Introverted Thinking

Ti

Introverted Thinking – Leading Function for INTP + ISTP

Supporting Function for ENTP + ESTP

GIFTS – Effective use:

  • Thinking independently
  • Checking for consistency and accuracy
  • Analyzing challenging problems
  • Being guided by the key principles of truth and fairness
  • Locating leverage to get maximum results
  • Manipulating data to reveal new solutions
  • Evaluating the impact of partial change on the whole situation
  • Building flexibility into a course of action
  • Considering the consequences
  • Creating and adhering to definitions
  • Detaching in order to study a situation from different angles

BLIND SPOTS – Ineffective use:

  • Revisiting an issue repeatedly but failing to come to a conclusion
  • Being very hesitant to reveal thoughts resulting in others feeling unsure where they stand
  • Giving up when a perfect solution is unavailable
  • Seeing emotion as a sign of weakness
  • Prolonging unproductive thinking
  • Being anxious when a process is unclear
  • Taking so long to describe something that people lose interest
  • Being confused when the internal framework and the external reality do not match
Ti

CONTRIBUTION

Wait a minute: is this really the right question we should be asking? Isn’t it really …

BECOMING RIGID

The persistent and efficient internal logical organizing can become an obsessive drive to make everything in the world fit into a logical internal structure.

COMMUNICATION CLUES

Core principle, define how problem fits, angles or leverage points to solve with minimal effort.

LEARNING NEEDS

A flexible network so you can engage in independent serious thought while conferring with peer’s and expert mentors for feedback and insights.

Introverted Thinking is about applying logical models and evaluating through applying internal subjective frameworks and principles

5 Metaphors for Introverted Thinking

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