Personality Profile of the average grower. (Meyers Briggs)

For years I have been extremely fascinated by personality profiling and have done research all different sorts of people and what personality profiles fit specific jobs/occupations. While I know that these tests are inherently flawed I still find them fascinating. In particular I find the Meyers Briggs to be extremely useful. I believe that cannabis growers will tend to fall into a particular few subsets of the MBTI therefore my question to you is what is your type. You can find hundreds of these types of tests with a quick google search.

Btw if this needs to be moved to a different forum please let me know. Its such a random topic but since it pertains directly to growing I figured general growing would be best as it would get the most exposure to those who are actually growing.


Here is a list of the different types copied from another website (this is not my work!)

FYI I am an INTP/J


ISTJ
Quiet, serious, earn success by thoroughness and dependability. Practical, matter-of-fact, realistic, and responsible. Decide logically what should be done and work toward it steadily, regardless of distractions. Take pleasure in making everything orderly and organized – their work, their home, their life. Value traditions and loyalty.

ISFJ
Quiet, friendly, responsible, and conscientious. Committed and steady in meeting their obligations. Thorough, painstaking, and accurate. Loyal, considerate, notice and remember specifics about people who are important to them, concerned with how others feel. Strive to create an orderly and harmonious environment at work and at home.

INFJ
Seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. Want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others. Conscientious and committed to their firm values. Develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good. Organized and decisive in implementing their vision.

INTJ
Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Skeptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance – for themselves and others.

ISTP
Tolerant and flexible, quiet observers until a problem appears, then act quickly to find workable solutions. Analyze what makes things work and readily get through large amounts of data to isolate the core of practical problems. Interested in cause and effect, organize facts using logical principles, value efficiency.

ISFP
Quiet, friendly, sensitive, and kind. Enjoy the present moment, what’s going on around them. Like to have their own space and to work within their own time frame. Loyal and committed to their values and to people who are important to them. Dislike disagreements and conflicts, do not force their opinions or values on others.

INFP
Idealistic, loyal to their values and to people who are important to them. Want an external life that is congruent with their values. Curious, quick to see possibilities, can be catalysts for implementing ideas. Seek to understand people and to help them fulfill their potential. Adaptable, flexible, and accepting unless a value is threatened.

INTP
Seek to develop logical explanations for everything that interests them. Theoretical and abstract, interested more in ideas than in social interaction. Quiet, contained, flexible, and adaptable. Have unusual ability to focus in depth to solve problems in their area of interest. Skeptical, sometimes critical, always analytical.

ESTP
Flexible and tolerant, they take a pragmatic approach focused on immediate results. Theories and conceptual explanations bore them – they want to act energetically to solve the problem. Focus on the here-and-now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment that they can be active with others. Enjoy material comforts and style. Learn best through doing.

ESFP
Outgoing, friendly, and accepting. Exuberant lovers of life, people, and material comforts. Enjoy working with others to make things happen. Bring common sense and a realistic approach to their work, and make work fun. Flexible and spontaneous, adapt readily to new people and environments. Learn best by trying a new skill with other people.

ENFP
Warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. See life as full of possibilities. Make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns they see. Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. Spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their ability to improvise and their verbal fluency.

ENTP
Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. Good at reading other people. Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another.

ESTJ
Practical, realistic, matter-of-fact. Decisive, quickly move to implement decisions. Organize projects and people to get things done, focus on getting results in the most efficient way possible. Take care of routine details. Have a clear set of logical standards, systematically follow them and want others to also. Forceful in implementing their plans.

ESFJ
Warmhearted, conscientious, and cooperative. Want harmony in their environment, work with determination to establish it. Like to work with others to complete tasks accurately and on time. Loyal, follow through even in small matters. Notice what others need in their day-by-day lives and try to provide it. Want to be appreciated for who they are and for what they contribute.

ENFJ
Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.

ENTJ
Frank, decisive, assume leadership readily. Quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting. Usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding their knowledge and passing it on to others. Forceful in presenting their ideas.

Excerpted from Introduction to Type[SUP]®[/SUP] by Isabel Briggs Myers published by CPP. Inc. Used with permission.
 
For those of you who know how these type of polls work please copy and paste and add to this list as the RIU forums only allow 10 options on a poll


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bioWheel

Well-Known Member
I've got the personality that tends towards growing pot to smoke it. Maybe there's a fancy profile name for that? Cause 'stoner' is getting kind of old.
 

Beachside

Member
ENFP.... I have a feeling your research may prove inconclusive. Enjoying marijuana is akin to the enjoyment of wine or beer, or pizza for that matter. The choice in career is profoundly different! One must spend the majority of waking hours at their job until they retire at a ripe old age of 65. However I do commend you on your quest for knowledge!
 

Kervork

Well-Known Member
You might find it more productive to find out what personality types grow the best weed.

ISTJ--
ISFJ--
INFJ--
INTJ--1
ISTP--
ISFP--
INFP--
INTP--1
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ESFP--
ENFP--
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ENTJ--
 
ENFP.... I have a feeling your research may prove inconclusive. Enjoying marijuana is akin to the enjoyment of wine or beer, or pizza for that matter. The choice in career is profoundly different! One must spend the majority of waking hours at their job until they retire at a ripe old age of 65. However I do commend you on your quest for knowledge!

