attempts, and mostly succeeds, to be more logical, being able to structure and organise their ideas reasonably well and provide clear analytical reasoning when needed. They also are capable of thinking impartially and coming to fair, unbiased judgements. However, such tendencies are attempted inconsistently as the EII much prefers the subjective, more sentimental approach, determining what feels ‘good’ rather than merely technically correct. Usually they will apply logical analysis and breaking concepts down into parts when they are looking at something of personal meaning to them and are trying to convey their ideas to others. However, doing so for protracted periods can be intellectually tiring. Instead, the EII longs to be shown the processes and practical steps for how things actually work, so that they do not have to structure their understanding in theory. The EII is tolerant of order and regularity in their lives and is usually comfortable with compliance as long as they feel the rules are in place for the right reasons and interpret them as guidelines of safety, rather than coercive dictations. However, they will quickly become the voice of conscience when they personally feel that the law is oppressive, cruel or wrong.

Nicholas II of Russia

4. Force
Although greatly aware of their personal attitudes and sentiments, EIIs largely lack the ability or the desire to assert their will and enforce their judgements on others. Despite often becoming the voice of conscience in a community, they are naturally very gentle and rarely have the toughness or strength of will to effectively fight and resist the wrongdoing of others. Instead, they may become frustrated and depressed when their personal moralistic ideals are ruthlessly stamped on by the realistic pressures and harshnesses of reality. Often deeply sensitive, they will likely feel vulnerable and strained in their physical surroundings, flinching when they feel someone is invading their personal space or acting boisterously and easily feeling attacked when no harm was intended. Although good at reading the inner sentiments and attitudes of a person normally, carnal desire seems to be a sort of blind spot, and the EII may be innocently unaware or confused by such urges. They do not easily understand power play and may naively expect the best of others, failing to notice the incentives and oppositions in their immediate surroundings that drive others' actions to help or hinder them. EIIs can quickly tire of anything requiring much physical exertion in the present, tensing up when demands are placed on them to suddenly respond to a real, immediate threat or crisis and will do all they can to stay out of conflicts. When matters get harsh or tense between two parties, the EII may silently leave the vicinity, not wanting to cause any fuss in their departure while doing what they can to avoid the discomfort of the conflict. Only on matters of conscience might they make a stand, usually to their defeat.

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

5. Procedures
EIIs naturally associate human decency with the will to do practical good in the world, but are largely lacking in practical skills. Often they have little awareness of how efficiently they are performing a particular task and can easily waste their time and energy. Consequently, EIIs often worry about failure and incompetence, internally punishing themselves for not being good enough. To aid this difficulty, EIIs can be diligent learners, trying to read up on helpful information that can enable them to do a better job. They desire to be helpful around others, less clumsy and more capable of handling daily matters well. Despite this, they can lack the ability to estimate the helpfulness or relevance of information they read and the methods they carry out, and tend to indiscriminately accept the information they come across unless they get a feeling the person or source is dishonest. For this reason, they greatly appreciate finding a trustworthy, reliable friend with the pragmatic expertise to help them in these areas and will respond very positively to someone taking the time to patiently explain how something works to them. In such situations, they will feel great wonder at the steady stream of practical information and its improvement of their daily lives. EIIs will treat such knowledgeable people as the go-to expert and will readily rely on their assistance in handling the practical challenges of the day-to-day.

Marcus Aurelius

6. Senses
The delicacy of EIIs can result in a certain amount of hypersensitivity to their surroundings, with slight changes in the environment easily throwing them off centre. This results in a strong desire of the EII to maintain peace and stability in their lives. As such, EIIs actively try to keep their surroundings and relationships with others relaxing and anodyne, preferring quiet, quaint backgrounds. In reducing their surroundings to the pleasant and painless, EIIs feel that they can have some hold on their present reality and keep the harsher forces and pressures at bay. Similarly, EIIs are often attracted to environments of picturesque beauty and seek out such tranquil surroundings for work and leisure. EIIs may take personal pride in the performance of a task requiring attention to fine-detail and working with their hands, especially if the task is of some special meaning to them and allows the opportunity for EIIs to attain high quality in their work. In such activities, the idealistic perfectionism so common to EIIs can find a cathartic release and many EIIs make their closest friendships with people they meet during such pastimes. Furthermore, EIIs can become quite health-conscious and fussy about their close friends and relations not looking after themselves properly, taking it upon themselves to provide for them. For the sake of their feelings, the EII needs stability, and they do their best to not allow disharmony to throw off their calm. At the same time, they lack an instinct for their own survival and might end up unknowingly walking into danger despite their attempts for everything to be safe and secure.

Carl Rogers

7. Emotions
The EII is largely resistant and distrustful of attempts to alter or affect their emotions. When someone tries to persuade them of something with an emotive performance, their natural instinct is think such attempts as being insincere and deserving of their silent scepticism. Indeed, these approaches can often lead to them forming a personal opinion that is contrary to the crowd. A quiet, gentle individualism is common to EIIs who often refrain from identifying with any particular group, neither wanting to commit nor to belong to a circle of people they feel no personal connection with. In group situations, EIIs may feel a clash between their conscience and the general mood. When such an occasion arises, the EII is likely to quietly leave the gathering of people, preserving their inner dignity without stirring up a fuss. In interaction with others, the EII is unlikely to be emotionally expressive with strangers, instead opting for a cordial civility and preferring to keep any strong feelings to themselves and only confiding later in someone they feel close to. When upset by others, EIIs are unlikely to express negativity to the surroundings, although they may openly express their worries if they feel something bad is about to happen to those they care about. Despite, their usual reserve, warmth is freely expressed to those they feel personally comfortable with and often looser, more playful emotions can make themselves known.

8. Time
Although very capable of tuning out and thinking about where life is going in the long run, EIIs are often opposed to the idea that there are bigger, more important things than their lives and the individuals they care about. As such, they may subvert pursuits of some ‘higher’ purpose on moral grounds, arguing that nothing is worth pursuing that requires a sacrifice of the important ties and bonds in one’s life. Furthermore, they may see a focus on fate or destiny as being too narrow, preferring eclectic diversity and the freedom of personal choice. Despite this, EIIs usually come across as highly thoughtful, philosophical and reflective people, their tendency towards soul-searching and non-commitment being confused by others for asceticism and otherworldliness. However, EIIs actually a lot more open to the variety of experiences that the world has to offer. They will often spend a lot of time thinking and pondering over their ideals, considering the human condition and coming up with valuable insights. Furthermore, EIIs have a good sense of where things are going in the long run and specifically apply this to their relationships, allowing them to know how well a particular friendship or relation will develop in the years to come.

Some famous people we think are EIIs:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Marcus Aurelius
Hayao Miyazaki
Nicholas II of Russia
Carl Rogers
J. K. Rowling

Mahatma Gandhi

1. Time

IEIs can be characterised by a continuous search for meaning and purpose in their lives and the world in general. With a tendency to detach from daily affairs, they enter a state of deep self-reflection, looking back through their recollections and looking ahead to the probable future which they feel humanity is heading towards. IEIs tend to possess a dissatisfaction with the superficiality of daily existence, instead believing in some greater calling that must be connected with and understood before being ultimately accepted. Frequently, an IEI will be disposed towards the wanderings of their imagination, running memories through their mind again and again to fathom the steps of their personal journey. IEIs may also try to look ahead and envision a shared utopia for themselves and those they identify with. This continual search results in a tendency of these types to philosophise on the reason for our existence, why we are here and what everything is leading up to. The focus on a single, teleological end directs much of their behaviour, with them having a strong, but often indescribable, feeling of how significant events of the present might help to shape future developments. Similarly, they will often place their actions in terms of their role in the bigger picture, adjusting their behaviour in a way serves meaningful ends. At each point, the journey is set out and IEIs seek to influence themselves and others into staying on track. Often such an approach results in a vague knowing of the importance or urgency of a moment and its relation to future developments. This allows them to know not just when it is urgent to act, but also when an outcome, whether desired or not, is inevitable.

Marilyn Monroe

2. Emotions

Usually, IEIs tend to focus on the interpersonal, creating the sense of not only their personal fate but also a shared narrative for others to feel part of. Frequently, they will seek to express their insights to people, often through some art form such as music or writing, or through some political or humanitarian outlet. Often there is an alternative, dark or gothic feel to such expression, providing a sense of the fantastical but which to them feels more real than cheesy cliché. Through such approaches, they seek to inspire others and will derive a strong sense of belonging and identification with those groups and congregations who openly support them in their endeavours. IEIs look ahead to future goals and higher causes and as such, they want to persuade others to join in with achieving these goals. To this end, IEIs can motivate and encourage others with passionate, romanticising language, better conveying the specialness and importance of such developments and making people want to assist. Furthermore, they tend to be socially diplomatic and subtly charismatic, easily adapting themselves to the interlocutor in conversation. In this way, they can be very likeable, often giving the impression that they are on the side of whoever they are talking to and finding the right thing to say that stimulates passion without causing offence. This approach rarely stands out in public settings, but is rather more subtle and supportive than dominant, allowing them to operate smoothly in the background of a community and make no enemies, often surviving any major social upheavals. Rather than drive the group conversation, they will likely focus on individuals, looking to draw them back into the fold. IEIs do well at looking ahead to see social consequences, having a good idea how to mediate and mitigate likely conflicts that would cause a schism in a group or prevent the greater goal from being achieved.

Andy Warhol

3. Senses

To an extent, IEIs can be in tune with the needs of their body and tend to look after themselves well, cultivating a good aesthetic, eating well, dressing appropriately and in general managing to make themselves appear welcoming and appeasing to others. Due to their tendency towards self-reflection, IEIs do not tend to place many demands on their bodies, allowing them to stay in a good physical state. They may even be able to relax and enjoy the moment in the company of their friends. IEIs tend to be naturally diplomatic and able to soothe tensions between people in the moment, should they feel the conflict is petty or not serving some greater goal. However, IEIs may just as easily cause conflict if they feel the peace of the environment is bringing stagnancy and a lack of meaningful development. Furthermore, the imagined, remembered or predicted worlds of the IEI can be filled with physical and aesthetic beauty, often of a slightly ethereal or unnerving nature to contrast with the dullness of present existence. However, at heart, IEIs are ascetics and do not see much value in the simplicity of the day to day. They are fundamentally dissatisfied with the world as it currently is, yearning for something more profound to give themselves to. IEIs will see daily tasks as mundane and pointless unless it serves some higher purpose, lacking the crucial elements that contribute to the big picture. As a result, IEIs prefer not to indulge in such distractions, instead needing to relate it in some way to their purpose. IEIs instead seek out environments of exciting, more intense activity, where under great pressure, action needs to be taken with no time for leisurely delay. By doing so, IEIs are able to feel that they are getting somewhere, rather than stuck in the lazy temptations of the present.

Kurt Cobain

4. Procedures

IEIs are given to heartfelt deliveries on their musings and thoughts. Such an approach is not well suited to demands for hard empirical evidence. As such, the narratives given by IEIs can come across as mystical and lacking in factual accuracy or any clear grounding. When they have a clear vision for what is going to happen in the long run, they can feel frustrated when circumstantial facts of the present contradict what they know inside. When presented with new factual information, the IEI will likely discard the information unless it can be shown to be consistent with other sources and able to be tied into a coherent ideology. Otherwise, the IEI will feel quickly confused by conflicting and changing sources of data and not know which to choose. IEIs tend to strongly dislike feeling quizzed and will try to avoid situations where they may be shown by others to lack knowledge in an important area. IEIs particularly dislike humdrum practical tasks where they can be easily shown to be inept and incapable of doing things properly. When faced with such chores, they will quickly feel the mental and physical strain, despairing over a messy house or unkept area that they are required to clean up but have no idea where to begin. IEIs tend to be clumsy and not so good at carrying out tasks efficiently or particularly well. Often they may seek distraction from their difficulty with carrying out procedure through appeals to humour, proclaiming their 'uselessness' as an endearing trait. However, should a person try to offer advice or instruction in how to do something better, they may be defensive or insulted, feeling that they are being condescended to or treated like an idiot. Additionally will quickly tire of long, dry, factual explanations for how things work, finding such advice not only condescending but also boring and unimportant in the greater scheme of things. IEIs find it naturally hard to motivate themselves and so little is more discouraging to them than being told what they are finally attempting to do is being done wrong.

Barack Obama

5. Force

The introspective nature of IEIs leaves them quite unaware of the events happening to them in the present. Naturally caught up in their thoughts and reflections, IEIs often have a clearer view of vague future events than what is in front of their face. This causes IEIs to be very indecisive in their daily behaviour, knowing the outcome they are hoping for, but lacking the presence to take needed action and ensure such an outcome. In order to reach the desired outcome, they feel that reality has to be confronted and pushed onto the right path. As a result, IEIs tend to be attracted to those with strength of will, who have the energy to make things happen. IEIs may make subtle appeals to their emotions and sense of urgency when they feel it is the right time to act, causing the more powerful to fight in their stead. Alternatively, many IEIs will seek to be less passive, looking to strong, wilful people as examples that can inspire them to act, if only for a limited duration. Lacking a connection to the reality of the situation, IEIs can appreciate a firm shake by the shoulders to ground them and an authoritative tone to tell them how things really are.

Plato

6. Laws

IEIs tend to possess a strong desire to prove their intellect to others, and often approach this need in trying to form a consistent, clear understanding of themselves and the world they occupy. With a naturally fluid and ever-changing perception of events, it is common for an IEI to adopt an ideology or credo that outlines the principles they believe in, providing needed structure to their vision and beliefs. Often drawn to philosophy and structures of thought, IEIs can spend a lot of time trying to figure out their priorities in life and the standards for them to live by. When deciding on these standards, they can become rather stubborn and resist challenges to their logic, instead being more open to those who can validate or add to their understanding and bring some of the finer points into clarity. Despite this stubbornness, the IEI may decide not to make their disagreement obvious to others, sometimes giving the impression of agreement. However, they can give way if exposed to superior or flawless reasoning. They will only appreciate structural or principle-based logic, rather than any practical 'how-to' advice. This brings a sense of integrity in their ideals, where, despite being agreeable and adaptable, the IEI maintains a sense of their core principles.

7. Ideas

Edgar Allan Poe

With their focus on a singular, underlying purpose, the IEI has little interest in speculating or brainstorming multiple possibilities. Although they are perfectly capable of considering multiple alternatives, they choose not to unless it is absolutely necessary to the situation. After all, considering back-ups or alternatives to the main vision suggests that the predicted outcome may be wrong, and would only lead to confusion and dissolution of resolve. Rather than dip into a variety of areas and interests, IEIs prefer to focus on a particular area that they feel brings personal meaning to their existence and will devote themselves to that area. However, they may be more happy exploring a range of areas within their scope of devotion if that somehow adds to the meaning of their activity. For them, what could possibly happen is unimportant and meaningless in comparison to the destiny that will happen, with their approach being to actually limit the number of possibilities available and ensure the desired outcome. For an IEI, the possibilities often serve as distractions from the right path and as such, possess no merit.

8. Relations

Diana, Princess of Wales

IEIs tend to operate on a one-on-one basis, being able to form intense, emotional connections with individuals. Furthermore, they have a good sense of people and tend to be able to make the right friends in the right situations. Nevertheless, IEIs tend to be strongly opposed to the idea of keeping other people at a set psychological distance to themselves. Instead of keeping good people close and bad people at a distance, IEIs prefer to assess whether a person's destiny is tied with their own and others, creating long term relationships with those that do. The purpose for this is less directed towards the individual's worth in relation to the IEI, but rather to pull compatible individuals together into a circle of belonging and camaraderie. Rather than judging the inner character of an individual, IEIs will instead look to see if a person belongs within their desired circle, being able to subtly draw the right people in and leading out those they feel do not belong. With those who they feel belong, IEIs wish to close the gap and connect profoundly and authentically, although successfully closing the gap often requires a clear demonstration of interest and desire from the other person. In this way, the IEI attempts to experience intensity of feeling and longing in a company of significant others, rather than deciding whether a particular person is appropriate to experience such feelings with. Within such circles of belonging, the IEI is able to feel that something momentous and important will come to pass.

Some famous people we think are IEIs:

Hans Christian Andersen

Kurt Cobain

Diana (Princess of Wales)

Mahatma Gandhi

Karl Marx

Marilyn Monroe

Barack Obama

Plato

Edgar Allan Poe

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Andy Warhol

Elijah Wood

William Shakespeare

1. Emotions

EIEs are best characterised by the bright and vibrant emotional states they experience and emit to others. For these types, the meaning of life is to feel, not merely to feel content, but to feel intensely and passionately. For them, there is no place for apathy, a lack of care or an absence of feeling. EIEs tend to impart their emotions to others through honest, albeit heightened, self-expression, raising the surrounding emotional state by drawing people's attention to how they feel. With this comes the natural expectation that others will partake in the feeling, the mood growing to encompass the whole community, whether joy at a celebration, despair at a funeral, or rage at an insult. Often, EIEs assess their value through the impressions they have made on others, and so can carefully create an image or persona of themselves to project to the people around them, taking pride when that persona is accepted and praised by their desired community. Furthermore the EIE tries to create feelings of unity and belonging, manifesting emotions that help bring people together in commonality.

Cleopatra

2. Time

EIEs see life and existence on a grand scale, often having a sense of where society is going. As such, they can be very invested in the future benefit of the people they identify with and can take on a personal mission to bring about some sort of meaningful change in others. EIEs may use themes such as a purpose, destiny or future catastrophe in mobilising others through speeches, music or artwork, uniting people together in bringing about an important event or avoiding a disaster. Similarly, allusions can be made to an equally grand past, with EIEs either romanticising historic traditions and inviting others to reminisce. In each case, the EIE has a sense of the time to deliver such messages, knowing when, in a series of events, people would best respond to a certain narrative so that their emotions are felt strongly and authentically. This can manifest in them capitalising on trending memes, having a knack for interpreting the ideological clime. Emotionality for the EIE has an ascetic, otherworldly nature, continuously aiming at the sublime and profound to encourage action for goals in the long term. Often, EIEs will cultivate a certain intellectualism or philosophy behind the emotions they create, giving it high-browed meaning or relevance.

Russell Brand

3. Procedures
The EIE is aware of the need to be competent and productive in their different tasks. They recognise that they need to show to others an ability to get things done properly and an awareness of the facts behind issues they are addressing. Because of this, EIEs can be productive organisers, with an ability to not just get people working together but to also make sure they are working effectively for any goal. However, EIEs prefer not to focus on just the facts for the sake of facts, knowing that they can be boring or unappealing to their potential audience. Instead, EIEs prefer to play on sentiment and convey not merely the informative information, but the emotion that gives people the drive to act and the will to bring about meaningful change in the world. EIEs tend to tire of dry facts and procedural steps, preferring not to have to continuously research into improving themselves and their methods. Instead, they desire clarity in an unambiguous framework or ideology, setting out a perfectly consistent order that needs no further improvement.

Steve Jobs

4. Senses

EIEs tend to possess a fundamental discontent with the world around them and a need to avoid things that seem mundane or trivial. EIEs want to live extraordinary lives with purpose and meaning, and will quickly feel depressed in carrying out the humdrum of daily maintenance. The emotions they like to synthesise are rarely comfortable or restricted to the pleasant, resulting in these types often having a certain instability. Their passions may have them take things to the extreme, causing some EIEs to suffer mentally or physically. Indeed, pain and the darkness are all part of emotional authenticity, and often such dramatic intensity can wear away at their temporal, physical shells. Furthermore, details and the little things can remain a constant thorn in the side of EIEs when creating the perfect persona for people to admire them through. Some EIEs may go to painful lengths to make themselves look like beautiful demigods. Others will reject aesthetic as shallow, setting a more unwashed example.

