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Re: Everyone has 2 MBTI type functions
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Posted by Walter on December 29, 1998 at 10:48:14:
In Reply to: Everyone has 2 MBTI type functions posted by Perciever on December 28, 1998 at 11:32:42:
> INTJ has 1. introverted iNtuition
> 2. extroverted thinking
> 3. introverted feeling
> 4. extroveted sensing > I believe one can utilize their 3rd and 4th functions at will
> once they become familiar with how to do it. The INTJ 3rd and
> 4th functions are the 1st and 2nd functions of the ISFP. Therefore
> its possible for INTJ to temporarily shut off 1 & 2 and get by
> with 3 & 4 as an ISFP would. I know this is possible because I've
> done it!
> They say one starts utilizing their 3rd function in mid-life and 4th
> function in late life, but why wait till then? Anything is possible
> if you have the knowledge to develop the skills.
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Hi Perceiver,
Very well said!! Isabel Briggs Myers called this one of her "heresies". I quoted her earlier in December here. I will repeat Isabel to underline your experience as a normal expression of free-will. Free-will is also the human faculty that allows one to be "willing" to not follow a habitual mechanical mindless pattern associated with enneagram personality types.
Isabel said "It is my private theory, and has been for a long time, that people are not nearly as shut off from the third and fourth processes as some people would have you think. I believe that the key to the practical use of the 3rd and 4th functions is to voluntarily shut off the first and the second for a bit when dealing with a problem, and listen to what the others can contribute in the service of the dominant."
Perciever, did you have a conscious motivation for using your 3rd and 4th functions, or was it a playful discovery, or something else? Walter
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