PTypes - Personality Types

Solitary Style according to Oldham and Morris

need no one but themselves
unmoved by the madding crowd
liberated from the drive to impress and please
remarkably free of the emotions and involvements that distract so many others
what they may give up in terms of sentiment and intimacy, they may gain in clarity of vision
can uncover and record the facts of our existence to which our passions so often blind us

are self-contained
are their own truest most trusted companions providing the most important resources they need
require no one else to:
- guide them
- admire them
- provide emotional sustenance
- entertain them
- share their experiences
remain separate and find greatest comfort, reassurance, and freedom alone with themselves
prefer their own company
like to be alone
need no one to buttress their self-esteem or to rescue them from boredom
remarkably free of loneliness

do not experience emotions as intensely as do most others
are not feelers, emoters
are imperturbable
are not feelers but are doers and watchers
free of the passionate need for others that often cloud our minds, they can stand back and watch the curious things people do
free of sentimental reverie, they can obs3erve the world around them in strikingly clear focus
can be highly creative if reclusive, poets, scientists, and intellectuals

are more or less indifferent to the emotional ties that bind others together
have a rather detached interest in people
need much time to themselves
as long as no one expects fireworks from them, or a social network outside the family, these nonemotional, nonsentimental, nonromantic, not passionately sexual unions can survive

can function very well in the work domain:
- get down to work
- concentrate
- don't waste time with personal calls or concerns
- are not easily bored
- self-contained
- do not require a lot of feedback
- can take criticism
they can put their mind to it without distraction
ability to observe and collect information
ability to concentrate in solitude and to be completely comfortable in inner sanctum, is a boon through working life—in creative and scientific exploration, in research, in technological and mechanical work, and in security work in which you are paid to watch and to wait

in the ideal solitary world, there are very few people and they go about their business without bothering one another
create little pockets of solitude around themselves and try to spend as much time in them as them can

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