Adolf Hitler

5. Laws

EIEs tend to lack confidence in their reasoning, and so, when faced with an argument threatening their logic, they can often hype up the emotional rhetoric instead of properly addressing the points. The kaleidoscope of emotions and ideas in the EIE is hard to clearly express, often resulting in a sort of nonsensical 'mush'. While delivering rousing, thought-provoking messages to people, their actions may be inconsistent with their arguments, with some expressions seeming to contradict what was previously said. Furthermore, in their desire to meaningfully reach out to anyone and everyone, the consistency of their ideology, what is important and what is of lower priority, may be forgotten. As such, EIEs can be very appreciative of someone consistently and directly laying down the rules, scheduling initiatives and strictly enforcing their commitment, bringing a much needed signal to the noise. Sometimes, the creation of different personae and identification with people's reactions to those personae can lead the EIE to have a poor awareness of who they really are. They can greatly appreciate a no-nonsense confrontation in impermeable logic to help iron out their identities and what they stand for.

Oprah Winfrey

6. Force

The emotions given off by an EIE may be pleasant and soothing if deemed appropriate, but more often, there is a harsher edge that seeks to inspire more intense emotions in other individuals. EIEs are willing to give out messages that may shock or anger people if that is the mood they feel will lead to greater passion in others. This can manifest in the belief that positive change is best brought out through rebellion or revolution. As such, EIEs are usually able to defend themselves and their allies with confidence. Some EIEs aspire to be seen as strong and powerful, capable of taking the lead when they actually lack the single-minded determination of other types. As a result, they often try to look the part if they cannot be the part, dressing to impress and, when financially successful, trying to demonstrate their elevated status to others through displays of wealth. Occasionally, it can also make them perceive challenges to their ideology as threats to be responded to aggressively, often leading to overreactions in scenarios of conflict.

Freddie Mercury

7. Relations

Despite being largely carried by emotional investment, EIEs place a clear priority on the expression of those emotions that meaningfully affect the people around them. Distinctly less emphasis is placed on personal attitudes and sentiments for their own sake, with EIEs often feeling the need to conceal feelings that are not conducive to the mood they want others to feel. When EIEs experience more contrary emotions, they will try to hide them for the sake of others, sometimes leaving company to self-manage before returning. In contrast, emotions they feel that are conducive to the mood will be intensified and expressed to all with great gusto. For an EIE, letting one's vulnerable, personal feelings out and those feelings not being accepted by others makes them feel invalidated and weak. As a result, they would rather express those emotions that can be successfully adopted by others. EIEs can even get carried away with the group mood and may find themselves completely forgetting about their personal likes and dislikes. Furthermore, the EIE can often put less priority on close individual relations in favour of the groups they belong to and the people they are around, loyalty to the people or a community often going before specific ties or contacts
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Joan of Arc

8. Ideas

Often, EIEs can be the zany generators of new ideas, concepts and perspectives. In many ways, they are seen as creative visionaries bringing about novel changes in vogue, excitedly charging after the right opportunity if it presents itself. Similarly they are likely to place themselves in environments of creative novelty, enjoying the forward-thinking quality of such an atmosphere and the potential for great change to come from it. However, any ideas or tangents that are not in line with their sense of greater purpose are clearly given as silly distractions, rather than something to seriously spend time on. EIEs demand that people are completely and enthusiastically united on any task, and tend to not appreciate people leaving the general direction on their own explorations. When something is explained to them in a purely theoretical or speculative manner, they may be frustrated by the lack of concrete detail to relate it to their purpose. Any ideas created must be brought in line with their attempts to meaningfully affect people's emotions and change the world in some way and doing so simply for exploration or experience of such novelty is seen as missing the point, conveying a lack of commitment or direction.

Some famous people we think are EIEs:

David Bowie
Russell Brand
Fidel Castro
Cleopatra
Commodus
Salvador Dalí
Adolf Hitler
Steve Jobs
Joan of Arc
John F. Kennedy
John Lennon
Freddie Mercury
William Shakespeare
Leon Trotsky
Oprah Winfrey
Philip Zimbardo

Alphas are Merry and Judicious.
Betas are Merry and Decisive.
Gammas are Serious and Decisive.
Deltas are Serious and Judicious.

What does it mean to be Merry?

Merry types value Emotions (E) and Laws (L).

The valuing of E makes these types appreciative of the mood or emotional atmosphere of the people surrounding them. Emphasis is placed on the sharing and showing of emotion and how those emotions affect the mood of others, with priorities given to emotions that raise and uplift how people are feeling or unite them and bring them together. How one feels personally is of lesser importance, with individuals only choosing to express what affects the mood in a way they think is conducive to group unity.

The valuing of L makes these types appreciative of clear rules, principles and ideologies by which one lives one's life. Having a clear code is important to them as it delineates correct and incorrect actions and structures one's understanding fairly, consistently and impartially. Furthermore it demands a consistency of the individual in not changing their tune to suit the situation. Such types are quick to call out double standards and hypocrisy, demanding consistency in the actions of others.

Valuing E and L together creates a collectivism in Merry types. While E serves to bring people together under a common, uplifting mood, L creates a consistent ideology that all people in this collective can share and sets criteria for group belonging. These types tend to identify themselves by their feeling of belonging to these groups and subscription to the ideologies these groups follow. They tend to try to include more people in their group, but can distance from themselves from those who have ideologies that contradict with theirs.

What does it mean to be Serious?

Serious types value Procedures (P) and Relationships (R).

The valuing of P makes these types appreciative of the working productivity of the events surrounding them. Emphasis is placed on how things are being done and whether they can be improved to function more effectively. These types usually attempt to inform and educate themselves and others, delivering the facts without spin or affectation to make sure people are best equipped to perform tasks to the high standards. Regularly they will focus on the efficacy of why they are doing things, avoiding wastes of time and effort.

The valuing of R makes these types appreciative of the quality and stability of their personal relations with others, trying to judge and assess the inner qualities of a person to see if they are good to be friends with. Such people will attempt to maintain a certain distance between themselves and the other until then. Once deciding on the friendship, these types will prioritize their loyalties to that person, defending them over others when they are in need and emphasizing integrity in these relationships.

Valuing P and R together creates an individualism in Serious types. While R selects the good friends from mere acquaintances, P allows a mix of different points of view and provisions of information that, although inconsistent, can be helpful to the person. As such, instead of groups, Serious types manifest webs of trusted contacts who are valued for the helpful information they contribute, associating with friends and relations in the manner that best suits their needs.

What does it mean to be Judicious?

Judicious types value Ideas (I) and Senses (S)

The valuing of I makes these types appreciative of the unusual and interesting. These types try to broaden their horizons, trying a variety of different experiences and speculating about different possible scenarios. To them, the blatantly obvious is too straightforward to be interesting. Instead, there are always alternatives, other possibilities that should be explored or tried out to see if they have something new to offer. As such, these types like to view the world with wonder and fascination, looking to see where their curiosity will next take them.

The valuing of S makes these types appreciative of comfort and quality of experience. These types want life to run smoothly and enjoyably, placing emphasis on the harmony of the here and now. Decisions are made in regards to what is pleasurable or painless in the moment and lifestyles are usually centered around deriving quality of life and satisfaction from the things one currently has, rather than striving or fighting to get more things. When changes are made, they are to improve the quality of one's current existence.

Valuing I and S together creates a contentedness in Judicious types with their present situation. While I explores the many possibilities the world has to offer, S brings them together into our enjoyment of the present and the quality of life we are living now. As such, the actions of these types are centered around one's lifestyle and the appreciation of that lifestyle in a way that is both enriching and sustaining.

What does it mean to be Decisive?

Decisive types value Force (F) and Time (T).

The valuing of F makes these types appreciative of what is straightforward and blunt. Rather than speculate, these types prefer to tackle issues head on, going straight at it and prevailing through the exercise of their will. Such an approach is accompanied by a desire to establish control and dominance of the situation, forcing the environment to bend, rather than operate unpredictably. Frequently, these types emphasize the audacity and resilience needed to confront reality and make it as you want it.

The valuing of T makes these types appreciative of some higher purpose or meaning to life that outlasts comfort in the present. As such, these types detach from the mundane to think deeply about where life is heading or building up to, tracking their probable life path and trying to avoid distractions that can cause them to deviate from this path. An emphasis is placed on that which is meaningful and profound in the long term, with these types cutting out the daily luxuries in favor of what will lead to the expected outcome.

Valuing F and T together creates a dissatisfaction in Decisive types with their present situation. While F demands the action to confront reality and make it suit one's ambitions, T provides a sense of purpose or preferred outcome to these confrontations. As such, these types pursue long-reaching outcomes and can reject the softer luxuries and distractions of mundane living. Instead they advocate tough dedication in seeing things to the end.

Immanuel Kant

1. Laws
Central to the LII is their coherent structure of laws and principles through which they formulate an understanding of the world around them. LIIs are motivated by a need to analyse and make sense of their experiences, abstracting from them certain rules or regularities and drawing them into a consistent, theoretical framework. For them, truth is the pinnacle of understanding and such truth can only be reached if everything accepted fits together and makes perfect internal sense. Only then can their structure possibly be correct. Many LIIs will be drawn to fields where they are able to make sense of the fundamentals that ordain our world, with many being found in mathematics, philosophy or even theology. Less intellectual or educated LIIs will nevertheless have an emphasis on the general principles by which they have naturally come to understand their experiences and will insist on trying to make sense of things according to these principles. Some LIIs can dedicate their lives to being system-builders, slowly and painstakingly piecing together a jigsaw in their minds that might revolutionise their chosen field. However, at some level, all LIIs will be driven to create a certain theoretical consistency in their lives, carefully ordering their thoughts and ideas through which to interpret a variety of phenomena.

Ron Paul

2. Ideas
The structures of LIIs are usually theoretical, being general principles behind interpretations of a multitude of daily events. Abstraction is a key process in an LII's law formation, with the manifold possible happenings and instances in our complex world ideally being successfully and consistently explained by only a few axioms and their logically sound interactions. As such, the LII is often very intellectually curious, and regularly seeks a broad horizon of instances and examples that they can draw together into a systemic framework. This might also make them rather nosy, asking probing questions into people's lives in their drive to better understand and analyse a situation. Often they may resort to unusual thought experiments and previously unconsidered states of affairs in order to demonstrate the conclusions of their reasoning, thus demonstrating how their logic can account for any and every situation. Similarly, their interests and hobbies may be rather offbeat and quirky, with them trying out past-times that others would not think of attempting.

Noam Chomsky

3. Relations
The LII is usually capable of being polite and formal around people they do not know so well. They are aware of differences in familiarity and can manage their relations with others to an acceptable level, which means that their small collection of friends is usually maintained over a long time. However, personal ties are by no means a point of precedence for the LII. Rather than side with a friend because of their relationship, an LII will always prioritise detached reasoning and will likely stay impartial in any interpersonal disputes. Loyalty for them will always take second place to the pursuit of truth, and a friend will need to make sure they are in the right for the LII to provide support. Similarly, despite being rather aware of their attitudes or sentiments and whether they like someone or not, the LII will prefer to treat everyone fairly, not varying their treatment of others simply due to having personal favourites in a group.

Emma Watson

4. Force
LIIs tend to be very gentle and abhor any sort of aggression or social pressure. Usually their idea of fairness and order has no place for forceful competition and they may naively underestimate the capacity of others to wilfully act in their interests against the tenets of the system. The LII may see their reasoning as an appeal to the higher virtues, failing to adequately confront the more brutal, primal instincts that demand more for oneself than is duly owed. They will likely show disdain for those who attack others on superficial failings or resorting to crude, unrefined behaviour, such as trying to get one's way through brute force, rather than sitting down and having a rational discussion. Often the LII will be rather brittle, being unable to force people into respecting their principles and snapping under pressure from others. In this way, they tend to make poor leaders, failing to establish dominance and either stepping down as soon as the going gets tough or stubbornly clinging to their principles until ousted. Occasionally LIIs may be sceptical towards the social machinations of others, believing that people are going to gang up on them and try to force them to do something that contradicts their principles.

René Descartes

5. Emotions

When leading the conversation, LIIs can come across as a bit stiff. Emotional expression does not come easily to them and their focus on detached logical thought can result in them being rather disconnected from the emotions of those around them and unable to communicate adequately how they feel to others. This can result in social awkwardness or them boring others when talking about a niche topic interest, as well as being unable to tell that they are failing to impress. However, when a good mood is set by others around them, they can begin to cut loose and become surprisingly expressive in short bursts of happy emotionality. However, they will lack the ability to regulate this themselves. Despite often having something highly insightful and well-thought to say, LIIs are not very good at getting people interested and cannot adequately command people's attention. As such, they greatly appreciate engaging, charismatic individuals who are able to communicate the importance of their messages and, more importantly, welcome them into a social circle they can be themselves in. Furthermore, the doggedness of LIIs with their principles can result in a lacklustre existence. They often need someone who can raise their spirits and keep them in a positive mindset, as well as include them in the social goings on.

Woody Allen

6. Senses

A crucial aspect to helping LIIs emotionally unwind is in the creation of physical harmony in their surroundings and satisfying their more aesthetic tastes. LIIs are naturally out of touch with their physical surroundings and can find it to easily become overpowering. As such, they can be quite picky and sensitive about their sensory experiences, with a fastidiousness over the things they like and a need to satisfy these preferences in a well-balanced moderation, enjoying very particular kinds of food and only liking physical contact in certain areas. Although trying to avoid anything that feels like a chore, LIIs will tend to attempt certain daily tasks as a therapeutic or enjoyable activity, such as cooking, jogging, painting or some other physically creative pursuit. Provided the demands are placed on attention to detail, rather than physical exertion, LIIs can do rather well for themselves. Such hobbies they will pursue with a highly self-critical perfectionism. However, they will be very responsive to the expressed approval of others in these areas and will swell with pride from compliments. LIIs can learn to dress neatly and well, but tend to remain modest, liking to show that they have a sense of taste but rarely feeling the need to change what they wear for new fashions. When they find a look they are comfortable with they may stick with that outfit for years.

Alan Turing

7. Procedures
LIIs' pursuit of truth is largely based on the theoretical structures they deduce from basic, self-evident axioms. When it comes to appealing to factual data or seeing how the structure compares to empirical tests, the LII is rather less interested. Although able to analyse the data if necessary to back up their theories, LIIs tend to be dissatisfied with the idea that truth comes from the statistics we happen to observe under arbitrary conditions. Instead of seeing this as the commonly-accepted standard for knowledge, the LII will prefer to acknowledge the only indisputable fact of scientific practice; that it is never perfect but always falsifiable. LIIs strive for perfection in their truth and such a thing can only be acquired through the intellectual purity of mathematical and logical thought. Furthermore, LIIs prefer not to assess the worth of their activities based on how helpful or productive it is. Although capable of working efficiently and creating helpful structures, the LII is unlikely to assess the merits of a system based on how well it works. Instead, their priority will be that all parts of the system hang together in a consistent manner.

Bernie Sanders

8. Time
Most LIIs are prone to deep thought and may spend an undue amount of time in their head, thinking about the world around them. They may give the impression of having great insight, being able to deliver sage advice on life, the universe and everything to those around them. However, LIIs endeavour to form a structural and categorical understanding of the world as a fixed entity with set qualities to analyse. The LII wants to explain things in terms of their many attributes, what they are and how they will always be. They object to the idea of trying to reduce the multifaceted, complex structure to a some singular teleological end, where things are looked at in terms of what they will eventually become or develop into. Instead of criticising ideas and initiatives in terms of them leading to bad outcomes, the LII will look at ideas in terms of their reasons, seeing if the rationale is correct or not. As such, LIIs undermine any attempt to justify actions based on what good outcomes they might lead to. To them, the action should be intrinsically correct and done for its own sake. The LII will likely defend such an action, regardless of it possibly leading to bad results later.

Some famous people we think are LIIs:

Woody Allen
Noam Chomsky
René Descartes
Immanuel Kant
Ron Paul
Bernie Sanders
Baruch Spinoza
Alan Turing
Emma Watson

Aušra Augustinavičiūtė

1. Ideas
ILEs are best characterised by their rampant curiosity for the latest idea to enter their heads. When they discover something new, they can intuitively grasp its potential to illuminate alternative avenues and open previously unconsidered windows. Those ideas which are most packed with possibility entice the ILE and can capture their obsessive interest until its potential has been fully explored. The more complex the idea and the more applicable it is to a variety of different situations, the longer the ILEs attention can be held. However, at some point another, shinier idea presents itself and the ILE will dart after the latest fascination, leaving the debris of numerous projects in their wake. ILEs tend to have a very broad range of different, unusual interests and will casually talk about these areas with others, likely sticking in their memories as a particularly curious person. The ILE draws from a large breadth of different topics or fields and is not hesitant to jump between them as and when the opportunity arises, often having something out-of-the-box to say in each situation, whether or not the thing said was entirely relevant.

2. Laws

Albert Einstein

In their pursuit of limitless potential, the ILE readily systemises the content of their ideas into a structural form. Usually when exploring an idea, they will be formulating the integral qualities that make it up, sussing out how it is, why it is, which parts are necessary for meaning to be preserved and which can be dropped while retaining the core. Similarly, ILEs see beauty in the symmetrical nature of theories, and will try to make sure things match up on both sides, with any ends nicely tied. With ease, an ILE can take an abstract concept by the horns and chop it up into its essential parts, before then playing around with its fragments to create new ideas in various degrees of oddity. In each case, the ILE may relish taking ideas to logical absurdities, especially if doing so pushes the envelope in some way. ILEs tend to place an emphasis on people making internal logical sense in their discussions and debates. However, their consistency is usually limited to that particular situation, with ILEs creating a good, clear argument in one conversation, but then debating a completely different line in another. For ILEs, this does not matter so much; multiple choice keeps things interesting, as long as each option is internally well reasoned. Usually this manifests in an ILE adopting a particular, overall position, but being able to explain how should an assumption be false, they would have a rather different, but equally interesting, position.

"Weird Al" Yankovic

3. Force
ILEs are never so rebellious as when they feel that they are being limited or deprived by the will of someone else. In such situations, they may rise to take on the offender with a degree of calculated ferocity. However, ILEs are not natural fighters. Although, capable of great determination and energy when fixated on a particular interest, such willpower quickly dies down when they lose interest and they lack the ability to force themselves to do anything they might find boring. Furthermore, tackling a problem head on seems rather simple to the tastes of the ILE, who would much rather look around the problem, seeing if there is some previously unconsidered way in which things could be achieved more unconventionally, and thus more interestingly. However, ILEs also have a strong urge to prove themselves to others when they feel they are not admired or revered for their talents. When put aside for an opportunity, a ILE may find new reserves of determination and push through with their goals when before they may have been too lazy. ILEs dislike having to make their bodies undergo conscious strain, and greatly prefer relaxing environments where everyone is getting along peacefully. Furthermore, ILEs feel displeasure around aggressive emotions, such as anger, preferring a continuous state of happiness and content. Sometimes an ILE will have to apply their forcefulness in matters of social competition and perceived threats from peers who they feel are manipulating people against them, rarely taking pleasure in such activities. This may be done with a severe lack of subtlety, leading to people seeing the ILE as the manipulative one, making them a social pariah.

