Famous ESTPs in history
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12 true lives that follow the ESTP pattern. On this site it’s called The Forge.
“You move first, fix it live, and get bored of any meeting about the meeting.”
Thomas CochraneWith 54 men, he took a Spanish frigate crewed by 319 by getting too close for her guns.Read his story
Robert SmallsWearing the captain's straw hat, he steamed past Fort Sumter's guns before dawn and delivered sixteen people to freedom.Read his story
Krystyna SkarbekWith friends held by the Gestapo, she hummed outside the prison walls, heard the tune answered, and talked them out.Read her story
John LawHe killed a man in a duel, got out of prison with a file, then ran the money of France.Read his story
Ellen CraftDisguised as a sick white planter, she crossed the South with her arm in a sling, because she couldn't write.Read her story
Manuela SáenzWhen assassins broke into Bolívar's palace, she stopped him charging the door and told him to get dressed.Read her story
Juan BelmonteHe learned to fight bulls naked by moonlight, with one jacket shared among a gang of boys.Read his story- Nadezhda DurovaDisguised as a cavalryman, she charged enemy dragoons alone to save an officer, then gave him her horse.Read her story
Werner ForssmannForbidden to try it on a patient, he pushed a tube into his own heart, and lost his career.Read his story
Tom MolineauxHe came within a disputed count of England's boxing title, then let go of the friend who got him there.Read his story- Juana AzurduyA lieutenant colonel of the independence wars, she had to petition for four mules to get home.Read her story
- Ban ChaoWith thirty-six men in a desert kingdom, he read a king's cooling courtesy and struck that same night.Read his story
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