Kiersey organised the sixteen types into four major groups, _S_J, _S_P, _NT_, and _NF_. Myers preferred to organise them as _ST_, _NT, _SF_, and _NF_. I've seen various nicknames applied to Kiersey's four groups and to the individual types, and descriptions of the groups' shared characteristics. My question is: What nickname and short description best captures each possible two-letter grouping? Here's a list of all of the logically possible groupings, proceeding alphabetically, with Kiersey's names for four of them, and descriptions of those four ripped from Wikipedia:
EN__
ES__
IN__
IS__
E_F_
E_T_
I_F_
I_T_
E__J
E__P
I__J
I__P
_NF_ (Kiersey's Idealists): Abstract and compassionate. Seeking meaning and significance, they are concerned with personal growth and finding their own unique identity. Their greatest strength is diplomacy. They excel at clarifying, individualizing, unifying, and inspiring.
_NT_ (Kiersey's Rationals): Abstract and objective. Seeking mastery and self-control, they are concerned with their own knowledge and competence. Their greatest strength is strategy. They excel in any kind of logical investigation such as engineering, conceptualizing, theorizing, and coordinating.
_SF_
_ST_
_N_J
_N_P
_S_J (Kiersey's Guardians): Concrete and organized (scheduled). Seeking security and belonging, they are concerned with responsibility and duty. Their greatest strength is logistics. They excel at organizing, facilitating, checking, and supporting.
_S_P (Kiersey's Artisans): Concrete and adaptable. Seeking stimulation and virtuosity, they are concerned with making an impact. Their greatest strength is tactics. They excel at troubleshooting, agility, and the manipulation of tools, instruments, and equipment.
__FJ
__FP
__TJ
__TP
Here's my take on the _ST_ grouping, since it's what I know best (source: ESTJ history professor, ESTP dad, ISTP friend, ISTJ mother and self):
_ST_ (the Realists): Tough-minded, hard-working, and cool under pressure, _ST_'s are decisive and often opinionated, and are not afraid to let others know it. They have absolutely no time for "that Feeling junk" as my history professor would put it, placing little to no stock in overtly emotional concerns (much to the distress of _NF_'s, who _ST_'s often think of as seeing through rose-coloured glasses). _ST_'s (like to believe that they) see the world as it is, instead of how they'd like it to be. They focus on doing things right, which often means doing everything themselves, which can cause them great distress (my dad often rants bitterly about having to do everything himself when we're getting ready to go somewhere).
EN__
ES__
IN__
IS__
E_F_
E_T_
I_F_
I_T_
E__J
E__P
I__J
I__P
_NF_ (Kiersey's Idealists): Abstract and compassionate. Seeking meaning and significance, they are concerned with personal growth and finding their own unique identity. Their greatest strength is diplomacy. They excel at clarifying, individualizing, unifying, and inspiring.
_NT_ (Kiersey's Rationals): Abstract and objective. Seeking mastery and self-control, they are concerned with their own knowledge and competence. Their greatest strength is strategy. They excel in any kind of logical investigation such as engineering, conceptualizing, theorizing, and coordinating.
_SF_
_ST_
_N_J
_N_P
_S_J (Kiersey's Guardians): Concrete and organized (scheduled). Seeking security and belonging, they are concerned with responsibility and duty. Their greatest strength is logistics. They excel at organizing, facilitating, checking, and supporting.
_S_P (Kiersey's Artisans): Concrete and adaptable. Seeking stimulation and virtuosity, they are concerned with making an impact. Their greatest strength is tactics. They excel at troubleshooting, agility, and the manipulation of tools, instruments, and equipment.
__FJ
__FP
__TJ
__TP
Here's my take on the _ST_ grouping, since it's what I know best (source: ESTJ history professor, ESTP dad, ISTP friend, ISTJ mother and self):
_ST_ (the Realists): Tough-minded, hard-working, and cool under pressure, _ST_'s are decisive and often opinionated, and are not afraid to let others know it. They have absolutely no time for "that Feeling junk" as my history professor would put it, placing little to no stock in overtly emotional concerns (much to the distress of _NF_'s, who _ST_'s often think of as seeing through rose-coloured glasses). _ST_'s (like to believe that they) see the world as it is, instead of how they'd like it to be. They focus on doing things right, which often means doing everything themselves, which can cause them great distress (my dad often rants bitterly about having to do everything himself when we're getting ready to go somewhere).
