ILE vs LIE
Markers that ILE mostly agrees with, while LIE mostly disagrees:
- I find it hard to tear myself away from some computer games - finishing, I immediately start again, sometimes being late for something or completely forgetting about other tasks.
- I love utopian or dystopian science fiction, that is, about different versions of societal arrangements.
- In some states, I completely lose the ability to perceive the passage of time - later I won't be able to say how much time has passed.
- If any one activity brings me pleasure, I can get stuck on it for a long time, so it's hard to break away, and this even interferes with other tasks and interests.
- I wouldn't mind spending a couple of days figuring out why exactly a thunderstorm starts after a lightning strike.
- My attitude towards time is very erratic: sometimes I meticulously plan and save it, other times I completely lose the sense of its movement and waste it entirely.
- Often, it is very hard for me to tear myself away from a game, even if more important tasks await.
- I love reading science fiction or watching sci-fi movies.
- Where does your laziness manifest more often? - ILE: I drag any task out indefinitely. LIE: I try to finish any task as quickly as possible, to get it over with.
- I really dislike time constraints - my experiment is almost never limited by an end date, it will continue as long as there are strength, possibilities, and desire to continue it.
- Almost every day something happens in the information field around me that provokes a reaction of either disgust or at least strong irritation.
- I hate being rushed with deadlines.
- Until the last moment, I never feel whether I will finish the task on time or not.
- Would you like to instantly transfer (WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURN) to a parallel Earth with a different and unknown history, together with a few like-minded people?
- I often experience a sense of protest inside myself.
- Something always overshadows my joy.
- Some memories make me feel ashamed of myself - for how I behaved and what I said.
- I constantly notice something new and unusual in the surrounding familiar objects.
- I am often curious about subjects that are completely unrelated to my 'long-term' interests.
- I like to absorb or build my own theories that will almost certainly never be recognized by society.
- I often know how to amuse myself with something trivial, though it has no practical value, but is fun.
- I very rarely stick to a schedule - the time I have lunch, go to bed, or wake up changes greatly and 'fluctuates' depending on the nuances of my mood and the interest of current activities.
- Attempts by some of my acquaintances to measure my success with money piss me off.
- I often feel internal indignation for various reasons in the surrounding life.
- Choose, in which matters are you more picky and prone to criticism - ILE: in matters of how interesting and original (or banal) the statements and thoughts of my close and familiar people are. LIE: in matters of how forethoughtful close or familiar people are and how they spend their and my time.
- I really dislike any obligations associated with time planning.
- Often I can't figure out what date and day of the week it is for a long time.
- I often overdo it with something.
- I often feel some burning protest inside me about something.
- Sometimes I am bothered by the strange feeling that my thoughts flow as if against my will, not obeying me.
- I am much more indifferent to money than most people.
- I quite often dream in color with a fantastic, fairy-tale plot.
- I can spend a long time on some topic out of pure interest, without a clear prospect of getting a useful result.
- I often feel some internal protest, disagreement.
- I feel nervous and anxious.
- I am often unreasonable in my behavior.
- At work, I often get distracted by small things and fail to complete the most important tasks on time.
- I want to change and improve the surrounding order.
- My productivity is very uneven, with unpredictable declines and rises.
- For some time, I have been feeling chronically tired and 'worn out' for no apparent reason.
- A daily routine and I are incompatible.
- I live by my sensations and don't like to force myself into frameworks of plans or schedules.
- I perceive nature and many household items as living, as if endowed with a soul.
- Even with good thinking, I lack the ability and desire to plan my work.
- I believe that for sound decisions, freedom and spontaneity are more important than planning and organization.
- I often feel unable to cope with tasks.
- I think more in vague abstract images than in words.
- It is true that I would try to avoid a job where I have to command others, and I have little time for my own free interests.
- I don't like to force myself into frameworks of plans or schedules.
- A lot of freedom is more pleasant to me than a lot of power.
- I enjoy the process of events happening, without waiting for the result.
- I am poorly organized and do not tolerate any control.
- I have a habit of postponing tasks and often not finishing them.
- I would very much like the job of a photographer.
- My real few minutes often stretch like several hours, so many different thoughts fit in them, so the very first thoughts after a few minutes I have already forgotten.
- To my taste and view, intellect and intelligence are always more important than wealth and dexterity, career or sports achievements.
- I constantly feel the subtle flickering and bustle of some visual images in my head, which are hard to 'drown out' by willpower.
- I would try to avoid a job where I have to command, and I have to take orders.
- I often want to exclaim: time, stop!
- It is difficult for me to plan my budget over time and adapt it to current financial circumstances.
- My productivity is very uneven, with few predictable declines and rises.
- My emotions and experiences are very unstable, easily changing their sign (from negative to positive and vice versa).
