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In this episode Joel and Antonia explain the difference between Introverted Intuition and Extraverted Intuition.
In this podcast you’ll find:
- Intuition is an effectively advanced pattern recognition. It is a learning style basically speculating the train of thought following what’s behind the curtain.
- Intuitives are not the majority so the world is not designed for them.
- People who have sensory learning styles aren’t comfortable speculating. They want more information to be safe and secure.
- We don’t have enough explanation why some people see the world profoundly
- Everyone uses intuition to some degree.
- Intuition isn’t judgmental. Its nature is really just trying to understand what’s happening behind the curtain.
- Inside us, our intuition is working in conjunction with our mind’s ability to evaluate the information it takes in. All by itself, intuition is totally non-judgemental. It’s simply a process of learning.
- 2 types of intuition: Introverted vs Extraverted Intuition
- Introverted Intuitive Style = Perspective. Perspectives have the ability to watch their own minds form a pattern. When they hear people talk or do something, their mind will shift into the other person’s perspective and get a sense of what’s going on.
- Perspective users oftentimes don’t reveal this kind of genius. They almost have the ability to predict future events.
- In perspectives, you are able to see how large groups of people are going to react.
- The process of learning takes some time to develop. Perspectives are very easy to be distracted. It’s almost like a fragile process sometimes. If there’s a lot of sensory input, it’s hard to stay focused because it’s a fragile process.
- When working on problem, they wouldn’t know how they arrived at the solution. If they get distracted, they might never be able to pick up the trail again.
- Out of the 25%, only 10% are using perspectives.
- Perspective people tend to have a lot of one sided relationships and so they have very unique needs.
- Because they don’t have that many people who understand how it works, it’s difficult for them to rise up to become better version of themselves.
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- Extraverted Intuition = Exploration. Unlike perspectives who are slow paced, exploration on the other hand, is more about exploring the world and understanding patterns on the outside world. They tend to be very interactive and engaging.
- They’re able to understand the connections and relationships to things that other people don’t. It’s about new connections.
- Intuition is interested in speed of information and depth of insight. Both types of intuition do this but Exploration is more inclined to speed of information and Perspectives likes the depth of insights.
- The world needs both styles of intuition. Without this, we would actually stagnate.
- The more you give yourself permission and make your intuition more powerful and strong, you could be truly unstoppable in making great things.
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One more thing I’d like to point out is that what Antonia is referring to as Perspectives is called theory of mind, at least in the field of anthropology. She is right in saying that this is a recent evolutionary trait because chimpanzees, our closest ancestors, don’t seem to have it. On some level, all humans can do this. Theory of mind refers to the ability to know what others know, and then guessing what their intentions are based on what they know.
Theory of mind is especially important when it comes to deception. If you don’t know what someone else knows, then how can you lie to them? You can’t. Because then you’d assume everything you know, they know as well. Kids can lie. Adults certainly can too.
The better you know how your own mind works, the better you’ll be able to predict the thoughts of others. Unfortunately, all you have is your own brain. Which is why I stress the importance of reading other people’s stuff (even going out and observing people will work) because doing so is going to give you access to the structure of someone else’s mind. After you get a sense of what’s going on, it’ll be easier to put yourself in their shoes. This leads to greater understanding. And I think all of us could benefit from that.
While Soseki is like home base to me, what I really want to look for are the writers who have Feeling as their dominant process. Because feeling is pretty alien to me, it’s hard for me to put myself in the shoes of a Feeler. I don’t really like melodramas because I get affected really easily, so again, back to books. There’s this space in between you and them, and doing so lets you step back and see how their thoughts generate certain emotions. Then you can create a theory based off of it. I kind of have a working theory going on, but it’s still in progress.
The point you made about sitting with your back to the wall is very interesting. This is a discovery I’ve recently made about myself. I found it’s very stifling to have your desk face the wall the time, and I very much prefer having my table face an open space. When I’m at a restaurant, I try to find a spot that gives me the widest perspective possible. I want to see everything that’s going on.
That being said, something else I’d like to share to readers is in regards to writing. When people say books can tell you a lot about the writer, I totally agree, because writing is basically thinking put into words. Knowing this, I would suggest to anyone who’s struggling with their “type” to either try reading someone else’s work or try writing something of their own.
