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In this episode Joel and Antonia talk about empowering Intuitives to step into leadership and get Intuition into the public consciousness.
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In this podcast on igniting an Intuitive Awakening you’ll find:
- INFP Podcast
- Extraverted vs. Introverted Intuition podcast
- Intuitive Blending podcast
- There is a massive renaissance right now around Introverts.
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- We are in such a massively over communicated period
- Introvert podcast with Jenn Granneman of Introvert, Dear.
- Intuitives have very specific needs that nobody gets, except for other Intuitives.
- We want to infect the social consciousness with the concept of Intuition.
- The Intuitive/Sensor split isn’t in the social consciousness as much as Introvert/Extravert or Thinker/Feeler.
- Sometimes a hierarchy or judgment comes with the Sensor/Intuitive split, which may be why it hasn’t entered the social consciousness as much.
- 75% of the world are Sensors, and 25% are Intuitive.
- Like left-handed people in a right-handed world. The world isn’t designed for Intuitives.
- When Intuitives start to understand MBTI, elitism is often the result because they are tired of being marginalized.
- Reversed snobbery.
- The world is designed more for Sensors, so Intuitives feel demoralized.
- Then they realize what Intuition is and it is hard not to feel indignant.
- Things start to make sense when you find out you’re an Intuitive in a Sensor world.
- Sometimes we don’t have language to explain what is going on for us until someone else explains it for us.
- Intuition is not just about behaviors, it is about the wiring of your mind.
- Advanced pattern recognition.
- There is a segment of the population that is being underutilized and underserved.
- We need intuition now more than ever before.
- There was a lot of infrastructure that needed to be built in the last 150 years. So, Sensors were extremely important.
- Now that we have the foundation, Intuitives are taking us into the future with new technology.
- Sensors can be likened to hardware and Intuitives to software.
- When new software comes in the hardware needs to be updated.
- The Sensor world has to become more like firmware so it can adapt more quickly.
- The tension is important between Intuitives and Sensors because the Sensors force Intuitives to vet their information and make sure it is compatible with the infrastructure.
- Intuitives would keep reinventing the wheel if it wasn’t for Sensors.
- The best of the best innovations get adopted.
- Sensors are making sure that all of us are okay. They maintain our quality of life.
- For the most part, Sensors don’t even know Intuitives exist.
- Our job is to work with Sensors, so they get to know who we are and what we are about.
- How can we get Sensors to honor our presence and be open to it?
- Ladder of Abstraction
- Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa
- You lose detail as you go up the ladder of abstraction.
- Your ideas become more concrete as you go down the ladder of abstraction.
- It’s not about hierarchy.
- The point of this podcast is that we are trying to create intuitive conversation for people who don’t get it anywhere else.
- Intuitive conversation can be highly speculative and a little wandering.
- Seth Godin’s “Unleashing the Idea Virus.”
- Sneezers = Evangelists
- We want to share the idea of Intuitives in a non-threatening manner.
- New thought leads to new action.
- You aren’t going to lose the things you have if change occurs.
- The world is getting better in spite of the messaging we sometimes receive.
- Sensors can be some of the most accommodating to change if it happens over time.
- Sensors bring a crucial gift to the world in making sure that change is sustainable.
- “I think differently, and I just wanted you to understand that.”
- Have the courage to speak up about your differences.
- It doesn’t have to be about hierarchy.
- Seek understanding.
- Finding other people of like minds can be very powerful.
- What will this look like when it gets in the public consciousness?
- What will you do and be when the world realizes you are Intuitive?
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A big Thank-You! I really never realized what made me so different from other people. Disapproving looks from teachers, spouses, employers my whole life. I’m a 58 year old ENFP! What a freaking burden. And, what’s worse is I still have expected people to think and see things as I do, and I get so hurt and disappointed. Always the optimist, I.
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As a Perspectives Driver, I’ll offer that talking about type with other types requires being able to portray their type as something that sounds cool to them. If you can describe their type in a way that resonates with them, both strengths and struggles, and talk about your own type not only in terms of strengths, but the struggles, its a lot easier to have conversations with different types. We prefer our own functions, but we have to understand that those aren’t better, we just like them better. And we have to expect that others prefer their own functions as well.
Love you both!
Hi Amanda Panda,
Regarding your question about becoming more of a sensor as we age, I guess that we perhaps learn to “compensate” more with time even if our cognitive wiring stays the same. But in my case, the opposite has occurred. I grew up in an SJ/SP family and it was adapt or pretty much go under. The boot was on my head for many years. So when I got away from all that, I started growing into my intuitive self and now, in my early forties, I’m fully embracing it. Of course, it was always there and always found outlets in music and journalling, for example, but I suppressed it for a long time.
I loved this podcast too and want to assure Joel and Antonia that I’m doing all I can to spread the intuitive message. One thing that’s occured to me, though, and maybe others too, is that having “public” Facebook groups is offputting when it comes to joining in the conversation. I’m sure I’m not the only one who doesn’t post there because of this. A “closed” group would be much better, even though all information shared online is obviously in the public domain. I can see the arguments for having a public group, but you may be missing out on new interactions because of it (this discussion often comes up on Facebook MBTI groups so you might want to consider looking into it).
Great podcast! I always love your podcasts. It’s definitely intuitive porn for me :)
I’m an INFP and I have been thinking about Intuitives and Sensors a lot recently as well. I agreed with so many of your thoughts about Ns and Ss, especially about sensor’s tendency to be cautious towards new ideas.
I’m in college and my roommates are all sensors (ESTJ, ISFJ, and ESFP, I suspect). Two of my roommates (ESTJ & ISFJ) and I were discussing our future plans after graduation, and the N vs S dichotomy was very apparent to me.
They both have planned out their next ten years, which is not usual, but the meticulous predictions they used blew my mind (they had the year and estimate of when they would have their first child, etc.). All of their plans were essentially the same lifestyle they were raised with. Essentially, it sounded like they wanted a life that was the exact same as their parents. They wanted to live in the same town, work in the same area of town they always worked in, and participate in the same activities they have always done. (I don’t mean to say there is anything wrong with that, FYI).
As soon as they finishing reciting their life plans, they turned to me. I am not someone who plans like them. My ideas for the future constantly change (as an NP, I am a big fan of having my options as open as possible), but I do have some goals and life ambitions that I believe will not change. My plans, though, are more vague than my sensor roommates: go to graduate school for Speech Language Pathology, write novels, travel as much as possible, etc.
They were visually uncomfortable with my vague plans, just like I was with their rigid view of the world. I suggested to them various other lifestyle and career choices they may take and they were shocked, and almost scared. They thought I was being weird. For them, the idea of even considering a path that was not the one that they always took was almost sacrilege. Why change something that always worked?
This mentality is very frustrating because for me, looking at all the options is the only option. Why not change something that always worked to make it better? I think this a common clash Intuitives and Sensors face, or is one I notice often, at least. But anyway, some food for thought.
Hopefully one day everyone can understanding the needs all types need. I think the use of social media, is the best way to get the language out there for everyone to learn.