Function traits from an old-ish Talanov work

The work is an oldie, but a goodie, so I'm reposting some of the most important traits here:

Ti lead:

I would enjoy working on issues of unification and standardization – in technology, electronics, software, document management, laws – anything.

I was very interested in formal logical laws.

My favorite questions are: Is this structured correctly? Does this fit into the existing system or does it fall outside it?

I'm interested in the structure of the state and its electoral system.

Logic always helps me create a clear and structured picture of the world, so that I can then be guided by general principles and ideas, ignoring trivialities.

In my relationships with people, I avoid delving into other people's feelings and simply adhere to generally accepted rules of etiquette.

I like to classify events and objects, comparing them with each other based on some characteristic.

I have a good analytical mind and strong logic; I like to generalize facts and am well versed in diagrams, classifications, and structures.

I instantly sense any logical inconsistency, even the smallest, any structural "dissonance."

I would enjoy working as a programmer.

Ti PolR (Fi-creative):

I know how to subtly “suck up” to the right person at the right time.

I am usually aware of most gossip and rumors, so I know who to ask for help and how to influence people to get what I want.

I know how to flexibly manipulate relationships with other people, reducing or increasing the distance depending on the situation.

I am a sociable person and easily make contact, happily talking about my connections, acquaintances, and relatives.

I know how to flatter a person in order to get what I want.

In photographs, I usually have a sly, mischievous look in my eyes.

I usually don’t care about minor logical inconsistencies in facts.

As a child, I was often criticized for having a short attention span, being easily distracted, disorganized, always running late, and lacking self-control.

Sometimes I would fib or embellish things to make myself seem more interesting to others.

I’d be good at organizing mutual favors among people—I’m sure I’d be able to benefit from it myself as well.

Te lead:

I would make an excellent entrepreneur — I’m always on the go, I inspire people, I get them moving and working, I’m interested in the latest technological innovations, and I’m better than most at seeing whether a venture is profitable or unprofitable, promising or hopeless.

My guiding principle is utility. Not beauty or harmony (whether they exist in scientific theory or in the soul — it makes no difference to me), but specifically and solely practical utility — that is what I value most.

I’m always eager to discuss which technology will yield the greatest results, or which business decision will generate the highest profit.

When I’m in a bad mood, I almost always “hide” by working intensely at the limit of my capabilities.

I would enjoy intensive administrative work involving decision-making.

I’m not very good at gauging how others feel about me—in these matters, I usually tend to seek advice.

I have “broad-brush” emotions — my attention quickly wanders when I have to delve into emotional nuances and details.

I would enjoy a job where I have to keep various critical deadlines in mind at all times and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance.

I love setting myself tasks that are very complex in terms of logic and organization.

I have good business acumen.

Te PolR (Fe-creative):

By nature, I am a dreamer, sentimental, and a bit capricious.

I often pick up on emotional nuances that others don’t notice.

When listening to someone, I automatically pick up on and remember their emotional state and tone of their speech.

I find it difficult to plan my budget over time and adjust it to current financial circumstances.

Leading any team and assigning responsibilities within it is definitely not for me.

I feel comfortable around people who are awkward in relationships, as I can help them and feel needed.

If I do feel sympathy for someone, whether close or distant, it will usually be stronger for me than any business interest.

It’s better to spend a cash bonus on gifts for my family right away than to save it “for a rainy day.”

I would enjoy a career as a makeup artist or esthetician.

First and foremost, I am guided by my inner ethical world, a world of feelings and emotions.

Fi lead:

Key concepts for me: spirituality, guilt, vulnerability, compassion, mindfulness, integrity, morality, reliability, modesty, responsibility, consistency.

I am very observant of people’s ethical behavior and always take note of amoral deeds among my acquaintances and friends.

I often feel guilty.

Compared to others, I have a special talent for patience and responsiveness, nurturing, and self-sacrifice.

I often recall and reflect on my deep gratitude toward the people who have supported me throughout my life.

My emotions usually last a long time.

I can easily sense the relationships between people; I quickly distinguish genuine feelings from feigned ones.

I can be accommodating on logical matters and will readily compromise in practical matters, but I find it very difficult to compromise when it comes to judging what is good and what is bad, what is decent and dignified, and what is repulsive.

I love humanistic melodramas.

