ILE vs LII
Markers that ILE mostly agrees with, while LII mostly disagrees:
- Often, I react too quickly or strongly to something, leading to undesirable consequences.
- Sometimes I press something 'wrong' quickly without thinking.
- I occasionally make sudden and impulsive actions—like movements or shouting.
- Sometimes I talk to things in my apartment.
- When talking about something interesting to me, I unconsciously make many 'extra' movements—doing things with my hands, fidgeting, squirming, etc.
- It's hard for me to resist temptation.
- For my motivation, it's most important that my loved ones notice and appreciate my achievements.
- I often have mood swings.
- Generally, I am inconsistent; my mood and thoughts change frequently.
- I love traveling and changing impressions.
- I often make moves impulsively, hardly considering the correctness of the choice.
- I have a tendency towards thrilling sensations and exciting adventures.
- My emotions and experiences are very unstable and easily change from positive to negative and vice versa.
- My impulsiveness and emotions often get me into trouble.
- I often interfere in others' affairs to help improve the situation.
- I am often driven by 'the itch' of curiosity or inquisitiveness.
- Sometimes people perceive me as an unbalanced, easily excitable person.
- I gravitate towards impulsive and urgent actions.
- I overeat.
- A person once meant to say 'Nelson Rockefeller' but ended up saying 'Nelson Nockenfellen, or Rielso Rickenfeller, or Felso Nockerfelson.' I often have similar slip-ups when trying to pronounce complex words.
- At least a couple of times a week, I experience states where I am overcome with giggles, talkativeness, and a desire to make various dreamy plans.
- I have the ability to instantly change emotional states.
- My behavior sometimes exhibits 'wildness.'
- I am restless, fidgety, sometimes bustlingly active.
- My skin sensitivity is heightened—often, for no reason, I feel pleasant tingling sensations (ILE: Almost every day. LII: If it ever happened, it was very long ago and only during illness with fever).
- I am very emotional.
- In uncertain situations, I often need people who will support and encourage me.
- I often act first, then think.
- Very often, all my plans are ruined because something new and interesting comes up at the start of the day.
- I enjoy helping people and always get pleasure from it.
- I often make sudden and impulsive movements.
- My plans often turn out to be unrealistic, and how I use my time is ultimately determined by the situation, not by the plan.
- I am often curious about things that are absolutely unrelated to my 'long-term' interests.
- In readiness to take risks, I sometimes 'get carried away.'
- Sometimes I am disturbed by the strange feeling that my thoughts flow against my will, not obeying me.
- By nature, I am more of a spender and squanderer of material values than an accumulator.
- I often have colorful dreams with a fantastic, fairy-tale plot.
- There are things that, when I start talking about them, make my voice tremble, and sometimes bring a tear to my eye.
- I regularly (at least once a week) experience excessively anxious states without a good reason.
- In my example, praise and sincere gratitude are the best motivation.
- Sometimes I focus on thoughts about what a worthless person I am.
- Honest praise from others is more valuable to me than money.
- I am more inclined to indulge my immediate desires than to control and restrict them.
- Anticipating someone's 'thank you,' sincere gratitude, almost always motivates me to take action.
- I enjoy any stressful situation if I 'get into the groove.'
- I have fits of sobbing.
- I often get involved in what is cool, interesting, exciting, and enjoyable, rather than in what brings me direct practical benefit.
- I do many things influenced by the moment.
- I have old memories of fear that still cause me feelings of horror.
- I frequently experience mood swings.
- Sometimes I 'shower' myself with dirty words—I'm such and such.
- I often act impulsively, and, as it turns out later, without fully thinking it through.
- I love variety in everything, movement, change of impressions.
- I often get interrupted in the middle of almost any task, distracted by something else.
- In my speech, I often slide off the topic and sequence of presentation.
- Constant changes appeal to me more than stability.
- Liberation and impulsive improvisation are closer to me than methodicalness and predictability.
- I believe that for good decisions, freedom and spontaneity are more important than planning and organization.
- My ability to concentrate is inconsistent—sometimes it comes, sometimes it goes.
- Due to haste, I sometimes press the wrong buttons on devices instead of the needed ones.
- I have sharp reactions of instant irritation.
- In conversation with people, my voice is always involved, a little excited.
- I am emotionally 'uneven' and not very stable.
- I have a tendency towards hot temper and uninhibitedness.
- I often get disoriented, confused in my own thoughts.
