Sometimes the differences in how we express love or wish to receive it are obvious. Such obvious examples include the difference between the cool (some say “icy”), calm, collected NT and the warm, expressive, sometimes scattered NF. The NFs usually welcome human touch and give it freely. However, the NTs
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Life has no meaning without emotion. Consider what a wedding celebration would be like without emotion being involved. Or what reason would there be to hold a funeral if there were no emotion to express about the deceased. For that matter, if there were no emotions involved, brussels sprouts would taste
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Emotions conflict often, and emotions cause and escalate a conflict. So where do we begin the process of sorting out this serious relationship factor? Let’s begin with how emotions play a part in decision making. Emotions Conflict Between “Thinkers” and “Feelers” We use the terms “thinkers” and “feelers” (T or
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Here’s an important question that needs an answer: Can like personality types have great difficulty understanding and accepting each other? Why Like Personality Types Have Difficult Relationships The short answer to the thorny question above is yes! Here are some reasons why. Similar temperaments in close relationships unconsciously (and sometimes consciously)
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Understanding the cause of conflict between introverts and extroverts is half the battle (and half the victory). First, however, let’s be sure we are talking about the same thing. Let’s define the two terms correctly: Extrovert: someone who replenishes their drained energy resources by connecting with other people and activities or
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. ~ Albert Camus The quote above is a sorry comment on how we humans have lived our lives. We don’t want only an academic knowledge of ourselves. We want results in our lives if the study of temperament
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A business is a team venture even if there are only two people on the team. The synergy of the team, or lack of it, will affect the company’s bottom line because a team needs to be in sync and operating with passion at its maximum or the quality/quantity of
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There are two different ways of gathering information from the world around us. We gather information either by sensing or intuiting the world around us. These two ways that we become informed about our world create the “great divide” in the four temperaments: two temperaments are Ss and two are Ns.
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“Intuition Peak” lies in the South Shetland Islands off the northeast coast of Scotland. It is named for the role the study of intuition has played in the advancement of human knowledge. Intuition, which includes but is not limited to extra-sensory perception (ESP) and “second sight,” has left its mark
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What Is Dominant in the “J” Lifestyle? Dominant in the lifestyle of the “J” temperament types is the feeling of urgency. Let’s get it done now! There is a fear of not getting things done and having the unfinished tasks back up, producing anxiety. The need to achieve feeds this
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What Rules the Lifestyle of a P? Stress-reducing emotions rule the lifestyle of the P for the most part. What can’t be done today will wait for the morrow. However, when the impulse hits them, the adrenaline must flow as the compulsion of the moment is attended to. What
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Lifestyle Is Designated in Our 4-Letter Type as “J” or “P” The letters “J” and “P” are perhaps the most puzzling to many of us when we discover the four letters of our type. Each of us has one or the other of these letters in our type. Many years ago,
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