- I am too often distracted by any little thing that happens around me.
- I often fantasize for my own pleasure rather than to solve some problems.
- Sometimes, before leaving the house, I get immersed in some thoughts, dreams, or fantasies and because of this, I am late.
Markers that LIE mostly agrees with, while ILE mostly disagrees:
- I get irritated when acquaintances surpass me in the 'status' of their belongings.
- What do your fantasies resemble more? - LIE: These are plots developing over time. ILE: These are sudden insights-associations, or kaleidoscopically arising fragments of thoughts and ideas.
- It is strictly important for me that my spouse has a high social status and publicly enjoys societal respect.
- Even if I am communicating with a person not from my work, I still pay a lot of attention to their position in the service hierarchy.
- I have a clear idea of what the future holds for each of my closest five acquaintances in 10 years.
- I know how to never quarrel with friends, as well as with influential and necessary people.
- My positive forecasts usually come true.
- I have a good sense of time and can usually, without looking at a clock, accurately say how much time has passed and what hour it is.
- I know how to properly allocate my work over time.
- I have a good sense of time.
- I try not to delve too deeply into knowledge about a subject as long as the existing knowledge works effectively and provides me with maximum competitiveness.
- If a person is not wealthy and does not hold a prominent position in society, it means they haven't achieved anything in life yet.
- If I lose to a friend in a game (chess, cards, etc.), I will definitely try to get back at them in some small way.
- I can remarkably calculate how much time I will need to complete any task, get somewhere, meet a deadline, etc.
- I always say and do what is convenient for the audience and the moment.
- The criterion of truth is practical benefit. Therefore, what is true is not what is 'true,' but what is beneficial.
- I have a need for titles and statuses that the collective assigns to its members - I am not indifferent to them.
- Knowledge must bring quick benefits, otherwise it is useless.
- The calculation of costs during the performance of work is a process that always interests me.
- Money is the key to everything.
- I mostly communicate with people who will help me advance in life.
- I understand the saying: 'a time for work, and a time for play.'
- I am very practical; I know how to gain trust and show my necessity; I quickly adapt to any social environment, easily finding a comfortable high-ranking niche for myself.
- I constantly perceive time as the most important resource, specially rationalizing and planning its use.
- I would enjoy working as an economist in the business sphere.
- Choosing between independent activity and power, I choose power.
- What is true is what is beneficial at the moment.
- I always compare my actions in terms of benefit, profit, and maximum efficiency.
- My life and career are clearly planned in stages.
- I would enjoy a job where I constantly have to keep different critical deadlines in mind and sort tasks by urgency and importance.
- I am inventive in making time and other people work for me.
- I am mostly satisfied with the way the world is arranged.
- I like people who know how to 'make money.'
- The criterion of truth is material benefit, only what is personally useful to me is true.
- It is easy for me to postpone all pleasures 'for later' for the sake of a task that will bring me greater benefit in the future.
- In the morning, I can always accurately list what tasks I have planned for today.
- My desires are stronger and more constant than those of other people - because of this, I usually achieve my goals.
- I would prefer to manage large teams rather than small ones.
- Everyone in society should know their place.
- I am a very goal-oriented and organized person.
- I always have an action plan for the next day in my head.
- It is easy for me to postpone all pleasures 'for later' for the sake of a task that will bring me greater benefit in the future.
- I remain calm, confident, and optimistic even in difficult situations.
- My public status and the prestige of my position are extremely important to me.
- I never let anyone shortchange me on money that has been even slightly promised to me.
- I can work for a long time without fatigue, properly allocating my tasks over time.
- Others value my active business qualities.
- I am almost always completely confident in myself, without a hint of doubts, hesitations, or reflections.
- I have a habit of always completing the tasks I start.
- I can work for a long time and properly allocate my work over time.
- I would really enjoy a responsible job related to power or managing a large organization.
- The phrases 'Time is money' or 'Time waits for no one' could be my motto and accurately characterize me.
- I have a sense of ownership wherever I am.
- A threat to my money and material well-being is more frightening to me than a threat to my ideas and beliefs.
- I like comparing objects by their quality, utility, and price.
- I have a smooth, deep, and calm sleep with rare or absent dreams.
- The logic of business and the logic of struggle are within my capabilities and I enjoy them.
- I always have everything under control.
- Any distraction from work is perceived by me as a loss, a useless waste of time.
- What do you strive for more often? - LIE: Quick benefit. ILE: Eternal truth.
- I am better organized and better at self-control than the average person in my circle.
- I am a more organized person than an impulsive one.
- In my fantasies, I always know when to stop and switch to something else needed.
- I am always internally ready for work and action, no 'warming up' is required.
- From a bad mood, I almost always 'hide' in intensive work at the limit of my capabilities.