Podcast - Episode 0266 - Myers-Briggs Perceiving Function Idealism

In this podcast you’ll find:

• In the last podcast, we discussed idealism with the four judging functions
• Car Model
• ENTP/ENFP share the same dominant perceiving function – Extraverted Intuition ‘Exploration’ Ne
• Exploration = endless freedom
• Always chasing a new shiny object
• Hard to commit to anything
• EPs want to keep their options open at all times
• Purity without having to do any work to gain true mastery
• ENFPs are better at pretending they are following the rules
• ENTPs struggle with this because of their Ti – Introverted Thinking
• ENFPs are good at pretending intimacy with people
• They don’t like saying yes to things they may feel trapped by later
• Ne wants to create impact in the world.
• It wants to see if there is a better way.
• You can’t create a new norm unless you disrupt what is already there and establish something else.
• The polar opposite of Extraverted Intuition is Introverted Sensing ‘Memory’ – Si
• Memory = reviewing memories to get impressions
• The Ideal for Si is purity for all memories.
• Many ISJs spend massive amounts of time on detailed creative hobbies that allow them to shut out the world and its many disruptions.
• ENPs with an inferior Si can choose not to think about the things they don’t want to deal with. Like past trauma.
• When memories start to come up for SJs they don’t have the choice just to push it away as NPs do.
• Reviewing sensory experiences is a compulsion for SJs. To not do so causes depression.
• So they hide or stick to reliable routines.
• Tried and True vs. Hiding from the world
• Ne compulsion is perpetually bouncing from one thing to the other
• Ne requires a foundation to build upon
• Si requires surrender to change
• SJs do pattern recognition work, but it is slow because they have to repattern a whole memory
• Extraverted Sensing ‘Sensation’ Se
• The idealism for Se is an oversimplified version of everything
• “There’s an obvious and simple solution for everything; why aren’t we doing it?”
• Sometimes the obvious solution is the right one. Sometimes it isn’t.
• Se sees no need to study systems or think of complexities.
• The world is full of immediate, actionable solutions that everyone else is too obtuse to see.
• Purity without the work
• Everybody else is the idiot
• This is why they are so good at reacting in real time
• Ne never has to commit
• Si never has to do anything out of its comfort zone
• Se never has to figure out the complexity of things behind the curtain
• “When you have a hammer all the world is a nail.”
• There is a percentage of problems that people do overcomplicate – but not all of them.
• ESPs are always in trouble because they try to simplify problems that require more complex answers.
• Se is the polar opposite of Introverted Intuition ‘Perspectives’ Ni
• Ni gets into other people’s perspectives
• Se worries about what people think of them
• As long as Se can get people on its side, it doesn’t have to think about managing their goodwill
• Se needs to surrender to the idea that there is no such thing as a pure function.
• They have to do the Work.
• Se needs to remember that some problems are more complicated than they think.
• As Se gets more seasoned and mature over time, it starts to recognize the law of diminishing returns on simple solutions.
• Introverted Intuition ‘Perspectives’ Ni
• The ability to shift perspectives and get into other people’s headspace
• They also watch their own mind form patterns
• Ni gets gummed up by sustainability
• Ni can go so long term that they prevent new experiences from happening if it doesn’t look sustainable
• Ni fantasy is the idea that reality can be lived internally before it happens.
• You can have all the answers just by running a simulation
• That sounds like a lot of work to other people, but it is the native language of INJs.
• The work is being present and implementing real time.
• Sjs hide away. NJs conceptualize.
• INTJ who couldn’t stop talking because he was externalizing his inner dialogue at all times – and none of it made sense to anyone but him.
• Stream of consciousness talk
• If he could figure it all out, he could accomplish his dream to be a contributor – showing up in life and engaging.
• Balance it out and engage with the hear and now.
• Get away from purist thought and get into the work.
• Don’t just run a simulation but look for the evidence in front of you, not just the patterns in your mind.
• What is the sensory evidence? How do people see you?
• INJs are all steak and no sizzle, but nobody comes to them for the steak because there’s no sizzle.
• There’s no ability to interface with the world to bring complex solution to complex problems.
• There’s no bridge.
• They are just chasing rabbit trails internally.
• They think the rabbit trails will equate to impact.
• All four perceiving functions have this desire for excellent ROI without having to put in the work.
• Work you need to do:
• Integrate the other side of the polarity and recognize its influence
• Attach your perceiving function to the other functions in your stack – especially functions of the opposite attitude (E/I)
• Recognize you have to do the work. You can’t just exist and be amazing.
• The antidote is the integration of the other side of your polarity.
• Integration = understanding the importance of something and not pushing it away anymore
• If an introverted function has you by the balls, integrate an extraverted function – either the polar opposite or the copilot.