Podcast - Episode 0386 - Personality And Paradox

In this podcast you’ll find:

• What is a paradox in the context of personality type?
• The concept of paradoxical thinking.
• How do paradoxes typically show up in the cognitive functions?
• Some paradoxes that Joel and Antonia hold.
• Why do introverted functions seem to be better at holding paradoxes?
• How the introverted and extraverted functions inform each other.
• Diving into each of the cognitive functions and the paradoxes they can hold – check out the Car Model to find your functions
• The introverted functions:
• xxTPs – Accuracy (Ti):
  • The paradox of contradictory logic or thought
• xxFPs – Authenticity (Fi):
  • Paradoxes within “cocktails of emotions”
• Why the introverted judging functions don’t have a need for reconciliation in the same way the extraverted judging functions do
• xSxJs – Memory (Si):
  • The paradox being shaped by both your environment and your unique impressions
  • How can this help someone accept past trauma?
• xNxJs – Perspectives (Ni):
  • The paradoxical nature of holding different perspectives
  • The paradox of making a simulation become a reality
• Why are our introverted functions reluctant to let go of paradoxical thinking?
• The Introvert movement – how this shows us that all personality types can benefit from paradoxical thinking.
• How do the extraverted functions differ in their relationship with paradoxes?
• More about Accuracy (Ti) and Authenticity (Fi) and the benefits they bring through holding paradoxes.
• Why the decision a person executes doesn’t always reflect the paradoxical views they hold beneath the surface.
  • A personal example from Antonia
• The extraverted functions:
• xxFJs – Harmony (Fe):
  • Setting up systems to meet multiple needs
• xxTJs – Effectiveness (Te):
  • Reconciling conflicting goals and outcomes
• xSxPs – Sensation (Se):
  • How does Se manage to be both part of and separate to its environment?
• xNxPs – Exploration (Ne):
  • How can Ne have endless possibilities but end up with none?
• Looking at the cognitive function polarities as paradoxical opposites:
• Harmony (Fe) and Accuracy (Ti):
  • Fe and recognizing the need for truths
  • Ti and “using honey not vinegar”
• Effectiveness (Te) and Authenticity (Fi):
  • How do you accommodate individuality within a complex system?
• Sensation (Se) and Perspectives (Ni):
  • How can Se benefit from insight?
  • The benefit of taking action for Ni
• Exploration (Ne) and Memory (Si):
  • How can Ne help Si past rumination?
  • How can Ne gain wisdom from Si?