This assignment is required of all my on-campus students. Online students may opt to complete the assignment because of its value.

If I read this aloud to you, it would take 15 minutes or so, which seems like a reasonable time investment to discover how I think, communicate, determine your grades, and what I expect in each of my classes. I believe this guide offers more value than my reading the syllabus aloud to you on day one. Enjoy.

INTRODUCTION

I am an MBTI type INTJ. If you know what that means and personally know a couple of other INTJs, there’s no need to read this section. You get me. If not, read on.

According to meyerbriggs.org, INTJs exhibit the following traits:

• 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.

Here I am in bullet points, again from myersbriggs.org:

Introversion + Intuition + Thinking + Judging

Vision oriented. Quietly innovative. Insightful. Conceptual. Logical. Seeks understanding. Critical. Decisive. Independent. Determined. Pursues competence, improvement.

Real Male INTJs Mark Zuckerberg Elon Musk Nikola Tesla Isaac Newton Stephen Hawking Friedrich Nietzsche Isaac Asimov John F. Kennedy Thomas Jefferson Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber

Fictional Male INTJs Dexter Morgan, Dexter Walter White, Breaking Bad Dr. Gregory House, House Bruce Wayne, aka Batman Frankenstein (the scientist, not the monster, folks) Sherlock Holmes, penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Professor Moriarty, Holmes’ #1 nemesis Bertram Gilfoyle, Silicon Valley Hannibal Lector, Silence of the Lambs V, V for Vendetta The Brain, Pinky and the Brain

I am certainly not claiming to be worthy of this level of fame, but the list gives you a shorthand idea of what you can expect from/with me should you happen to know about those listed. If you don’t know all the people listed, just know I tried. I’m much older than you, after all.

Although I’m not among the rarest of the 16 Meyers-Briggs types (INFJ), people like me represent only 2-4% of the population, which is why I wrote this communication style guide.

MY HOPE

I hope to become a more effective educator as students understand how I think and communicate. I hope that you, too, will write and share a similar guide to help me better understand you as an IMC student. Directions are found below.

I look forward to reading your guide.

HOW I VIEW SUCCESS

If you can acquire and keep a job that you love, in the integrated marketing communications field, I consider that a home run. Everything else along the way is secondary. The stress. The anxiety. The disagreements. Everything. Oh, and you must graduate, actually knowing how to do the work your degree represents.

HOW I COMMUNICATE