Mar 30, 2009 13:57
Hey, I'm a browsing INFJ.
Was just wondering if you guys could give me tips on how to increase Ti or whatever thoughts you have about it (as that is your dominant function).
It just so happens to be my tertiary function.
Thanks a bunch!
-Sue
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2) Do you have a need to be someone else? I don't mean to pry but what's wrong with being the person you are? Is this an attempt to get a handle on someone else's perspective, per se?
3) If you're curious about what it's like to be more of a thinker type, wait until middle age when people's tertiary functions begin to develop and express themselves. Everything in it's proper time. What's your hurry? Why would you want to push yourself into some other channel if you're not ready?
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Everything you pointed out is actually fairly on-target. Actually, completely so. I'm very much a feeler, but I also felt like being more T would allow me to be taken more seriously.
Alright, well. Maybe you can provide for me a lot of valuable insight? Here goes:
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I often wish I could be perceived as very logical so that I could be taken seriously, but I think I need to accept myself.
I also need to accept the importance of what I do contribute with my preferences/inclinations, and work with that. To try to be something other than I'm not may only hinder me.
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This line made my heart skip a bit. \o/
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Those are good points. I suppose I have grown since this post, and have learned to better work with who I am.
I have learned that I can be uniquely who I am, but discipline is not strictly belonging to one certain function (while lack of discipline is not strictly belonging to another certain function).
Discipline and efficiency can be achieved by any type, which makes me happy.
I've also learned that truth is approached from many different perspectives, and that is OK.
I must admit, though, that I am nearer to the F/T divide. This makes me happy, realizing that I don't necessarily have to conform to all the INFj ideals either.
Type isn't a limiting label and a person isn't confined by that label at all, rather it is a label describing a unique starting point for growth toward balance (and everyone has a different starting point). Everyone is growing in different ways toward balance, and that is OK.
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Just thought I should say that.
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