It seems important to make a distinction between cognitive functions that are strong/weak versus cognitive functions that are valued/devalued in any given Myers-Briggs type. Hitherto, many Myers-Briggs writers typically refer to the so-called “functional stack” to assess how strong or weak a cognitive function is for any given Myers-Briggs type. Here’s one such chart to […]
What is Introverted Intuition?
Introverted Intuition. The most mystical of all the cognitive functions. Probaly the hardest function to define or describe because it is A Perceiving function An introverted function It’s intuitive! And indeed, what do people mean when they say “It’s just my intuition. That’s how I know.” Yes, you just know. Or you don’t. That seems […]
ENTP vs. INTP
The basic difference between ENTP and INTP is that ENTP are simplifiers and INTPs are complexifiers. An ENTP is the type of chap (or chapstick) that will see a bunch of stuff and find the signal in the noise. An INTP is the type of bloody-minded…er…um…chap that will take that reduced signal and build up […]
The Transcendent Function
The inferior function. Not really a good name for it. I call it the transcendent function. Now, that has a nice ring to it! And words are important, especially titles. I’ve had a few people asking me about the inferior function lately. Is the inferior function weak? Can the inferior function be used? I think […]
The 2 Keys to Success in Any Given Endeavor
Yeah, just like the title says – in this article I will give you the 2 keys to success in any given endeavor. Is the suspense killing you? Well, sign up for a Starling subscription and that won’t be an issue any longer. Actually, I lied…there are 3 keys to success that I detail in […]
Remember Risky Business?
Tom Cruise is great. I can’t think of a better example of The American Type. As I said in my last article, America is ISTP. In addition to that, it is an enneatype 3 ISTP. For those that understand enneagram, great. For those that don’t, Google is your friend. 🙂 Winning. That is what America […]
America is ISTP
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Extraverts Aren’t Necessarily Social: Part 2
An antisocial extravert? Huh? OK, calm down. This is not actually all that new an idea. To give you some idea of what I’m getting at, I’d ask you to go back in time to around the Greeks in their more golden age. They had come up with 4 basic temperaments, which they called humors: […]
Extraverts Aren’t Necessarily Social
Many people that I would consider an extraverted Myers-Briggs type aren’t social. I began to notice this with the ENFJ temperament (particularly the one falling at enneatype 8). Yet, in the popular consciousness, the traits of extraversion seem inextricably linked to a certain liking for social interaction. I’m going to challenge this firmly entrenched truism […]
The Inescapable Subjectivity of Astrology and Myers-Briggs
I would like to talk about the inherently subjective element in Astrology and Temperament Theory (of which Myers-Briggs is one example). A good part of the reason this site exists is to redress some of the imbalances caused by looking for one’s personality or temperament in the astrological chart. There has always been an x-factor […]
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