Sometimes I get a sudden fear that I haven’t gathered my thoughts yet and might say or do something wrong.

Fi PolR (Ti-creative):

I have an inquisitive mind.

My favorite pastime is “exposing” coincidences, finding the subtle patterns behind them.

I can easily pick up on the underlying meaning in newspaper and online articles.

I’ve noticed that I find it much easier to remember events and moments that are connected to my movement through space (for example, while walking, or in a moving car, etc.)

Quite often, people take offense at my words for some reason, even though I didn't mean to offend them at all.

I express my point of view, even if it means risking conflict with most of my friends.

It is difficult for me to be “emotionally flexible,” difficult to restrain myself when communicating with people.

I like to play with people using formal logic—to lure them into an argument and then “corner” them.

I often doubt people's feelings towards me, so I often try to test them in some way.

I feel a deep kinship with people who dreamed of diverting rivers and redirecting them to other seas.

Fe lead:

I am able to, and love to, speak eloquently and passionately about my feelings.

In many situations, my emotions instantly “run high.”

I often intrude on other people’s emotions and experiences with my own feelings.

I am characterized more by emotionality than by cold rationality.

All my desires are colored by strong and confident emotions.

My thoughts about the near future may be pleasant or unpleasant, but they are always filled with an automatically felt emotional flavor, significance, and meaning.

I am a romantic at heart, artistic and exalted.

My first romantic love happened earlier than for most people.

When I start writing texts for some of my upcoming speeches, I often get carried away and become extremely excited.

In everyday conversations, I usually gesticulate more than others.

Fe PoLR (Te-creative):

Generally speaking, I always conserve my energy and try to do only what is necessary.

I really dislike conversation partners or colleagues who have “emotional outbursts.”

I’m better than others at achieving maximum results with minimal energy expenditure.

I’m secretive about my emotions, about everything that inspires or depresses me, and I’ll never bring up on my own what’s changed my mood.

Sometimes people accuse me of indifference and God knows what else, but I simply believe that no one owes anyone anything.

I tend to seek separation rather than unity.

I think more about how to conserve my energy than about where to apply it next.

To be honest, I usually live by the saying: “Not my circus, not my monkeys.”

There are times when I stop feeling and perceiving not only other people’s moods, but even my own.

I can’t stand any dress codes or other mandatory requirements for my business or evening attire.

Si lead:

The core of my life is the pursuit of comfort — seeking out pleasant sensations and avoiding unpleasant ones.

I often experiment with ways to enhance coziness and comfort, striving to eliminate anything that might be annoying.

I’m a bit of a slacker, but I love tinkering with cooking and creating a cozy home.

I’m attentive to changes in how I feel and usually manage to “catch” the very first signs of an oncoming illness so I can take preventive medicine in time.

For me, time is more of a brief interval near the present than a long stretch.

I often find myself in a state of calm serenity, like a cat grooming its fur.

I’d be well-suited to work as a designer; I enjoy “refining” everything related to the harmony of perceived forms, convenience, and comfort.

If one voice calls me to eat, and another voice at the same time calls me to satisfy my curiosity, I usually eat first.

Above all, I like to express my affection for a person by helping to meet their basic needs — feeding them, ensuring they sleep peacefully, and providing a comfortable rest.

I avoid engaging in analysis and forecasting; I prefer to let other people, experts in these matters, do that for me.

Si PolR (Ni creative):

I always feel like something is missing, like there’s something I want.

I often let my mind wander through the streams of future events.

I enjoy tense, critical situations where time is short, and the winner is whoever finds an original solution the fastest.

The profession of a futurologist would suit me very well.

I like, and am at least accustomed to, living in a constant state of “racing” tension.

Thoughts about the future are almost always accompanied by a certain intensification of my general excitement.

I willingly and easily invest myself in endeavors that promise a very distant but significant payoff.

I am an internally dynamic person.

I sometimes like to push myself almost to the point of exhaustion — I know how to get a thrill from fatigue.

Without fear, there would be no progress.

Se lead:

The sweetest thing in life is power over others.

I have, more than others, the right, the strength, the skill, and the desire to enjoy all the material abundance this world has to offer.

I need leadership, not brotherhood.

In a group, I love and know how to “expand” and secure leadership positions.

If I had to choose between independent action and power, I would choose power.

