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Originally Posted by developer
Here's something that has puzzled me since I got introduced to MBTI many years ago: when we speak about N, it seems to me that we are mixing together two very distinct aspects of personality: One aspect is that of abstract, conceptual thinking; the other one is that of creativity and innovation.
Now, I am very well aware that there is data showing correlations between these two aspects, but I still feel they are not the same. In fact, when you deal with people at Executive level, you will meet many people (male and female) who are highly intelligent, abstract, long range conceptual thinkers, but who at the same time show no sign of creativity or innovation. There are so many of these in senior industry positions that they come across at a very distinct type. Yet, I am at a total loss to tell you whether one should type them as Ns (for their astract, long range thinking) or Ss (for their lack of creativity and innovation).
Can you help me out here ? Any thoughts are higly appreciated !
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I had to look up definition of "
creativity" to decide how to think about it, but it just raised more questions. I haven't thought about this on others, so only insight I can give is from myself. I have to start thinking about this more. Dictionary was a place to start, it defined two distinct forms of creativity that relate to this topic, one that is expressed in arts and one in the creation of new concepts.
I don't feel like having artistically valuable ideas worthy of expression, but I deeply enjoy a wide range of different artforms and imagine artistical things all the time. Introverted artistic style?
On the other hand I feel always on the run to form and express usefull and novel concepts and think if there is a place for a new ones. I am absolutely DRIVEN to make make some of my visions real. So I have that side of the "creativity" extroverted.
I am dreadfully unproductive though, which I hope is a temporary. I dont feel completely capable at the moment. Now in an interesting fit to what I
bolded from your words, many people would see me as non-innovative due to lack of results, whereas others would see me as highly innovative because of the productivity of ideas I generate.
Oh my god, am I an introvert?