- I periodically experience panic without particular reasons.
- I often feel anxious excitement without cause.
Markers that LII mostly agrees with, while ILE mostly disagrees:
- In choosing dishes and food products, I am very conservative, I don't like experimenting.
- I am more likely to be among the more cautious people, carefully considering possible consequences and tending to 'lay straw.'
- I easily resist temptations.
- My vigor and efficiency improve in conditions of silence and calm.
- I belong to the more conservative half of people in my habits—loyal to the same company, job, place of residence, hobbies.
- To me, all cities on Earth look the same; I never felt a special passion for moving around.
- I am a completely non-impulsive person.
- My desires and inclinations are very stable, inert, and long-lasting.
- Other people cannot affect my emotions.
- I don't have special or harmful food preferences, like a fondness for sweets.
- I don't take on a task until I am sure I have everything planned out.
- I prefer to celebrate holidays with family, in the same place.
- I always try to insure myself against the catastrophes and surprises I foresee.
- I don't like life's surprises—they are usually harmful or useless.
- I don't easily spend money, although some accuse me of being stingy—I just prefer to save something 'for a rainy day.'
- In conversation, I never jump from one topic to another, I always reason sequentially.
- Compared to others, I am more cautious, measured, unhurried, and prudent in communication, conversations, and contacts.
- I am diligent.
- I am indifferent to gratitude and praise, it is a weak incentive for me.
- I am a person of constant habits, I know that compared to others, it is very difficult for me to change them.
- It's true that I don't like bright clothes; I will feel uncomfortable in them.
- I rarely experience sharp changes in emotions.
- I practically never arrive late anywhere.
- I value a constant environment around me, I really don't like it when it changes.
- I easily resist first impulsive urges and any impulsive actions.
- I am not easily influenced by my emotions.
- In my speech, I practically never use words with diminutive suffixes (like 'little boy,' 'little girl,' 'box,' 'candy,' 'coin,' 'ice cream,' 'mushroom,' etc.).
- I have no problem controlling my urges.
- To start a new task, I must finish the previous one first.
- I believe that the most important thing is the system and strict rules that protect order in life.
- I solve any task not smoothly, but in stages—having made a decision, I always stick to it as an achieved firm ground.
- I would like to see the world around me less changeable.
- I am a person very consistent in my habits, my likes and dislikes.
- I behave reservedly and economize my strength and energy.
- I am a person more organized than impulsive.
- It is difficult for me to give up fixed routines and worldviews, to change my previous point of view.
- I rarely adjust my already planned actions, even if I encounter unforeseen circumstances.
- My time always flows smoothly and predictably.
- I am almost always balanced and even-tempered in behavior.
- Serious people for me are only those who control their emotional states.
- I like when all objects are built into a rigid hierarchy, subordinated to each other in a clear order.
- I am more phlegmatic than excitable.
- In actions and movements, I am detailed, not inclined to impulsive actions.
- I have a very stable rhythm of life, which almost never is 'torn.'
- I always control myself well, maintaining complete composure.
- I speak and act always deliberately, after careful consideration.
- Compared to others, it is particularly characteristic for me that I cannot submit work until I check everything and am convinced that everything is done exactly as needed.
- I more often dissuade friends from their intentions than persuade them to do something.
- I am excellent at controlling and keeping my desires and impulses in check.
- I am diligent and competent in everything I undertake.
- I strictly keep my promises.
- Nothing is worse than surprises.
- I strictly adhere to established laws, rules, and orders.
- I consistently go through all the stages of any task, not 'jumping' with my thoughts.
- It is typical for me that I am a person of my word, I value justice and the reasonable order based on it.
- I am not interested in others.
- In my thoughts, I more often reason with words, mental speech, and sequentially, rather than with jumps or some vague visual 'insights' and images.
- In many matters, I am a highly pedantic person.
- I like refining technologies, bringing them to maximum efficiency.
- My strength lies in the fact that my actions are always systematic, constant, and regular.
- When faced with a choice, I more often prefer more reliable options with small gains than unlikely ones with big gains.
- Even in nervous situations, I remain calm.
- Most of the time, I have very high internal concentration.
- I can instantly logically notice and calculate even small danger.
- I almost permanently remember any damage done to me, but verbal insults I remember less and forget faster in comparison.
- It's true that I am a calm person and not prone to unrestrained joy, rage, or severe suffering.
- I can completely focus my attention only on the main information and main problems, while ignoring all insignificant things.