ROLES: ANALYSTS

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Shared traits: Intuitive and Thinking

The personality types in the Analyst Role Architects, Logicians, Commanders,

and Debaters embrace rationality, excelling in intellectual and technological pursuits. The
Thinking trait makes Analysts exacting, and the Intuitive trait lets them apply their minds to
almost anything, with their imaginations aiding calculated, strategic thinking, or seeing just
how far the rabbit hole goes with a crazy scheme or thought experiment.

These personalities are driven to understand and create, and have no problem switching
between speculative musing and frank, solutions-oriented approaches to whatever problems
are at hand. Broad, intelligent vision gives Analysts an ingenious air, but they can become
overwhelmed and scattered if they dont learn to hone these abilities and use them to advance
a worthwhile cause or project.

The biggest pitfall is that their intellect can give them a false sense of accomplishment. They
tend to prefer the world of ideas to the sober reality of follow-through, and by assuming the
role of critic instead of participant, Analysts sometimes risk being functionally outpaced by
those who simply sit down and do the work. They can earn themselves the unsavory title of
armchair analysts while those with more real-world experience continue to create real
results. Analyst personality types can lack a proper respect for those of simpler vision and
expression, whatever their background, and it can hold them back.

Analysts value their intellect above all else, and it can be a challenge convincing them its
worth checking their many hypotheses with an experiment or proper evidence to be sure. To
many Analysts, if something makes sense in their minds, thats as good as proved, and a great
deal faster. Analysts can be brilliant, but theyre still human; under the influence of ego, these
personality types can get in the habit of advancing clever opinions instead of objective facts.

Analysts positive self-identity stems largely from their formidable drive to learn, and their
clever and sharply witty banter can make them excellent debate partners. Often insatiable
readers as well, Analysts can be found stockpiling books, questioning teachers, and driving
conversations in forums across the world wide web. These types prefer their own processes
and pace, and are energized by exercising their minds on their own time.

Analysts are also relentless self-improvers. Once theyve recognized a flaw, they apply all of
this cold rationality, honest reflection, imagination, and desire for results to make it right.
Analysts forceful, imaginative vision, when trained and focused, enables these personalities
to conceive and accomplish things most thought impossible.