4. Relations

Tina Fey

Although able to look through a wider range of ideas and material than most, the ILE is hampered in their ability to derive personal attitudes from what they encounter. It is rare for an ILE to form value judgements of things, such as whether they feel something is 'good' or 'bad' and even rarer for them to admit to having done so. For an ILE, such feelings are invalid and unjustified, not being worth talking about. As such, ILEs can often repress their personal attitudes and act as if they do not have them. Often an ILE will be friendly to all, and may unscrupulously spend time chatting to people that others may find morally detestable. They may even be friendly with people that they themselves do not like, but will not admit to not liking. Similarly, their own ideals may suggest a defected moral compass, with them occasionally forming logical conclusions that others may find personally abhorrent. Furthermore, ILEs will have little idea of the closeness of others in relation to them and not particularly care, possibly neglecting their old friends for interesting strangers and disappearing from people's lives without telling them. They may not instinctively know that something said was in confidence and assume it was public information, telling everyone. Similarly, they themselves can alternate between being a completely open book for any and all information, no matter how personal or private, to a completely closed book, not trusting anyone with the truth. In this way, they tend to make poor close friends and rarely maintain such relations for long before the other person breaks it off. For ILEs, any individual person is far less important than the novel situations they can provide. Should a contact be angered by them, the ILE will unlikely think they can repair the friendship, misreading a temporary blow-up for new, permanent hatred and simply dropping out of that person's life. Conversely, should an ILE enter into a romantic relationship, they may be unconditionally uncritical of their partner and ignorant of their own personal needs in the relationship. The partner may mistreat the ILE, who will misinterpret the situation as them having been the cause of upset, seeking appeasement when confrontation was needed.

Steven Spielberg

5. Senses
ILEs are often in a state of confusion with the physical needs of their body and quite unaware of what they need to feel physically comfortable in their environment. Frequently, they will feel that something is needed to feel truly satisfied, but may take a while to work out exactly what they need. ILEs regularly forget about daily concerns, rush out the door without food, drink or even a coat to keep them warm against the cold. When interested in something intellectual, ILEs might go for hours without eating or sleeping, burning the candle at both ends in absent-mindedness. They may sporadically think they should get some rest but are repeatedly drawn towards some new opportunity they might miss if they were to go to sleep. At the same time, when pleasant comforts are within arms reach, ILEs can react very positively, but lack moderation, indulging in their pleasures to excess or finding bizarre or perverse ways of seeking pleasure. Such attempts are rarely effective at keeping them happy for long. When in new surroundings with an odd aesthetic that does not match with prior experiences, ILEs may feel a mild discomfort from the unfamiliar clash. However, once settled in a location, such places will often become a point of nostalgia for repeated visitations. ILEs respond ecstatically to people who can provide the right sensations to suit their odd tastes and greatly appreciate being looked after properly in these areas. In this way, ILEs are often perceived as childlike.

Bill Maher

6. Emotions

Although often repressed in their personal feelings, ILEs are fascinated by the variety of different emotional responses they might be able to provoke in others. ILE may go around teasing or provoking others, trying to see what reactions they can get out of people through unexpected or unusual behaviour. In this way, they can build up an understanding of how people work. When maturing, this interest in the emotions of others may become a desire to create positive responses in others. ILEs often love to be loved, and will go to great efforts to perform to the crowd, gaining pride from convincing people that they are clever, unique individuals. Often they will attempt humour before looking to see if their attempts can be validated in the emotional responses from others. Around company ILEs may quickly become goofy or cartoonish, attempting to be the class clown. Unfortunately, they may not know when they have crossed the line with others' sensibilities, causing negative backlash upon saying something unintentionally inappropriate or cruel in jest. Such situations of rejection by the group for tastelessness or immoral humour are often received very heavily by the ILE. Despite this, ILEs are often emotionally stable, feeling little excitation when on their own, but thinking coolly and pragmatically. Instead, they take more delight in the emotions they can create in others.

Conan O'Brien

7. Time

ILEs may have a variety of schemes through which they might make something of themselves. However, the idea of carefully looking ahead and planning out their life on a single track is boring to ILEs, who do not want to commit themselves to any path. For them, the best idea is the one that seems to have the most potential in the moment, and they will only jump into it for as long as it is interesting to do. They will not hesitate to leave one thing to try out another and will refuse to allow future projects to be limited by projects they have already started. In the back of their minds, there may be some ideal end or goal that they are indirectly working towards, but an ILE's focus will rarely be on this. Instead, ILEs spread their efforts over a large range of areas that are interesting to them, pursuing whichever option might take their interest at the time. Furthermore, ILEs are rarely interested in setting out their own actions and goals according to a set time-frame. Rather than plan out when they are doing each thing, ILEs will prefer to do whatever they feel like doing at each moment, often with the exciting parts at the beginning and the more boring parts handled in an adrenaline rush at the end. Often their resourcefulness in the final burst of activity gets them through, although not without considerable risk should there be serious consequences from failure. Such a tendency to procrastinate is usually softened in team exercises where the ILE is motivated not to annoy others and risk rejection from the team.

John Cleese

8. Procedures
ILEs tend to have a good sense of pragmatism and are naturally able to figure how out how things work. They tend to be very good at making objective, intelligent decisions based on the information available. However, they have no desire to do things for the sake of efficiency or productivity, but rather because they find the area interesting and want to explore its potential. Rather than seek to properly prepare themselves for tasks, so that they can do the best job possible, ILEs prefer to jump straight in and improvise, making a quick and expert use of whatever inspiration they have on the job. Being told to work harder is insulting to the ILE, who will likely have figured out their system of doing things that specifically involves not working so hard, allowing them to get what they need while maintaining a sense of novelty and enjoyment. Similarly, ILEs object to the idea that they are not best fulfilling their potential by directing all of their attention to the task at hand. Their best is usually at the beginning, when they are first dealing with an interesting concept, and they know that when their interest wanes, they are much better focusing on something else. Frequently, ILEs will be highly resourceful and inventive, yet show little interest in reading up on dry articles to improve their designs from the work of others. Instead, ILEs will prefer their own designs and ideas from start to finish, adopting quick fixes here and there when things do not quite work the way they are supposed to.

Some famous people we think are ILEs:

Douglas Adams
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė
John Cleese
Albert Einstein
Tina Fey
Stephen Hawking
Bill Maher
Conan O'Brien
Andy Samberg
Steven Spielberg
"Weird Al" Yankovic

Isaac Newton

1. Time
The ILI is disposed towards inner reflections on the flow of events. Detaching from trivial concerns, ILIs turn their attention to the more important and far-reaching matters of life. Penetrating the misty vestiges of the past and future through depth of imagination, ILIs tend to synthesise for themselves a profoundly realist, neutral world view that can be perceived as 'bleak' or 'gloomy' by others. Such a world view is frequently in the form of a singular eventuality that current events will head towards given certain variables. For them, the present is only important in so much as it is the midway point between what has happened and what will happen, and that sometimes actions can be undertaken to change or alter that interaction, usually in the form of preventing stupidity that might lead to disaster later on. Often what is completely obvious to the ILI makes very little sense to anyone else and they may be frustrated that other people are too dense to see the issues so clear to them. Frequently, ILIs may feel that they have a responsibility to inform people of these dangers, especially if they may affect the world at large. As such, ILIs regularly come across as critics and augurs for the consequences of foolishness, putting themselves between the short-sighted and the damage they might wreak for years to come. In less important matters, they will likely keep themselves to themselves, not deigning to get involved.

Jean-Paul Sartre

2. Procedures
ILIs tend to be rather well-read. Regularly informing their perception of events is a wealth of useful and relevant information, often historical, that they tend to slowly accumulate over time. However, ILIs do not merely take in the facts to apply them, but undergo a long rumination process, picking out patterns and trends that they see as carrying particular temporal weight and thinking these through until they have an idea on what they mean for the long term. Such information they can usually recall well and use to back up any points or musings they might come up with. Furthermore, should there be a long term outcome that an ILI deems as favourable, or one that they particularly wish to avoid, the ILI can plan out the processes by which these outcomes can be reached or prevented. Often they will enjoy board games that require strategy, and will may be a number of steps ahead of their opponents, creating a plan and adapting any technique at their disposal to fit the plan. However, this ability also allows them to know when something is inevitable or out of their power, and in such situations, the ILI will fatalistically wait it out. In a similar way, the ILI will often be the first to point out when an action is useless or pointless, already knowing that it will not lead anywhere despite the optimism of others.

Stanley Kubrick

3. Senses
The ILI is best situated when detached from the present day and pondering over themes of times been and yet to come. However, a certain amount of begrudging self-maintenance is kept with the ILI, who usually attends to chores and concerns around the house at a slow, steady pace, freeing up the mind to go elsewhere. ILIs are usually unconcerned with how they look, but will nevertheless know to maintain basic hygiene and standard practices. However, ILIs will have little care for anything luxurious or pleasant. The room they may occupy is a simple holding cell for them to sleep in, its comfort being as important to them as their distant memories of the room years later. They may also possess a good eye for detail when needed, being able to spot errors and and read the fine print, keeping an eye on the specifics of practical tasks without much difficulty. Many may take up work requiring repetitive or detailed activity and perform well, although they will use such physical tasks to go elsewhere mentally.

Gore Vidal

4. Emotions
ILIs do not tend to care what others think of them and often would prefer not to unnecessarily interact with people other than those they care about. Frequently, ILIs fill the archetype of the outsider to any social circle and the teller of unpopular truths, not because they actively desire to be contrary or controversial, but because they do not see the point of sweetening their words for the ears of others at the expense of accuracy and sincerity. For the ILI, this is partially due to a lack of awareness of their own emotional expression and the impression they are giving off to others. Furthermore, the concept of showing emotions, rather than simply feeling them internally, is quite alien to them, sometimes resulting in a listless or austere manner when speaking. When aware that someone is putting on a façade of sunny emotions, the ILI approaches them with scepticism, questioning their angle. The ILI may stubbornly resist attempts by such people to make them to join in with the forced enthusiasm, socially alienating themselves as a result. ILIs may express frustration with seemingly pointless social norms like small talk, avoiding pleasantries and cutting straight to the point in conversation. These tendencies run the risk of spoiling the positive mood, resulting in a loss of popularity for the ILI. Consequently, their fore-warnings can often fall on deaf ears as people may decide not to listen to them and may mistake it for pessimism. However, to accuse ILIs of pessimism is to misunderstand their realism. After all, unjustified negativity is as bad to them as unjustified optimism.

5. Force

John Adams

The ILI tends to possess a sardonic sense of humour and when the situation calls for it, will not hesitate to make harsh or biting comments at those they think deserve it. However, this is usually the limit of an ILI's aggression. Although often appreciative of power and the will to confront or change reality, they themselves are unable to adequately make these changes themselves, having difficulty overcoming the inertia of excessive thinking before any action might be taken. They may not immediately realise they have such a difficulty, until noticing how their slower, more reserved actions will often fail to make the same impact that others have. This is largely because they know when and how to act, but cannot perform actions with the right gusto or force. Rather than jump in and think on their feet, ILIs find it easier to succeed through careful preparation and review of as much information as possible, making sure that whatever they do will ensure good outcomes for the future. This can lead to a certain indecisiveness that can be very apparent in the moment, although once a decision is finally made, it is stuck to. ILIs tend to be risk averse, and will sooner not act at all than act rashly. Frequently, ILIs may encounter difficulty asserting themselves with others, often being resisted by people who need to be forced to comply. In such situations, they may retreat to think about how best to proceed, when the matter could have been solved through force of character. Instead, they tend to appreciate those with the relentless and ruthless energy to get what they want when they want. The ILI will find the positive liveliness of such people refreshing and respect their capability at audaciously getting things done while they are still in the planning stages.

Emily Brontë

6. Relations
Although many appear cold and detached on the outside, ILIs can possess stormy feelings and sentiments that are shut out from public view except in short bursts of temper. ILIs rarely forgive and even more rarely forget the wrongs done to them by other people. They may hold grudges and can dryly state their dislike of certain unsavoury individuals if it allows them to not see the disliked person again. ILIs can have a rather strong moral streak and sense of decency that is often reserved for those they are close to, doing large favours without complaint for the select few they care about. Although being difficult to get close to, ILIs genuinely want to encounter people who they actually like and can be very loyal. However, this goodwill is rarely communicated with the warmth required to be appreciated by most. Rather than occupy any social circle where group approval is required, ILIs get by on close, personal contacts, serving as trusted advisers to those who sincerely find them worth listening to. However, ILIs are rarely proactive in the forming of such relationships and do not actively seek people out. Rather, every now and again, someone sees the sense in what they say and decides to strike up the friendship, allowing it to mature into a close bond over time.

Alan Moore

7. Ideas
ILIs tend to have little patience for brainstorming with others and running through different options. Instead their goal is to deliberately limit the range of possibilities as much as they can, putting together the most probable estimation for how future events are going to turn out from the trends and information available. When faced with alternatives, the ILI will likely respond with stubbornness, seeing their conclusion as the most likely outcome and the only one worth focusing on. This can be interpreted by others as arrogance, although the ILI is unlikely to have a position at all until they have given the matter considerable thought and surveyed all the relevant variables in forming their opinion. Often the ILI will turn out to have been right all along, by which point people would have likely forgotten there was an issue in the first place.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

8. Laws

People often perceive the ILI to be a source of natural intellect, given to forming a good understanding of phenomena. However, the ILI approaches clear, seemingly straightforward philosophies and theoretical structures with a natural scepticism. For the ILI, nothing is ever so black and white, but perceived in various shades and scales of grey. As such, a system claiming it has everything neatly ordered and understood is a red target that the ILI will likely attempt to dismantle. With an artful command of logical reasoning, the ILI can quickly look for the flaws in a theory and poke it full of holes. After undermining the logical integrity of a theory, the ILI is unlikely to offer a new structure in its place. Instead, the ILI will focus attention on the functional purpose of such tools to assess likely outcomes, stripping away at any framework to leave only the parts that work for them.

Some famous people we think are ILIs -

John Adams
Emily Brontë
Franz Kafka
Stanley Kubrick
Alan Moore
Isaac Newton
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Jean-Paul Sartre
David Starkey
Gore Vidal

Bill Gates

1. Procedures
The most important thing for LIEs is that they fulfill their potential as usefully and productively as possible, thus ensuring real, long-term improvements to the world around them. LIEs possess naturally inquisitive minds, which they use to read up on whatever information is available. Such an approach allows the LIE to build up a bank of factual data to ensure they are informed on all relevant events they encounter. The point of such knowledge is so that the LIE is prepared to perform competently, possessing the know-how to work in the way that best aids long term progress. Frequently, LIEs will be focused on increasing the amount of return for the effort put into something, looking at available statistics and data before seeing if any improvements can be made to the functioning of procedures and methodologies. As such, LIEs endeavour to improve working processes so that they lead to greater benefit over time. This extends to the LIEs themselves, who will try to transform themselves into machines of highly efficient output. With this comes a sense of initiative; these types know that, provided they put in the work and dedication, they can achieve whatever they set their minds to, applying themselves to solving whatever might be holding them back. Furthermore, the LIE feels obliged to impart knowledge to others. In doing so, the LIE is able to indirectly bring about improvements beyond themselves, giving others the information necessary to do things well.

Elizabeth I

2. Time
The optimisations and fixes provided by an LIE are regularly geared towards the long term. LIEs see the use or benefit of something in terms of what will help things for the years to come, rather than simply aiding daily life. As such, LIEs tend to conduct themselves with a sense of greater purpose than themselves, trying to utilise the limited time they have wisely for making statistically important differences to reality. LIEs usually have a certain amount of trust or faith in the methods they decide on, being rather confident that what they are doing will eventually lead to significant results, even if immediate improvements cannot be seen. This can also result in the LIE having a sense of what they should be doing to optimise things in the long run, being less satisfied with simply doing their current job well and more focused on doing the job that will make important changes on a larger scale. As such, an LIE may move between different careers and projects, going off on their own when they feel their potential is not being satisfied as well as it could be and the job they are taking is not leading anywhere greater. They may give up a secure position that they feel can be better filled by another person or similarly, they may apply for a less comfortable job that they think would be more worthwhile to posterity. Despite this, an LIE will not necessarily appear busy to others, as they are good at knowing when not acting is exactly what is required to do something properly. During these stages of patience, they may be quite dormant.

Jack London

3. Emotions
LIEs tend to be very independent and can often be mistaken for introverts as they rarely put much emphasis on going out to see people or socialise just for the sake of it. While they are happy to see their close friends, just meeting people can feel empty to them. To an LIE, such actions are only worth doing if they serve some purpose or real benefit to their projects, such as an activity related to publicity, marketing or networking. However, should there be adequate justification for LIEs to spend their time this way, they will go about it with practiced competence, managing to make themselves more friendly and convey their ideas and initiatives to others with a catching enthusiasm. Similarly, when in a position of authority over a team, they can become charismatic leaders, reading up on tips and methods to better inspire people to perform to a higher standard. However, such attempts will often be reserved and exercised with caution. The LIE will be very reluctant to give false impressions or engage in hyperbole that may distort someone's factual understanding of the truth. As such, any strategic attempt to enthuse others will be tempered by intellectual honesty. Ideally, they would like to drop the act altogether. Similarly, when others come to them for help, they will approach the issue by coming up with objective solutions to problems. They may feel rather annoyed and feel their time is wasted if the person turns out to simply want to rant.

Hypatia

4. Senses
Relaxation and rest can be difficult concepts for an LIE to appreciate. Due to their desire to perform at maximum efficiency, LIEs are disposed to workaholism, cutting out daily concerns in their pursuit of creating long term benefit. Often, the LIE can look upon their body as an inconvenience, something that has to be dragged complaining through their day of productivity. This can sometimes come at the expense of health, with the LIE sometimes burning out from exhaustion or catching illness from a lowered immune system. In such situations, the LIE may end up overly worrying that the illness will slow them down than for the welfare of their body and might look up methods of suppressing the symptoms so that they can go back to being functional.Similarly, in making their improvements, the LIE may overlook softer details such as contribution to ease and comfort. The fruits of their labour may be ugly and tastelessly designed, fulfilling the necessities without being enjoyable or harmonic with the surrounding aesthetic. Despite being stereotypically associated with financial success, LIEs spend little on luxury, rarely thinking to treat themselves or indulge in luxuries.

Michelangelo

5. Relations
LIEs are usually rather unsure with their personal sentiments and feelings, naturally paying more attention to the objective factual data and far less to subjective opinion. Although often rather interested in ethics and what can be demonstrated to be right and wrong, LIEs are rarely able to make these personal evaluations for themselves with confidence. When upset about something, the LIE is more likely to first notice changes in their behaviour, before taking the time to reflect and figure out what has been bothering them. Furthermore, in their personal dealings, an LIE may think a lot about the quality of the people they are working with, but fail to trust their evaluations of such people. This can manifest in difficulty with the assignment of trust to others in personal relationships, the LIE either trusting too easily and easily being taken advantage of by unsavoury individuals or trusting too little and avoiding letting themselves get close to people altogether. Ideally, the LIE would prefer it if everyone was intellectually honest in their communication of factual data. However, they soon realise that many people shade and twist their words, resulting in them not knowing who to believe on trust. As such, LIEs greatly appreciate help in these areas. Often they will desire a close, meaningful bond with a significant other, someone who accepts and values who they are on the personal level, with no expectation on them to perform, keep the conversation going or to be anything other than honest in providing helpful, accurate information. They will appreciate people who know their minds and are blunt in their opinions of others, validating the LIE's opinions on who can be trusted and who are the bad eggs, as well as vocalising their own feelings more lucidly.

