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(INTJ favored most of all Rationals) 148<br />
• As a sailor, he knew everything about navigation, but had far less interest in the practical<br />
aspects of seamanship. As a captain, he was bored by the day-to-day details of running the<br />
ship and left them to his first officer unless an emergency arose, in which case he resumed<br />
his duties at once. (NT; not interested in details or routine maintenance, but rather in<br />
challenges and novel problems.)<br />
• Rose to a leadership position, i.e. captain, and subsequently owned his own insurance<br />
company (TJ leadership)<br />
• Loved to study as a child (NTs favored most)<br />
• Calm, serene and unflappable, even in dangerous situations (NT)<br />
• Modest (Rationals seem to be characterized as either excessively arrogant or excessively<br />
modest.)<br />
• Never wasted time; he would devote all his spare time to mathematics (NT love for work)<br />
• Unbendable integrity and devotion to truth; one person commented, "I have known Dr. B.<br />
intimately for more than fifty years, and I know no faults. This may seem strange; for most<br />
of your great men, when you look at them closely, have something to bring them down; but<br />
he had nothing. I suppose all Europe would not have tempted him to swerve a hair's breadth<br />
from what he thought right." (Probably favors stubborn NT or STJ most; Fs are more likely<br />
to compromise for harmony or tell comforting white lies)<br />
• Described as having "inflexible integrity," "unwavering love of truth," and "high moral<br />
principle." (Favors unmovable, truthful NT or STJ)<br />
• Excellent at mathematics; amazed people by rapidly solving complex problems in his head<br />
(INT favored most)<br />
• Read through a four volume encyclopedia in his youth (NT)<br />
• His knowledge of the Bible was exceptional, reportedly even in comparison to that of<br />
theologians (NTs are most interested in understanding the principles underlying their faith)<br />
• Amassed over 100 dictionaries, which he kept in his own private library (NT)<br />
• Wrote his own almanac; built himself an unusual barometer and a wooden sundial (NT<br />
inventiveness.)<br />
• While working as an apprentice at a shop, he would read or study math when there were no<br />
customers (NT)<br />
• When he first learned about algebra, he was so excited that he couldn't get a wink of sleep<br />
that night (NT)<br />
• Copied down entire books from the library so that he could refer to them later at his leisure<br />
(NT; life was harder in those days)<br />
• Resented unfair criticism and enjoyed an elegant vindication in which he proved his critics<br />
wrong (All types hate criticism, but NTs are particularly affronted by it.)<br />
• Helped oversee Harvard College; elected president of the American Academy of Arts and<br />
Sciences (NTJs are particularly favored for leadership in higher education) 149<br />
• Exercised regularly (NTJs favored over NTPs) 150<br />
148 Thorne & Gough, 1991<br />
149 DiTibeiro; Sears, Kennedy, & Kaye in Beckham 2012<br />
150 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
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