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In this episode Joel and Antonia dive deep into the needs and challenges of the INTP personality type.
In this podcast on the INTP personality type you’ll find:
INTP – Accuracy/Exploration in Genius system
INTPs have a crucial role that they play in our society. That task may seem a little thankless, which helps us understand some of the challenges they face.
Deep down inside, INTPs care more than they let on.
The Driver for INTP is Introverted Thinking (Ti), which we have nicknamed “Accuracy.”
What makes analytical sense? Decision-making process.
Driver = Flow State = the most rewarding thing you can do.
Ti works the best when it is without social obligation.
The opposite of Ti is Fe “Harmony.” Fe is about connecting and social interaction.
INTPs in the survey revealed their greatest challenge was in connecting with other people.
Copilot – Ne “Exploration” – is pattern recognition. Interaction with the environment without being attached to any outcome. A zoomed out process that allows you to explore your terrain.
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When Ti and Ne are combined it is a fascinating combo of zooming in (Ti – surgical approach to data) and zoomed out (Ne – an overall view of patterns).
Together, these cognitive functions create radically new ideas.
Creating patterns and frameworks and architecting new maps and models requires them to be a bit destructive – like Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
Ti works the best when removed from the social bias component.
Emotional connection influences info.
INTPs often show up saying things that other people don’t want to hear, which is their gift to the world.
They are the great destroyer of outdated paradigms or untruths.
INTPs will always look for the strictest vetting process in their chosen field.
We are such social creatures we don’t appreciate it when people call us on our BS/Belief Systems.
We make extraordinary technical strides when we overturn the social norm.
INTPs break things down to their fundamental nature and depersonalize them.
Sometimes frameworks only get so far, and they get stuck because they run out of new frameworks for ideas.
The copilot process for INTPs is Extraverted Intuition, which we have nicknamed “Exploration.”
Exploration gives INTPs access to bigger frameworks and increases their territory, so they have more structures to hang fresh data on.
It is imperative for INTPs to grow their Exploration process.
The alternative is to stick with what you already know. If you don’t take in more territory, your framework may be radically off because you are missing a vital piece of info that’s just outside your existing territory.
Exploration allows INTPs to go out and experience things. Travel is essential to INTPs.
Going outside their comfort zone is imperative. All growth happens outside the comfort zone.
Sometimes we graft our identity to old pieces of info and INTPs overturn the things with which we identify.
But the INTP must first go through the uncomfortable terrain of change and challenge before they can do it for others.
INTPs need to be students of experience, life, and interaction.
The Survey revealed the INTPs struggle with a lack of motivation.
The INTPs that have the greatest motivation have decided they are going to bring their gifts to the world.
The more somebody rests on their laurels and holds back the more they feel a lack of inspiration and motivation.
The 10-year-old process is Introverted Sensing, which we have nicknamed “Memory.”.
Memory often means doing the thing that is known and comfortable. Finding a familiar context and staying there perpetually.
Frameworks don’t expand with Si. So, INTPs double down on Ti and continue to clean slice concepts and data until things become absurd. Without the input from Ne, they keep dividing until there’s nothing left.
Emotion is the seat of motivation, which is an INTPs blind spot. If INTPs double down on their thinking process, they avoid the emotions that will get them motivated.
Emotion is about finding the meaning behind things.
Exploration helps expand frameworks of mind and increase the narratives with which INTPs work.
Why does the data matter?
Ne gives meaning to the data. Without meaning, there is no motivation.
To see the narratives of our lives we need to zoom out.
Get outside yourself and explore beyond your comfort zone.
INTPs can have belief systems.
INTPs love absurd humor. Monty Python. Sketch comedy.
Even falling in love is nothing but a narrative.
INTPS who do the best are the ones who connect with other people through contribution.
INTPs can appear cynical because society doesn’t always honor their gift of radical honesty.
The natural state of an INTP is to be childlike and approach life with wonder and curiosity. Then they get the message that they are unacceptable which leads to cynicism.
Nobody can sustain a feeling of brokenness indefinitely. They either become depressed or resentful.
“You are not broken.”
“You are okay.”
We are seeing more and more media acknowledging the role of geeks and people who influence our technological world.
We see their contribution, but they are harder to reconcile in our day to day life.
We love truth. It reverberates through our spinal cord.
Society is getting ready for entering into a space of radical honesty, but it still means pushing people outside their comfort zones.
Modern technology is forcing us into a state of transparency; most technology is invented by INTPs.
The more INTPs show up as doing their job of being radically honest, the more we will head toward transparency as a society.
In the past, honesty brought death.
We can’t have real harmony without radical honesty, and we can’t have radical honesty without the need to connect with others.
