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Originally Posted by systemsgirl
I have to jump in on this amazing discussion with my own kind. Emotional Maturity comes somewhat slower for ENTPs than other types, it seems because we may not understand or be understood as kids in an STJ world. Since we're not always understood, our self-concept is not built, as BlueWing stated. But, once we understand something, we understand it deeply - our Intuition being served by Thinking and our first recognition of how we can strengthen our talents as we add on to our life experience is our first AHA! moment. We all know how that works on some level and BlueWing described it beautifully!
Feeling is a whole other issue, but it is my belief that it allows us to weigh the consequences of our decisions. I don't see feeling as a replacement in the thinking process but more as the final check and balance test of our approach in problem-solving. We live in a social world and as extroverts, we respond to that social entity. Feeling comes last in our list of attributes, but our use of Feeling is what fully completes us on an individual basis and the key to whether we spend our lives spinning in futility or finding our true place in the world - the visionaries.
I recently had the experience of working with a high functioning ENFJ that totally opened up my eyes to the function of Feeling and the power that drives it within the ENFJ personality. After working with engineers and architects for years and dealing with Rationals, that strength of seeing the Feeling function in action was breathtaking. It can move mountains. ENTPs with highly developed Fe can move them, too.
What do you think?
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I agree. Whether I have a preference for Thinking or Feeling is debateble. Nevertheless experience has taught me that logic and reason are very powerful but so are emmotions. At work there are numerous rationals that languish in obscurity becuase, more often than not, their grumpy dispositions are are turnoff to others. Thus most people do not want to deal with these rationals, regardless of how brilliant they might be.