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Architect Personality (INTJ-A)

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”

–
Harlan Ellison

It’s lonely at the top, and being one of the rarest and most
strategically capable personality types, Architects know this all too
well. Architects form just two percent of the population, and women of
this personality type are especially rare, forming just 0.8% of the
population – it is often a challenge for them to find like-minded
individuals who are able to keep up with their relentless
intellectualism and chess-like maneuvering. People with the Architect
personality type are imaginative yet decisive, ambitious yet private,
amazingly curious, but they do not squander their energy.

Nothing Can Stop the Right Attitude From Achieving Its Goal

With a natural thirst for knowledge that shows itself early in life,
Architects are often given the title of “bookworm” as children. While
this may be intended as an insult by their peers, they more than likely
identify with it and are even proud of it, greatly enjoying their broad
and deep body of knowledge. Architects enjoy sharing what they know as
well, confident in their mastery of their chosen subjects, but they
prefer to design and execute a brilliant plan within their field rather
than share opinions on “uninteresting” distractions like gossip.

A paradox to most observers, Architects are able to live by glaring
contradictions that nonetheless make perfect sense – at least from a
purely rational perspective. For example, Architects are simultaneously
the most starry-eyed idealists and the bitterest of cynics, a seemingly
impossible conflict. But this is because Architect personalities tend to
believe that with effort, intelligence and consideration, nothing is
impossible, while at the same time they believe that people are too
lazy, short-sighted or self-serving to actually achieve those fantastic
results. Yet that cynical view of reality is unlikely to stop an
interested Architect from achieving a result they believe to be
relevant.

In Matters Of Principle, Stand Like a Rock

Architects radiate self-confidence and an aura of mystery, and their
insightful observations, original ideas and formidable logic enable them
to push change through with sheer willpower and force of personality.
At times it will seem that Architects are bent on deconstructing and
rebuilding every idea and system they come into contact with, employing a
sense of perfectionism and even morality to this work. Anyone who
doesn’t have the talent to keep up with Architects’ processes, or worse
yet, doesn’t see the point of them, is likely to immediately and
permanently lose their respect.

Rules, limitations and traditions are
anathema to the Architect personality type – everything should be open
to questioning and reevaluation, and if they see a way, Architects will
often act unilaterally to enact their technically superior, sometimes
insensitive, and almost always unorthodox methods and ideas.

This isn’t to be misunderstood as impulsiveness – Architects will
strive to remain rational no matter how attractive the end goal may be,
and every idea, whether generated internally or soaked in from the
outside world, must pass the ruthless and ever-present “Is this going to
work?” filter. This mechanism is applied at all times, to all things
and all people, and this is often where Architect personalities run into
trouble.

One Reflects More When Traveling Alone

Architects are brilliant and confident in bodies of knowledge they
have taken the time to understand, but unfortunately the social contract
is unlikely to be one of those subjects. White lies and small talk are
hard enough as it is for a type that craves truth and depth, but
Architects may go so far as to see many social conventions as downright
stupid. Ironically, it is often best for them to remain where they are
comfortable – out of the spotlight – where the natural confidence
prevalent in Architects as they work with the familiar can serve as its
own beacon, attracting people, romantically or otherwise, of similar
temperament and interests.

Architects are defined by their tendency to move through life as
though it were a giant chess board, pieces constantly shifting with
consideration and intelligence, always assessing new tactics, strategies
and contingency plans, constantly outmaneuvering their peers in order
to maintain control of a situation while maximizing their freedom to
move about. This isn’t meant to suggest that Architects act without
conscience, but to many other types, Architects’ distaste for acting on
emotion can make it seem that way, and it explains why many fictional
villains (and misunderstood heroes) are modeled on this personality
type.

