Metaprograms. The Brain's Operating System

Metaprograms are local filters of attention. They are not hardwired to your type; they are flexible, contextual settings—much like an equalizer—that shift depending on the task at hand.

You might use "Detail + Result" at the office, but switch to "Global + Process" at a party.

Section 1. How You Think (Rather Than What You Think)

1. Scale of Thinking (Chunking)
(Big Picture — Details — Analogy — Мета)
Who sees the map, and who sees every individual brick?

2. Matching or Mismatching
(Sameness vs. Difference)
Do you look for similarities or differences? Do you agree or debate by default?

3. Convincer Modality
Is it a picture, a sound, a feeling, or logic?

4. Outside or Inside
(Uptime vs. Downtime)
Are you "reading" the world or living inside your head?

5. Facts or Meanings
(Sensing vs. Intuition in the NLP sense)
Do you trust what can be touched, or what can be read between the lines?

6. Black-and-White or Gradients
(Polarity vs. Continuum)
Is it a "yes/no" or a "well, it depends"?

7. Mental Scenarios
(Best Case vs. Worst Case)
By default, do you prepare for a triumph or a catastrophe?

8. Boundaries of Perception
(Permeability vs. Impermeability)
Are you easily "infected" by others' states, or are you like an armored tank?

9. Focus of Attention
(Distraction Resistance)
Can you work through the sound of a jackhammer, or does a single sneeze throw you off?

10. Why or How
(Causes vs. Process)
Do you dig into "why this happened" or immediately look for "what to do next"?

11. World as Structure or Flow
(Static vs. Process)
Is reality a set of fixed things or continuous movement for you?

12. Communication Channels
(Verbal vs. Non-verbal)
Do you live through words, or through intonations, pauses, and glances?

Section 2. How You Experience (And How You Get Stuck)

This is where people get most confused, lie to themselves the most, and shout, "That’s not about me!"

This is not a "somatic reaction type," but a simple question: "How do you glitch when life puts the squeeze on you?"

Emotional Metaprograms

13. Behavior Under Pressure
(Passivity / Aggression / Assertiveness)
Do you freeze, attack, or hold your ground (stay centered)?

14. Whose Opinion You Live By
(External vs. Internal Reference)
Are you your own authority, or do you need "applause from the audience"?

15. Inside the Emotion or Observing It
(Association vs. Dissociation)
Are you drowning in the experience, or are you watching it from the side?

16. Response Speed
Response Type (Proactive, Reflective, Inactive)
Do you act first, think first, or "lay low" first?

17. The Convincer Strategy
(The Convincer Strategy)
Does it need to look right, sound right, feel right, or make logical sense for you to believe it?

18. Emotional Spread vs. Compartmentalization
(Diffusion vs. Direction of Emotions)
One conflict—and you hate the whole world? Or is "work just work"?

19. Not Enough vs. Too Much
(Emotional Intensity)
Do you seek drive and fire, or do you prefer things calm, without the fireworks?

Section 3. How You Move and What You Actually Want

This isn't about "how you think" or "how you feel." It’s about how you "plow through" life. And this is where people lie to themselves with the most inspiration.

This is where a person can finally look honestly at themselves and understand why they are always tired, angry, or hitting the same walls.

Volitional (Willpower) Metaprograms

20. Running Toward the Carrot or Away from the Whip?
(Toward / Away; Approach / Avoidance)
Are you more motivated by "I want this" or "as long as I avoid that"?

21. Options or Procedures?
(Possibilities / Procedures)
Give you an open field—and you’ll thrive.
Or give you an algorithm—and don't interfere.

22. Managing or Adapting?
(Judging / Perceiving; Management / Adaptation)
Do you show up and establish order?
Or do you first see what kind of "jungle" it is and then move accordingly?

23. Necessity or Possibility?
(Must / Want)
Do you live out of "obligation"?
Or out of "it’s interesting to try"?

24. What Actually Interests You?
(People / Places / Objects / Activities / Information)
Are you in it for the people? The processes? The ideas? The "hype"?
Or do you just want the data?

25. Adaptation to Expectations
(Perfectionism / Optimization / Skepticism)
Do you do it perfectly?
Do you do it "good enough"?
Or do you doubt it first, and then decide if it’s even worth doing?

26. Decision-Making Criteria
(Cost / Convenience / Quality / Time)
Do you choose based on what’s cheaper? Faster? More reliable? More comfortable?
Or do you reinvent your shopping philosophy every single time?

