P A T H O F

HEROES
Personality Type Guide
and Self-Assessment

Discover Your True Character Type

Matt Sherman
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 Quick Self-Assessment
Read through the below Character Type Bios and simply Rate from 0-10
how much each character type represents you.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"
The later pages will go into more detail about each character type's abilities.

Character Type Rating

Analyzing Adept: It's easy for you to use technical expertise
to solve a problem. You’re the character who makes technical
sense of the world. You're interested in detached analysis,
precise thought, understanding information, finding holes in
logic, and following your own rules.

Strategizing Commander: It's easy for you to decisively

organize things to reach a goal. You’re the character who
takes decisive command of a situation. You’re great at
achieving goals, planning, enforcing rules and order, taking
action, and level-headed leadership.

Visioning Mystic: It's easy for you to access the unconscious

mind or symbolism for guidance. You’re the character who
questions the nature of the universe. You likely follow your
insights, seek deeper meaning, embrace symbols, have long-
range foresight, and you have a serene sense of knowing to
you.

Innovating Explorer: It's easy for you to think outside the

box and quickly generate possibilities. You’re the character
who creates change and options. You like brainstorming,
creativity, exploring exciting new possibilities, toying with
ideas and things, and starting new projects.

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 Quick Self-Assessment
Rate from 0-10 how much each character type represents you.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"
The later pages will go into more detail about each character type's abilities.

Character Type Rating

Resonating Soul: It's easy for you to tap into feelings, values,
or your conscience. You’re the character who stays true to
yourself no matter what. You likely fight for what’s right, seek
inner harmony, embrace individuality, support 1-on-1, and
reflect deeply on emotions.

Unifying Envoy: It's easy for you to proactively support or

provide for others. You’re the character who brings the team
together. You likely boost morale, proactively take care of
others, have a strong social presence, and create and
maintain harmony.

Stabilizing Guardian: It's easy for you to reference past

experiences to create or maintain consistency. You’re the
character who wants to conserve the lessons of the past.
You're grounded in reality, carefully review and recall the
past, pay attention to what's going on inside your body, and
are methodical.

Engaging Adventurer: It's easy for you to use your senses or

instincts to act immediately. You’re the character who
embraces and enjoys the moment. You’re fully tuned to your
senses, you like to spice things up, rely on instinct to handle
crises, and are very hands-on.

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 How powerful is your
Analyzing Adept?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to use technical expertise to solve a problem. You’re the
character who makes technical sense of the world. You're interested in
detached analysis, precise thought, understanding information, finding
holes in logic, and following your own rules.

Identify: You use accurate wording to pinpoint what something is

Leverage: You leverage a change in 1 thing to impact the whole system
Detach: You tune out your surroundings so you can think clearly
Inform: You point out classifications or unified theories to explain
Truth: You point out mistaken information or an illogical argument
Personal logic: You come up with unconventional insights
Devil's Advocate: You can easily debate issues from any position
Expertise: You show or express your honed knowledge and skills
Autonomy: Your create independence from cultural expectations
Puzzles: You make order from chaotic data

Technical Name: introverted Thinking (Ti)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Logic
Stance: Defensive
Archetype: Specialist

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Strategizing Commander?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to decisively organize things to reach a goal. You’re the
character who takes decisive command of a situation. You’re great at
achieving goals, planning, enforcing rules and order, taking action, and
level-headed leadership.

Optimize: You correct incompetency or a flaw

Schedule: You act on a schedule
Convince: You use logic to convince someone to follow your plan
I Am the Law: You create or are guided by a rule, regulation, or law
Calculating: You make it clear what you expect to happen
Contingency Plan: You came prepared with plan B or C
Organize: You rearrange people or things to be more efficient
Cause-and-Effect: You think 3 steps ahead through “if X, then y”
Overcome: You double your efforts to overcome a specific setback
Decide: You take charge by clearly deciding without any “gray areas”

Technical Name: extraverted Thinking (Te)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Logic
Stance: Offensive
Archetype: Controller

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Visioning Mystic?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to access the unconscious mind or symbolism for
guidance. You’re the character who questions the nature of the universe.
You likely follow your insights, seek deeper meaning, embrace symbols,
have long-range foresight, and you have a serene sense of knowing to you.