Yulia Tymoshenko

6. Force

More often than not, an LIE will possess a great deal of personal ambition, and desire to amass a certain amount of power or authority from their hard work and initiative. This is more something that they wish to prove to themselves via their accomplishments, usually avoiding status symbols or anything to show their power to others unless it directly benefits how they are treated by others. When pursuing a project for the greater good, LIEs can be ruthless in their actions and decisions, being capable of aggressively taking on competitors as a means to success. When angered or frustrated, LIEs may demonstrate a short, explosive temper, especially if people are not adequately following instructions and performing unnecessarily below par. Especially in cases of wilful ignorance or malice from others, an LIE may resort to planning their vengeance. However, LIEs are not naturally intimidating people, lacking the physical presence to consistently command through force of will. Instead, they are usually more cerebral and disposed to reflecting on the right course of action, rather than rushing into things blindly. They are more likely to succeed through their wits, rather than brawn, patiently devising strategies for success, rather than confronting others impetuously.

Sam Harris

7. Laws
LIEs are primarily concerned with getting things to work and will focus on the results of their efforts rather than consistency to principles. They may rely on broad principles to guide what they should do, but these guidelines are always going to be flexible and general, based more on trends and observations of reality they have always found to be true, rather than imposing a necessary structure. Although perfectly capable of logical reasoning and making coherent arguments, as well as spotting the contradictions of others in a discussion, the LIE will have little patience for any system or theory that is not applicable in some way. Similarly, they will be prepared to bend, flex or even ignore any ideology or principle unless its benefits have been empirically demonstrated, or if they think it will serve a good use. As such, LIEs may mix and match different approaches for different situations, making concessions that, while one sort of explanation works well here, for the time being, a completely different explanation works there. In such situations, they will act as if both conflicting viewpoints are true, not because they believe both are true, but because they are the most practical explanations currently offered by available evidence and will be subject to eventual change. In this way, integrity of approach is put aside for workable strategies that lead to the best results. Furthermore, LIEs like to apply their initiative to solve problems and may be critical of bureaucracy if it hampers how they are working.

8. Ideas

Elon Musk

New ideas and initiatives are often thought up by the LIE, who can come across as an risk-taking inventor or creative visionary to others. LIEs tend to be very capable of seeing an opportunity and leaping after it it if they feel it carries some practical merit. However, LIEs see this entirely as a means to expanding the possible productivity of their projects and will disapprove of wasting time with useless speculation. Rather than pursuing and exploring what is interesting, LIEs decide their activities based on its likely productive use and will pragmatically decide the best use of their time from that. Instead of entertaining the multitude of different possibilities, the LIE will select the useful ones and cut out the others, trying to optimise their thoughts rather than be caught up in 'rubbish'. As such, LIEs tend to be rather single-minded, willingly using ideas to serve their ends, rather than exploring them for their own sake.

Some famous people we think are LIEs -

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Augustus
Jeb Bush
Elizabeth I
Henry Ford
Milton Friedman
Bill Gates
Newt Gingrich
Alexander Hamilton
Sam Harris
Hypatia
Jack London
Elon Musk
Michelangelo
Jeremy Paxman
Yulia Tymoshenko

Margaret Thatcher

1. Relations
Foremost to the ESI is their focus on personal integrity and strength of character. ESIs are largely motivated by the strength of their personal convictions, providing personal feeling of what around them is good and what is evil, as well as the sense of obligation to protect the former and resist the latter. ESIs tend to be judgemental of people, forming firm opinions of others based on their actions. The main question concerning ESIs is the quality of connection they have with the people they meet, whether they share in personal values and can be trusted or relied on in times of need. As such, quickly form opinions of the person's character from how they have acted and what they have heard about them, looking with scrutiny for anything that would make them an unsuitable contact. ESIs instinctively adjust their level of closeness with people based on their expressed qualities. ESIs have a knack for knowing the appropriate distance of their relations with others, keeping friends near, undesirables out of their lives and those between in different kinds of partnership depending on the circumstances. ESIs are motivated to connect deeply with certain other individuals and form stable, reliable bonds. They want someone they can feel comfortable sharing their personal selves with intimately and take such relations very seriously. A true friend is an ally for life, and they place great emphasis on personal loyalty, kindness and selflessness towards their friends. However, they can be prickly and will not easily forgive those who have betrayed their trust. In this way, the ESI creates stability, knowing well the few they can rely and depend on, while carefully keeping the rest at an arm's length.

Christopher Hitchens

2. Force
ESIs regularly possess a steeliness and protect their sensitive nature with a tough shell. As such, they are able to enforce their convictions with determination and are not afraid to confront others if they feel it will do some good. For them, morally disgusting or wicked behaviour is something to be attacked, rather than allowed to continue towards them or the people they feel responsible for. However, ESIs usually choose their battles depending on whether people close to them are involved or not, at times cutting their losses and leaving the situation. Although their default position is to support more industrious people close to them, they can also make good leaders in matters they particularly care about, knowing who can be relied upon to help them. ESIs often believe in manifesting their ideals by example, challenging others close to them to follow. Although this toughness may intimidate some, others appreciate their dependable will to do right by their friends and will cherish their dogged loyalty. ESIs treat harm to their friends more seriously than harm to themselves and vehemently protect those they care about from interlopers, avenging wrongs done to them. Frequently, the character judgements of an ESI are harsh in quality. They instinctively size people up, trying to tell who is good and who is a scoundrel and will not hesitate to criticise scathingly in their frank estimation of a person's failings.

Queen Victoria

3. Laws
The ESI is well aware of the need to preserve law and order, and will often keep things organised and structured, laying down needed boundaries to prevent disarray. ESIs also tend to be quite logical and well reasoned in their discussions, being able to emphasise clearly some basic principles and the semblance of their thoughts in an objective, rational form. Despite this, ESIs rarely focus on these rulings as absolute, but as mere guidelines. For them, goodness cannot be written in a rulebook, but must originate from within. While communicating their ideals in a clear structure may be useful, it should not replace for them the personal quality of their convictions that forms judgements on sentiment rather than impartial deduction. As such, ESIs may enforce the law when they feel it is good, but may be at odds with the letter of the law when they feel the moral spirit of the law is being overlooked. In such situations they are often the first to voice their opinions and drop protocol over a matter of conscientious objection. In this way, ESIs are capable of being highly orderly, but will not be consistent in their commitments to such frameworks.

4. Ideas

George Washington

In their reliance on stability in interpersonal relations, ESIs can be irked by the presence of ambiguity. When confronted with a new situation, where anything could happen, the ESI will feel lost and uneasy. Usually they will require people to say what they mean, disliking it when something has more than one possible interpretation, being puzzling or lacking straightforwardness. In such tricky situations, they may be overly stern and interpret things literally, possibly taking offence. ESIs are likely to have little interest in theoretical speculation, where a broad range of ideas are discussed without clear, immediate application. The ESI will likely feel confused by such pursuits, failing to appreciate its merits. However, they may tolerate it as a harmless past time, provided such a rambling and whimsical approach does not extend to real life. Their fear is that uncovering new territory will disrupt the clear continuity of where their life is going, opening up new windows that makes their future less straightforward. Furthermore, the ESI tends to be particularly suspicious of those who are unpredictable, needing people who they can rely on. As such, they tend to distrust new people until their faith is earned through concrete actions, being largely unable to assess what someone could possibly do and only looking at what they have already done. Should a negative decision be made, they will likely cut themselves off and avoid further contact, not seeing the point in giving second chances or entertaining the scenario where they might have been wrong.

George W. Bush

5. Procedures
ESIs tend to rely successfully on their gut in making personal decisions, but when faced with more impersonal choices, lack the ability to assess the facts with the same shrewdness. ESIs tend to know their convictions but are less able to reach a pragmatic conclusion from assessing factual data. They may be rash in their judgements and quick to form opinions without due consideration, or take an overly long time to puzzle over the best decision. In unfamiliar situations, they may grow anxious, not knowing what to do or how to do it and feeling useless. Furthermore they can be clumsy with practical tasks and worry that they will muck things up when left to their own devices. However, ESIs are greatly appreciative of educated people with knowledge and expertise, who willingly offer information to help them form better stances. ESIs are usually critical of strangers with new information, but often look to a trusted friend or expert as their source and will call upon their advice in order to make informed decisions, believing what they say after ascertaining they can be relied on as a person. ESI may be very interested in bettering themselves, reading up on a variety of helpful texts or placing an emphasis on institutions of higher learning. In this way, they hope to learn and improve over time.

6. Time

Paul Newman

ESIs tend to possess a strong desire for a secure, long term future and often try to set out a clear plan for their lives. ESIs aspire to have clear goals in life and usually dedicate their efforts to following through on that purpose. However, without inspiration, some ESIs may be given to floundering in the choices available to them, which may be a source of stress. Often, there will be a particular outcome that they will want to see achieved in their lifetime, sometimes in the political or social spheres, and they will take pride in themselves by being able to stay the course and see it through to the end. To an extent, they will also be able to think ahead and try to avoid likely derailings that might happen from blindly following their ideals. However, ESIs tend to be impulsive in daily matters, and appreciate reminders on occasion that their actions in the present might take them off course for the long run. In this way, ESIs take personal pride in setting and reaching their goals, as well as successfully resisting any possible distractions or deviations from the path. When committed to a path, they may also be rather stubborn about sticking with it, and resist changes without adequate justification. Furthermore, ESIs place a great emphasis, not merely on the rightness of people's actions, but also their regularity and reliability in acting beneficially. ESIs tend to have good memories for people's merits and faults, not forgetting a wrong done to them and only forgiving sufficient remorse. From observing past trends, they are able to see who has proven themselves over time and as a result, adjust the level of trust with their close relations.

Richard Nixon

7. Emotions
ESIs in general see it as undignified and inappropriate to express their emotions openly with surrounding people they do not yet know or have had the trust to size up. Instead they are selective, selecting those they like in order to share their deepest emotional states. When around people they do not feel such a connection with, they are more inclined feel their emotions for themselves and not unnecessarily put those emotions onto others. When upset by friends they tend to simply state how they feel in a matter of fact manner. However, should someone they dislike anger them, they are more likely to internally simmer. Revenge for them is a dish best served cold, after all. For this reason, some can mistake the ESI for being more logical and objective than they necessarily are. Nevertheless, when others are doing something they personally feel is wrong, they are inclined to speak out, and icily challenge the individuals regardless of the group mood.
ESIs may be emotionally warm with those who who have gained their trust, and may be given to more open displays of affection and other feelings. Furthermore, when absolutely necessary, an ESI can put on a front of welcoming emotionality in order to achieve a particular purpose, although this will be tiring if kept up for too long. Such scenarios will have to be justified by the ESI to themselves beforehand however as they will likely detest the insincerity.

8. Senses
Frequently, ESIs are aware of their level of comfort and the harmony of the space they occupy. They will likely have a strong eye for detail and be capable with handling meticulously detailed information, such as carefully colour-coding important accounts and keeping tabs on the day-to-day things around them. However, ESIs are unlikely to place much emphasis on softness or pleasantness in their relations with others. They are more inclined to be tough with others who deserve it and will not back down from fighting an issue if it needs to be fought. Instead, an awareness of comfort will become most apparent in ESIs personally deciding their feelings on people and situations around them, being able to pick up on not only their emotional but physical reactions to others and use this to tune in on whether a person is right for them or makes their skin crawl. However, for those who are closest to them, there will be signs of comforting and care, with the softer side of the ESI showing in helping their nearest and dearest. ESIs are usually able to quickly decide upon how they feel about a person in the moment and at times this can lead to promiscuous relations with those they are comfortable around. However, ESIs will usually later regret such encounters, seeing such hedonism as not being conducive to long term benefit.

Some famous people we think are ESIs:

George W. Bush
Christopher Hitchens
Paul Newman
Richard Nixon
Margaret Thatcher
Queen Victoria
George Washington

Julius Caesar

1. Force
The SEE is most notable for their fiercely independent desire to do what they want when they want. Possessed with a strong, challenging and largely upbeat energy, they are usually the first to act impulsively on a situation according to their will, confronting their immediate reality to make it advantageous to them and those they care for. SEEs see success in being able to resist opposing forces and prevail on their own resourcefulness and determination, being their own boss and fighting off those who would command them. When placed in a social hierarchy, the only level satisfactory for the SEE is one where they answer to no one, resulting in them climbing straight for the top. In such activities, SEEs tend to show great gusto, as they love the vitality of pitting themselves against a hard problem and pushing through to the other side. For this reason, SEEs are regularly seen as gregarious go-getters, rising to the challenge and usually reaping the rewards. In the social sphere, SEEs tend to dominate with their ability to steer a conversation the way they want it to go. They tend to be quickly noticed in a room of people for this reason and people can find them captivating. Similarly, their natural social confidence is the source of much of their ambition, with SEEs conquering, not merely through force, but through the hearts and minds of those they have won over.

2. Relations

Elizabeth Taylor

Possessing a great need for social stimuli, SEEs like to see their friends regularly and meet with people face to face, so as to feel alive and not alone. Frequently, SEEs exercise their will in the sphere of interpersonal relations. SEEs are quickly able to size up a person, their subtle likes and dislikes, the invisible boundaries and the lines they can push. As such, they know how to charm a stranger or conquer the opposite sex. They are able to quickly form a rapport with another person and, if tactically useful, get them to willingly do what they want. The SEE tends to be the clear leader in most of their social relations, preferring to take the lead than be led by anyone else. As such, they tend to be the active half of any duo, with the other person tending to follow. SEEs are interested in people and derive much value from meaningful, quality time with others. However, SEEs are not so friendly to everyone. They know what they like and what they do not like. To those they do not like, an SEE can be a force to be feared. SEEs will usually make it quite clear when they are in contempt of a particular individual and can make that person the target of their fearsome temper. These situations are comparatively rare however, as the SEE is gregarious and proactive in fostering positive relations with others, and finding those people whom they can identify with in a meaningful and reciprocated way. SEEs can be very eager to protect these chosen few, and will do so tenaciously, going out of their way to help them. However, they can also be very demanding of such people, expecting much from them based on the closeness of their relation. As a result, befriending an SEE is often challenging, but rewarding.

Mark Cuban

3. Ideas
SEEs are able to brainstorm and think about different ideas and initiatives in order to solve a particular issue. Similarly, SEEs reserve the ability to act decisively in areas of uncertainty, usually throwing aside caution so that they can jump in and pull through on sheer resilience. Usually their ability to improvise in the moment will serve them well, and an unexpected situation can usually be responded to and dealt with without much hindrance to the SEE's desires. However, SEEs prefer it when the matter is simple and straightforward and can be irritated by the delay of too much speculation, or if the problem is too abstract and cannot be fixed by some concrete action. Although a multitude of options is sometimes necessary for success, the SEE prefers there to be a clear goal or end for them to direct their energy towards, and can quickly grow impatient if ambiguity should leave them floundering in the options. Similarly, SEEs are able to keep an open mind when assessing others and can to an extent pick up on the inner potential of their acquaintances; what they could do rather than just what they have done. However, SEEs do not tend to indulge this way of thinking unless needed, preferring more immediate and decisive assessments of others based on the traits that are already apparent.

4. Laws

Amy Winehouse

SEEs are fundamentally erratic in their thoughts and behaviours, which may belie a lack of logical clarity. SEEs tend to make their decisions impulsively and capriciously, doing what they want, when they want, and they usually fail to consider whether these decisions are consistent with what they have said or done before. As such, there is little about the SEE that will remain the same in all cases. For this reason, SEEs may strongly resist being analysed or defined by any theoretical system, as they tend to believe no fixed theory can adequately fathom their tempestuous nature. Occasionally, the desires of SEEs can be unreasonable, with their appetites driving them to want more than they are owed and shirk the rules for their desires and those of their friends. This may be interpreted as opportunistic or selfish by more orderly, principled sorts of people. Certainly, SEEs are more disposed to think in terms of what they are able to get, rather than their right to have it, and they may try to challenge or ignore the rule of law when they can get away with it. Usually, SEEs take the position of pure pragmatism, nothing being seen as intrinsically correct or out of bounds, and adopting wildly different policies from one situation to the next. For the SEE, "whatever works" is often sufficient. The need to be consistent and have a clear ideology or set of principles is foreign to the SEE who is more inclined to doing whatever they want and finding whatever can help them to do so, regardless of where it sits with previous attempts. Such theoretical propositions, to the SEE, are worthless unless converted into real, practical action that serves a need.

Andrew Jackson

5. Time
Naturally disposed towards decisive action in the present, SEEs tend to be impatient and have difficulty looking far ahead to see the consequences of their actions. They may be headstrong and act without foresight, jumping into the fray without knowing the likely outcomes and hitting a brick wall. Similarly, they may have difficulty remembering and adequately learning from their past mistakes, being more inclined to base their actions purely on what seems to be the circumstances of the moment. For this reason, although they tend to achieve success, this is usually through impulsive, initiative-taking, surveying the immediate surroundings to gain a tactical advantage, rather than thinking ahead or developing a coherent strategy. However, they tend to appreciate the counsel of a select few who they know tend to be right about such things. SEEs benefit greatly from the foresight of others and a focus on greater purposes and goals brings a sense of meaning to the SEEs erratic hyperactivity, making it more clear as to why they should act in the first place. Although prone to pugnacity, SEEs will harbour a curious respect for those who are not afraid to say they think the SEE's latest scheme may be stupid and end in disaster. To such people, the SEE may return again and again, utilising such wisdom to advise their actions and better guide what they do along a path of predicted success.

Gough Whitlam

6. Procedures
For SEEs, the key to success is knowledge and many will place great emphasis on learning from one's mistakes and self-improvement so that they can better tackle future obstacles. SEEs want to be able to see themselves as knowledgeable and may be eager to share whatever they may have learned. When trying to solve a new problem, the SEE may learn to try out a few options until something shows a sign of working, at which point, the SEE will push ahead at full pace. However, sometimes their tendency to rush into things and cut corners may cause them to slip, leading to a failure. SEEs are aware that they do not process factual and practical information as well as others and want to improve themselves so as to be minimise any incompetence on their part. They look forward to winning people over through not only charm but also their demonstrated intelligence and accumulated knowledge. As such, SEEs can benefit from the occasional factual support and know-how of a trusted source. They will tend to work very hard at matters that interest them, cutting out distractions and disciplining themselves into learning the necessary material and applying it efficiently in the field. Similarly, in a debate scenario, SEEs will combine their forceful tenacity with a honed knowledge of the relevant facts, being sharp enough to provide a well-sourced and evidenced comeback to most critiques.

Elvis Presley

7. Senses
SEEs tend to be restless, ambitious individuals, often trying to satisfy their appetite for improvement and achievement. As such, there is little room for restful relaxation. SEEs are characterised by an almost hyperactive energy state and are unlikely to sit and enjoy their surroundings when they can be acting upon it. However, SEEs tend to have a good eye for the details they are looking for and can quickly cultivate the right look to maximise impact on their surroundings. Understanding the importance of looking nice for a sense of personal pride and to have an appealing and inviting impact on others, SEEs can make themselves look sensual and gracious, cultivating the right aesthetic for the occasion. Doing so helps to sharpen the edge of their charm. Erratic in their energy, SEEs may be inclined to rest when there is nothing else to do, but will jump into action when there is something they want. In such situations, enjoyment of the present situation is pushed out of mind as something else becomes the object of their appetites. In the pursuit of their ambitions, SEEs tend to have a strong impact on the environment, while largely ignoring its effect on overall peace and harmony. Similarly, their toughness allows them to ignore pain when pushing unstoppably towards a goal. Although largely seeking to protect the needs of people they care for, SEEs are likely to do this in a way that takes people out of their comfort zones, preferring to push and challenge people in a way that takes them close to, but never over, their limits.

