@nathan-linn
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Interesting re: following rules in your youth. As a fellow INTP, I can definitely relate to that. I think can tend to be later in life that we become more assertive in challenging rules, though perhaps that also relates to shared Capricorn traits? Another point re: the Temperaments, which others often conflate with Temperament, which is all too easy to do… although I would suggest that the part of us that changes doesn’t relate to typology at all. Interesting stuff, regardless!
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Interesting. Perhaps the drive for perfection is stronger in the xNTJ/Enneagram One? I definitely can relate to both somewhat, but the drive to understand is definitely the stonger of the two. Perhaps it’s an xNTP thing. That said, the drive for excellence is something I can definitely also relate to very strongly.
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Thanks, Mark. Regardless of one’s views on divinity and the afterlife, understanding our innate Psychological type (our Nature), shows us how to adjust our habits (our Nurture) to become the most healthy, integrated version of ourselves for the benefit of humanity–and I think that’s a goal most of us can agree on!
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Thanks, Janis! I thought I’d go ahead and extend an exchange re: Christina’s point from the Facebook Group, who raised some similar points. I couldn’t agree more with regard to our human potential for change and growth! The question I always try and ask is not whether or not WE can change (meaning our “Nurture”), but whether our our 4-letter TypeCode represents our hard-wired Nature, or our changeable Nurture.
Carl Jung, originator of the system, believed that our Psychological Type represented our tendencies that were determined in our infancy, and this idea was taken even further by Dr. David Keirsey, who said that it is in our very genetic makeup!
How fortunate for us that WE can change our behavioral patterns! According to the experts who created this sytem, though, our innate Psychological Type, a reflection of our Nature, is something separate from this. We touch on this topic a bit in our Decoder presentation, but we’re always looking for ways to make it clearer, so if you have any thoughts on how we could better explain these points, please let us know! Thanks 🙂
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Christina: Really interesting point you raise re: not always being an INTP, and one that we actually delve into in our Personality Type Decoder presentation. So interesting, in fact, that I went ahead and forked this into a new thread(!) at: http://psychetype.com/forums/topic/split-can-your-4-letter-typecode-change/
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