There are so many personality types in the world, and they all excel in different ways. In fact,
there are some personality types that are considered to be naturally smarter than the rest.
But how do you pick which are the smartest of them all, when we all carry our own specialties?
Welcome back psychos! Today we’ll be looking into the 5 most intelligent personality types.
What makes them so smart? What do they excel at? And if you’re not one of these types,
what can you emulate to enhance your own natural smartness? Don’t forget to like and
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Number 5 - INFJ
The INFJ’s inherent empathy, introspection, and understanding of others gives them a natural edge
in careers that beg for existential thinking, such as psychology or philosophy. INFJs don’t
just learn for themselves, they care about others around them, which makes it easier to understand
social dynamics, and enhance their communication as well, if they’re feeling sociable that
is. When many other personality type would just be having fun and living in the moment,
the INFJ is likely to still be thoughtful and subconsciously observant, which gives them
a quiet strength and understanding. Based on their most dominant introverted intuition
function, the INFJ seems to know things without exactly knowing how they know
them. This internal observation and occasional monologue can also work against them, however,
as it’s easy for the INFJ to get into a mental feedback loop which hampers their ability to
absorb more information. For this reason it may not be as quick-witted as a bolder personality
type that’s comfortable with intensity and faster-paced environments or situations.
The INFJ is in its element when it has time to plan, evaluate, and direct other types that
respect its “bigger picture” understanding, but which are more “go getter” personalities.
Number 4 - INFP
Like other personality types on this list, INFPs can store a tremendous amount of information in
their brain without forgetting it. While they’re prone to be sensitive like the INFJ, they tend
to outweigh that by being more analytical in their thinking and less emotional. An INFP, for example,
would be a good commander in the military because they care about their soldiers but also can make
the plans that an INFJ could be too thoughtful and considerate to seriously put forward
for their caring of the soldiers under their command. This personality balance allows them
to maintain a good understanding of social dynamics and consideration for the other side,
while also being open to more logical, fact-based courses of action. This combination of seeing the
big picture while maintaining a general more stable mind allows them to react quicker and
function more effectively in an active environment than particularly introverted personality types.
They’re also less stubborn and egotistical than some of the types that could potentially be
considered smarter in their own right, but whose arrogance might outweigh that advantage. This
allows INFPs to be a sort of blank slate that can become whatever is necessary as desired.
Number 3 - INTP
Possessing similar strengths to the INFP in terms of their ability to absorb and recall what they
learn, INTPs can store so much information it’s ridiculous. But they aren’t just parrots of
facts - they generally have a great number of ideas as well. This gives them the big-picture
ideas of, say, and INFJ, but without the potential “weakness” of being too sensitive to consider
harsher, more logical ideas, facts, and plans. This canceling out of emotion is what gives them
an edge in intelligence over the more emotional personality types, as it allows their brain to
come before their heart so to speak. Their only real drawbacks come in terms of their initiative
and phrasing. The ability to plan and understand is ultimately useless if one either can’t act on
it themselves or has no other, more action-focused personality type to aid them. And here,
the INTP stumbles. They fulfill a similar role as the INFJ in that regard, while perhaps making
a better general than a commander. They can make some of the most sensible plans and tell you what
has to happen, but ultimately someone else who pulls the trigger will beat them to the punch if
there’s no one to handle the short-term situation. They also lack the concise thinking and action of
some other types, which makes their thinking needlessly involved and can spawn more fluff
than is necessary. This is the person who tells you too many details when explaining a story.
But their ability to cancel out emotion is still invaluable when it comes to cutting wasted time,
or avoiding the debilitating, judgment-clouding side effects of more emotional types.
Number 2 - ENTP
The ENTP has the same kinds of strengths as several other intelligent personality types -
they’re “big idea” people, and they can remember a lot of information, which helps with bouncing
around related concepts in their minds. This gives this thinking type similar strengths as well,
such as planning out their approaches to things and making connections between various subjects.
But where they excel compared to other more introverted personality types is that they also
outlet it, trying to change things by using and implementing that information. This immediately
gives them a leg up in situations that require not just the big strategy or gameplan, but someone
who’ll execute it as well. This crucial difference from the more introverted “planner” and “dwelling”
type personalities means that their initiative will win out over these types most every time.
It makes them less dependent on the support and actions of other baser intelligence types, which
also leads to fewer moving parts to misinterpret their intentions. It also gives them a strength
of personality that leads to confident decisions that emulate the INTPs, but with a greater urgency
that outpaces their strictly logical, methodical pace. Additionally, this confidence will make them
test and consider more possibilities than the sensitive or strictly logical types because the
ENTP will dare to experiment - even when it’s unsure of the data or outcome. While this might
seem like more of a drawback- and it occasionally is -the ENTP has the capacity for retaining
information and planning that helps “hedge its bets” so to speak, versus personality types that
will experiment all day but without a purpose or regard for its overall impact in the big picture.
Number 1 - INTJ
INTJs are extremely skilled when it comes to information, whether it’s storing the
knowledge or understanding how to use it in the big picture;
which they often understand better than anyone. Similarly to the ENTP, the INTJ
wastes no time in getting things done and no-one else knows ‘the world’ better than them.
In this way they benefit from all the benefits of the other most intelligent
types in terms of planning, understanding, concept-connecting, and logical action.
Their unique balance of logic and initiative also allows them to overcome the potential weakness
of both introverted and extroverted types, because they’re neither compelled to draw energy nor
influence others like the ENTP is, nor hamstrung by purely logical decisions like the less-active
INTP. They also can completely cut out time wasting emotional reactions and see the
potentially unpleasant and inconvenient logic in a situation. This is what allows them to see the
world as it is rather than how they would like it to be, which ironically gives them a better chance
at changing things to reflect their preferred outcome. INTJs also naturally keep to themselves,
allowing them to maintain the advantage that their all-seeing eyes would naturally grant them.
Of course, it is also possible- due to their cold-blooded level of perception
and fearless action-taking, to become a charismatic leader if they so choose. And unlike
more extroverted personalities that need social interaction or to feel validated by influencing
others, the INTJ chooses to associate, assist, and direct others from a higher, detached viewpoint
that doesn’t waste as much time, doesn’t focus on arbitrary goals to feel successful,
and ultimately gives them more control over a situation. The one thing that can hold back an
INTJ in this regard is, ironically, their own emotional distance and lack of hesitation. An
INTJ will understand their actions and plans affect others only insofar as cause-and-effect.
They may understand people’s motivations, but their lack of allowing themselves to
dwell in emotion leads to a disconnect that can affect their ability to truly understand others.
So as you can see, while each of the 5 most intelligent personality types have their own
strengths, it’s ultimately a revolving wheel of whose strengths best serve the situation?
Are you one of these personality types? And if not, what aspect of one of their personalities
do you think you can adapt to reflect that intelligence? Let us know in the comments
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