Catherine the Great

8. Emotions
SEEs tend to be emotionally dynamic, oozing a dominant charisma that can quickly win people over and indirectly pick up the mood. This tends to attract a lot of attention, with SEEs rarely going unnoticed. However, despite often enjoying their impact in a social scene, SEEs do not care to play up to the crowd or maintain the moods they create. Although usually very charming, this operates on a case by case basis, with the SEE making lots of allies from different situations but also making enemies on occasion or agreeing to disagree. In regards to publicity and the common opinion, the SEE can be fiercely independent and unafraid of drawing controversy if the matter is something they feel strongly about. SEEs are motivated to express themselves sincerely, often with candor and even frightening pugnacity, should they feel a pressure from others to conform. Although sensitive to others needs, they are unlikely to flatter or excite others beyond a basic level of sincerity and will just as likely provide harsh, overblown critique if they feel that is more justified. The emotionality of SEE is more mercurial than carefully crafted, with them experiencing a large and intense range of emotions with little tendency to control them for the sake of public decorum. As such, there is little consistency to their rages and outbursts, whether positive or negative, except that it comes from the heart. Despite this, SEEs try not to be a burden on others and avoid being needy, with desires being voiced more as demands that must be met by a decent person. This control, they see as a matter of personal respect, rather than for the sake of social standards. Similarly they are usually very observant of the emotions used by others and will quickly call out ploys they feel are fake or manipulative.

Some famous people we think are SEEs:

Julius Caesar
Catherine the Great
Mark Cuban
Andrew Jackson
Elvis Presley
Sylvester Stallone
Elizabeth Taylor
Gough Whitlam
Amy Winehouse

Where Socionics differs most significantly from the MBTI is its focus on Quadras, four groupings of four personality types, united by having similar values and ways of looking at the world. The most beneficial relationships are thought to occur between people of the same Quadra. Each Quadra is composed of two opposite halves, known as Clubs, which naturally complement each other. These Clubs, which are the same in terms of their strengths and weaknesses, are known as either Researchers and Socialites or Pragmatists and Humanitarians. Finally, each Club within each Quadra splits into two types of opposing Temperaments, i.e. differing levels of energy and flexibility. All in all, this results in 16 types.

The following presentation in quotes was written by Rana Levy from World Socionics Society:

Alpha

Alpha types are ILE, SEI, ESE and LII. They are childlike in their values.

Researchers – “Alphas understand and are content with different viewpoints and concepts. They are open to multiple possibilities and are also characterized as having unconstrained openness towards ideas and people. They are not prone to dismissing or eliminating differing viewpoints or lifestyles of others. They seek consistency and clarity of their worldviews and desire structured and systematic principles to which they define ideas and concepts.” Alpha Researchers are either the sanguine ILE or melancholic LII.

Socialites – “Alphas value and appreciate positive mood and emotional atmosphere of the people surrounding them. There is emphasis on collectivism, collaborating and universal participation in Alpha types. They are primarily optimistic and positive people who enjoy a range of uplifting emotionality and enjoy relaxing atmospheres. The Alpha types prefer environments that are comfortable, laid back, enjoyable and free of judgment and negativity.” Alpha Socialites are either the phlegmatic SEI or choleric ESE.

Beta

Beta types are EIE, LSI, SLE and IEI. They are youthful in their values.

Humanitarians – “Beta types are driven to value and devalue people based on the sensibility of ideological principles rather than the individual character. The visionary nature of the Beta types is typically narrower in focus, and implemented in groups of people who share similar ideologies. Betas tend to enjoy collectivist environments in which the group can agree and move in similar directions. They are aware of changing atmospheres and signals in an exterior emotional space and are quickly able to recognize ideological conflicts quickly. There is an emphasis on emotional energy and can give them the appearance of being expressive. They value environments of free expression with no restrictions or censorship. (http://www.techhouse.org/socionics)” Beta Humanitarians are either the choleric EIE or phlegmatic IEI.

Pragmatists – “Beta types value impactful action and direct initiative. They seek consistency and clarity in their worldviews and appreciate decisiveness and momentum in following through with goals. They are motivated by beliefs and worldviews that are internally consistent, which in turn helps them interpret messages of the world. There is an emphasis on logical principles and ideologies rather than expanding on multiple possibilities. There is attentiveness to contradiction/inconsistency and importance on transparency with regard to Beta types. Betas can also recognize and confront conflict, as they are aware that conflict is an inevitable aspect of the world.” Beta Pragmatists are either melancholic LSI or sanguine SLE.

Gamma

Gamma types are SEE, ILI, LIE and ESI. They are mature in their values.

Socialites – “Gamma types move away from people they dislike or distrust. It is not abnormal for Gammas to judge harshly and cut their losses with individuals. The true colors of the individuals around the Gamma types is more important than the overall atmosphere or group emotion, as the Gamma types place less value on the environment and mood of others around them. This can result as a strict selectivity on who they trust and who they do not trust. There is also the aspect of character selection in the form of immediate impact - which can in turn make Gammas seem impulsive in some aspects with their judgments.” Gamma Socialites are either the sanguine SEE or melancholic ESI.

Researchers – “Gamma types are characterized by independence and self-reliance. They are able to project long term plans and large scale visions of goals they would like to accomplish, and are appreciative of autonomous atmospheres where they are not reliant upon others. Gamma types are also adamant on gathering information from trustworthy and reliable sources as a means of analyzing data on their own. They value grounded implementation and pragmatism. Gamma types are typically less open to expansive ideas and prefer narrowing down possibilities as a means of having a singular goal.” Gamma Researchers are either the phlegmatic ILI or choleric LIE.

Delta

Delta types are LSE, EII, IEE and SLI. They are senior in their values.

Pragmatists – “Deltas value self-sufficiency and pragmatism. They have an appreciation for positions in which they can build upon properties of the world in an efficient manner, and are prone to recognizing the immediate surroundings… Deltas are more concerned with what is factually accurate and trustworthy information than what is a consistent ideology or system. As such, Deltas will be inclined to find little value in otherworldly worldviews and will prefer an earthier, practical approach to solve problems. They typically have immediate and functional methods to integrate into communities they are a part of.” Delta Pragmatists are either the choleric LSE or phlegmatic SLI.

Humanitarians – “Deltas are characterized as having good faith judgment and typically value the potential goodness of a person rather than harsh judgment. However - it is still important that they determine and evaluate the closeness of others and see the potential that people can offer. Deltas are prone to see the merit in exploring multiple possibilities, disciplines and schools of thought, which can manifest as being open minded and accepting of alternative lifestyles. There is merit to independent thought and self-growth for Deltas, as this is their preferred environment. As such - they are not typically interested in cultural or societal traditions or expectations, and can live eccentric lifestyles.” Delta Humanitarians are either the melancholic EII or sanguine IEE.

Adele

1. Senses
SEIs are primarily disposed towards the enjoyment of their surroundings and satisfaction of sensory desires. Sensitive to their environment, SEIs are naturally attuned to the temperature, colour, smell, feel, etc. of the space they occupy and will endeavour to finely tune these qualities according to their tastes. They are most given to maintaining pleasant, relaxing atmospheres that satisfy their physical needs and tastes in harmony with the surroundings, while nurturing the blissful coexistence of others. An emphasis is often placed on aesthetic beauty, with colours and shapes being arranged in the right manner for people to enjoy. Similarly, SEIs are very conscious of the physical needs of their body, being able to pick up on when they are hungry or tired and finding the right thing to satisfy their needs. In this way, the SEI lifestyle is one that prioritises a sort of blissful and contented well being in the present day. Furthermore, SEIs are disposed to experiment and play with different sensations, refining stimuli down to those which are most pleasurable. In addition, they are usually very able to flatter their bodies with tasteful choices of clothing, although always the priority is comfort, with sloppier outfits also being donned for ease of wear. As such, SEIs may be peaceful hedonists, gourmands in food and drink or sculptors of attractive artwork, tweaking the cacophony of the world around them to create harmony in its place.

Bob Ross

2. Emotions
Alongside physical harmony, SEIs also adapt and adjust themselves to the emotions of the people around them. In order to feel comfortable in their surroundings, SEIs need to keep the emotional environment positive and pleasant. As such, they are adept at keeping the peace between those around them and know how to subtly say the right thing to calm down heated tempers and raise people's spirits during an unhappy period. SEIs are often jolly and friendly in their dealings with others, knowing in the moment how to change how they are coming across to others with a disarming simplicity, putting people at ease and resulting in them being well liked by all. SEIs are often highly sociable and may have a close-knit circle of friends to have fun with, often socialising during recreational outings. Although rarely the leader of activity in such groups, they will very readily support a light-hearted bonhomie on the one-to-one, cheering up their friends with an earthy, often physical sense of humour and keeping them involved. When enjoying their recreation, SEIs most prefer to share their experiences with others, and gain more satisfaction knowing that the people around them are enjoying themselves too. By tapping into the emotions of others, the physical enjoyment is enhanced to create an overall atmosphere of happy contentedness.

David Letterman

3. Time
SEIs are usually capable of thinking ahead and imagining how things are likely to turn out in the future. Many SEIs will have a sense of where their life is meant to be going and are often able to take up reasonably linear careers with a steady, predictable outcome. SEIs will also have a reasonable sense of when something needs to be actively done and where leaving the matter alone will be sufficient. However, SEIs naturally prefer to focus on the present and their enjoyment of what is happening now around them, rather than what may or may not happen in the future. Similarly, they will be disinterested in relating their actions to some higher cause, preferring to savour experiences and activities for their own sake. This may manifest in a slowness to respond to urgency and a tendency to stick to a slower, more leisurely pace. SEIs may grow pessimistic having to maintain a lifestyle that seems to be heading in one direction and find they actually prefer a lifestyle of variety and multiple opportunities to explore. Furthermore, SEIs are most often unwilling to make any sacrifices of their comfort for some future goal or greater good. Sooner than suffering pain or an absence of their comfort, SEIs will likely forego more prudent actions that further down the line might prove to be important. This tendency can lead to problems with achieving long-term rewards, with SEIs making choices based on their ease in the moment and forgetting to look ahead to see if their choices might be fruitful later on. They will be less inclined to continuously assess their choices over time to see if they are working or not, usually persisting in the way that feels right to them until a major problem is hit further on. However, SEIs are less averse to reflecting on trends and looking ahead when it is directed to the motivations and emotions of people. On occasion they will be more likely to think about how people are likely to react to something, using these insights to avoid social conflicts.

George Lucas

4. Procedures
Although often dutiful workers, the comfort-seeking of SEIs can clash with demands to work hard and improve upon oneself. SEIs are disposed to finding a way of doing something that feels comfortable to them and can be highly resistant to people telling them they have to make changes in order to aid productivity. Any demand to constantly upgrade one's methods is quickly exhausting to the SEI, as it will usually require a mental strain to learn the new procedure and the extra effort to master the new technique. Instead, the SEI will often have a set idea of the things they are able to do and give up when the task seems beyond their immediate capability, preferring not to have to handle the difficult task while it is not sufficiently infringing on their enjoyment. They will respond negatively to being told they must improve or even what they must do to improve, much preferring being shown interesting, possible things they could do. SEIs prefer a consistent system which, due to its stability, can be fulfilled regularly and predictably without exhaustion. These sorts of approaches can often be criticised as 'lazy' by other types. In addition, the desire to avoid strain can undermine their attempts to remain comfortable, with SEIs sometimes not making the best decisions for their health due to the work and preparation involved, in favour of more immediate satisfactions. Furthermore, SEIs will usually disdain people who set themselves up as experts and presume to know what is best for them, especially in regards to their comfort and well-being. This can often result in stubbornness on the part of the SEI and the attitude that their personal experience trumps statistical studies and academic expertise, which might frustrate doctors. When under sufficient pressure, an SEI may increase their productivity to get an important job done, putting their comfort needs on hold for the shortest time possible. However, such approaches are often too late, resulting in deadlines often being missed.

Regina Spektor

5. Ideas
The disposition of SEIs towards the things they find enjoyable and pleasurable in the moment can lead to a settling effect, with them often finding a certain comfort zone to stick to. Consequently, SEIs can often find themselves living a monotonous existence, exploring the same comforts again and again with the same people in the same places. As such, SEIs greatly appreciate the excitement and novelty brought about by others and look forward to entertaining notions and different perspectives they themselves had not thought of. SEIs love being exposed to new ideas and perspectives, excitedly growing in enthusiasm when presented with a clever analogy or theory that brings lots of different scenarios together in a beautiful, neat explanation. As such, SEIs are often quite intellectually curious, wanting to explore more of life's complexity and decipher its mysterious ambiguity, but often lacking the confidence in their ideas and their logical impressiveness to embrace such pursuits on their own. Furthermore, SEIs are limited in their assessments of themselves, often only knowing what they have done and are used to doing but rarely having confidence in speculating as to what they could do in an unfamiliar situation. Often SEIs will not see themselves as having any special qualities and present themselves as average or less. For this reason, they are very appreciative of people who can get a good, general grasp of their capabilities and vocalise to them the things they might do wonderfully but had never thought to try. Such people are able to widen the scope of possibility for the SEI and allow them a greater range of experiences to savour and share with others.

George R. R. Martin

6. Laws
SEIs tend to find great symmetrical beauty in consistent structures of understanding, and may be drawn to the neatness of such systems in their daily lives. To best lead a relaxing lifestyle, SEIs take pride in the construction of, or adherence to, orderly schedules that provide continuity and organisation in a well-balanced routine. SEIs like to demonstrate their reliability and competence in terms of their ability to take note of the rules of a system and follow through meticulously. However, these tendencies towards routine organisation are less aspired to by SEIs than the intellectual understanding of unusual phenomena and abstract concepts that such systems provide. SEIs enjoy showing that they understand complex theoretical phenomena according to a set framework and any creation of theirs, whether mathematical, legal or artistic, will provide a great feeling of accomplishment if complimented by others. However, SEIs may be overly reliant on such systems and, when some flaw is encountered, may be resistant to thinking up pragmatic changes outside the rules. Not only is such a pragmatic change strenuous to them, but it also disrupts the beauty of the system as an unsightly exception. As such, SEIs may trap themselves in a set approach when faced with the more complex outcomes of practical life.

Andy Richter

7. Force
The harmony created by SEIs depends on an absence of coercion or intense forcefulness and they will largely try to dissipate aggression that breaches this calm. SEIs naturally come across as soft and welcoming in their interactions with others and avoid aggressive interactions unless in good humour, often to the point of trying to keep light-hearted peace in an emergency situation where forcefulness might be needed. However, SEIs are more than capable of defending themselves and, when pushed into a situation where they are unavoidably uncomfortable, will fight back with unexpected and explosive ferocity. Such scenarios of force, as well as other situations where the SEI is required to increase their activity and productive output, occur in the form of short bursts to minimise physical and mental toil, with other needs being temporarily put to the side. However, the need for comfort and enjoyment has to be fulfilled eventually and sustained activity will tire SEIs. Additionally, SEIs are slow to anger and have far more skilful ways of dealing with attacks from others. Although usually able to mediate between warring parties, an affront to their person is handled more simplistically. Their affable stubbornness causes most attempts at coercion to simply bounce off, often to the frustration of the attacker. Similarly, they may respond to pressure by ignoring it, continuing unfazed in what they are doing. Despite this, SEIs are often more emotionally sensitive, caring about what others think of them. Although hard to coerce or push, they may have their feelings hurt by words where actions will fail.

8. Relations
The social nature of SEIs manifests most on the one-to-one, with them being able to quickly befriend people with a laid-back and disarming charm. SEIs are in their element in non-pressurised situations where people can interact freely with each other. They have a good sense of who they enjoy the company of and who they do not, and will subtly bring together those people they think contribute the most to a fun and interesting environment. However, SEIs refrain from making any personal judgements of others clear, not placing an emphasis on the qualities of the person, but rather their effect on the physical and emotional atmosphere. SEIs are usually very tolerant of people around them as long as they are not killing the mood or making the environment tense. Similarly, they are less likely to place much expectation or obligation on those they happen to be close to, despite regularly maintaining contact with those who increase enjoyment. Instead, SEIs approach relationships in terms of having quality time with other people in the moment, creating enjoyable and pleasurable experiences with others and selecting the right people to have these experiences with.

Some famous people we think are SEIs:

Adele
David Letterman
George Lucas
George R. R. Martin
Bob Ross
Andy Richter
Regina Spektor

Walt Disney

1. Emotions
ESEs are most driven by a need to promote the positivity of emotion in their immediate environment. For ESEs, the greatest priority lies in the quality of the mood around them, how people are feeling and whether that feeling is good or right for the occasion. Consequently, ESEs tend to make themselves responsible for keeping up the mood, expressively engaging in antics or coming up with activities that may excite and stimulate enjoyment in those around them. ESEs tend to be highly gregarious and possess a warm sense of humour, frequently attempting to make others laugh or smile and gaining satisfaction when successful. Similarly, they enjoy putting together events and gatherings of celebratory excitement, designing the situations best suited to bring people they identify with together in mutual fun. Essentially, ESEs want people to have a good time all the time and go to great lengths to ensure that everyone is enjoying themselves. Commonly, they also want the mood to be unifying and welcoming, reaching out to others and trying to involve them in the community. This can manifest in ESEs trying earnestly to include people who are not yet feeling the same way as others, attempting to cheer them up and encourage a sense of belonging. Participation is heartily encouraged, with ESEs striving to have their emotional states reciprocated by others so that no one feels left out. As such, ESEs are usually very capable at getting a large number of people interested and invested in proceedings as and while they are happening, bringing the experience of the moment to life.

Jessica Alba

2. Senses
Frequently, the emotionality of ESEs is directed towards the enjoyment and celebration of day to day events and the happenings of the present. ESEs promote the ideal that life should be celebrated. As such the contents of life and its living are brought to the forefront of any celebration. ESEs are often known for lavish detail put into planning regular fixtures and events, such as birthday parties and graduation ceremonies. To aid the success of such events, ESEs will focus on the details that make them up, such as the placing of tables, the colours of balloons and other peripheral aesthetics that bring such communal gatherings to life for guests and audiences. As such, decorative additions to the environment serve as anchors for the mood the ESE wishes to create. Similarly, ESEs often put a lot of attention into the aesthetic of their appearance, wanting to look as welcoming, friendly and attractive as possible so that they are enjoyable to be around. This can manifest in a perfectionism, with ESEs trying to make sure that everything about themselves and the events they put on look just right to maximise the positive effect on company. Furthermore, ESEs tend to see themselves as hosts or caregivers to those they are entertaining, being responsible not only for the emotional well being of others, but also the physical needs and pains. This can manifest in ESEs insisting that their guests are looked after and well fed or spoiling their friends with lavish presents, even without them asking for such attention. As such, the provision of sensory fulfilment, whether in the form of food, music or comfy seats, helps to create a convivial atmosphere for all to feel at home in.

Robin Williams

3. Procedures
ESEs tend to involve themselves enthusiastically in a large number of projects and often with their enthusiasm are given much responsibility. They easily able to create passion and emotional investment in themselves and care about their surroundings. For this reason, ESEs recognise the requirement for them to be productive and competent in organising events and making sure things operate well in their projects. ESEs tend to possess a passionate work ethic and when needed, will learn and improve their abilities in areas relevant to their commitments. In this way, they are able to put on a serious face and prove themselves as successful managers, taking care of multiple issues at once and capably handling problems, resulting in many relying on them to get things done effectively. However, such an approach is largely dictated by a desire not to let other people down, as the priority is not to do with how efficiently the process is working, but in terms of how people are affected by the process.The desired end is that people will appreciate their efforts, rather than them being personally satisfied with their competence. Indeed, sustained demands to improve and optimise one's actions can be a strain over time, with ESEs preferring clearer, more consistent frameworks to rely on for their understanding. When explaining things to others, ESEs tend to focus less on the strict, factual accuracy of what is being said, but the quality of performance and whether it raises people's passion for the topic. ESEs may be disposed towards hyperbole and exaggeration, tailoring the information they provide so that it is more exciting and fun to listen to or praising people when less praise is actually deserved. Excitement and fun are given precedence over dry informativeness, with ESEs using information and experience more to entertain and excite, rather than to accurately inform.