Having books from several different authors, I’m going to go out on a limb here. An S user (I can’t be sure if it’s Se or Si since sensing isn’t my forte), is going to have lots of sensory details in their writing. The smell of a flower, what color it is, how it feels, etc. David Foster Wallace is an example of author who uses A LOT of sensory details in his writing. In one scene, he is able to spend a good page describing exactly how desks are positioned in a classroom, what patterns are used, etc. Simply put, it’s mind blowing. I have no idea how someone can remember that much detail.
For me, I’m particularly fond of Natsume Soseki, who, in his writing, is able to articulate exactly how one person thinks, such that by the time the actual event has happened, it’s really not a surprise to anyone. His writing emphasizes the flow of thought itself and I love it. I don’t know whether that is a N thing or what, but anyway.
Just a tip to anyone out there. :)
hi! you talked about a lack of perspectives mentors, which reminded me of these two perspectives users Luna and Sol, who are INFJ and INTJ respectively, and they are the creators of this relatively new spiritual and growth oriented site called www.lonerwolf.com so check out their writing, their messages,ideas, and their ways of thinking, if you guys are interested in getting a deeper insight into the way this learning style can function. it’s kind of nice for me as an INFJ that i get to check out lonerwolf articles and personality hacker articles and podcasts – both perspectives and exploration styles – i kind of feel like i get the best of both worlds. i kind of see you 4 as leaders in your own right, so it’s great to experience and participate in all this knowledge, learning, understanding, and healing, and be part of this collective growth movement.
ps: luna and sol have both taken the MBTI and have even mentioned their types in articles (even though the things they focus on are not related to MBTI) and that is how i am confident of their types.
I just had the opportunity to listen to this podcast and the entire cast I was shaking my head and saying…ABSOLUTELY that’s just my experience. Thank you for such a well articulated description of Ni and Ne. I generally test as an ENFJ and struggle to find real information from anyone who seems to actually understand the ENFJ personality type. I feel that of all of the NFs ENFJs are the most misunderstood and the most under represented in terms of information about them. I listened to your 8 min podcast about ENFJs and thought..finally someone who seems to get it. I have many NFs in my life but only one other ENFJ and it’s a male and so there are of course gender differences. Mostly I have ENFPS 8, 2 INFJ and 5 INFPs and I can find tons of information on them, but seldom find anything comprehensive about ENFJs. I’m searching your site to see if there is any other information specifically about ENFJs
I took your test and it came back Perspective/Harmony which I think you associate with an INFJ (which I’ve also tested as from time to time), I def identify more with the ENFJ altho I test very high on my Ni perhaps a point below my Fe.
Just want to say thank you for the site and the information you provide. I’m coming back for more. :)
Maybe I should have read the above first. Sorry. Antonia, when you talk, I think i’m min love. It’s as if we are so similar. I never experience where someone get’s me. I feel like i’m having an epiphany. Next month, when I have the money, I will be buying https://ca157.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showProductDetail?productId=15. But I have one question; what’s the difference between the above and https://ca157.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showProductDetail?productId=38?
Thanks.
“Introverted Intuitive Style = Perspective. Perspectives have the ability to watch their own minds form a pattern. When they hear people talk or do something, their mind will shift into the other person’s perspective and get a sense of what’s going on.”
- This may explain why I hate know-it-all’s or why I frequently say the world isn’t black or white. I seem many possibilities and perspectives.
“Perspective users oftentimes don’t reveal this kind of genius. They almost have the ability to predict future events.”
- What I alluded to above. When I can speak the language, if you will, I have great insights.
“In perspectives, you are able to see how large groups of people are going to react.”
- I especially notice this when I see group think.
“The process of learning takes some time to develop. Perspectives are very easy to be distracted. It’s almost like a fragile process sometimes. If there’s a lot of sensory input, it’s hard to stay focused because it’s a fragile process.”
- Yea, sometimes I have laser like focus, and other times I have ADD.
“When working on problem, they wouldn’t know how they arrived at the solution. If they get distracted, they might never be able to pick up the trail again.”
- Same as above
“Out of the 25%, only 10% are using perspectives.”
- Good grief. As if INTJ’s weren’t rare birds as it is, I have to damn near be an endangered species.
“Perspective people tend to have a lot of one sided relationships and so they have very unique needs.”
- Sigh. Yea.
“Because they don’t have that many people who understand how it works, it’s difficult for them to rise up to become better version of themselves.”
- Yep.