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In this episode Joel and Antonia dive deep into the needs and desires of the INFP personality type.
In this podcast on INFP Personality Type you’ll find:
- Why are INFPs misunderstood?
- The cognitive function is a mental process that helps you learn information or make decisions.
- The 4 letter code tells you how your brain is wired. It’s like an entrance on how you learn processes.
- Authenticity – Is a way that you (as an INFP) make your decisions which is more inclined what resonates with you the most as a person.
- INFPs understand emotions on a whole different level.
- Questions to ethics become very intriguing to INFPs. For example: “what determines an ethical or moral action?”
- Authenticity is very in touch with the subjective human experience.
- Authenticity is where we humans find conscience. Because that’s when we ask, “how do we honor people’s individuality?”
- Oftentimes, INFPs become masters of human experience in general.
- The ability to determine that something resonates is a maturity of the Authenticity process. As it matures, it understands that not everything they experience is the same as everyone.
- Do INFPs truly want to be understood?
- Nobody could be 100% understand them apart from themselves.
- INFPs feel being marginalized and dismissed way more than being misunderstood.
- INFPs seek validation.
- We want to acknowledge that they have a specific type of pain based from their personality type.
- Authenticity type should be balanced with Exploration. Exploration (the co-pilot function) is about advanced pattern recognition in the outside world – thinking behind the curtain.
- If you want more description or definition, check out our episode “Introverted Intuition VS Extraverted Intuition”.
- Your superpowers are developed when you learn to master your co-pilot.
- Art is one of the places where INFPs thrive.
- Art is a communication of feeling and INFPs simply flourish in this context. They create art that’s impactful.
- For INFPs, they tend to recall how they felt/reacted in the past.
- They have the ability to mirror emotions. They don’t need to mirror emotions in real time. For example, the can look at an art piece and mirror the emotion to themselves.
- Authenticity people tend to recall how they feel/how they imagined they would feel and then instantly replicating the emotion inside them.
- The emotional language can be transferred in long extensive periods of time.
- In order to be authentic, you need to have a mature and vast understanding of how the world works.
- Intent: The Darker aspect of Authenticity. INFPs tend to try to give a reason that’s combated with logic.
- INFPs tend to defend their intent, because they see a wide array of positive and negative intent. They understand how people can easily go and slip into bad intent.
- Healthy INFPs view everything has positive intent.
- Being able to understand that darkness is universal and part of the human experience will help you accept yourself.
- How to go about making a living as an INFP?
- Getting something done can sometimes be very challenging for INFPs.
- INFPs have the desire to make an impact and be an inspirational leader. Oftentimes, they will disregard the passion they have. Passion is extremely important.
- Authenticity people can have the tendency to marginalize people. Make sure you do what you’re passionate with. Check in with yourself what you really want.
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Only @ 25 mins, but I have a few comments (agreements) as an INFP (a 25 yr old, so ‘mature,’I believe)
- when younger, YES, I didn’t realize my subjective experience differed from others, and so I would never openly talk about my thoughts/feelings, assuming others understood me but were just being deliberately mean. Obviously, this led to many misunderstandings.
- no, I don’t think people can ever FULLY understand one another, but that’s not important. What’s important is allowing others to be as they are, and respecting them for it. (cough cough, authenticity)
- yes, I often felt invalidated, e.g., although I always considered myself to be intelligent I never cared about proving it in school when young, and so people never saw me as intelligent and treated me as if I was just some silly, impulsive, person. I didn’t get over feeling inferior about my intelligence until half-way through university, when I decided to take it seriously, and prove to my family/ friends that I was capable of getting A’s and scholarships etc. (Come from a family of STJs, who I love, but you know… different.)
- because so few people do see me clearly (not perfectly, but very closely), when I do meet people who have a very similar view of the world (e.g., ENFPs), I DO FIND IT DISCONCERTING. I’ve noticed in an ENFP friend that she feels the same way. Indeed this is because we WANT to be unique; misunderstood, and it’s so rare that someone sees us easily that it makes me feel vulnerable. Also, I tend to be a bit of a social chameleon (less now than when younger, because I have a firmer sense of identity) and other Fi’s can see it, which makes me feel inauthentic.
Thanks Dana for the comments and feedback. We LOVE hearing from you about how this stuff is resonating.
I’m eager to hear your take on the INFJ podcast…
Micah,
Thanks for sharing your experience of listening to the podcast. It is good to hear this resonated with you.
I am reminded of my first relationship… my “Authenticity” was SCREAMING that it didn’t feel right and I ignored it. Obviously, my heart knew better than my head (…or other body parts) and the relationship didn’t end well.
It was all because I was out of alignment with the authentic part of me.
I’ve done a complete 180 in recent years and am following my heart more now than ever.
I’m an ENFP (“Exploration/Authenticity” in the Genius system) and this is my path of growth.
As an INFP – I’m guessing you have a lot of skill in listening to your heart. So keep doing that.
When you meet the girl you are supposed to be with, all the inner parts of your heart should sing. You’ll know at the gut level when a relationship is truly valuable and worth pursuing.
So happy to have you a part of the Personality Hacker community.
~ Joel
You guys nailed it on this one. You helped me tangibly understand a lot of the things I feel and experience as an INFP. If there is anything mentioned in the podcast that you are unsure about, know that this INFP resonated with all the points made.
The validation piece was very helpful because I now know, in words, why some people turn me off and some don’t regardless of personality. There are sensors in my life who recognize that I have a deep, profound aspect of myself that they cannot understand, but they respect it. As a male INFP, it is normal for me to feel alone or different (I sort of like it), but when someone can simply say “you seem to see things differently” or “you’re really good at reading people” it feels good because they acknowledge who I am.
I also like the discussion about Fi/Authenticity as a decision making process. It’s hard for me to do something unless I feel fully “right” about it. As a 21 year old college student, there is a lot of ambivalence going on in my life right now especially involving career and relationships. For example, I have very rarely felt sure about pursuing a romantic relationship with a girl and I often feel stuck in that area. Anyway, I just want you guys to know that you successfully explained in one of the hardest types to articulate.
omg. listening to this and, antonia, the comment you made about not knowing until afterward if it was the right decision gave me chills. i am still trying to determine if i am infp or infj. so, when you discuss this near the end of the podcast it immediately brought to mind one of my favorite quotes:
“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which, once you have it, you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” Garrison Keillor
i am not sure if this is exactly what you are describing but it certainly resonated with me.
when i am finished listening to this podcast I am going to listen to the infj talk. thank you!