"Une Vie Non Examinée Ne Vaut Pas La Peine D’être Vécue"

Introduction

Le type de personnalité « Logicien » est assez rare, car il ne constitue que trois pourcent de la population, ce qui est incontestablement une bonne chose pour eux, car rien ne les attristerait plus que d’être « ordinaires ». Les Logiciens s’enorgueillissent de leur inventivité et de leur créativité, de leur perspective hors du commun et de la vigueur de leur intellect. Habituellement connus sous les traits du philosophe, de l’architecte ou du professeur rêveur, les Logiciens ont été à l’origine de nombreuses découvertes scientifiques tout au long de l’histoire.

Les Logiciens sont connus pour leurs théories brillantes et pour leur logique implacable; en fait, on les considère comme le type de personnalité à la logique la plus précise.

Personne n’est plus enthousiaste et capable de repérer un problème, de prendre en compte les facteurs et les détails sans nombre qui englobent le problème et de mettre au point une solution unique et viable que les Logiciens; évitez simplement de vous attendre à recevoir des rapports de progression ponctuels.

Les gens qui partagent le type de personnalité « Logicien » ne s’intéressent pas aux activités et à la maintenance pratiques et quotidiennes, mais quand ils trouvent un environnement où leur génie et leur potentiel créatifs peuvent s’exprimer, il n’y aucune limite au temps et à l’énergie que les Logiciens consacreront à la mise au point d’une solution éclairée et impartiale.

On peut s’imaginer qu’ils dérivent dans un rêve éveillé sans fin, mais en fait, le mécanisme de pensée des Logiciens est continu et leur esprit bourdonne d’idées dès leur réveil. Cette pensée constante peut avoir pour effet de leur donner l’air pensif et détaché, car ils conduisent souvent de véritables débats dans leurs propres têtes, mais en fait, les Logiciens sont tout à fait détendus et sympathiques quand ils sont avec les gens qu’ils connaissent ou qui partagent leurs centres d’intérêt. Cependant, cette détente peut céder la place à une timidité écrasante quand les Logiciens sont entourées de visages inconnus.

La seule chose qui repousse vraiment les Logiciens est leur peur de l’échec, anxieuse et pénétrante. Les Logiciens ont tellement tendance à réévaluer leurs propres pensées et théories, à s’inquiéter d’avoir oublié une partie essentielle du puzzle, qu’ils peuvent stagner, se perdre dans un monde intangible où leurs pensées ne sont jamais vraiment appliquées. Surmonter ce doute de soi représente le défi le plus grand auquel les Logiciens sont susceptibles d’être confrontés, mais les dons intellectuels (les grands comme les petits) dont bénéficie le monde quand ils surmontent ce doute font que le jeu en vaut la chandelle.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Great Analysts and Abstract Thinkers – People with the Logician personality type view the world as a big, complex machine, and recognize that as with any machine, all parts are interrelated. Logicians excel in analyzing these connections, seeing how seemingly unrelated factors tie in with each other in ways that bewilder most other personality types.

Imaginative and Original – These connections are the product of an unrelenting imagination – Logicians’ ideas may seem counter-intuitive at a glance, and may never even see the light of day, but they will always prove remarkable innovations.

Open-Minded – Logicians couldn’t make these connections if they thought they knew it all – they are highly receptive to alternate theories, so long as they’re supported by logic and facts. In more subjective matters like social norms and traditions, Logicians are usually fairly liberal, with a “none of my business” sort of attitude – peoples’ ideas are what matter.

Enthusiastic – When a new idea piques their interest, Logicians can be very enthusiastic – they are a reserved personality type, but if another person shares an interest, they can be downright excited about discussing it. More likely though, the only outward evidence of this enthusiasm will be Logicians’ silent pacing or their staring into the distance.

Very Private and Withdrawn – While Logicians’ intellectualism yields many insights into their surroundings, their surroundings are ironically considered an intrusion on their thoughts. This is especially true with people – Logicians are quite shy in social settings. More complicated situations such as parties exacerbate this, but even close friends struggle to get into Logicians’ hearts and minds.

Loathe Rules and Guidelines – These social struggles are partly a product of Logicians’ desire to bypass the rules, of social conduct and otherwise. While this attitude helps Logicians’ strength of unconventional creativity, it also causes them to reinvent the wheel constantly and to shun security in favor of autonomy in ways that can compromise both.