Meryl Streep

4. Time
ESEs naturally prioritise the excitement and enjoyment of the mood in the here and now. As such, little thought is given to the longer term consequences of one's actions or what is likely to happen as a result of such enthusiasm. ESEs are largely unable to consider how things develop over time, not easily being able to see how events in the now will influence likelihoods in the future and having difficulty narrowing down possibilities to a singular outcome. This can greatly limit the ability of ESEs to plan ahead, especially in terms of foreseeing strategic steps towards a goal, being largely uncomfortable with making any decisions based on how things are likely to be in an unclear future. Being faced with information that at some point, some event is likely to happen will often be ignored, with ESEs opting to simply see what happens rather than commit with uncertainty. Instead, ESEs put their energies into all things that could be done in the here and now. Rather than planning and thinking ahead in their actions, ESEs tend to hustle and bustle about in the present, involving themselves as passionately as they can in the proceedings. Such an approach, while making the present exciting, frequently suffers from lack of foresight, with ESEs being largely unwilling to spoil the present mood, even when it seems that not doing so will lead to harsher circumstances later. ESEs tend to see those who criticise the current fun in terms of its long-term effects as antisocial contrarians, thus preserving the etiquette of a gathering while failing to grasp the more important message. Furthermore, the efforts that ESEs go to in order to create merriment can run at the expense of other plans, with the attention on exciting people rarely factoring in duration.

Pope Francis

5. Laws
Given their focus on the fickle emotional atmosphere, ESEs tend to get caught up in the moment and lack the coherence of a formal thinking process. Instead, ESEs tend towards chaotic patterns, their emotive drives lacking clarity and sound reasoning beyond the happiness of the people around them. As such, they are greatly appreciative of others providing insightful and clear analyses of events, converting a range of complicated phenomena into simple and elegant systems of thought. Such systems provide a sense of priority and meaning for ESEs letting them get an understanding of the world around them in terms of how it all fits together and the laws from which a stable sense of truth can be deduced. Similarly, an orderly lifestyle is much appreciated with ESEs enjoying regular fixtures to celebrate around the year, such as birthdays or annual carnivals and festivals. This allows the ESE to better grasp when things are meant to happen and allows them to make plans according to a set time-frame. ESEs are frequently attracted to people who seem bookish or intelligent, who are able to make sense of their sometimes strong passions and opinions, explaining not merely that they feel a certain way but providing the reasons why and saing whether these feelings are conducive to the rational priorities of a coherent system. As such, ESEs benefit from a clearer, more sober way of looking at things and formulating well-structured propositions.

6. Ideas

Neil deGrasse Tyson

ESEs enjoy opening their minds to the variety and novelty that the world has to offer. As such, they display a great curiosity in exploring new possibilities. Although enjoying order in their lives, ESEs dislike traditions that bore people with their stagnancy. Instead, they will frequently find new ideas for making things more exciting and attempt to implement these new opportunities in the day to day. ESEs enjoy brainstorming in groups of people, promoting the free and open exchange of ideas. In this way, the newness of possibilities is coupled with a communal enthusiasm for novelty and the desire to explore a multifaceted reality together. ESEs aspire to be seen by others as interesting people who lead a life of variety and breadth. They may try to share interesting pieces of information with others to excite their curiosity. Managing to blow the mind of a friend by introducing a brand new perspective of seeing the world is a great source of satisfaction to ESEs. Furthermore, their openness to possibilities, coupled with a lack of knowledge of long-term outcomes, means that ESEs can make themselves very busy preparing for multiple possibilities when in a position of authority. Rather than have a clear idea of how things may turn out, ESEs will think about almost every way it could turn out, leading them to fret over potential problems and issues that may turn up. As such, ESEs try to cover all areas. This can make their approach to activities and plans both chaotic and over-involved, doing everything they can do, rather than the few things they should do, just in case they choose wrongly and suffer the consequences.

Stan Lee

7. Relations
With their overwhelming focus on the emotional atmosphere surrounding them in the present, ESEs largely reject their personal attitudes and sentiments. Although able to maintain meaningful relationships with others and enlist people's help or loyalty in putting together communal activities, ESEs tend to ignore how they are feeling unless it is somehow conducive to how everyone else is feeling or should be made to feel. The general mood of the people around them is frequently treated as the priority and if depressed, ESEs will usually try to keep up an appearance of jollity, only stopping to handle their own needs and sentiments away from company. Despite this, the emotional nature of ESEs can often lead to a dynamic array of personal, sentimental responses that they feel the need to check and control for the sake of others. Alternatively, when their personal sentiments are conducive, ESEs will use them to direct the surrounding mood, expressing how they personally feel to others in the hopes that they will accept those emotions and reciprocate as a group. As such, when an ESE feels that something amazing or terrible has happened and that people must know about it, they will be the first to let everyone know and include them in collective discussion.

Laci Green

8. Force
ESEs are proactive individuals who frequently exercise their control of events in the present. They are usually hyperactive in their behaviour and physically noticeable, easily commanding attention and causing things to happen the way ESEs want them to. However, ESEs dislike conflict and disharmony in their environment, putting much of their energy into keeping the peace between people and reducing tension in the environment in favour of safe, friendly emotions. ESEs make effective leaders in a social situation and easily take charge of the situation, or at least command a great deal of attention. Nevertheless, they do not wilfully seek to control the environment around them and do not intentionally attempt to establish dominance or be the boss of others. Instead, they simply have a tireless energy that and physical presence that causes others to go along with their passions and ideas. In fact, ESEs may go to lengths to deliberately come across as friendly and easygoing to others, playing down their natural toughness so that everyone can feel at ease and not coerced. They feel little need to force others to take them seriously, often subverting this by trying to come across as silly or humorous instead. Despite being perfectly capable of taking charge of a situation, ESEs dismantle the aggressive pressures of others by creating an environment where people can feel they safely belong. However, ESEs are capable of being angered and in rare situations can explode with hysterical temper, especially when feeling unappreciated or they feel someone is upsetting other people or sabotaging their efforts. Although feeling terrible about doing so later, they find that people will suddenly be very quick to do what they want.

Some famous people we think are ESEs:

Jessica Alba
Walt Disney
Pope Francis
Laci Green
Stan Lee
Luciano Pavarotti
Will Smith
Meryl Streep
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Robin Williams

A suitable career for a Socionics type can best be approached in term of (1) their natural capabilities for different sorts of tasks, and (2) their affinity with certain values for managing a business. The capabilities of a type to perform different tasks is thought to be largely decided by the Strong/Weak and Bold/Cautiousdichotomies:

The Strong + Bold functions, i.e. the Leading (1^st) and Demonstrative (8^th) functions, are seen as the most competent and confident parts of the psyche, being utilised powerfully by the type.
The Strong + Cautious functions, i.e. the Creative (2^nd) and Ignoring (7^th) functions, are competent but less confident, being used in a capable but flexible and understated or sometimes deliberately reduced manner.
The Weak + Bold functions, i.e. the Role (3^rd) and Mobilising (6^th) functions, are not especially capable, but due to their confidence of use, are able to be worked on and improved to an adequate level. A type can be cocky in these areas, biting off more than they can chew and failing as a result.
The Weak + Cautious functions, i.e. the Vulnerable (4^th) and Suggestive (5^th) functions, are seen as the least capable and confident parts of the psyche, being accompanied by either great self-doubt or a complete blindness to its proper use.

These functions should have a significant effect on a person’s ability to perform their job in the workplace. Here are pairs of types that share the same Strong/Weak& Bold/Cautious functions, looking at their particular strengths:

ILE & LIE [Ideas & Procedures]: They are best at tasks requiring innovation and problem-solving, coming up with potential ideas that could open up new opportunities and devising original methods for how they might be applied in the future to the greatest benefit.

SEI & ESI [Senses & Relations]: They are best at tasks maintaining the comfort of their surroundings and their relations with people, sizing up the characteristic qualities of others and who they like, remembering the needs of individuals and caring for their daily well being.

ESE & SEE [Emotions & Force]: They are best at tasks engaging with people in the moment, taking leadership of social situations with energy or charisma and winning crowds over, motivating others into fulfilling present activities willingly and enthusiastically.

LII & ILI [Laws & Time]: They are best at tasks requiring deep thinking, the careful analysis of trends and formulating theoretical structures to explain these trends in a coherent and insightful worldview or to ascertain likely long-term outcomes of one’s actions.
EIE & IEE [Emotions & Ideas]: They are best at tasks involving the creation and perpetuation of new ideas or messages that inspire and bring about change in people, introducing them to new experiences or provoking them into thinking about important issues.

LSI & SLI [Laws & Senses]: They are best at tasks involving the meticulous creation and maintenance of order and comfort in their surroundings, precisely placing things together in a clear, precise and detailed fashion that minimise discordance and disharmony.

SLE & LSE [Force & Procedures]: They are best at tasks involving decisive, effective action in the moment, being able to take charge of a situation and find a practical way of solving problems they come up against, utilising their present resources to the utmost efficiency.

IEI & EII [Time & Relations]: They are best at tasks reflecting on their subjective feelings or ideals and pondering on the meaning or purpose of humanity, what their journey should be in life and the fundamental qualities of idealised persons to share that journey with.

This is not to say that any type is restricted by their particular type to a particular career. Rather, there will be certain tasks that people of different types will be able to do best, and some which they will have far greater difficulty being able to do. This does not mean that all people of the same type will be in fields stereotypically associated with their greatest strengths, as often those successful in unusual careers for their type find ways of adapting and adjusting the job entailments to their particular abilities. Alternatively, different types can practice some of their functions to become more competent at them in a predictable scenario. This is especially common for the Weak+Bold functions.

The different types' preferences for different sorts of work environments is thought to be largely dictated by Quadra values:

Alpha types – ILE, SEI, ESE & LII: Requires a positive, enjoyable work environment, with people cooperating in a group on projects. Emphasis is placed on fun and leisure, rather than on hard work. Instead, projects will be entered into because they are enjoyable and good to work on together in a team, with employees being encouraged to involve themselves and enthusiastically partake in any proceedings. Alpha work environments are mostly like an egalitarian family with people interacting with everyone else on casual, friendly terms. There is likely to be a set of guidelines and rules as a code of conduct, which allows a certain orderliness and routine to the Alpha workplace, but there will be little attempt to enforce these rules or do anything that might make the atmosphere less comfortable and more restrictive. The workplace will be an environment for the free exchange of ideas and discussion of possibilities, speculating and making alterations on a whim, rather than putting such ideas into any long-term strategy.

Beta types – EIE, LSI, SLE & IEI: Requires a unified and decisive work environment, with everyone working together for the company’s main goals. Emphasis is placed on everyone sharing the same purposes and being invested and committed to the group effort. Usually there is a strict hierarchy to create clear order among employees, with different ranks deciding a person’s role in the greater scheme of the workplace. Employees will be strongly encouraged to take part in group activities that encourage teamwork and much enthusiasm, with enforcement of rules against those who do not show up and let down the rest of their team. Social events are blended in with work, designed to improve group bonding by employees having their work and their lifestyle as one. Healthy competition is encouraged with people striving to demonstrate their deserving a higher status and being promoted over others. The Beta workplace is united by a company ideology that employees need to adhere to in order to fit with how things are run, along with a declaration of loyalty to the company. This creates a collection of people with similar goals and stances, working towards a clear, determined end for the company.

Gamma types – SEE, ILI, LIE & ESI: Requires a largely meritocratic but austere environment of independent hard work, with people contributing their individual efforts in different areas to the overall benefit and success of the company. Employees are expected to show initiative and ability in their work, being judged for their results rather than for their involvement in the company culture or their compliance to official standards. Holidays may be sacrificed to suit job demands. While hierarchy may exist habitually, there will be no formal impositions of power except for who pays the bills and can choose to fire people. While such power is used frequently and perhaps harshly in cases, there is no demand for emotional investment or loyalty to the company over others, with employees being treated more like contractors or consultants than members of any team. Reserved professionalism is expected at all times, with work and private life separated. Employees are chosen for their reliability and track record, and maintained depending on the employer’s opinion of them and their work, with few official guidelines to say who is right and who is not. Trust is a major part of this sort of organisation, with the employer needing people who are proven to be reliable and easily dismissing those who are not. Those maintaining closer relationships to the employer may experience far warmer treatment.

Delta types – LSE, EII, IEE & SLI: Requires an open-ended, individualist environment of loosely-connected personal projects and collaborations, with people being free to work on whatever they feel is interesting and important to them. Any sign of hierarchy or company culture is minimised, with most employees simply being personal friends or contacts of the employer or people they think might be useful on different tasks. Contracts and formalities are avoided, with employees feeling free to pop in and out on convenience, finding a healthy balance of work and their personal lives that works for them. Despite this, employers will select people based on the quality of their work, with the freedom of one’s choices needing to be beneficial to the company. However, many may be offered the opportunity to work based entirely on perceived potential, and the intuition that they are especially appropriate to the task being set. Smaller clusters of people who prefer each other’s company on tasks may often develop, but there is rarely any set or decided grouping or teaming of employees, with people relying on their personal connections and who they feel most comfortable with when working.

Christopher Langan

1. Laws
The need for strict adherence to order is the main drive for LSIs, who demand a structured and consistent way of viewing their world. LSIs naturally direct their attentions to the way the world around them is organised, how things fit together and whether they make internal sense in their ideology. With great precision, they are able to assess the correctness of systems and whether they follow correctly from evident truths. From such structures, LSIs create a sense of certainty in their lives, knowing exactly what is expected of them, letting others know what is expected of them and understanding what all are entitled to. Similarly, LSIs tend to serve as voices of justice or incorruptibility to their friends and communities, being able to establish precisely what is fair and strictly adhering to standards without personal wants or biases. The commitment to an ideology is of prime importance to LSIs as they use a set framework such as this to see and interpret phenomena around them. As such, the ideology they formulate or commit themselves to becomes an absolute guide for what the world is and how it ought to be approached, with areas of doubt and ambiguity reduced to insignificance.

2. Force

Joseph Stalin

In service of the ideology they commit themselves to, LSIs make ready enforcers, intensely disciplining themselves to fulfil their duties while making sure that all who are similarly obligated fall closely in line. For this reason, LSIs are very capable of making sure the rules are followed and are able to take action to resist miscreants or punish heretics according to just sanctions. As such, LSIs can become a force of order against chaos and anarchy, even putting themselves at risk to defend their beliefs and the rights people are owed. Furthermore, LSIs are readily assertive when approaching clashing ideologies and systems, knowing how to attack lines of reasoning that seek to dismantle their structure. In this way, LSIs often see their ideology as an allegiance, with those pushing contradictory views as foes to be resisted. When they perceive such a threat, LSIs become unmovable objects, staring down the opposition with iron conviction and speaking with the confidence of absolute certainty until the less committed opponent backs down. Although many LSIs at peace with their surroundings become its ardent defenders, less satisfied LSIs may be zealous revolutionaries, seeking to tear down the old order to create one anew.

Hillary Clinton

3. Relations
LSIs are aware of the need to establish reliable relations with others and to know who they can trust. As such, LSIs tend to be careful in their associations with others, trying to make sure they know the people they are talking to and hoping they are not someone who might betray them later. Similarly, LSIs make sure they know their attitudes towards others, being able to stick with people they personally like while avoiding those they do not. In the area of relationships, LSIs show a softer side to their personality, being more able outside of public formality to make exceptions to their rules and give people personally close to them a break. For their friends, LSIs tend to show a strong loyalty and warm attachment. While laying down clear boundaries in their relations with others so that they know where not to cross, LSIs are better able to take the individual into account, working more closely to satisfy a close friend's needs. However, should the private sphere conflict with the public, LSIs will readily prioritise the logic of their ideologies and commitments. The pressures of navigating this conflict between formality and familiarity can be a source of strain over time, and LSIs much prefer environments where everyone feels united and together under the same allegiances and emotions. In these situations, not only is everyone on the same side and able to be trusted to work towards the same goals, but also the LSI does not need to make exceptions for different people in a collective who already agree passionately on what is important in life.

Frank Herbert

4. Ideas
In their maintenance of clarity and certainty, LSIs lack tolerance of ambiguity. While their logic enables the translation of a complex reality into a clear black and white, situations where something could be one way or another present a challenge to LSIs as they do not neatly fit in an absolute, linear system. In such scenarios, the LSI may face considerable doubt and frustration at the new-found uncertainty. LSIs thrive on a clear order and so the presence of multiple or limitless variables, where anything could happen at any time, can disrupt their order and irk them. LSIs tend to be very straightforward and stubborn in their plans and worldviews, not being very open to the idea that their ideology may not be the absolute truth and that other people can have very different perspectives to their own for a wide variety of different reasons. Consequently, the thought processes of LSIs may come across as overly confined and linear, lacking the flexibility and multiplicity to account for the more complex nuances and surprises that the world has to offer. Similarly any system they create may be too rigid in its precision and perhaps too draconian in its harshness, not accounting for scenarios where a line was technically crossed but the specific situation did not seem to justify the prescribed response.

Che Guevara

5. Emotions
For their formality, LSIs are socially conscious people who want to belong with a group of people. Although coming across as cold to begin with, LSIs quickly thaw out in boisterous, fun conversations and can become quite expressive themselves, joining with the group mood. However, in their focus on logical strictness, LSIs are often stiff and stern without the mood to pick them up, lacking the social ease to express their passions and emotions in a way that persuades people. Often, an LSI will attempt to deliver information by virtue of the structure they have thought out, telling people what needs to be done in an orderly, systematic manner, rather than in a way that is uplifting to hear. They lack the natural charm and comfort with public oration necessary to persuade people that their structure is important to follow, having difficulty inspiring the enthusiasm of others when appealing to the tenets of their system. Usually any attempts to inspire others will come across as rehearsed and disingenuous, being more likely to put people off than move them. As such, LSIs rarely succeed in contests of popularity and appealing to a large number of people, with their supporters largely being those who already believe in the importance of what they say. LSIs long for an emotional stirring to bring their principles to life and are very responsive to the passions of others that can ignite their hearts and minds with enthusiasm. They appreciate the support of others who are more naturally charismatic, who are better able to engage with others on important issues and spread the right message to get others on board. Similarly, LSIs deeply desire to contribute to a collective of people, who share in the same ideology and have adopted the same set of principles. LSIs need people who can create such a unity and belonging in others, so that their ideologies can be embraced.

Vladimir Putin

6. Time
While well suited to the order of a bureaucratic environment, LSIs are often discontent with sticking to mundane organisation of the day-to-day. Instead, LSIs aspire towards systems of great meaning and purpose, that set out a path for them to follow throughout their lives. As such, LSIs are frequently motivated to apply their intellect in service of a higher cause, wanting to see the systems they believe in go on to meaningfully change the world. LSIs tend to focus their efforts on being able to plan ahead and see the way events are likely to turn out in the long run. As such, they aspire to know with certainty how things are going to happen and try to create schedules and strategies so that their projects remain neatly on track. However, such a desire to maintain singular commitments and goals is often undermined by LSIs' inability to consider multiple possible ways an event can turn out. As such, their plans can lack contingencies and be enforced with a dogged stubbornness even when what they believed would happen has not come to pass. In such situations, the LSI is more likely to press on with the derailed structure to their detriment, lacking the flexibility to sufficiently improvise.

