My Friend Morgan, by Shannon K., age 4, British Columbia, Canada UNICEF

ISTJs, INSPECTOR GUARDIANS, according to Keirsey (www.keirsey.com), are super dependable caretakers of institutions and people they love. They are modest, self effacing, quiet and reliable people who do well at "quality control" in whatever area of society they decide to work in.
Careful, hard working, honest and dependable, these signs fill out forms, make inspections, guaranty safety and quality in services and products.
ISTJs are also called PRAGMATISTS. In earlier classifications they would be members of the GUARDIAN group, called EPIMETHEAN and Melancholic.
Also see TypeLogic. Where Keirsey and TypeLogic differ in assigning famous people to categories. I have used my own intuition.
FAMOUS ISTJ INSPECTOR GUARDIANS:
WARREN BUFFETT
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
HARRY TRUMAN
GEORGE WASHINGTON
WOODROW WILSON

 

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7.01.2004 Meryl: When I am stressed, I love organizing things in myhouse or papers. Makes me feel so good and safe. I just love doing this. I guess it is safe and gives me a sense of control.

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