[stevied100]

I read somewhere that INTPs can often enhance their lives by developing their Ne to the point where it's no longer just serving the purpose of feeding the introverted thinking function... What the article didn't suggest, though, was how to go about doing this.. Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts or experiences on this? Or was the article just talking cobblers... :-)

[Ventricity]

be curious. explore. be more social

[Ungweliante]

I read somewhere that INTPs can often enhance their lives by developing their Ne to the point where it's no longer just serving the purpose of feeding the introverted thinking function... What the article didn't suggest, though, was how to go about doing this.. Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts or experiences on this? Or was the article just talking cobblers... :-)

You need personal guidance.

If you don't want it to only feed the Ti, then you need to develop your Fe and Fi. I've taken the liberty to quote Jungian Function Theory

Extraverted Feeling - Considering others and responding to them. The extraverted Feeling process is used in relation to particular people and situations and so has a more here-and-now quality than a universal, future, or past quality. When particular people are out of our presence or awareness, we can then adjust to new people or situations. This process helps us "grease the wheels" of social interaction. Often, the process of extraverted Feeling seems to involve a desire to connect with (or disconnect from) others and is often evidenced by expressions of warmth (or displeasure) and self-disclosure. The "social graces" such as being polite, being nice, being friendly, being considerate, and being appropriate often revolve around the process of extraverted Feeling. Associated behaviors might include remembering birthdays, finding just the right card for a person and selecting a gift based on what a person likes. Keeping in touch, laughing at jokes when others laugh, and trying to get people to act kindly to each other also involve extraverted Feeling. Using this process, we respond according to expressed or even unexpressed wants and needs of others. We may ask people what they want or need or self-disclose to prompt them to talk more about themselves. This often sparks conversation and lets us know more about them so we can better adjust our behavior to them.

Introverted Feeling - Evaluating importance and maintaining congruence. It is often hard to put words to the values used to make introverted Feeling judgments since they are often associated with images and feeling-tones more than words. As a cognitive process, it often serves as a filter for information that matches what is valued and wanted. We engage in the process of introverted Feeling when a value is compromised and we think, "sometimes, some things just have to be said." On the other hand, most of the time this process works "in private" and is seldom expressed directly. Actions often speak louder than words. This process helps us know when people are being fake or insincere or if they are basically good. It is like having an internal sense of the "essence" of a person or a project, and reading another person or action or project with fine distinctions among feeling-tones. When the other person's values and beliefs are congruent with our own, we are inclined to feel kinship with them and want to connect with them.


Try beginning by guessing how people feel at the moment. Start doing it to people close to you, then expand to acquaintances.

[stevied100]

Both useful advice - thanks. It's interesting as on the Myers Briggs test I came out as really close between the T and the F preference (I think my T score was about 2 out of 60 or something) and on reflection I probably am more in touch with my feelings and emotions than I give myself credit for.. But a mixture of trying new things and thinking about other people and how/what they're feeling sounds like useful stuff to give a go!

[oops]

just stop th\inking so much about everything

[PersonaNonGrata]

Ne is awesome, go for it. i just like looking at a tree in the wind sometimes and see the overall symmetry, focus,unfocus, trying to anticipate the movement of a certain leaf. starting at a detail and then seeing the big picture......same goes for traffic (preferably not while driving), soccer games maybe. i just change the focus from detail to pattern and back sometimes.
try strange ideas, i like looking at maps and looking for logical places to build a city, but i am strange ;). just start looking at the big picture, the next step is changing it.