Unconscious Mind: You meditate or enter a trance

Beyond the Veil: You become aware of the true nature of something
Sixth Sense: A hunch or sixth sense helps guide you
Meaning: The search for the meaning of something helps you carry on
Knowing: You use a specific action or symbol to focus your mind
Great Teacher: You advise or convince someone with a metaphor
Divination: You receive a glimpse of the distant future – good or bad
Philosophize: You speculate or theorize about ideas
Perspective: You gain an advantage by embracing a different view
Uncover: You notice a hidden plot or connection

Technical Name: introverted iNtuition (Ni)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Ideas
Stance: Defensive
Archetype: Protector

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Innovating Explorer?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to think outside the box and quickly generate possibilities.
You’re the character who creates change and options. You like
brainstorming, creativity, exploring exciting new possibilities, toying with
ideas and things, and starting new projects.

Create: You create just the right thing for a task

Possibilities: You use your imagination to pull yourself out of a jam
Connect the Dots: You tell how you knew or connected up something
Risk: You trust your luck to help you handle what happens
Quipster: Your wit, puns, or quips make others laugh or think differently
Enthusiasm: You're guided by the sheer excitement of unfurling ideas
Shake Things Up: You change things drastically and see what emerges
Explore: You blaze new trails in unfamiliar mental or physical territory
Act “As If”: You act like another character to complete a task
Discover: You find something once forgotten

Technical Name: extraverted iNtuition (Ne)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Ideas
Stance: Offensive
Archetype: Vanguard

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Resonating Soul?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to tap into feelings, values, or your conscience. You’re the
character who stays true to yourself no matter what. You likely fight for
what’s right, seek inner harmony, embrace individuality, support 1-on-1,
and reflect deeply on emotions.

Authenticity: You can always tell when someone is being fake

1-on-1: Your direct emotional investment in a character guides actions
Harmonize: You spend time alone considering your feelings
Morality: You act to protect against immorality
Empathy: You decide by entering the emotional place of a character
Conviction: You lead by example to promote or defend a cause
Peacekeeper: You avoid conflict by calming someone involved
Replicate Emotion: You bring out, produce, or tune into emotions
Emotional Aikido: You use someone’s emotion for or against them
Artist: You pursue or produce art

Technical Name: introverted Feeling (Fi)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Feelings
Stance: Defensive
Archetype: Specialist

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Unifying Envoy?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to proactively support or provide for others. You’re the
character who brings the team together. You likely boost morale,
proactively take care of others, have a strong social presence, and create
and maintain harmony.

Support: You attempt to actively provide, aid, or assist almost everyone

Respect: Your actions maintain social expectations and standards
Fellowship: You know someone (or soon will) that can help you
Altruistic: You take on someone's needs as your own at personal cost
Praise: You give and seek validation, praise, or appreciation
Crusade: You take on a crusade for social causes
Adviser: You advise someone about what they should do
Host: You work to promote and arrange a pleasant atmosphere
Social Feedback: You notice and adapt behavior for social harmony
Morale: Your presence brightens the room

Technical Name: extraverted Feeling (Fe)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Feelings
Stance: Offensive
Archetype: Controller

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Stabilizing Guardian?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to reference past experiences to create or maintain
consistency. You’re the character who wants to conserve the lessons of the
past. You're grounded in reality, carefully review and recall the past, pay
attention to what's going on inside your body, and are methodical.

Traditions: You follow a habit or tradition that’s part of you

Lessons Learned: You tell a story about past experiential lessons
Conservator: You put effort towards repairing or maintenance
Body Awareness: Internal sensations (hunger, exhaustion…) guide you
Duty: You defend someone or something through duty or responsibility
Deja Vu: A sensation triggers a vivid memory to guide your next action
Nostalgia: You spend time doing something nostalgic
Been There: You point out how an area you’ve been to has changed
Total Recall: You recall numbers or facts about something
Tried and True: You take the sensible way and avoid the unexpected

Technical Name: introverted Sensing (Si)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Experiences
Stance: Defensive
Archetype: Protector

Power Score

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 How powerful is your
Engaging Adventurer?
Put a check in each box that fits with how you naturally approach life.
Add up each check to get your power ranking.
0 means "nothing like me" and 10 means "absolutely like me"

Character Type Description

It's easy for you to use your senses or instincts to act immediately. You’re
the character who embraces and enjoys the moment. You’re fully tuned to
your senses, you like to spice things up, rely on instinct to handle crises,
and are very hands-on.

In the Moment: You embrace the now despite consequences

Improvise: You react quickly and utilize something nearby
Charge: You immediately shift from relaxed to engaged
Hands-on: You get the most understanding from up-close interaction
Actual Experience: You clearly recall exact sensory experiences
Observant: You notice acute details
Sidestep: You use quick thinking to get past a block / barrier
Juggler: You handle multiple physical tasks at once
Adrenaline: You follow adrenaline or sensory appetites
I Am the Ax: You merge with an object by intense focus

Technical Name: extraverted Sensing (Se)

L.I.F.E. Domain: Experiences
Stance: Offensive
Archetype: Vanguard

Power Score

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 CHARACTER DYNAMICS
Discover more about which role each character plays within your psyche.
You have a whole cast or roster of characters inside you, and each one has
their own strengths and weaknesses.

