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Personality Facets: Your Not Just A Sensor or an Intuitive – Everyday Fulfillment

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Personality Facets: Your Not Just A Sensor or an Intuitive – Everyday Fulfillment

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You’ve probably heard us say that we are the same personality types. As INFJs, intuition (N) is our dominant strength, so we prefer to live in a world of abstract concepts and big-picture ideas.

But if you were to watch us actually exploring new ideas, you might notice that we don’t express that type in the same way. While Kent is happily exploring possibilities, there is a part of Caanan’s brain that is constantly pulling the emergency brake and asking, "Yeah, but is this actually realistic?"

For a long time, Caanan didn't understand why he had this deeply practical type. It felt at odds with his intuitive type. But as we dive into the second part of our facets series this week, we are looking at exactly why this happens.

As we explain in this episode, your personality type is like the architectural style of your house, but your facets are the individual rooms inside – they don’t always perfectly align. So, this week, we’re exploring the Sensing and Intuition (S/N) pairing to help you understand why you can be an intuitive who has a strong practical side or, for example, a sensor who loves getting lost in theoretical debates.

We hope it helps you understand how nuanced your type can be!

Onward and Inward,

COMMON QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THIS EPISODE

❓What are the Sensing and Intuition (S/N) facets? This pairing is all about how you perceive the world. Sensors generally focus on concrete information from their five senses, while Intuitives focus on patterns, meanings, and abstract concepts. Personality facets allow you to have traits from both sides, regardless of your overall type.

❓Can I be a Sensor who is highly imaginative? Absolutely. Your main type might be a Sensor, but you can have "out of preference" facets that make you highly imaginative, theoretical, or conceptual. This doesn't mean your personality type is wrong – it just means you have a beautifully nuanced personality.

❓What does it mean to be "Mid-Zone"? Being mid-zone on a facet means you don't strongly lean toward one side or the other. This is actually a massive superpower, as it allows you to easily bridge the gap between big-picture dreaming and detail-oriented, practical work.

❓Why do people sometimes mistype themselves? There are many reasons you might mis-peg your own personality. You might have taken a test in a work setting where you were answering as your "professional" self, or you might have adopted a "trauma type" that felt safest for you earlier in life.

CHAPTERS

  • (00:00) Mind Share: Long form crap

  • (04:35) Why your personality is "One in a Million”

  • (06:24) The Sensing vs. Intuition (S/N) pairing explained

  • (08:05) Real-life examples: The realistic intuitive

  • (11:35) Client story: The superpower of the “Mid-Zone"

  • (18:42) Mailbag: Why do we mis-peg our own personalities?

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