Classics • "Traditional, Organized" • SJ
SJ • Guardian
Courteney Cox Arquette as CLASSIC STRUCTURE Monica Geller Bing, "Friends"
Katherine Heigl as CLASSIC FREEDOM Jane, "27 Dresses"
Tom Hanks as CLASSIC FREEDOM Capt. John H. Miller, "Saving Private Ryan"
When it comes to home and life issues, you guys probably have the easiest time running a home — your lives — and generally getting things done. You were born with the skills needed to run a tight ship no matter what the ship. The only things you tend to have trouble with is the big picture skills needed for the grand scheme of things — designing furniture layouts, picture hanging, etc. What's easiest for you is being on time; what's hardest is interior design.
If any of this sounds eerily familiar then you are probably Classic. Read on to see if you are the more more logical Classic Structure or more subjective Classic Freedom.
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Classic Structure • STJ
CLASSIC STRUCTUREs (STJs) are logical decision makers, who believe in fairness and tend to be traditional as well as practical and trustworthy. You can often be bored by abstract ideas as you're more interested in real things. You are also efficient and get things done. People who don’t pull their faire share of the workload frustrate you. Your analytical mind is naturally critical so you've perhaps been accused of being judgemental in your life but it’s not personal. You likely believe you're just observing a fact.
How does this play out in the home arena? You like things to to be very neat, tidy, & clean — it's difficult to understand how others can live any other way. You are usually practical and thrifty, sometimes at the expense of beauty & visual design especially if you're on a tight budget and you're a man — it sounds sexist but it's a recurring observation. We know one CLASSIC STRUCTURE (STJ) — male — who used cardboard boxes to create black out shades in his million-dollar Princeton NJ home rather than buy new, more functional, attractive ones. You are also the world’s jerry riggers. Inventing ingenious solutions to problems that have already been solved. CLASSIC STRUCTURES (STJ) make up about 19-25% of the American population.
EXTROVERTED CLASSIC STRUCTUREs (ESTJs) tend to have the above characteristics but are also outgoing, friendly and easy to get to know. 12-15% of the American population.
INTROVERTED CLASSIC STRUCTUREs (ISTJs) tend to have the above characteristics but are also private by nature, calm and sometimes reserved. 7-10% of the American population.
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Classic Freedom • SFJ
CLASSIC FREEDOMs (SFJs) are practical and thrifty like CLASSIC STRUCTUREs (STJs) but are more easily swayed for both beauty & visual design — guys AND gals. You like to get things done and feel better after things are settled. You base decisions on past personal experiences or those of someone you trust — sometimes it's logical, sometimes it's more subjective. Often described as conscientious, kind and warmhearted — you are compassionate and as a result strive to maintain harmonious relationships.
It is the capacity to feel for others that is you achilles heel in the home and life arena. You are so good at organizing and getting things done that you are asked to organize committees, take care of last minute details, and you invariably say yes till you are physically exhausted. Like CLASSIC STRUCTUREs (STJs), you prefer your homes to be neat, clean & tidy but often you allow your living areas to be softer around the edges than your CLASSIC STRUCTURE (STJ) counterparts. They make up about 18-24% of the American population.
EXTROVERTED CLASSIC FREEDOMs (ESFJs) tend to have the above characteristics but are also outgoing, friendly and easy to get to know. 11-14% of the American population.
INTROVERTED CLASSIC FREEDOMs (ISFJs) tend to have the above characteristics but also can be modest, sometimes quiet, and are often devoted to their friends. 7-10% of the American population.
