Through my new system of typology the sixteen Myers Briggs Personality Types are studied and contrasted against modern psychology and more in particular the study of flow. Let’s dig in to what that means!
The Sixteen Personalities
Idealists
Dreamers, Idealists, Humanitarians
Innovators
Creative, Intelligent, Improvers
Doers
Skillful, expertly, hard-working
Influencers
Popular, Charming,
Community-oriented
The Eight Jungian Cognitive Functions
These are the eight jungian cognitive functions!
Gatherers
Expand – Learn
Extroverted iNtuition
Think about how the world could be different from what it is
Extroverted Sensing
Explore how things are in the real world
Developers
Figure out – Create
Introverted Sensing
Develop or make something in the real world
Introverted iNtuition
Come up with an ideal or a concept for something
Reviewers
Describe, evaluate
Extroverted Feeling
Review and go over how you feel about the world around you
Extroverted Thinking
Keep track of your statistics and performance and how you are doing at something
Analysts
Reflect, Process
Introverted Feeling
Reflect on your feelings and why you feel or respond a certain way
Introverted Thinking
Analysing how you can improve on yourself and your behaviour
ENFP and ISTJ Flow Functions
ENFP Personality Type (Ne and Fe)
Extroverted iNtuition (Ne)
Trying to create a world where people will be happier and where people will feel better.
Extroverted Feeling (Fe)
Trying to change the world into something you will like better or dislike less
ISFJ Personality Type (Si and Fi)
Introverted Sensing (Si)
Figuring out the “key to happiness” and what you want and need to feel whole and complete as a person.
Introverted Feeling (Fi)
Trying to understand your feelings and values by connecting them to your past experiences and your upbringing.
The cognitive functions change based on what personality type is using them – the cognitive functions will blend together with one another making it hard for a type to separate between where one cognitive function begins and one ends.
The Eight NeoJungian Cognitive Functions
These are the eight Neojungian cognitive functions! I discovered them while reflecting on the dichotomy of Judging and Perceiving.
Testers
Practice – Adjust
behaviour
Sensing Perceiving
Practice repeatedly at a task until you can do it perfectly
iNtuitive Perceiving
See how you can adjust or change your behaviour to adjust the outcome
Organisers
Arrange – Predict
Sensing Judging
Arrange things based on what is practical and how much time you need for something
iNtuitive Judging
Predict how a situation will develop over a longer time frame
Questioners
Describe, evaluate
Feeling
Perceiving
Ask how you want a situation to play out, define what is right or wrong
Thinking Perceiving
Study how other people act and think about what you can do in response
Speakers
Reflect, Process
Feeling Judging
Decide what you want to. say and how you want to act, influence how you come across
Thinking Judging
Decide what your goals are and how you want to meet your goals
ESTP and INTJ Flow Functions
ESTP Personality Type (Se, Te, Sp and Tp)
Extroverted Sensing
Explore how things are in the real world
Extroverted Thinking
Keep track of your statistics and performance and how you are doing at something
Sensing Perceiving
Practice repeatedly at a task until you can do it perfectly
Thinking Perceiving
Study how other people act and think about what you can do in response
INTJ Personality Type (Ni, Ti, Nj and Tj)
Introverted iNtuition
Come up with an ideal or a concept for something
Introverted Thinking
Analysing how you can improve on yourself and your behaviour
iNtuitive Judging
Predict how a situation will develop over a longer time frame
Thinking Judging
Decide what your goals are and how you want to meet your goals
Erik Thor (INFJ)
My name is Erik Thor and I am an INFJ living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I’ve been studying personality psychology for more than nine years now. Using the flow type approach, I’ve redesigned the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Carl Jung’s theories on the eight cognitive functions.
My goal was to connect these fascinating theories to the study of flow and happiness. Who are we when happy? What do we need to have more flow and energy? Using my insights, I try to help people better their relationships. I hope to help you connect more deeply to others, to find more meaning in life, and to have more success at work.