27. Level of Responsibility
(Over-responsible / Under-responsible / Balanced)
Do you carry everything on your back? Or is it "nothing to do with me"? Or do you know how to delegate?

28. Trusting or Scanning for a Catch?
(Trust / Distrust)
Is it "everyone is good until proven otherwise"? Or "everyone is shady until I check"?

Section 4. How You Behave in the World (And What People Read From You)

This is about how you manifest outwardly. How you are seen. How you enter a room. How you exit a conflict. How you exist among people.

This section is about the "mask" and behavior. About what is visible. About what is often mistaken for "personality type," even though it’s just the operating settings for interaction.

External Response Metaprograms

29. Where You Recharge
(Extrovert / Ambivert / Introvert)
Are people like a power outlet for you? Or like a vacuum cleaner that sucks your battery dry?

30. Solo, Team, or Above?
(Independent / Team Player / Manager)
Are you "I’ll handle it myself"? Or "let’s do it together"? Or "okay, everyone listen to me"?

31. Communication Style
(Communicative Stance)
Do you push? Clarify? Inquire? Announce? Or constantly argue for the sake of the process?

32. Reaction to Tension
(Congruence / Competition / Collaboration / Polarity / Meta-position)
Do you stay whole? Switch to "fight" mode? Start negotiating? Or move into the observer role?

33. Physical Reaction Type
(Active / Reflective / Mixed)
Do you flare up? Freeze? Or think first, then move?

34. Preferred Working Elements
(Objects / Systems / People / Information)
Are you interested in things? Processes? People? Or pure data?

35. Style of Comparison
(Quantitative / Qualitative)
Do you count and measure? Or do you judge by the feeling of "better/worse"?

36. Source of Knowledge
(Modeling / Concept / Demonstration / Personal Experience / Authority)
Do you need to see how it’s done? Understand the theory? Try it yourself? Or hear it from someone you trust?

37. Completion vs. Process
(Closure / Non-closure)
Is it important for you to close the "Gestalt"? Or can you comfortably live in "almost finished" mode?

38. Self-Presentation
(Artful / Sincere)
Do you carefully construct an image? Or is it "here I am, as I am"?

39. Dominance Style
(Power / Affiliation / Achievement)
Do you control through force? Through alliances? Or through results?

Section 5. Deep Personality Settings

Now we enter the territory of neither "how you think" nor "how you react." We are looking at what the whole construction is built upon.
This is not behavior. Not emotions. Not choice.
This is the Architecture of Personality.
Your internal foundation.

This is the level where personality is formed. You can’t argue this away with memes. Here, there is either structure or chaos.

40. Value System
(Needs and Beliefs)
What is truly important to you? What can’t you live without?
Money? Recognition? Freedom? Meaning? Safety? Love?
And most importantly—are these your values, or did you "borrow" them from somewhere else?

41. Reaction to Pressure
(Strong Will / Compliance)
If someone says "you must"—do you resist? Or bend? Or pretend to bend and then do it your way?

42–43. Self-Esteem and Confidence
(High / Low; Conditional / Unconditional)
Are you "okay" only when successful? Or "okay" just because you exist? Does your confidence rely on facts or on an internal core?

44. The Center of "Self"
(Mind / Emotions / Will / Body / Role)
Are you primarily Intellect? Feelings? Character? Physical presence? Or a social mask?

45. Internal Integrity
(Internal Conflict / Integration)
Is there a perpetual war inside you? Or have all the parts agreed to work as a team?

46–48. Time Orientation
(Past / Present / Future; In-time / Through-time; Sequential / Random)
Do you live in memories? The moment? Plans?
Are you "in" the timeline—experiencing everything step by step? Or do you look at it from above, jumping back and forth? Do you remember events in order or as flashes?

49. Ego Strength
(Stability / Instability)
Can you be knocked down by a single word? Or do you stand firm even in a storm?

50. Superego and Morality
(Strong / Weak)
Do you live by an internal code? Or are rules something flexible and situational?

51. Causality
(Causative Type)
What do you believe in: Linear cause ("A caused B")? Multiple factors? The influence of people? Circumstances? Magic and signs? "Coincidences are never random"?

Section 6. Extended and Experimental Settings

(Metaprograms beyond the "Basic 51")

52. Rules: My rules for me / My rules for everyone / Double standards.

53. Harmony and Conflict as an internal need.

54. Attitude Toward Risk: Safety / Thrill-seeking / Recklessness.

55. Time Processing: Compressed, expanded, jumpy.

56. Meta-Awareness: Being in the state vs. being above the state.