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This is again another description of my personality makeover by Joe Butt:
Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
by Joe Butt
Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier
matters of life. Those who are activists -- INFJs gravitate toward such a role
-- are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power.
INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden. They often are found in
the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress. INFJs may
fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless. The
concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ.
"There's something rotten in Denmark." Accurately suspicious about
others' motives, INFJs are not easily led. These are the people that you can
rarely fool any of the time. Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are
selective about their friends . Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that
transcends mere words.
INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. In
addition, nonverbal sensitivity enables the INFJ to know and be known by others
intimately.
Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs
frequently find their niche.
Introverted iNtuition
Introverted intuitives, INFJs enjoy a greater clarity of perception of inner,
unconscious processes than all but their INTJ cousins. Just as SP types commune
with the object and "live in the here and now" of the physical world,
INFJs readily grasp the hidden psychological stimuli behind the more observable
dynamics of behavior and affect. Their amazing ability to deduce the inner
workings of the mind, will and emotions of others gives INFJs their reputation
as prophets and seers. Unlike the confining, routinizing nature of introverted
sensing, introverted intuition frees this type to act insightfully and
spontaneously as unique solutions arise on an event by event basis.
Extraverted Feeling
Extraverted feeling, the auxiliary deciding function, expresses a range of
emotion and opinions of, for and about people. INFJs, like many other FJ types,
find themselves caught between the desire to express their wealth of feelings
and moral conclusions about the actions and attitudes of others, and the
awareness of the consequences of unbridled candor. Some vent the attending
emotions in private, to trusted allies. Such confidants are chosen with care,
for INFJs are well aware of the treachery that can reside in the hearts of
mortals. This particular combination of introverted intuition and extraverted
feeling provides INFJs with the raw material from which perceptive counselors
are shaped.
Introverted Thinking
The INFJ's thinking is introverted, turned toward the subject. Perhaps it is
when the INFJ's thinking function is operative that he is most aloof. A comrade
might surmise that such detachment signals a disillusionment, that she has also
been found lacking by the sardonic eye of this one who plumbs the depths of the
human spirit. Experience suggests that such distancing is merely an indication
that the seer is hard at work and focusing energy into this less efficient
tertiary function.
Extraverted Sensing
INFJs are twice blessed with clarity of vision, both internal and external. Just
as they possess inner vision which is drawn to the forms of the unconscious,
they also have external sensing perception which readily takes hold of worldly
objects. Sensing, however, is the weakest of the INFJ's arsenal and the most
vulnerable. INFJs, like their fellow intuitives, may be so absorbed in intuitive
perceiving that they become oblivious to physical reality. The INFJ under stress
may fall prey to various forms of immediate gratification. Awareness of
extraverted sensing is probably the source of the "SP wannabe" side of
INFJs. Many yearn to live spontaneously; it's not uncommon for INFJ actors to
take on an SP (often ESTP) role.
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