The 3-year-old process is Extraverted Feeling (Fe), which we have nicknamed “Harmony.”
Healthy INTPs can become almost worshiped. They show up with so much credibility. They haven’t rejected Fe, they made it part of their aspiration and decided to use it to make others happy. Their intent is positive.
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Agape – Principled love. We are all in this together.
INTP men/women at the top of their game have many admirers.
Sometimes by solving problems for themselves, an INTP can find a way to solve for a larger demographic.
Female INTPs feel isolated because most women are Fe dominant, and men are usually looking for women to behave a certain way.
Spend more time in your copilot and understand why you struggle to fit in. Then go and find the context that will appreciate you for your gifts.
INTP women are polarizing. Birds of paradise. Not everyone’s going to love you, but some will and they are looking for you.
Pay for the privilege of finding your tribe. Conventions, Seminars, Cons, etc.
Online communities. Reddit.
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I’m a 19 year old intp and I really wish I listened to this year’s ago as it would prevent a lot of the damage with being called a freak and weird in high school. This podcast helped me get a better insight to my own head, thanks.
Hello,
I very much enjoyed this podcast. I always devour the more granular podcasts and blogs on the intuitive types, and especially introverts who are intuitive. I’ve typed out as an INTJ/Perspectives, and as a female it felt like coming up for fresh air when I suddenly had a lot of literature telling me I wasn’t weird or broken or anything like that. Delving into the functions and recognizing standards being set by majorities (even in the subconscious realm) has given me quite the extensive tool box of how to navigate the world. I have two female INTP friends and since I’ve bombarded them with all of this content, I know they’ve experienced the same kind of relief I had. I’ll definitely be passing this on to them, in addition to listening to it multiple times myself.
Thanks again,
Caitlyn
hello, I examined alot of your content and I find it truly useful. However, I noticed that you fundamentally tackle the Inferior function as the major obstacle of a personality, although this is accurate but it’s slightly lacking. The reason is that the 4th (inferior)function is subconsciously an ‘aspiration’, meaning that even though it is ‘childish’ its user still aspires to mature it in his/her life. That’s why many types try to improve their inferior ( aspirational) function to gain a sense of personal growth. On the the other hand, a greater issue inhibiting personal growth is the 5th function of a personality type (or opposing persona), for example, it is the Te and Fe in INTP and INFP respectively. In contrary to the aspirational function, it is often overlooked as an area for personal growth, which can be negative. People often detest this function, for example, INTPs hate dealing with Te; executing plans, organisational skills, accomplishing goals or even interacting with Te systems ( Authority, school ect,). Similarly in INFPs, Fe seems unauthentic to them, which can be troublesome because we live in a Fe majority.In conclusion, I think that the 5th function is an important persuit for self development. However, Its hard to grow it as we detest it strongly (unlike our Inferior functions). I hope you understood my opinion and I wish you would be able to make podcast about that topic, I will also be looking forward for your feedback,Thanks.
. I brought home this podcast conversation to my ISTP wife and she seemed to relate to any of the topics regarding leading with accuracy. I took away from the talk that accuracy drivers are often in their heads too much and need to step out of the comfort zone and into the “real” work of exploration (or sensation).
I think maybe the greatest challenge is coaxing accuracy drivers out of that inner world. Besides the sheer thrill of personal development, what other reward could be implicated as possible if they were to venture?
Immediately after, I also listened to the phq on athletic pressure with had a lot of accuracy talk so it was helpful tying in two different talks together.
I’m guessing harmony would come alive. Friends!
Thanks for the podcast.
Such a great and enlighting podcast. I’ve been struggling with being INTP. I just have to help other people but at the same time I am hanging out with the same people for the whole time to the point they are happy with their lives and I would need someone who i might help.
My biggest personal problem is, that I never had any certainty about relationships with people, which is caused by so many terrible memories. This led me to the point that I dont believe in them (Actually I am afraid of them because it helps me and at the same time my fear makes me more introverted person and I change my behavior dramatically). I can hang out with few male friends, but the inspiring things for me as a male are just women. I just want to make people happy, but the result were that every female friend was hoping for a relationship.
There was a girl who wasn’t interested in me but I had to do every possible thing to attract her. I’ve made so many appearance changes in me, to the point we were in relationship. It lasted only 4 months.
I’m just stuck now because I have to meet new people who might be interested in speding time with me, but at the same time I’ve experienced so many painful things. I don’t know if I am capable of dealing with emotions. I negate being happy and overthink every sad moment to the point where I can find a logic in this because I cannot describe feelings in a logic way. It’s too overwhelming.
I’m sorry for the terrible english, but I guess It’s the first time when I just had the feeling to express my thoughts in the internet because Your podcast was so empowering.