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This article isn’t actually about self-confidence in the 16 personality types. In fact, it’s about the opposite. You see, most the time, the personality types are depicted in a way that assumes good self-confidence and overall good mental health, which can make it difficult for people who aren’t at their best to identify their true […]

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In Myers-Briggs and Jungian typology, everyone is quick to associate the word “reckless” with Se dominants, or ESTPs and ESFPs. However, that’s a bit unfair. Any personality type can be reckless, and not everyone of a specific personality type is reckless. No one slows down to think about the nuances of what it means to […]

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Extraverted Sensing (Se) and Extraverted Intuition (Ne) are the two extraverted irrational functions according to Carl Jung. The Se preferring users are the SP types (ESTP, ISTP, ESFP, ISFP), and Ne preferring users are the NP types (ENTP, INTP, ENFP, INFP). However, this article will be primarily aimed at the dominant users (ENXPs and ESXPs). […]

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It’s extremely common for extraverts to mistype as introverts. There are a couple different reasons for that, starting with the fact that a lot of personality theory content is written by introverts. Introverted content creators can fail to capture the extraverted experience correctly. They often depict extraverts as far more extreme than the average extravert […]

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We already have a couple of articles dedicated to Te vs Ti, such as 11 Differences Between Te and Ti Users and 5 Differences Between Te and Ti Logic. However, in this article, I would like to discuss how the underlying reasoning of Te vs. Ti leads to specific strengths and weaknesses. This article will be […]

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This “Beginner’s Guide to the Judging Functions” is a follow-up article to a previous one that we wrote on the perceiving functions (called Beginner’s Guide to the Perceiving Functions). While we often discuss cognitive functions individually, doing deep dives and individual analyses, it’s important to paint a big picture of how these functions act in […]

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There is a lot of debate in the MBTI community about which personality type is the most abstract, or which cognitive functions are the most abstract. From what I have seen, it mostly boils down to three different aspects, depending on who you ask. So, I figured since I was thinking about it, I might […]

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Potential ISTJs or ISFJs may find themselves asking the question: “What is an inferior Ne grip state?” If that’s you, you’ve come to the right place. Inferior functions are one of the things people go to when trying to narrow down their personality type absolutely. After all, if you can’t figure out your greatest strength, […]

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Descriptions of Introverted Thinking (Ti) and Extraverted Intuition (Ne) frequently get intermingled or blended together. Perhaps that seems odd, since one is a thinking function and one an intuition function. However, since every person is a mix of four cognitive functions, it happens all the time. As an individual, in my own personal thinking, it […]

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I’ve called this a beginner’s guide to the perceiving functions, but maybe “crash course” is more accurate. Here at Practical Typing, we enjoy deep dives into cognitive function theory. We have many articles discussing the finer details of the individual cognitive functions. However, it’s valuable to have articles that paint the big picture, so to […]