SUMTER, SC— Everybody has more than a passing interest in the personalities of those around us. You may or may not be aware at first when you are in the presence of a rare individual. People refer to horoscopes, personality tests and temperament theory in an effort to sort individuals into profiles that are easy to understand.

The Myers and Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a respected and widely accepted instrument. C.G. Jung’s 1921 work Psychological Types was foundational to the works of Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers. Myers and Briggs looked for ways to measure types in order to approach differences constructively and identify a suitable livelihood, developing a system over decades for exactly that.

According to MBTI, we are either introverts or extroverts. The MBTI further classifies us according to how we respond to the world around us, how we handle problems, etc. The final result is that all of us are primarily one of 16 personality types.

The rarest combination of personality traits and arguably the most driven personality of the 16 is the INTJ. INTJ means Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging. 0.5 percent of the female population is INTJ, while a combined 1.5 percent of the entire population is INTJ, including women.

Sumter’s own Natasha Goodley is INTJ. Goodley, a trained attorney, political strategist and business consultant is also a community leader. She has chaired economic development organizations and led drives to ensure that low-income students get school lunch debts paid off.

Goodley’s firm, White & Black Consulting has a successful political consulting practice and a growing small business consulting practice.

For more information on Myers and Briggs Indicator, please click here. For more on Natasha Goodley and White & Black Consulting, please click here.

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