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In this episode, Joel and Antonia create a distinction between the capacity and maturity of your cognitive functions.
In this podcast you’ll find:
- Our framework, the car model, is a way to understand your cognitive function stack in terms of capacity and maturity.
- Dr Dario Nardi finds that as people grow, they can use their backseat functions with more maturity than those who have the same functions in the driver or co-pilot position.
- What do we mean when we talk about maturity versus capacity of our cognitive functions?
- Developing your backseat functions – why this is more about integration rather than working on them in isolation.
- Antonia shares some examples of what Si integration looks like.
- Things to keep in mind about our relationship with our 10 Year Old function.
- Antonia discusses integrating Fe as a 10 Year Old – and developing a mature relationship with it.
- Why do we tend to be overconfident with our dominant function, and lack modesty with our 10 year old?
- Our relationship with our Co-pilot – and why is this a good access point for growth.
- What does a healthy relationship look like with each of our functions, based on their position in our car?
- Viewing the car model as something in motion.
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I’m pretty good at outlining actually! The issue is more that I have a handful of projects that are in progress (a couple novels, a screenplay, etc) and I can’t seem to stick to any one through to the finish line. So it’s a matter of somehow getting myself to commit to one and actually work on it consistently that’s been the struggle. Your advice to think about it in terms of getting it into the hands of an audience is helpful, thanks!
Within the context of writing, how much pre-formatting and structuring do you do before you free-write? It may be a good idea to have your ‘table of contents’, bullet points, and ‘where you’d like to place what’ handled before you get into the flow of putting imagination to words.
Also, Te is there to help leverage how you’ll approach potential publishers and get your words read by others. Thinking in terms that it’s a project to complete and it isn’t complete until it’s in the hands of an audience may help. Keep your eye on the goal and take pleasure in finishing it from A to Z. (Not just the fun, personally rewarding bits.)
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My mom is an ISxJ too! (ISFJ). Your post gave me a huge realization just now- I have always credited her for pushing me to “try new things” as a kid- sports, meeting new people, new foods, etc. I’ve looked back on that before and thought, “wow she was so right and I’m glad she put that message in my head” because as an INTP, Ne is my copilot and gives me huge opportunities for growth.
But reading your post, I remembered that of course Ne is her inferior! And now that I am an adult, I see that when she says “try new things” she isn’t necessarily comfortable with HUGE things, like moving to a new city, say. But, she supports me when I want to do those kind of things. So I can see now how her Ne is quite mature, in that she encouraged her children to embrace bravery and confidence as a value- even as she naturally has lower capacity for Ne.
So, sending love to ISxJs and thanks so much to her :)
Absolutely – peppering in Ne on a regular (daily) basis in small ways is an excellent example. One way you may also experience Ne is by pattern recognizing what was actually happening in a situation when you review it – getting little ‘a-ha!’ moments as you review your day. “Oh, THAT’S what that person meant!” Or, “I see how that system works, and why it was adopted, but it may actually work better if it’s tweaked this way.” Using Ne within your Si reviews is also leverage.
But those moments of exploring the outside world are gold. It’s great when an ISxJ finds themselves becoming more bold as they explore, as well.
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An example of seasoning my inferior (Ne) with my dominant (Si) immediately came to head while listening to this, so I wanted to share. I’m an ISTJ. Everyday, I would get to work in the same way: walking to the metro, riding the metro, and then walking a few blocks to my building.
Normally, I walk the same route because I found it was the fastest. However, a couple times a week, I would “spice things up” by walking a different route to work. Instead of 2 blocks east and 2 blocks north, I’d do 2 blocks north and 2 blocks east or 1 block in each direction twice. It was a small change, but it definitely had an impact. I got a much better understanding of what shops/restaurants were in the area and that gave me greater confidence in general. I hope that’s somewhat demonstrative of the message in this episode. :)