Architect Strengths

• Quick, Imaginative and Strategic Mind –
  Architects pride themselves on their minds, taking every opportunity to
  improve their knowledge, and this shows in the strength and flexibility
  of their strategic thinking. Insatiably curious and always up for an
  intellectual challenge, Architects can see things from many
  perspectives. Architects use their creativity and imagination not so
  much for artistry, but for planning contingencies and courses of action
  for all possible scenarios.
• High Self-Confidence – Architects trust their
  rationalism above all else, so when they come to a conclusion, they have
  no reason to doubt their findings. This creates an honest, direct style
  of communication that isn’t held back by perceived social roles or
  expectations. When Architects are right, they’re right, and no amount of
  politicking or hand-holding is going to change that fact – whether it’s
  correcting a person, a process, or themselves, they’d have it no other
  way.
• Independent and Decisive – This creativity,
  logic and confidence come together to form individuals who stand on
  their own and take responsibility for their own actions. Authority
  figures do not impress Architects, nor do social conventions or
  tradition, and no matter how popular something is, if they have a better
  idea, Architects will stand against anyone they have to in a bid to
  have it changed. Either an idea is the most rational or it’s wrong, and
  Architects will apply this to their arguments as well as their own
  behavior, staying calm and detached from these sometimes emotionally
  charged conflicts. Architects will only be swayed by those who follow
  suit.
• Hard-working and determined – If something
  piques their interest, Architects can be astonishingly dedicated to
  their work, putting in long hours and intense effort to see an idea
  through. Architects are incredibly efficient, and if tasks meet the
  criteria of furthering a goal, they will find a way to consolidate and
  accomplish those tasks. However, this drive for efficiency can also lead
  to a sort of elaborate laziness, wherein Architects find ways to bypass
  seeming redundancies which don’t seem to require a great deal of
  thought – this can be risky, as sometimes double-checking one’s work is
  the standard for a reason.
• Open-minded – All this rationalism leads to a
  very intellectually receptive personality type, as Architects stay open
  to new ideas, supported by logic, even if (and sometimes especially if)
  they prove Architects’ previous conceptions wrong. When presented with
  unfamiliar territory, such as alternate lifestyles, Architects tend to
  apply their receptiveness and independence, and aversion to rules and
  traditions, to these new ideas as well, resulting in fairly liberal
  social senses.
• Jacks-of-all-Trades – Architects’
  open-mindedness, determination, independence, confidence and strategic
  abilities create individuals who are capable of doing anything they set
  their minds to. Excelling at analyzing anything life throws their way,
  Architects are able to reverse-engineer the underlying methodology of
  almost any system and apply the concepts that are exposed wherever
  needed. Architects tend to have their pick of professions, from IT
  system designers to political masterminds.

Architect Weaknesses

• Arrogant – Architects are perfectly capable of
  carrying their confidence too far, falsely believing that they’ve
  resolved all the pertinent issues of a matter and closing themselves off
  to the opinions of those they believe to be intellectually inferior.
  Combined with their irreverence for social conventions, Architects can
  be brutally insensitive in making their opinions of others all too
  clear.
• Judgmental – Architects tend to have complete
  confidence in their thought process, because rational arguments are
  almost by definition correct – at least in theory. In practice,
  emotional considerations and history are hugely influential, and a weak
  point for Architects is that they brand these factors and those who
  embrace them as illogical, dismissing them and considering their
  proponents to be stuck in some baser mode of thought, making it all but
  impossible to be heard.
• Overly analytical – A recurring theme with
  Architects is their analytical prowess, but this strength can fall
  painfully short where logic doesn’t rule – such as with human
  relationships. When their critical minds and sometimes neurotic level of
  perfectionism (often the case with Turbulent Architects) are applied to
  other people, all but the steadiest of friends will likely need to make
  some distance, too often permanently.
• Loathe highly structured environments – Blindly
  following precedents and rules without understanding them is
  distasteful to Architects, and they disdain even more authority figures
  who blindly uphold those laws and rules without understanding their
  intent. Anyone who prefers the status quo for its own sake, or who
  values stability and safety over self-determination, is likely to clash
  with Architect personality types. Whether it’s the law of the land or
  simple social convention, this aversion applies equally, often making
  life more difficult than it needs to be.
• Clueless in romance – This antipathy to rules
  and tendency to over-analyze and be judgmental, even arrogant, all adds
  up to a personality type that is often clueless in dating. Having a new
  relationship last long enough for Architects to apply the full force of
  their analysis on their potential partner’s thought processes and
  behaviors can be challenging. Trying harder in the ways that Architects
  know best can only make things worse, and it’s unfortunately common for
  them to simply give up the search. Ironically, this is when they’re at
  their best, and most likely to attract a partner.