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In this episode, Joel and Antonia dive deep into the needs and desires of the ENTJ personality type.
In this podcast on the ENTJ personality type you’ll find:
- It’s tough to get to know the real ENTJ. There are a lot of layers.
- Napoleon was most likely an ENTJ.
- ENTJs are rewarded by society because their kind of leadership is honored by this world.
- Female ENTJs are often not received well because of imposed gender roles.
- ENTJs get the job done.
- They have a lot of perceived confidence. It often appears like nothing rattles them.
- Most of the answers we got on the survey were very short.
- There’s a sense that they can’t slow down.
- If they don’t feel confident they are good at ignoring it. Lack of confidence doesn’t serve them.
- They have a tendency to overvalue templates that work and never question whether they need to be changed.
- The driver process for ENTJs is Extraverted Thinking that we nicknamed “Effectiveness.”
- Effectiveness is fast. It doesn’t question. It just keeps moving.
- What happens when you’re wrong?
- The co-pilot is introverted learning process called Introverted Intuition that we have nicknamed “Perspectives.”
- Perspectives encourages ENTJs to not just assume their observations are accurate. It asks, “Is there a better way?”
- Napoleonic warfare is a good example of Effectiveness doubling down and not adapting to new warfare strategy.
- The 10-year-old process is Extraverted Sensing we have nicknamed “Sensation.”
- If an ENTJ doesn’t slow down and focus on the co-pilot Perspectives, they will synthetically keep themselves limited. Avoiding the big game and not fulfilling their potential.
- When ENTJs have some past wounding there is an instinct to avoid the inner world. They fear the Intuitive Introverted world. They worry about the pain they may find there.
- The 3-year-old process is Introverted Feeling that we have nicknamed Authenticity.
- This is about managing emotions. It asks, “What’s going on for me?”
- There’s a sense of avoidance out of fear of the inner work. The more ENTJs avoid their inner world the less they will reach their full potential.
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Hi Sarah,
You have asked so many great questions. The answers are complex.
As a 60-yr-old female ENTJ, I have lived a life of frustration. It has been difficult to convince my peers (or superiors) that I know what I’m talking about and have valuable insight and advice.
I have mostly adopted a more “feminine” behavior in order to get jobs, have friends and a social life (meaning: I try not to speak with authority; I don’t express my opinions unless asked nor do I challenge the “status quo”).
After I turned 40, I started my own business so I could do what I wanted. I hate hate hate incompetence and inefficiency. I love to debate and analyze situations. That’s stimulating and fulfilling to me. I don’t know very many men who want to do that with women. The few women that I know who do, only like to analyze and debate things that directly affect their lives — nothing abstract or hypothetical or statistical. Nope.
Women ENTJs that I see on television, or in the movies, seem to have people who admire them for their ENTJ-ness. I don’t know anyone in real life who does that. Generally, women haven’t understood me and men have felt threatened by me because I don’t ask for permission.
Even when I’m right, I don’t get the credit or recognition for it. I can’t tell you how many times men have said what I’ve been saying for days, or minutes, or years and suddenly “WOW! That’s a great idea! Why didn’t we think of that before?” And I’m stunned. Every time.
My life would have been infinitely easier if I had been born a man. Or a lesbian. Or if I had a bunch of initials after my name like Ph.D, M.D., Esq., MBA.
Awesome post, my brother. Thank you. :)
Glad it resonated! Thanks for taking the time to comment with feedback. :)
A
I’m really honored you took the time to write this post, and I acknowledge it was also for personal benefit. Win/wins are always ideal.
You’re right – Effectiveness doesn’t come close to describing the cognitive function of Extraverted Thinking with completeness. It’s not intended to add accuracy but to generate accessibility to new users of cognitive functions. I wrote an apologist article for why we chose to use nicknames and why we chose the specific nicknames we did. Feel free to read it here if you’re interested: www.personalityhacker.com/nicknames-for-8-jungian-cognitive-functions/
Thank you for your feedback. :D
A
You described the last 2 years of my life. I had stepped back into the 10 yr old, appreciating the moment, trying to not concern myself too much with others and their thoughts or feelings because of several negative reactions to my being honest (or what I would call loving!). I’ve been largely silent and almost apathetic to share for some time. More recently, I can appreciate how others got to the conclusions they have. I can disagree and feel free to question others process in a friendly and curious manner and others feel honored by my curious nature about them. Patience…yes. I’ve been learning a lot about patience and timing.
I think that the introverted intuition part has helped me think through when the time is best to bring up “difficult to hear” information. I am excited about the next season, but it’s a challenge to begin to believe it’s worth getting back out there and being bold cause I think people may still have emotional responses before they think through the issue. We’re all a work in progress aren’t we? I appreciate the encouragement to develop my copilot cause I definitely could use that.