Matt Damon

7. Procedures
LSIs are capable of creating and adhering to systems in a way that allows a high level of efficiency, with processes running to an exacting routine. When formulating their way of looking at the world, LSIs may rely extensively on their concrete observations and knowledge of how things work. However, the optimisation of processes and the improvement of things according to new observational information are rejected by LSIs in favour of the consistency or integrity of the structures already in place. LSIs devise their ideologies as a model of absolute truth and tend to reject the position that such models need to be updated and tweaked over time. To do so is missing the point for LSIs whose absolutism would see such changes as rendering the ideology invalid. Instead, LSIs may stubbornly stick with their frameworks, even when the evidence seems to suggest the contrary. LSIs may be quick to point out the fickleness of such evidence, noting its inconsistency and may expertly retort with knowledge of times where the evidence has suggested the opposite. In the rare occasions where an LSI does change their system, it is more a complete ideological shift after a life-changing event, rather than one in a series of upgrades. LSIs also tend to be hard workers, but are not so out of a desire to improve themselves or exercise their potential, but rather to best fulfil their duties and obligations.

8. Senses
The structures of LSIs frequently manifest in concrete reality. As such, adhering to the rules of an ideology is frequently correlated with a meticulous attention to detail. LSIs are usually very aware of precise differences in the way objects around them are arranged and may go to certain lengths to make sure that appearances and and the day-to-day fall in line with their imposed standards. LSIs tend to be keen inspectors of those under their authority, making sure that their expectations are met to the letter. Sloppiness is often ruthlessly scrutinised and LSIs may insist on a task being done again if a small detail is missed out. Despite this fixation on detailed perfection, LSIs are able to harmonise peacefully with their environment and allow themselves to savour what their senses tell them. They may make very capable hosts, organising every detail for people to relax, if that is expected of them and participating in recreation to unwind. However, such leisure is only tolerated by the LSI in the periods of inactivity between fulfilling their duties and pushing for higher purposes. Should a need surface that is of higher priority, LSIs will be the first to put away lazy enjoyments, knowing that idleness is unacceptable when there are more important things to do.

Some famous people we think are LSIs:

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Matt Damon
Che Guevara
Frank Herbert
Christopher Langan
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin

Donald Trump

1. Force
SLEs are ambitious, active individuals who are unparalleled in their ability to get what they want. Rapidly in tune with the lay of their surroundings, SLEs see the world around them as a battleground of wills, with each person competing for greater power and status. They are best at acting spontaneously and immediately to secure their goals in the present, getting an immediate sense of what is happening around them and what they need to do in order to stay ahead of competitors. In a state of emergency, they will be the first to respond, doing what is necessary to combat a particular threat, safeguarding their lives as well as those of others. Even in non-emergency situations, SLEs resolve to be the victor of skirmishes and are happy to pit themselves against others in order to win, utilising whatever resources are at their disposal to get an advantage. To SLEs, an obstacle is a challenge to be overcome, and they readily push against an issue with sheer determination until it folds under their will. Although not necessarily strong or able-bodied, SLEs have a natural physical presence and indefatigable determination that commands attention of others and allows them to dominate their surroundings, taking charge as a matter of course and forcing others to submit to their authority. SLEs enjoy the thrill of competition and tend to respect those who challenge or resist them, while looking upon those too lazy or weak-minded to stand up for themselves with disdain. Such an approach is not out of malice or destructive desires, but rather comes from a world-view where the greatest expression of life is competition between opposing forces and those most deserving of happiness in life are those willing to fight for it.

Madonna

2. Laws
In order to have their way, SLEs have a strong command of the various logical systems that necessitate or restrict coercive pressures on others. SLEs know expertly how to use the law, their position in the hierarchy of a group or boundaries and ultimatums of their own creation to maintain control of a situation. As such, SLEs are quickly able to bring order to chaos. Similarly, they are capable of exploiting loopholes in a system, so as to find permitted ways of succeeding where others have failed. In this way, structures become the perfect tool for SLEs to consolidate their power and ensure their success. Furthermore it grants a linear approach to their use of force, with SLEs usually setting out what they intend to do and following through in a natural progression, rather than erratically switching between different goals. SLEs also use their logic to make their arguments and debates more persuasive, giving clear reasons for their opinions and ruthlessly breaking down the flawed reasoning of others. Despite this, SLEs are not necessarily obedient to the rules of others, and although able to use rules to their advantage, may act in contempt of the system should they know they are able to get away with it due to weak leadership or a lack of enforcement. Similarly with hierarchy, SLEs will be aware of their particular rank but be unsatisfied until they are at the top and the boss of everyone else, challenging and eventually conquering the system rather than paying deference to superiors. Once at the top, SLEs set to work tailoring the system to handle any threat to their position.

Winston Churchill

3. Ideas
SLEs prefer direct, tangible ways of interacting with their surroundings, seeing a problem or obstacle and prevailing against it. Nevertheless, they are aware of the need to be able to consider alternative plans of action and to be able to switch to a second option should their first prove unachievable due to unexpected circumstances. For this reason, SLEs are able to consider a multitude of possible options when necessary and can, when needed, flexibly adapt to changing circumstances. They may be open to new propositions and solutions when the most immediate and impacting approaches have been exhausted and thinking outside the box is required. SLEs are usually tolerant of otherwise confusing or unlikely scenarios, usually relying on their quick thinking and strong awareness of their immediate surroundings in order to improvise and pull through. However, the continued need to account for multiple eventualities can be a bother for SLEs, who would rather just tackle a particular issue and move on to the next. Instead, they favour the efforts of others to envision a long-term plan, which selects the likeliest probability to work towards and cutting out all the superfluous paths to success.

Michelle Obama

4. Relations
The toughness of SLEs can often be a barrier to the formation of close, comfortable relationships with others. Usually SLEs will be largely focused on what they can achieve or win when interacting with the world, and will tend to overlook the personal sensitivities of others and whether what they are doing might hurt an individual's feelings. As such, battle-hardened SLEs have frequent trouble establishing appropriate distance and closeness with others, where a certain amount of equality and a mutual sense of belonging is required. SLEs can be so focused on winning or possessing others, that they may have difficulty belonging to someone else and letting the other make decisions for the pair. For this reason, SLEs do better with a partner who can maintain the illusion of submission to them, while influencing them back in subtle, more emotional ways. They may harshly, but unintentionally, cause great upset to those closest to them, or similarly overwhelm strangers and acquaintances with their hard approach. SLEs readily consider what they need to do in order to succeed, but are often negligent when it comes to speculating on how such actions may fit with an interior moral compass, not stopping to think about their inner attitudes and whether it feels right with their conscience. Usually SLEs have little patience for those who may object to their behaviours on personal, subjective grounds, and will usually pay little heed to such disagreements. This can lead to people condemning their personal character and criticising them as overly brutal or even soulless. Similarly, SLEs may frequently hunger for intense, physical contact with others, but forget to think about the quality of their relationship with a person, making them feel used or exploited. This can result in SLEs leading a promiscuous lifestyle, enjoying having partners without taking care to think about the deeper meaning of their relations.

Vladimir Lenin

5. Time
SLEs best function spontaneously, seizing an advantage in the present based on their desires or ambitions at that moment. As such, they are far less accustomed to considering the longer-term outcomes of their actions, where winning a battle may inadvertently lead to losing the war. SLEs may enjoy intense, vigorous action in the day to day and working to establish dominance of their surroundings, but can find that excessive action without due consideration of the higher purpose of why they are doing something can lead to a superficial existence of empty conflicts. However, while SLEs are frequently certain as to what they need to do in the here and now to get what they want, they are more unsure in terms of what these short-term decisions may lead to in the long run. SLEs need to feel that their actions are contributing to some kind of big picture, so that their struggles mean something important, rather than being petty squabbles. For this reason, SLEs greatly desire a cause to believe in and work towards or a destiny to play a part in. They tend to be very responsive to those who can visualise such a cause and, if accepting of a particular path, will endeavour to align their actions with it. This provides a much needed sense of fulfilment to SLEs and uplifts their actions into something more profound and meaningful. Furthermore, the lack of attention to long-term consequences can result in SLEs being reckless, where by placing too much confidence in their ability to handle situations in the moment, they might rush into things too soon when the situation requires adequate preparation and planning.

George S. Patton

6. Emotions
The concrete ambitions of SLEs are supported by their desire for others to recognise their achievements. Prestige and status are the markers of success for SLEs and when able to, are likely to make public demonstrations of their wealth or power. Often such demonstrations are big and ostentatious, showing off the resources they have accumulated or other assets they have in order to impress. Furthermore, SLEs tend to enjoy expressing their opinions and to others, measuring the value of what they say in the reactions they are able to garner from those around them. They also tend to enjoy being the centre of attention, trying to be the funniest or most admired person in any group they happen to occupy. In such moments, where everyone is focusing on them, SLEs tend to feel most proud of what they have accomplished. However, due to SLEs' lack of sensitivity to the individual delicacies of others, there is a chance that they may say something inappropriate or offensive, upsetting people and making them come across to others as an unpleasant or unsavoury person. Such situations, where an SLE can quickly go from a celebrated leader to a social pariah, tend to be a source of great dismay to SLEs, although they are unlikely to show their own hurt to others in public, not wanting to air any vulnerabilities they might have to others. Regardless of group acceptance, SLEs enjoy testing and pushing the emotional reactions of others, and may try to see how far they can go with others, as while being able to control situations is easy for them, being able to manipulate the emotional responses in others is a more challenging task to master.

Marlon Brando

7. Senses
Although aware of the sensory needs and limits of their body, SLEs prefer to lead a strenuous life, pushing their body to its limits and overcoming physical challenges. SLEs have a varying approach to materialism, usually preferring to live a tough, Spartan life with few luxuries, so that they do not get weakened by softness. Instead, they may frequently exercise or seek to build up their bodies to be ready for any challenge that faces them. They may even try to push those who they see as overly restful, disturbing the tranquillity and forcing them to react on instinct. However, SLE appreciate luxury in the form of the status symbols and concrete displays of their power, so may indulge for this reason. Should they enjoy rest and leisure, it is because it is a sign of their ownership of leisure, and they may be very generous in inviting others to share in the enjoyable lifestyle they alone are able to provide. However, most apparent is their willingness to tolerate a great deal of physical pain in order to win the challenges they set for themselves. The willpower of SLEs is necessarily connected to the ignoring of inconveniences and even flesh wounds to secure their goals, with them knowing that suffering no pain often results in no gain. Furthermore, SLEs tend to have a good sense of aesthetic when cultivating an appearance. However, such an approach is rarely peaceful or harmonious with the environment, instead, trying to push out against it for maximum impact. As such, SLEs may choose to dress sharply or provocatively to maximise their effect on the environment.

Rose McGowan

8. Procedures
The ability to quickly get a sense what is happening in their immediate environment is only matched by SLEs' ability to know exactly what needs to be done and how it can best be done to the greatest effect. SLEs tend to be highly competent and pragmatic in their thinking, usually being confident in their ability to handle any practical problem they are faced with. Similarly they are very good at learning new data on the fly and tend to catch on to how things work quickly in a new situation, allowing them to soon gain mastery over new environments. However, SLEs are largely uninterested in the idea of continuously updating and tweaking how they do things in order to improve their methodologies and processes. Such an approach feels unnecessary to SLEs, who would much rather tackle each situation as it comes and use their will and wits in the moment to succeed. That they should learn from each experience and improve for its own sake, with no particular challenge to overcome, sounds too dry and boring to SLEs' tastes and they would much rather save such thinking to their instincts and adrenalin. Similarly, SLEs are less interested in looking at what can be done improve features of processes around them, being more interested in increasing their impact on the world and gaining admiration for doing so.

Some famous people we think are SLEs:

Alexander the Great
Marlon Brando
Winston Churchill
Jeremy Clarkson
Henry VIII of England
Johnny Knoxville
Shia LaBeouf
Vladimir Lenin
Madonna
Rose McGowan
Benito Mussolini
Napoleon
Jack Nicholson
Michelle Obama
George S. Patton
Theodore Roosevelt
Shaka
Donald Trump
Mike Tyson
Cenk Uygur

Harrison Ford

1. Senses
SLIs are most focused on the ease and convenience of their experience and the avoidance of unnecessary pain and fuss. Although often coming across as hardy, gruff individuals, SLIs possess a gentle, sensitive nature that simply wishes to exist peacefully and in harmony with the functioning of their surroundings. Most profound is their awareness of the minutiae of sensory stimuli around them, with SLIs being able to notice slight changes in temperature, differences in the texture of fabrics and any other subtle information available to them via the five senses. This focus and awareness their interaction with sense data is most particular to SLIs, who seek to carefully refine the quality of their experience, reducing flamboyance, pretension or gaudiness for that which is simple, minimalist and calm, minimising noise and discomfort. For this reason, SLIs tend to keep away from the disturbances and pressures of others, leading a quiet and individualistic existence. SLIs are particularly aware of the rate through which one uses up one's energy, knowing the extent to which activities in the present may tire and exhaust someone. As such, they seek to conserve much of their energy, using it sparingly in a manner that fulfills the task at hand to the greatest convenience and the least strain. Many SLIs tend to enjoy working with their hands, physically putting things together with natural materials of their own finding to create devices that are either useful in the day to day or simply enjoyable to make, often designing with a sense of simplified, non-pretentious beauty. SLIs may come across to some as lazy or apathetic, but actually are disposed towards a conservative, contented life of simple, but rewarding tastes and competent, non-strenuous work.

Ulysses S. Grant

2. Procedures
The refined experiences of SLIs are supported by an ability to handle practical problems in the most convenient and painless ways possible. SLIs have a good grasp of the processes and methods that can be used to interact with the world around them, allowing them to make sensible and pragmatic decisions in order to make things work well with their own hands. In order to feel most comfortable with their environment, SLIs need to ensure that problems and inconveniences are being handled without fuss and that there is an easy solution to issues that may come up. For this reason, much of the satisfaction that SLIs draw from their work is in being able to do so independently and self-sufficiently, not having to suffer the interference and meddling of others in their affairs. As such, SLIs like very much to be able to do things themselves at their own, easygoing pace. They tend to be very capable at fixing things, especially in the form of handiwork. SLIs are in their element taking apart a broken device, finding out what has gone askew and coming up with a quick solution. Similarly, SLIs may enjoy tinkering with tools and devices, maintaining and upgrading the quality or efficacy of their possessions while experimenting to find ways of handling issues with even less exertion.They are also able to manage funds and resources sparingly and effectively, in a way that avoids financial hardship and the disruption of their easygoing lifestyles. Such practical skills enables the self-sufficiency that SLIs most appreciate, not needing others to help an already contented existence, where they are mentally and physically capable of sorting out any problem themselves.

Henry David Thoreau

3. Time
The easygoing lifestyle of SLIs frees up much time for thought and reflection, with SLIs usually being able to think ahead and foresee the likely consequences of their actions when needed. SLIs can take care to apply their prudence, not just in terms of every-day problems but also towards the long-term if necessary. Often this serves to let them know when there is no point getting up to work on something, as a problem will largely sort itself out anyway. Such an approach also allows them to involve a degree of planning in their life-choices, picking a career or livelihood that they know is not just enjoyable in the here and now, but will remain a stable and safe career choice in the years to come. In this way, SLIs are able to avoid future discomforts that might befall those who are more short-sighted. However, SLIs have little appreciation for considering a grander purpose beyond the comfort of their own existence, and are unlikely to sacrifice their enjoyments for some higher cause. After all, SLIs simply want to live their lives in comfort and do not want to be included into higher purposes. The continued need to consider the far-reaching outcomes alongside the short-term can be a strain for SLIs over time, and they much prefer not having to worry about the tediousness of a singular path to follow. Instead, SLIs prefer where there are multiple options available and they can pick and choose which ones seem most comfortable in the moment. Freeing up options such as this reduces the tendency to stick to any particular route and avoid its consequences, allowing the freedom to try something else.

4. Emotions
The need of SLIs to live peaceful, quiet lives results in little appreciation of the passions and dramas other people may want them to feel. SLIs tend to be individualistic, living by their internal rhythms and feeling little need to conform or fit in with the rest of society. They much prefer it when their experiences are not tied up with that of people at large and are happy do what they feel like doing, free of social expectation. While they may turn up to functions and events that personally interest them, SLIs will feel little need to stick around just because everyone else is doing so and are only likely to participate as far as their personal interests go. Furthermore, generating or contributing to group enthusiasm is entirely alien to SLIs, who are often very sparing in their emotional expressiveness, tending towards reserved and dry factual communication that others may find boring. If there is some great fuss or need that has whipped up others into a frenzy, SLI may be the complacent voice of calm, wondering what all the fuss is about, while doing little to indulge such passions. Such an approach can be perceived by others as belittling or undermining their struggles and causes, but SLIs are unlikely to notice or particularly mind, simply preferring for such people to take their noise elsewhere and leave them in peace. Similarly, SLIs are unlikely to give much regard to how they come across to others and even though they may have good taste in their sensory preoccupations, may dress according to their personal comforts rather than accepted fashions and aesthetics, causing them to come across as eccentric.Despite this, SLIs often become quite excited about new developments in their own interests, and derive genuine enjoyment from doing the things that bring them personal pleasure. It just so happens that such activities are often too offbeat to be embraced by any group or society as something enjoyable to the community.

5. Ideas
SLIs tend to remain in their comfort zones when left to their own devices and spend much of their time savouring the sensations they already have. Because of this, they rarely give sufficient thought to alternative options and the potential to experience a range of other possibilities in the world. Although able to sufficiently handle a problem in front of them, SLIs are unlikely to take the initiative to try out new ideas and seek unexplored horizons. As such, their lifestyles can become overly mundane and uninteresting without unusual events to spice them up. However, SLIs greatly appreciate novelty and ideas of interest when introduced to them by someone else, especially when they can see some use or practical application of said ideas in their lives. SLIs are largely open-minded in nature, willing to give new experiences and people the benefit of the doubt, but simply do not have the initial awareness of potential situations to pursue these new experiences. They also find it highly refreshing to be around people who can allow these opportunities to manifest and be explored, appreciating the intellectual excitement this brings to their lives. SLIs are largely unsure as to which possibilities carry potential and are usually happy to go along with the insights and impulses of another person whom they have a close bond with. Furthermore, SLIs tend to be largely humble and unaware of their potential to do things they have not done before. Although largely able to assess the competence and quality with which they have already accomplished tasks, SLIs largely rely on the experiences they have already had to make decisions and are largely unable to compute unknown variables. Having someone tell them the many things they could possibly do if they tried can be an enlightening experience for SLIs as they feel the avenues available to them suddenly opening up.

