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In this episode, Joel and Antonia embark on a conversational exploration of personalities and how they can become more dynamic and flexible instead of static and stereotypical.
In this podcast you’ll find:
- How personality type is a living, breathing thing for each person.
- Why you might not fit the mold of your type.
- Why the cognitive functions are more than just descriptions.
- What the cognitive functions really are and how you shape them.
- The things that influence our cognitive functions.
- Why there is always more to explore in each cognitive function.
- Why you are using a particular cognitive function, but don’t think you are.
- The different ways we specialize in a cognitive function.
- The Analytic or Holistic version of your cognitive functions. (From Dr. Dario Nardi’s book The Magic Diamond.)
- How your upbringing affects your type.
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The diverging outcomes for Introverted Sensing (Si):
- Joel (ENFP) and Antonia (ENTP) share some type struggles.
- How experience has affected Joel and Antonia’s Introverted Sensing abilities.
- The pitfalls of paperwork for ENxPs.
- Why Introverted Sensing trips ENxPs up.
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The many variations of Extraverted Sensing (Se).
- Why Extraverted Sensing likes hands-on experiences.
- What deal-making does for Extraverted Sensing.
- Why Extraverted Sensing doesn’t have to always be physical.
- How ESFPs can show up so differently.
- What happens when you get more competent in a lower cognitive function?
- Are we being judgmental through some of our cognitive functions?
- Fine-tuning what it means to be strong or weak in a cognitive function.
- Removing the static labels used for personality types.
- Why we should stop projecting stereotypes in Myers-Briggs.
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Thank you for this episode! I’m an INFP and when Joel was discussing gaining some hard won competency around your lower functions, (and thus judging people who don’t do it) I had an “ah-hah” that I’d like to share.
I was a chubby and depressed child and teen. Once I was out of my parent’s house I got on board with portion control, daily exercise and personal growth (after experiencing some very dark times). I’ve been at it for 20 years, and I’m happy to say that I’ve gained some competency around personal wellness, or at least I’ve found what works for me and continue to work to streamline or improve these areas.
I found myself judging a fellow INFP (about 8 years younger than me) who just wasn’t taking the same steps I had to improve her physical and mental state through taking responsibility and making it a daily grind. This episode helped me to understand why it bothered me so much when someone so similar to me wasn’t doing a better job of taking care of herself. I was really confused by my negative judgement towards her because it isn’t like me to worry too much about how other people run their lives.
Thanks so much for the insight!
Jessica
I loved this episode of the podcast and it made me reflect a great deal, particularly on how I use TE as an INFP. I think I use it as a way to keep track of the world, mostly because I really identified with Joel’s sense of being judgmental which I tend to get around people who don’t pay attention to the news or learn about other cultures – I just didn’t realise that I was doing it and that that was how I was using TE most of the time.
Given what you discuss in this episode – that the functions can manifest in many different ways, and add to that change over time – how is it at all possible to find one’s type? Sure, there are different areas, but where can you learn what goes where, the “bullet points” as you put it? Especially as almost everyone on the internet talking about type has a different opinion about it.
No matter if the functions has corresponding true physical differences in the brain, or is just some kind of system of understanding something about… I don’t know what, it isn’t a good system if the ambiguity isn’t less than random chance…
Another question regarding finding type: You often talk about people avoiding to use the aux/co-pilot function because it is the opposite attitude. When trying to find my type: How do I know if a function I don’t particularly like using is further down the stack, or in fact my aux/co-pilot? The variety in its use? Something else?
I agree with this episode. It’s easy to relapse upon your associations, which makes cognitive functions a static thing. Because we look upon those things through our own personal reference/experiences it’s easy to miss other applications of those same cognitive functions. I think it’s very eye-opening to look at cognitive functions as a verb instead of a pronoun. I think this way of seeing things will broaden my horizons and lead me to more personal growth.
I’m great with paperwork.
I filled my immigration papers without help of a lawyer. Saved 2k.
This episode is very useful because I was raised in an environment where everyone expressed openly their feelings and there was a lot of physical affection and I’m used to that. I think I developed a bigger degree of EI than others entj
That didn’t quite fit the stereotype of entj that portrait them as bit×/=÷s uncapable to express feelings, for a long time
On a side note, you guys are relationship goals. ?