You've just taken the personality type assessment and know which
characters are likely strengths for you.

But what do they look like? How do they interact? What are their roles in
your psyche?

Here's more information on what archetypal roles they play within your
psyche and how they interact:

The Team: These are technically functions 1-4 (Hero, Mentor, Sidekick, and
Maverick) and are the set of characters you mostly focus on. They're the
ones you use most often and rely on the most. They're your go-to
characters for any situation and have guided you through most of your
life's journeys.

The Team
The Hero
Star, Confidence, Flow

The Mentor The Sidekick

Growth, Support, Advice Relief, Newbie, Childlike

The Maverick
Aspire, Limit, Gateway

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 THE TEAM
The Hero: Star, Confidence, Flow

The Hero is technically called your dominant function. This is the character
that you rely on most in life. The Hero is your main strength and it's also
the one that you first developed in childhood. It's the one that you use
most naturally, and it's what you're most comfortable with.

The Mentor: Growth, Support, Advice

The Mentor is technically called your auxiliary function. This is your

secondary strength, and it helps balance out your dominant function. It can
help guide you when you're stuck or unsure of how to approach life. The
Mentor gives you different perspectives and the guidance to help you grow
by questing in the unknown world.

The Sidekick: Relief, Newbie, Childlike

The Sidekick is technically called your tertiary function. It gives you and
your Hero reasons to do what you always do. It can be good, but it has an
undeveloped quality to it, which means it can also be used in a way that
only creates short-term fixes. This is the one that you use when you're
feeling stressed or overwhelmed by the world around you. The Sidekick
can help relieve some of those feelings by giving you a break from the
unknown world.

The Maverick: Aspire, Limit, Gateway

The Maverick is technically called your inferior function. It’s the one that
comes out when you've hit your limit in times of heavy stress or crisis as a
protective mechanism. It's also something that limits your growth until
you've learned how to keep it on your team. We often blame most of life's
problems and drama on this character.

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 THE OTHER GUYS
Discover more about which role each character plays within your psyche.

The Other Guys: These are technically functions 5-8 and are the set of
characters that reside in your shadow. You tend to not value them much or
overlook them as potential solutions to life's problems. They can be seen
as wild or strange, but they’re also the ones who help us grow and develop
into a more rounded person beyond our normal approaches to life.

The below descriptions are more focused on the negative aspects of the
roles but realize that the more rapport you build with them, the more
flexible and useful they can be.

The Other Guys

The Rival
Conflict, Frustrate, Challenge

The Critic The Trickster

Refuse, Inactivate, Control Manipulate, Troll, Trap

The Saboteur
Undermine, Struggle,
Redemption

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 THE TEAM
The Rival: Conflict, Frustrate, Challenge

The Rival is technically called your fifth function. This is a character that
you're constantly in competition with, and it can cause a lot of frustration.
It’s often seen as a rival, the one who always seems to get the best of you
or challenge your efforts. This character can be extremely frustrating
because it exists in the same L.I.F.E. Domain as your Hero but takes a
different stance (offensive or defensive). The challenge that it provides can
turn into an encouraging point for growth.

The Critic: Refuse, Inactivate, Control

The Critic is technically called your sixth function. This character tries to
control your life and puts restrictions on you. It constantly points out
reasons why you can't do things. Imagine it like the Mentor but with less-
than-helpful motives, or a parent who always restricts the growth of their
child because they think they know what's best for them. When brought
onto the team, it can offer sage advice that can greatly increase one's
potential.

The Trickster: Manipulate, Troll, Trap

The Trickster is technically called your seventh function. This character

uses manipulation and traps to get what it wants. If the Sidekick is like a
newbie, the Trickster is like a troll. It intentionally disrupts your comfort
zone, breaks the rules, and we're generally blind to its presence. Trolling
often creates new ways of playing life and re-defines the entire playfield.

The Saboteur: Undermine, Struggle, Redemption

The Saboteur is technically called your eighth function. This character

undermines your efforts and struggles to make things happen. It often
feels like an enemy or nemesis who wants to destroy you. In some ways,
this is the most important function of all as it represents your inner self-
destructive tendencies and although it's often seen as dark or evil, it can be
a source of great power and transformation when brought onto the team.

