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Personality Types
Alpha

Curious how the world works, fond of talking ideas over, and keeping it light.

GrandmasterINTJBeaconESFJCatalystENTPHarmonistISFP
Beta

They prize strength and loyalty to their own; a big goal is worth the heat and risk.

FlamekeeperINFPWarlordESTPHeraldENFJSentinelISTJ
Gamma

Work that pays, results that count, and a small circle they've trusted for years.

SeerINTPDukeESFPExecutorENTJCustodianISFJ
Delta

These four nurture and protect what's built to last, without much fuss.

SageINFJOverseerESTJHarbingerENFPCraftsmanISTP
Expert personality profileWhat matters most about your type, and how it gets along with each of the 16 types.Professional typingWhen you want it exact, not just likely: a type assessment from your speech.
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Lex Tarrel

Creator of the CoreTypes system

I read personality type from speech. Everything on this site grew out of that: the free test, my books on the sixteen types and my articles on how types get along.

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What I do

  • The system and the test

    CoreTypes looks at how a person talks, not at what they say about themselves. The free test gives you a first working version of your type.

  • Books

    On each of the sixteen types, on how they get along, and on hearing a type in speech. I write so you don't need any background to follow.

  • Articles

    Mostly about pairs of types: what happens when two meet, where it's easy and where they'll have to work things out. Read them in any order.

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Everything else about me is at lextarrel.com

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