INTJs have gotten a strange reputation online. Depending on whom you ask, they are chess-playing masterminds, emotionally unavailable supervillains, or exhausted people trying to redesign the grocery store checkout system because the current arrangement makes no sense. The truth is less theatrical and more interesting. INTJs tend to take in information through Introverted Intuition, or…
Ever wonder why you can be surprisingly sensitive but try to hide it under a practical, stoic exterior? Today let’s find out by digging into the middle child of your personality stack. For INTJs, that function is Introverted Feeling, or Fi. Personality Hacker calls the tertiary function the “10-year-old,” while psychologist John Beebe associated it…
Back in November we explored what makes each of the 16 personality types feel vulnerable. Today I want to take another look at vulnerability and insecurity. We all experience more insecurity around strengths or preferences we don’t have. For example, a Sensor will feel more insecurity when having to rely on intuition than an Intuitive…
We all have certain phrases that instantly make us tense up. Sometimes it’s because they’re dismissive. Sometimes they hit an old insecurity. And sometimes they completely misunderstand who we are at our core. While anyone can be hurt by any of these comments, personality type often influences which words cut the deepest. The phrases in…
Have you ever wondered if your personality type has any part to play in your values? What driving forces motivate you and are central to who you are as a person? In this article, I’m going to look at some of the central values and ideals of each personality type. This can be a good…