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 LIST OF ALL 16 TYPES
Use this to find out what role each character plays within your psyche.

SPECIALISTS PROTECTORS
ROLE / TYPE INTP ISTP INFP ISFP INTJ INFJ ISTJ ISFJ
Innovating Engaging Innovating Engaging Strategizing Unifying Strategizing Unifying
CLASS
Adept Adept Soul Soul Mystic Mystic Guardian Guardian

1. HERO Adept Adept Soul Soul Mystic Mystic Guardian Guardian

2. MENTOR Explorer Adventurer Explorer Adventurer Commander Envoy Commander Envoy

3. SIDEKICK Guardian Mystic Guardian Mystic Soul Adept Soul Adept

4. MAVERICK Envoy Envoy Commander Commander Adventurer Adventurer Explorer Explorer

5. RIVAL Commander Commander Envoy Envoy Explorer Explorer Adventurer Adventurer

6. CRITIC Mystic Guardian Mystic Guardian Adept Soul Adept Soul

7. TRICKSTER Adventurer Explorer Adventurer Explorer Envoy Commander Envoy Commander

8. SABOTEUR Soul Soul Adept Adept Guardian Guardian Mystic Mystic

VANGUARDS CONTROLLERS
ROLE / TYPE ENTP ENFP ESTP ESFP ENTJ ESTJ ENFJ ESFJ

Analyzing Resonating Analyzing Resonating Visioning Stabilizing Visioning Stabilizing

CLASS
Explorer Explorer Adventurer Adventurer Commander Commander Envoy Envoy

1. HERO Explorer Explorer Adventurer Adventurer Commander Commander Envoy Envoy

2. MENTOR Adept Soul Adept Soul Mystic Guardian Mystic Guardian

3. SIDEKICK Envoy Commander Envoy Commander Adventurer Explorer Adventurer Explorer

4. MAVERICK Guardian Guardian Mystic Mystic Soul Soul Adept Adept

5. RIVAL Mystic Mystic Guardian Guardian Adept Adept Soul Soul

6. CRITIC Commander Envoy Commander Envoy Explorer Adventurer Explorer Adventurer

7. TRICKSTER Soul Adept Soul Adept Guardian Mystic Guardian Mystic

8. SABOTEUR Adventurer Adventurer Explorer Explorer Envoy Envoy Commander Commander

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 SELF-DEVELOPMENT TIPS & TRICKS
CREATE CHARACTERS
When you're playing a character in a game, it's important to make sure that
you're using your strengths and finding ways to overcome your
weaknesses.

In the same way, when you're building your life, it's important to make sure
that you're using your strengths and finding ways to overcome your
weaknesses.

In order to do this, I recommend creating characters based off of all eight

of these character classes and asking yourself "What would I do if I were in
this situation?" Better yet, ask the character "What would you do in this
situation?"

This may sound strange at first, but the simple activity of accessing
different perceptual positions (neurolinguistic programming) is the key to
unlocking flexibility of thought. And the more flexible you are, the more
resourceful you can be.

LOG IN
Ask yourself, "Which character would best handle this situation?" or "Who
do I need to become to better handle this?"

After that, mentally log in as that character and handle the task.

Do this by using John Grinder's Chain of Excellence and imagining

breathing like the character, changing your posture to match it, and
adjusting your state by allowing yourself to pretend and imagine from that
character's perspective. This is all you need to do to activate the neural
pathways of that character archetype.

Doing this helps you change how you're performing the task, which will
help you do it better!

Can you imagine playing basketball slumped over, thinking sad thoughts
and breathing heavily like someone who is depressed? It won't be a great
game. So, change your breathing, your physiology, and your state.

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 SELF-DEVELOPMENT TIPS & TRICKS
THE SITUATION ROOM
You've read Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, right? If not, here's the
quick rundown: in his book, he talks about how people who achieve
success have invisible counselors that help them plan their goals, create a
plan of action, and follow through on their plans. They don't just think
about it—they talk to themselves!

Have a nightly meetup with all eight characters sitting around a table in
your mind. Ask them questions, listen to them, build rapport between
them, and notice how they begin to solve life's problems under the surface
of your conscious mind.

I call this "The Situation Room" but it could just as easily be a meetup with
friends at a local tavern, a crew of pirates on the deck, or a council of
elders like in the Lord of the Rings.

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TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE
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Defensive Offensive

Analyzing Adept L Strategizing Commander

Visioning Mystic I Innovating Explorer

Resonating Soul F Unifying Envoy

Stabilizing Guardian E Engaging Adventurer

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