Please note: When I proofread this I realized I sound like im super arrogant and that i'm tooting my own horn. That is not my intention. I am simply trying to offer myself up as an example to help articulate why I have this theory.

Argh! I had a reply to your post I had written for around an hour and my comp crashed! Anyhow here is a short version of it.


While I understand what you are saying I believe that that is not the case. I believe that growing weed is something that certain personality types will be more drawn to just by their nature. I will use myself as an example: I am an INTJ/P and I only smoke weed once a month if that and when I do its usually only 1-2 hits as I don't like how contemplative I get when i'm high. I have been curious about growing weed for several years now but just haven't had the means to afford the equipment as I am a college student. However, at the end of last school year my roommates offered to help me buy the equipment if I would grow for them. I instantly took them up on the offer as I was curious about the process and I figured I could sell some and use it as fun money. I eventually decided against selling as the risk just wasn't worth the reward to me. I am 2 harvests in and my roommates have now been enjoying what they claim is the strongest weed they have ever smoked and I am now addicted to growing. I spend several hours each day reading and researching about growing(At the expense of my real "studies" I might add). The whole process is just so fascinating to me and I am constantly trying to improve my "system" as cheaply as possible through tinkering and research. In fact, I enjoy growing so much that I plan to move out to Colorado when I graduate and try and find a "master grower" who will teach me.

When you look at my MBTI I believe my personality types (I say that because i'm borderline J/P) are highly suited to cultivation.

INTJ: INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait of combining imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause; both perfectionism and disregard for authority come into play.

INTP: INTPs are known as the Architects "INTPs are logical, individualistic, reserved, and very curious individuals. They focus on ideas, theories and the explanation of how things work."

Take what you want from this but essentially the idea i'm trying to convey is that I believe certain MBTI skill sets are inherently going to be more drawn/suited towards cultivation. Due to the fact that their the process of growing will appeal to their natures.

You might find it more productive to find out what personality types grow the best weed.
Kervork you bring up a good point. If people would also be willing to add their gram per watt ratio along with their MBTI that would be interesting (Again, I understand its a flawed system but it at least it provides a method of comparison) .
 

Beachside

Member
I hear what your saying. I think it is more nuanced. In states where it is medical (like me) you have all types of people producing their own medicine to treat their illness. Illness is not discriminatory toward any particular personality type. Then there are the two states that are legal for recreation use now and that demographic of growers is sure to change and grow significantly over the next five years. It is in those two states that you would get your most pure sample. Then there are the states where it is not legal at all and your demographic would be mostly people who are more inclined to skirt the law. It is definitely interesting! And again good luck!
 
I hear what your saying. I think it is more nuanced. In states where it is medical (like me) you have all types of people producing their own medicine to treat their illness. Illness is not discriminatory toward any particular personality type. Then there are the two states that are legal for recreation use now and that demographic of growers is sure to change and grow significantly over the next five years. It is in those two states that you would get your most pure sample. Then there are the states where it is not legal at all and your demographic would be mostly people who are more inclined to skirt the law. It is definitely interesting! And again good luck!
Forgive me for my ignorance but from my understanding of medical states it seems to me that surveying people who are "caregivers" be a good population sample. Does that ring true to you?
 

Beachside

Member
From my experience caregivers are also patients. I am also fairly certain that is the law in medical states but I'm not that well read on all the laws. Safe Access Now's website has them all but it will be a ton of reading. However if you could sample caregivers I would be inclined to think their personality types will be in tune with other nurturing professions like doctors, nurses, social workers, and teachers.
 

bioWheel

Well-Known Member
You might find it more productive to find out what personality types grow the best weed.

ISTJ--
ISFJ--
INFJ--
INTJ--1
ISTP--
ISFP--
INFP--
INTP--1
ESTP--
ESFP--
ENFP--
ENTP--
ESTJ--
FUCK--D-UP
ENFJ--
ENTJ--
I think I'm the 3rd one from the bottom.
 

sonar

Well-Known Member
No but I just did some cursory research on it and it looks quite interesting. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm a psych grad and the MMPI-2 is probably one of the most widely used personality tests out there.

I don't recall Meyers Briggs. Could be I just forgot. At first glance it seems very generalized. Like you can almost replace the 4 letter acronyms in with "pisces, gemini, capricorn, etc, and it would still work. But what do I know. Like I said I never heard of the thing. Do you know what the testing parameters are? For example, the MMPI has 300+ yes and no questions that correlate into various personality tendencies.

Are you into psychology? I remember I took an undergrad class on personality theory, but wasn't crazy about it. Think the prof could have done a lot better job with the course though. Social and clinical were always my interests, but now that I'm getting older I'm getting more into Industrial/Organizational. Yeah, guess I sold out, lol.
 

Beachside

Member
I had a psych minor and we discussed the mb a bit. It could be a more US style curriculum? It has been my understanding that a board of psychiatrists reviews the mmpi-2 so it isnt something you can just find online... Is that true? I mean I'm sure you could find a site that offered up a review of your answers but would it be as valid as that which is reviewed by humans who can also observe you? Is observation even part of the peramiters?
 

Cobnobuler

Well-Known Member
Self evaluation I would think would tend to be far less than accurate. Many people for instance could never see or acknowledge their own flaws or shortcomings.
....And if thats true, then of course a study like this then becomes useless. Like any exercise, when the information fed into it is inaccurate, the whole things sorta fucked.
 
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