MYERS-BRIGGS PERSONALITY TYPE

Table 2: Feeding the Fourth Function

 

eF

ISTP & INTP
  • Voice your thoughts out loud, keep your eyes open, focus on the external environment.
  • If ISTP, focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially. If INTP, focus on details, specifics, go step-by-step, use all 5 senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • Focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Be structured and organized, have a basic plan before you start.
eN

ISFJ & ISTJ
  • Voice your thoughts out loud, keep your eyes open, focus on the external environment.
  • Focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially.
  • If ISFJ, stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things. If ISTJ, focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Jump right in and start, keep the activity playful and as unstructured as possible.
eS

INFJ & INTJ
  • Voice your thoughts out loud, keep your eyes open, focus on the external environment.
  • Focus on details and specifics, use all five senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • If INFJ, stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things. If INTJ, focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Jump right in and start, keep the activity playful and as unstructured as possible.
eT

ISFP & INFP
  • Voice your thoughts out loud, keep your eyes open, focus on the external environment.
  • If ISFP, focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially. If INFP, focus on details, specifics, go step-by-step, use all 5 senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • Stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things.
  • Be structured and organized, have a basic plan before you start.
iF

ESTJ & ENTJ
  • Do the activity paying attention to your internal experience of the environment; keep your eyes closed if possible.
  • If ESTJ, focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially. If ENTJ, focus on details, specifics, use all five senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • Focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Jump right in and start, keep the activity playful and as unstructured as possible.
iN

ESFP & ESTP
  • Do the activity paying attention to your internal experience of the environment; keep your eyes closed if possible.
  • Focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially.
  • If ESFP, stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things. If ESTP focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Be structured and organized, have a basic plan before you start.
iS

ENFP & ENTP
  • Do the activity paying attention to your internal experience of the environment; keep your eyes closed if possible.
  • Focus on details, specifics, go step-by-step, use all 5 senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • If ENFP stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things. If ENTP focus subjectively on people, their feelings, the personal meanings of things; include what you value.
  • Be structured and organized, have a basic plan before you start.
iT

ESFJ & ENFJ
  • Do the activity paying attention to your internal experience of the environment; keep your eyes closed if possible.
  • If ESFJ, focus on patterns, meanings, analogies, possibilities, general ideas, themes; move about tangentially. If ENFJ, focus on details, specifics, use all five senses, stay practical and in the present.
  • Stay objective and impersonal, including about people, and focus on things.
  • Jump right in and start, keep the activity playful and as unstructured as possible.


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