I love “cool,” high-status things.

I never let anyone shortchange me on money that was even casually promised to me.

In love, I’ve always preferred to be the conqueror, not the conquered.

Compared to the average person, I am no less selfish (and sometimes even more so).

With my gaze, I sort of “strip” my opponent bare, weighing them up and assessing the balance of power.

Se PolR (Non-creative):

I don’t know how to “pressure” others, and I neither know how to nor like to control my surroundings.

The work of a philosopher would suit me better than that of an investigator.

In social situations, I lack self-confidence and assertiveness.

I dislike it when people feel dependent on me.

My favorite pastime is delving into the unchanging essence of things and phenomena.

I consider those who are capable of usurping power or taking something away from the weak to be scum.

I am completely incapable of, and dislike, lying.

The greatest human gift, the one I value most, is the ability to respect my own freedom and that of others.

I often daydream about how the world could be improved.

My respect for the rights and interests of others is clearly above average.

Ni lead:

I really love to wander through time and space in my imagination, not for any particular purpose, but more for my own peace of mind.

I have something like a “sixth sense,” and sometimes, long before it happens, I already know what is going to happen.

There is a certain masochism in my character: at times I enjoy engaging in self-deprecation.

In my imagination, I often observe the same object at different points in time.

My favorite roles are that of an observer of fleeting moments, a wanderer along the river of events.

Sometimes I think about death, “turning” this topic in my mind in various ways.

I believe in my special, almost extrasensory ability to sense an approaching threat.

I often want to hide, leave, dissolve, disappear.

In my fantasies, I love to invent all sorts of intricate combinations of “intrigues in the royal chambers.”

In various situations, the thought “all this has happened before” very often crosses my mind.

Ni PolR (Si-creative):

I’m very practical when it comes to household matters and am consistently energetic and diligent in any task.

I tend to look out for my loved ones, sometimes even in the little things.

I readily respond to requests to do chores around the house.

I love giving gifts and know how to be happy for my friends; I am a very hospitable host, I love having guests, and I know how to create a warm atmosphere at home.

It annoys me and hurts my feelings more when friends or children ignore my advice on proper household management than when they don’t listen to my advice about the future.

I’d much rather tidy up my office than reflect on past moments in my life and career.

I find it hard to look inward and reflect on myself.

I’m always ready to help.

I know how to cook for myself and love doing it.

In conversations, I’m usually very candid — I speak my mind.

Ne lead:

At least a couple of times a week, I find myself in a state where my head is filled with a “rush of thoughts” and a flurry of ideas, where thoughts “fly in one ear and out the other,” and afterward it’s even hard to recall them all.

I leave many tasks unfinished, as I love to explore and grasp the essence of things, and I’m no longer very interested in fine-tuning them “to perfection.”

I believe that for meaningful decisions, freedom and unpredictability are more important than planning and organization.

Unlike my peers, I have more curiosity and a “childlike” way of perceiving things.

I think my calling is discoveries and inventions that overturn established ideas.

When raising a young child, one should pay more attention to developing imagination than to developing practicality.

I am often curious about subjects that are completely unrelated to my “long-term” interests.

I usually enjoy situations that prompt me to change some of my views.

I’m inclined toward innovation, love learning about all kinds of new things, and often come up with them myself (more often than my friends do).

I’m one of those people who are drawn to uncharted territories and new lands.

Ne PoLR (Se creative):

Key traits defining my personality: reliability, conservatism, a memory for both good and evil, the inevitability of punishment, impeccable cleanliness, order in the home, prudence, wariness, beautiful and expensive things, self-respect.

In any system or group I manage, my first priority is to eliminate all possible sources of instability.

My core values are practicality, prosperity, and upholding traditions.

It is true that by nature I am more of a distrustful conservative than an enthusiast for the new.

It is better to inadvertently stifle something innovative than to allow chaos.

I adhere to a set of principles such as: self-respect, thrift, caution, hygiene and cleanliness, strictness toward subordinates, morality, conciseness, and inevitable punishment for betrayal.

I am always infuriated by people who, instead of answering “yes” or “no” to a specific question, start spinning their wheels with various versions, options, and possibilities.

My usual stance is: “No, no, and no again.”

I often perceive anything new as a source of threat.

I clearly remember the harm that certain people did to me, even many years ago.