I've seen a lot of xSTP hate going around in the MBTI web, and I wanted to note two overwhelmingly positive things about ISTPs that I see:
1. ISTPs don't give a f#[email protected]
Logically, ISTPs are the type least inclined to care about other people's opinions. J's are great for their productivity, but reading about them in depth, it's clear a big motivator for them is often the opinions/judgements of others. That's fine, I kinda wish I was a J, but P's aren't so influenced by that. Likewise, and more obviously, introverts are less influenced by others than extroverts and they're more comfortable being alone, and T's have a tendency to get less caught up in emotion than F's. S isn't necessarily better than N for caring what others think, but I can easily see N's getting lost in hypothetical thoughts about ways others could act or think. S's don't - they focused more on what's real, hands on, and practical.
Tie all these together, and ISTP's truly don't give a [email protected]#$, or at least they aren't disposed to, it's almost like they lack the capacity to. The judgments of others are a major hinderance for most people in attaining what they want in life. It's a major cause of fear and anxiety. The ISTP is the type that can most easily cut through that.
2. They're the best handymen/women possible
ISTP's are only one letter off from the thinker/INTP, and the difference is they put all the ingenuity if ITP into practical matters, rather than the abstract. They aren't tied to the conventional, like ISTJs are. They're geniuses at actually working with machines and real systems, so if I were anything from a soldier to a firefighter to an astronaut, there's no one I'd rather have handling the technical systems I rely on than an ISTP.
1. ISTPs don't give a f#[email protected]
Logically, ISTPs are the type least inclined to care about other people's opinions. J's are great for their productivity, but reading about them in depth, it's clear a big motivator for them is often the opinions/judgements of others. That's fine, I kinda wish I was a J, but P's aren't so influenced by that. Likewise, and more obviously, introverts are less influenced by others than extroverts and they're more comfortable being alone, and T's have a tendency to get less caught up in emotion than F's. S isn't necessarily better than N for caring what others think, but I can easily see N's getting lost in hypothetical thoughts about ways others could act or think. S's don't - they focused more on what's real, hands on, and practical.
Tie all these together, and ISTP's truly don't give a [email protected]#$, or at least they aren't disposed to, it's almost like they lack the capacity to. The judgments of others are a major hinderance for most people in attaining what they want in life. It's a major cause of fear and anxiety. The ISTP is the type that can most easily cut through that.
2. They're the best handymen/women possible
ISTP's are only one letter off from the thinker/INTP, and the difference is they put all the ingenuity if ITP into practical matters, rather than the abstract. They aren't tied to the conventional, like ISTJs are. They're geniuses at actually working with machines and real systems, so if I were anything from a soldier to a firefighter to an astronaut, there's no one I'd rather have handling the technical systems I rely on than an ISTP.