Second-Guess Themselves – Logicians remain so open to new information that they often never commit to a decision at all. This applies to their own skills as well – Logician personalities know that as they practice, they improve, and any work they do is second-best to what they could do. Unable to settle for this, Logicians sometimes delay their output indefinitely with constant revisions, sometimes even quitting before they ever begin.

Career Paths

Logicians are solitary, eccentric, and independent – none of which is listed as desirable for corporate positions, which are usually designed for very different personality types. Logicians duly struggle in finding careers that meet their needs, but what they do bring, qualities in much higher demand, are creativity, a passion for theoretical methods and ideas, and an entrepreneurial, innovative spirit. If they are able to put this better foot forward to secure a position in a suitable line of work, people with the Logician personality type will find that, whatever the job listing says, these “less desirable” qualities will prove an asset after all.

Chief among Logicians’ interests is exploring and building models for underlying principles and ideas, even going so far as to find these concepts, in their own way, beautiful – this makes them natural mathematicians, systems analysts, and career scientists, especially in more abstract fields such as physics.

Logician personalities are self-driven and have very high personal standards – “good enough” is never good enough – but have few environmental needs. Despite this relative simplicity, they are often hard for more people-centric types to understand. Logicians live primarily in their own heads, and have little interest in social distractions like chitchat and motivational speeches.

All Logicians really want is to immerse themselves in an interesting project, and anything that interrupts that, be it overactive managers, the need to manage others, or office parties or meetings, are simply unwelcome burdens.

For this reason, the flatter the workplace hierarchy, the better, making small, technical workplaces and fields such as law, forensics, and laboratory research very desirable for Logicians. Insightful and open-minded managers who can accommodate these needs will find their Logician subordinates to be a tireless generator of brilliant and unique ideas. However, many people with the Logician personality type may do away with the immediate hierarchy altogether, opting instead to provide their services on a freelance basis as consultants.

Where Logicians do not thrive is in workplaces that require them to provide a high degree of emotional satisfaction – cruise ship masseuses they are not. Logician personalities struggle to understand emotional exchanges, and service-oriented positions will prove baffling and exhausting for them. Though Logicians are talented analysts who are perfectly capable of understanding the theoretical importance of customer service, the day-to-day application of such a scheme is simply better left to more people-oriented personality types.

Business is growing more complex every day, and this complexity is managed with technical systems, economic theories, and data. The need for novel approaches is stronger than ever for people and organizations to distinguish themselves. Though general people skills are often phrased as a must, it is the technical work that creates something to talk about, and it is in this pursuit that Logicians thrive.

Work as business analysts and corporate strategists is well suited to Logicians, but they can also move things forward as data analysts, mechanical, electrical and software engineers, and even as technical writers and journalists, provided the field is interesting enough. If they can smile and shake hands just long enough to establish themselves as the brilliant innovators that they are, people with the Logician personality type will find that whatever the expectations for social conduct, it is the qualities unique to them that are truly in demand.

Workplace Habits

The running theme for Logicians is their desire for solitude, need for intellectual stimulation, and the satisfaction of the final piece of a puzzle clicking into place. Whether in subordinate or management positions, with colleagues or working alone, these privileges and the freedom to pursue them unfettered by social obligations and progress reports are about all people with the Logician personality type look for in their workplace.

Under the right conditions, Logician subordinates are innovative, resourceful, and hard-working, easily wrapping their minds around whatever complex problems are placed in front of them and delivering unorthodox but effective solutions. However, these qualities require a great deal of freedom, something stereotypical managers are loath to cede. It is difficult to quantify these qualities on a resume – several other characteristics, like a relative indifference to job security and to being liked, exacerbate the challenge – and it can take time to grow to trust Logician subordinates enough to allow this latitude.

For Logicians, colleagues aren’t so much a group of people who they socialize and work with as they are a series of obstacles and diversions with occasionally useful knowledge. Mingling, chitchat, drinks after work – these make Logicians want to work alone, not get up in the morning. Despite this distance, people with the Logician personality type are unusually good at developing insightful and unbiased interpretations of others’ motivations.

Conclusion

Armed with a powerful intellect and vivid imagination, Logicians can overcome or outmaneuver obstacles that seem unbeatable to most. At the same time, their many quirks, such as often unconstrained rationalism, lead to many misunderstandings. Those misunderstandings end here. What you have read so far is just an introduction – we have a great deal more to tell you about the Logician personality type.