ISTPs - 12 Rules for Life 

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0. Read Epictetus

Omg friend. As an ISTP, I can’t tell you how much I needed this and will continue to reference this in the future. Thank you ❤

Yeh😂

You stole that from infj

Thank you for this comment. Much appreciated! ~ Nathan

Yes any dark red is very nice on the eyes I agree.

Thank you for the pragmatic advice, much appreciated. I shall endeavour to use this against unsubscribed people from now on ~ Nathan

Being able to flaunt your skills is a nice part of it too. If you spend lots of time working on a something it's great to show people the results of it ~ Nathan

@@lovewho Indeed it is 🙂 when have practiced enough that you can do a difficult thing casually and fluidly without hesitation it is very satisfying. When I was younger I worked as a bicycle messenger for 2.5 years, eventually you know the city and the signal timings to well, that you can weave through traffic with relatively little danger, it's like a dance.

Nice idea

as an ISTP and a climber for the last 15 years, I'd definitely agree. it checks off the physical and mental checkboxes while also providing an optional social checkbox. if I wanna be less social, I can keep my earbuds on and do the head nods and fist bumps while pretending to be focused on training. if I wanna be social, lots of familiar faces to talk to. progress is easily tracked and the sport can be be viewed through a data-driven lense. what's the optimal route/beta, rest points, style (static/dynamic)

@@ryanv5326 Sounds like I would fist bump with you.

This hits differently coming from Lalo... ~ Nathan

Woah

i am feeling honored thx

Why thank you… ~ Nathan

Why not ask him what he thinks instead? (covert)?

He will never tell you how he feels. He will tell you what he thinks. He doesn’t even know what he feels.

I asked him, and he said he agreed with 11/12 of the rules.

@@KitKat41622 right, he didn't feel... the thought and agreed, just as Melissa said. ISTP.

I dont avoid pessimism, rather I always delve into it like most istps but unlike most istps, i delve into it more and make it a poetic and inspiring experience. Also, listening to songs, remembering my accomplishments and the brain's ability to instantly forget something through sheer will are my tools for temporary escape from reality. Because of these, I feel like my world is like a storybook full of colors despite being made out of grey. I see that everyone in the world can be the saddest person regardless of their personality and that there are more people sadder than you than you think. Us, Istps can't relate to the intuitives so we don't have these perspectives. In addition, we don't plan into the future and that we often play with chances which gives more reason for us to be convinced by it. I don't promote sadness to people, but i recommend living it with us in our everyday lives. There is a ton of unimaginable things that we not only istps, but all sensors can do. We just need to take a leap to the most uncomfortable to us and even to our personality, including possessing characteristics of other people we don't have, to see our very potential that is at the state of the mind that is at the limit of the its capabilities, and also the limit of our capability to adapt with every situation and solve every problem existing.

istp's tend to be agnostic since we have troubling believing in things without evidence. even if I wanted to I probably couldn't get myself to believe in a religion without proof first

@thespanishinquisition istp here and I don’t think what we need is proof to believe in a religion, I think what we need most is logic and that it has to make sense in our heart as well as in our mind. What I personally love most in my religion is that it encourages us to think and question things in order to be better believers. Everything has sense and a reason to be (even if it’s unknown to us for some things because we are only humans). Even the religious rules makes u think about the reason it’s set and the benefits of it so once u understand them it’s so satisfying to find sense and rationality in them as an ISTP. So I wouldn’t say that ISTPs are mostly agnostics.

@@thespanishinquisition7560 I'm an INTP and of course INTPs like evidence in order to come to a conclusion about things as well, but I have found tons of evidence to support the faith I have grown to fully believe. It's one of the only things I'm 99.99% certain of. Maybe the only thing.

@@barbarossa8149 better believer? Chowing to believe in something without proof, something that is premised on the concept of belief is inherently illogical and not congruent with an ISTPs world view. Faith, belief, trust, all things that an ISTP is naturally wary of

Hey bro, keep on keeping on. MBTI and content like this helped me too, in getting to know my self better and therefore becoming a better version of me. If you are new to the subject my I recommend "C.S Joseph", and "Objective Personality" as they have some rundowns on ISTPs that defenetly woth a shot. And It's maybe cause neither am I a native english speaker but I find no problems.

​@@laszlo_kovacs Yeah one with the most Central European name possible Edit: Central not Ventral

@@cerebrummaximus3762 Well, it might not take more than 9 seconds to find out where I'm from. I shit you not I personally don't know even a single person with the same name.

@@laszlo_kovacs I won't be surprised, the name looks Central European to me, because I know how their names look like and their script. (To be exact, I'd say Hungary, but I don't want to be embarrassingly wrong so I didn't say it). I am Bulgarian, but born and raised in England - I have possibly the most Bulgarian name you'd think (and it's common), to the point I got several people recognise me as Bulgarian lol (Ps: I meant Central European in my og comment, I wrote it quick and didn't check, so I edited it)

@@cerebrummaximus3762 Dead on bro. I'm living 20 minutes from the Ukrainen border in Hungary. And Kovács László IS one of the most common name here (we write Surname first but that wont bother google when you register an account)

Hope you enjoyed it! If you haven't already, feel free to check out the other ISTPs videos on here ~ Nathan

I'd say INTPs can make a lot of sense too, and ESTPs can be hilarious.

Hi Sanni! I love your pinterest 💗

the last is actually pretty accurate. i often feel annoyed by people who are too much like me. it's nice when it is just for a moment but having to interact with someone like me constantly, usually makes me kinda angry.

I'm slowly learning to trust and rely on my ESFJ boyfriend. He's also someone who is practical, efficient, caring and skilled, and so it's new to me to feel like I'm not the one who has to manage everything, problem solve and do all the things myself

My best friends have almost always been INFJ; it does work surprising well if you’re aware of the fundamental areas where you approach things differently

Beware nights warmer than days

Agreed. Maybe strategic consulting (independently) but CEO, probably not.

I will pass this advice on to ISTPs that I encounter ~ Nathan

My reasoning is that plants also feel pain and "don't want to die", just because we don't see them screaming or trying to run away doesn't invalidate that or make it any less important. Essentially, if you want to "stop suffering" then you need to stop living, because to live you need to consume, and for you to be able to do that something needs to get hurt. Being vegan because "you don't want the animals to suffer" is thus extremely illogical and pointless.

Animals will reproduce like common ones so its no big deal

There are a few videos on ISTJs on this channel, including the most recent one. I will do a 12 Rules for Life ISTJ video at some point as well! ~ Nathan

I was trying to find my way home and ended up there. I enjoyed my stay ~ Nathan

This is a series I want to finish. I will revisit it including this episode over time ~ Nathan