6. Relations
Although disposed to solitude, SLIs aspire to hold deep feelings of attachment towards particular individuals and treasure the close relationships they have. SLIs may be very focused on finding just the right sort of person to spend their time with and may take a long time to encounter the person they feel is good for them. They are usually very accepting of people, willing to give others a chance, yet at the same time, carefully examining others to work out how they feel towards them. Although externally appearing emotionless, SLIs have a gentle, sensitive centre that needs to be entrusted to a significant other. However, SLIs largely lack the initiative to go out looking for new people and are bereft of the desire to play themselves up to groups of people in an attempt to win others over. To SLIs, the idea of changing how they are to appeal to strangers is tasteless and insincere to their internal values. Furthermore, SLIs can have a lot of difficulty expressing how they feel to someone they love, opting instead for physical actions of assistance or care. SLIs lead rather private, reserved lives that can result in social isolation, depriving them of adequate opportunity in finding their special person. While some encounter the good fortune of being discovered by someone genuinely interested in them as a person, others might not find anyone. A number of SLIs find substitutes for human relationships in the form of keeping pets, being able to form a treasured bond with an animal that places no expectations on them to be anything other than themselves. In such situations, SLIs tend to prefer more independent animals with fewer needs or demands, such as cats. In addition, the personal feelings and values of SLIs tend to be a major source of development and growth, many becoming rather philosophical over time. SLIs may intellectually develop the clarity of their conscience, putting together their personal opinions and musings on issues they feel carry moral importance, largely for their own satisfaction, although being flattered should anyone be interested enough to listen.

7. Force
SLIs are gentle and peaceful in nature, generally acting with great emotional and physical restraint so as to avoid any conflicts with other people. Fights and arguments are very unpleasant to SLIs, who dislike aggression and unnecessary drama. As such, SLIs may be accused of cowardice by others in their tendency to minimise intrusion into the lives of others and their attempts to stop others from intruding into theirs. Nevertheless, such a judgement is often misconstrued, as SLIs are capable of being very tough when the situation calls for it and their avoidance is simply a means of keeping their experiences peaceful, rather than out of any fear of being threatened. Like much else, SLIs are rarely hurried or nervous when walking away from a conflict, simply moving calmly off to another patch. Despite their efforts to avoid a confrontation, there may be some that are determined to get a rise out of the SLIs. However, SLIs tend to be unflappable, with insults and jeers simply bouncing off of them and the fact that they are so unfazed by such assaults can irritate people even further. Nevertheless, when threatened with violence, SLIs are usually capable of responding with a swift but collected effectiveness, making sudden use of any tactical advantages at their disposal and making people think twice about trying again. Similarly, in emergency situations, SLIs can jump into sudden activity with a great emission of conserved energy, saving their own lives and those of others in the process. In these situations, a rarely seen aggressive side to SLIs can be seen, which fades away once the danger has passed.

8. Laws
Although individualistic and largely removed from societal obligations, SLIs can be rather orderly in their approach to their own interests. SLIs tend to have certain structures to their work and leisure, with everything of theirs tending to have its place. They are usually very good at noticing where something is out of place in a pattern or ordering and are capable at fixing such inconsistencies so things are able to function without incident. Capable organisation and the careful filing of particular bits and bobs in the right folders and drawers tends to be crucial to the detailed and meticulous activities SLIs tend to perform, as well as a certain neatness and consistency. Similarly, SLIs tend to work to a particular order or routine of their own creation, rarely changing this order because often it is ideally tailored to their personal needs and conveniences. Similarly SLIs are often well-reasoned, level-headed individuals with a good sense of their priorities in life, allowing them to be of counsel to others seeking help. However, any structures they may create are seen more as
guidelines for prudent living and keeping their lives in a generally peaceful order, rather than any absolute commitment and certainly not laws for others to follow or obey. SLIs have little patience for allegiances or commitments to ideologies or the submission to any legal system. In such scenarios, they are inclined to hold a form of pragmatic, logical relativism, thinking that in some cases this might be true, but in other scenarios, a largely different position may be equally as valid. As such, orderly SLIs can quickly eschew any attempt to impose order that in any way feels harsh or impractical to them. SLIs may be inclined on occasion to detract any process away from a set order to a steady tinkering with different influences and available methodologies, finding ways that feel right to the occasion and adapting to changes, rather than resisting them. In addition, they may be very loose and open to spontaneous breaks and changes in a routine, being happy to go with the flow of those they trust.

Some famous people we think are SLIs:

Harrison Ford
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry David Thoreau

Mitt Romney

1. Procedures
LSEs are highly practical and busy individuals who direct their energies to solving mechanical and procedural issues in the here and now. Possessing a keen ability for applying new information to real problems, LSEs are adept at researching a range of useful subjects and utilising what they learn to aid their daily lives, sharpening their mind into a useful and adaptable tool for their benefit and those of others. Trying to be as capable and self-sufficient as possible, LSEs try to act in a way that everything they do serves some real, concrete use and they will endeavour to lend their energies to any matter around them that needs addressing, working to fix the problem so that everything runs smoothly and effectively. This can keep them continually on their feet moving from one task to the next in order to keep things working to a high quality. Frequently, the workings and processes of the immediate surroundings are taken on by the LSE as a personal responsibility and they will proactively attempt to improve this environment, not only fixing particular issues and keeping things working, but measuring and quantifying the results of their efforts, looking to see if there is anything to be learned for further improvements. LSEs need to feel that everything to be done to optimise their environment has been done, and will try to offer advice to others so that they can similarly function more effectively. As such, LSEs often make capable teachers of daily tasks to others, explaining step-by-step how best to go about doing something in a way that works well. Similarly they may put themselves to use sharing their knowledge and informing others of things they find interesting and relevant to a situation, allowing others to learn from such experiences and help themselves. In this way, LSEs earnestly try to be of the greatest assistance they can be to their environment and those that inhabit it.

Richard Dawkins

2. Senses
Most frequently, the processes worked at and improved on by LSEs exist in the real, physical world, with the increases to efficiency being specifically in terms of increasing visible, measurable output with minimum waste of energy and resources. As such, quality of utility is prioritised in anything LSEs are working on. This leads to clean, fluid procedures in harmony with the surroundings, reducing clutter, mess and noise in a way that feels organic and natural. Such methods result in LSEs relying much on their hands to physically work on things, being able to interact directly with objects and move them around into the way that best aligns for a particular result. LSEs have a capable grasp of the details to the matters they work with, making them efficient managers in being able to account for minutiae that others may miss. LSEs feel unease around inefficient, clunky processes and have difficulty not stepping in to fix something causing a jam or unpleasant grinding of the gears. Similarly, LSEs try to avoid waste of resources available to them, trying to put each and every part to frugal, sustainable use. LSEs tend to be particular about how they are doing things in the day to day, often insisting upon doing things to an appropriate level of quality and refusing to perform shoddy work for other ends. Furthermore, LSEs are aware of the value of their own body as a tool in the workings around them, and pay much attention to its needs and upkeep. LSEs may be very capable of working hard, but they are unlikely to overwork themselves or forget to take time out for recuperation. Instead, they leave adequate time for leisure, putting together relaxing events for themselves and those close to them, or simply taking out a quality evening on their own. As such, LSEs are able to maintain themselves mentally and physically for continued productive efforts.

George H. W. Bush

3. Emotions
Although naturally dry and businesslike in their approach to the world, LSEs understand the need to make themselves appealing to others and for the sake of ease in conversation, will endeavour to be friendly and appealing in public, breaking the ice and keeping people happy in a socially engaging manner. In doing so, LSEs are better able to persuade people to allow themselves to be helped, as well as keeping those who might interfere or disrupt their efforts from wanting to do so. In these attempts, LSEs tend to be very polite and gracious, trying not to offend and coming across as a respectable, likeable person or even a role model for correct behaviour. However, LSEs tend to dislike the insincerity and superficiality of these attempts and much prefer finding people who they can interact with on closer, more accepting terms. In these more intimate relationships, LSEs feel they are better able to cut loose and simply be themselves, without having to play up to a crowd. The external charm of LSEs is a mask that can quickly wear thin when faced with people who are unresponsive to their attempts to help or inform, and in such situations, the LSE may quickly grow frustrated at others' stubbornness and wilful ignorance. In this way, the gregarious role that LSEs play is ineffective in more challenging situations, where people do not merely need to be kept happy, but won over entirely.

Thomas Edison

4. Time
LSEs are most driven to optimise tasks in the day-to-day and assessing their productivity in terms of immediate, visible results. Relying on what their senses tell them empirically, they are far unable and largely unwilling to grasp the unseen effects of their actions in the long term and are uninterested in thinking far beyond the daily application and use of ideas and tools. They may reject the notion of placing much faith on hunches or beliefs in outcomes without considerable concrete proof. The main drive of LSEs is to work hard and well with the situation immediately before them, and this may significantly lessen the efficacy of their efforts when something seems like a prudent option but fails to lead anywhere or accomplish anything in the long run. Although capable organisers, LSEs prefer to handle things in the moment, or arrange loose plans for activities on a particular date. They will be far less likely to prepare for or give much thought to things happening that have no clear tie to present happenings. LSEs need flexibility to find the most efficacious plan in the moment and have difficulty lining these up with a singular, predicted outcome. Rather than limit their activities and improvements to those that best bring about a long-term result, LSEs prefer to be of continuous use throughout the day in as many areas as possible, and are likely to reject the notion that unseen higher goals or needs must be achieved at the expense of immediate practicality. For this reason, LSEs may take on projects, regardless of whether they can see its end within their means or not. However, such an approach is not always going to lead to beneficial results further down the line, with LSEs becoming so caught up in attending to the mundane processes that they can miss the big picture and things only achievable from commitment and dedication to a particular end. This need to fix any issue as and when it comes up can cause LSEs to easily and inadvertently wander off track with their plans and cause their daily helpfulness to not amount to very much on a larger scale. While being capable of working with speed, LSEs often lack appropriate haste, not knowing when no action is going to better help a situation than acting immediately. As such, they may hustle and bustle about from one task to the next, wasting their time for only superficial utility.

Mike Rowe

5. Relations
Naturally pragmatic and business-minded, LSEs are best at making objective, effective decisions in the here and now, relying on the facts to inform them how best to proceed. However, LSEs are less able to consider more subjective sources for decision-making. Although deeply desiring a meaningful relationships with certain special people, LSEs have a hard time relying on their personal sentiments to make personal judgements on the internal qualities of others, whether they like the person or not. Usually, they will try to rely instead on factual information, what someone has done and whether their record is that of someone who is beneficial. However, LSEs desire assistance in being able to follow their heart when deciding how they feel about a person. Although wanting to see the best in others, LSEs tend to be unsure how to justify the correctness of such a feeling, greatly appreciating those who are able to validate their feelings and point out their potential as worthwhile relations. Furthermore, the busy tendency of LSEs to work hard at improving their surroundings can lead them to unintentionally neglect their long-term relationships with those close to them. As such, they desire patient, understanding people who are able to make time for them and allow them to unwind and simply be themselves in their spare moments. By doing this, LSEs can begin to form close, special bonds with their best friends and partners. More than anything, LSEs desire for someone else to look within them and see the goodness of their soul, treasuring those who can bring to attention that they are not merely useful, helpful people to others, but also fundamentally good and beneficial in nature.

Roger Corman

6. Ideas
Although the restless energy of LSEs can make them already highly busy in the moment, a substantial amount of attention is given to the many possible things they can do next. LSEs tend to be highly intellectually curious and creatively open to expanding their horizons. As such, they are often looking for new perspectives and ways with which they can improve themselves, trying to think outside the box to find an unexpected or unlikely solution to a problem. They tend to dislike the idea that they may be limited in some way, taking the view that they can achieve anything they want if they simply work hard at something and will try to maximise their capability in many possible avenues. Similarly, they may attempt to come up with new, unexplored ideas to apply to their activities, offering their insights to others and taking pride in themselves should they be accepted and lead to beneficial results. However, the capability of LSEs to think of multiple unexplored scenarios can be adversely affected by their blindness to eventualities too far ahead of what their immediate observations can tell them. Although pragmatic and resourceful, LSEs are disinclined to give their ideas much careful forethought or consideration when they could instead be putting things into practice. LSEs may frequently be willing to try out a new idea, only for things to not turn out as they had hoped. When faced with inevitable failure, LSEs tend to instead conclude they simply have not worked hard enough and will up their efforts, often in vain. LSEs want to be be people of insightful creativity, who come up with good ideas, and may be very resistant to hyperbole of people saying their ideas will not work, demanding proof rather than abandoning their efforts to another's fatalistic hunch.

7. Laws
LSEs are most disposed to acting in a manner that is practical and convenient, relying on their knowledge and common sense in order to do things effectively. As such, they tend to be averse to precise rules and guidelines, structuring their day and limiting their ability to think for themselves. Suffice to say, LSEs prefer to work at companies that give them breathing room and promote their self-sufficiency. Often motivated to explain how things work to others, LSEs are likely to do away with complex terminologies and precise definitions, preferring instead a looser, albeit drier, sequence of facts and helpful commentary that a person may use to help themselves. For LSEs, there is little true improvement to be had with simply devising a framework or model, as it simply makes people reliant on a set order and does not teach people to apply their own minds to solve problems situationally. LSEs are aware that in different circumstances, set systems and laws can be limiting, rather than enabling, and as such, are prone to avoiding using them unless absolutely necessary. Instead, LSEs prefer to give general guidelines and pieces of advice for how a person can may live more sufficiently and prudently, helping people by teaching them how to best apply their own common sense.

8. Force
Frequently, LSEs are highly restless, busy individuals who seem to be everywhere at once, acting on a desire to improve everything they lay their eyes on. This tirelessness makes them highly productive when they need to be, getting things done at a pace few others can sustain. Expertly able to respond in the moment, they are capable of quick, successful decisions. Despite this hyperactivity, LSEs tend to shun ferocity and competition with others for the sake of winning. Although very decisive and capable of assuming leadership of a situation, LSEs prefer not to see themselves as an authority of power, so much as an authority of wisdom, and will endeavour to assist others with what they know, rather than lead or control others into doing what they want. Instead, LSEs are individualist and self-sufficient at heart, not seeing any justification in being the boss of others. Although often being successful in life due to hard work on their own initiative, LSEs simply aspire to be their own masters and perform tasks capably without interference of pushiness from others. Despite being unwilling to push others to do things, LSEs are very able to push themselves when necessary in order to get things done, often protecting the weaknesses and failings of multiple others in doing so. Such workhorse tendencies are sustainable by their hardy nature, although LSEs are not pain-embracing, and will be aware of the point where they begin to feel tired, being able to take an appropriately long rest after such bursts of activity.

Some famous people we think are LSEs:

George H. W. Bush
Roger Corman
Richard Dawkins
Thomas Edison
Mitt Romney
Mike Rowe

In Socionics, each type is thought to have a certain, set relation to each other type, resulting in 16 separate relations and 136 possible pairings to be had between people of specific types.

In this article, I will focus on the four 'nicest' relationships. These are the ones that occur within the same Quadra and so share the same fundamental values for what is important in life. This means that there are no clashes in terms of:

Uniting together under shared structures vs. staying independent with individuals we trust.
Accepting and exploring reality vs. rejecting and fighting to change reality.

As such, these relations are usually the most positive for friendships and relationships.

Identity

In this relation, the two types are the same, e.g. ILE-ILE. Consequently, all aspects of personality relevant to Socionics type will be identical for such a pair, with them sharing not only the same values of the Alpha Quadra, but the same strengths and weaknesses, energy levels, and particular emphases and slants on both. As such, identicals tend to understand each-other very quickly and form bonds in less time than the other relations. Despite a very good sense of mutual understanding, ILEs are both good and bad at the same things and as such, have little to offer to each other besides good company. They may empathise with each other's daily inconveniences and life struggles, but identicals are largely unable to provide real help as they are usually going through similar or related troubles. They may end up taking turns to cover each other's weakpoints to a limited extent, although this can be tiring if sustained. Furthermore, identicals may strive to fulfill the same or similar roles in social activity, resulting in a doubling-up effect. When required to compete for the same roles, this can lead to hard feelings when one cannot fulfil the role they want because someone much like them is already doing the job, making some identicals feel superfluous.

Mirroring

For this relation, the two types share the same strengths and weaknesses with the same values, but have contrasting energy levels. As such, mirrors tend to gravitate towards very similar interests and activities, and often have compatible ways of approaching their field. However, mirrors will take contrasting roles in such a field, with the Energiser being more proactive and energetically engaging, while the Integrator is more reactive and carefully analytical. As such, mirrors may adopt slightly different slants on an issue and often have something to add to what the other has already said. Furthermore, Mirrors tend to push different aspects of their Quadra values that may complement each other. However, due to their shared strengths and weaknesses, they are much like identicals in being unable to help each other much. The mirroring relations are: ILE-LII, SEI-ESE, EIE-IEI, LSI-SLE, SEE-ESI, ILI-LIE, LSE-SLI and EII-IEE.

Activity

In this relation, the two types share the same energy levels with the same values, but have contrasting strengths and weaknesses. As such, activators tend to take on similar roles in the social sphere and usually push the same values of their Quadra, decided by their 1st and 6th functions. For these reasons, activators are able to quickly notice each other and form relations rather quickly. However, in performing the same sorts of social roles, activators often tend to engage in a form of friendly competition, trying to do similar things. Despite this, the doubling-up effect of identicals is usually avoided, because activators do not match in their areas of ability, with one having a clear advantage over the other in one area, whether abstract vs. concrete or logical vs. interpersonal and vice versa for the other area. As such, activators mutually aspire towards certain areas and are outmatched in these areas, ordained by their 6th function, while satisfying the main drive of their 1st function. For this reason, activators can often be enjoyable, but challenging and eventually overtiring relations to maintain without rest. The Activation relations are: ILE-ESE, SEI-LII, EIE-SLE, LSI-IEI, SEE-LIE, ILI-ESI. LSE-IEE and EII-SLI

Duality
For this relation, the two types are opposite in their strengths and weaknesses and their energy levels do not match. In fact, these types are almost completely different, making them appear dissimilar. However, they share the same Quadra values, resulting in common preferences and needs. The differences between duals fit together in a form of synergy, with one dual easily covering the weak points of the other with their strong points, and vice versa. As such, duality is a more mutually helpful and constructive relation than Mirroring or Identity. Furthermore, the specific roles that duals wish to actively play in life do not double-up or compete, but mesh together, resulting in each dual performing their roles in a ways that only complement, rather than copy or replace the efforts of the other dual. In this way, duality is more effective in its symbiosis than Activation or Identity. Consequently, duality is commonly thought to be the most beneficial of the relationships in Socionics, and is often portrayed as a sort of panacea to social ailments, with duals bringing to each other exactly the sort of approach that is needed for mutual benefit according to their specific needs. However, it is not without its challenges. Due to the great differences between duals, they are less likely to happen than the other relations above. Duals often fail to notice each other, going towards likeness over the exotic alternative. This is increased by their often very different lifestyles and activities, reducing the likelihood of them coming into contact. In addition, duals are often suspicious or uncertain about their needs and trusting a very unfamiliar sort of person to handle them safely. These can all serve as barriers towards the 'holy grail' of Socionics. The duality relations are: ILE-SEI, ESE-LII, EIE-LSI, SLE-IEI, SEE-ILI, LIE-ESI, LSE-EII, IEE-SLI.

Duality of ILE and SEI

IEE - Intuitive Ethical Energiser

EII - Ethical Intuitive Integrator

IEI - Intuitive Ethical Integrator

EIE - Ethical Intuitive Energiser

Quadra Values: Merry/Serious & Judicious/Decisive

LII - Logical Intuitive Integrator

ILE - Intuitive Logical Energiser

ILI - Intuitive Logical Integrator

LIE - Logical Intuitive Energiser

ESI - Ethical Sensory Integrator

SEE - Sensory Ethical Energiser

A Very Abridged Introduction to Socionics

SEI - Sensory Ethical Integrator

ESE - Ethical Sensory Energiser

Socionics and Careers

LSI - Logical Sensory Integrator

SLE - Sensory Logical Energiser

SLI - Sensory Logical Integrator

LSE - Logical Sensory Energiser

Socionics Relations #1: The 'Nice' Ones