Overthinking

Jun 03, 2008 14:01

kalikanzera Just posted something mentioning overthinking, and, well, it made me think ( Read more... )

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Overthinking? anonymous June 4 2008, 16:21:09 UTC
As an ISTJ, I don't think there is such a thing as overthinking. However, I would ask what your whole personality type is. If you have a Perceiving preference, that may be what combines with your thinking preference to cause "overthinking." People with a perceiving preference will take longer to make decisions than a J preference. This is not our of indecisiveness, procrastination, or laziness. This is just because a P preference wants to wait in case a better idea or more information comes in. I guess this is what a previous poster referred to as decision paralysis. So, I can see someone who is a NTP taking longer to make a decision than a STJ. The NTP wants to make as many interconnections as possible, consider all ideas, make the decision thoroughly and sequentially, and take time to implement the decision. On the flip side, an STJ will believe what they have seen/experienced before, think thoroughly through the situation, then implement the decision quickly so they can get to the next item on their to-do list.

Does this make sense?

I would suggest you pick up Introduction to Type and Decision Making by CPP. www.cpp.com

I have a post on my blog about Decision Making in case you are interested: http://speakingofmbti.blogspot.com

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Re: Overthinking? amblypygid June 6 2008, 16:32:12 UTC
I'm an INTJ, so I think I make decisions pretty quickly.

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