Rant on ENTPs

[Blackwater]

This is an invitation for all members to compile information on ENTP-problem-areas in the interest of ENTP-self improvement. Anecdotes, analysises, excercises, all are welcome as long as it deals with ENTP problems/ and growth.

And remember: Just because a type has a potential problem area, it doesn't mean that you, the actual person necessarily suffers from this problem, even if you are that type.

The classics

Can't follow through on projects

One-Upmanship

Social Machiavellinism

Intellectually superficial and unreliable

Over-competitive, pressuring others for fun

Conjure up far-out connections between ideas that as perhaps not really connected (Foucault is a good example here)

Prone to grow bored with a stable partner

Impatient, ever so very impatient

Poor external judgment, better at understanding others points of view than their own.

Take big risks

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I hope to see some nice contributions to this thread. I'll probably add some more myself once my hangover passes.

[Athenian200]

All I can come up with right now is:

1. Too likely to make random, irrelevant connections. (But that might have been covered already.)

2. Can be crude. (But that would apply to several types.)

[MacGuffin]

I kind of feel sorry for ENTPs.

They actually say out loud the crazy shit we INTPs think.

I bet a significant amount of them wind up in looney bins.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by MacGuffin

I kind of feel sorry for ENTPs.
They actually say out loud the crazy shit we INTPs think.

This is why I love them.

I imagine crazy things, then just "drop them" as hints around the ENTPs and then sit back and watch the fun.

I bet one common question ENTPs ask themselves earlier in life is: "Oops, did I say that out loud?" (And after awhile, they just start assuming they did.)

[Usehername]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

This is why I love them.

I imagine crazy things, then just "drop them" as hints around the ENTPs and then sit back and watch the fun.

I bet one common question ENTPs ask themselves earlier in life is: "Oops, did I say that out loud?" (And after awhile, they just start assuming they did.)

lol

i read that 1 in 100 people are sociopaths in some psychology today article a while back before i knew about MBTI; i read the descriptions and was totally like "CHRIS is the 1 in 100 that I know!"
He was just an immature ENTP is all

[The_Liquid_Laser]

This thread is like a car crash. I know I should just head on by, but I can't help it...I've got to look.

[meanlittlechimp]

The only thing I have yet to see in myself or other ENTPs (that I've met in real life) is the social machiavellinism. I've heard that in other places and I know you're not saying all ENTPs etc, but that one always baffled me. I just don't see it as typical if at all.

Can you give me some examples you've seen in yourself or others?

[GZA]

I've definately seen one-upmanship before in ENTPs I know, but I'm not so sure about the others.

[spirilis]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

This is why I love them.

I imagine crazy things, then just "drop them" as hints around the ENTPs and then sit back and watch the fun.

I bet one common question ENTPs ask themselves earlier in life is: "Oops, did I say that out loud?" (And after awhile, they just start assuming they did.)

uhh yep, I totally agree with yours and MacGuffin's points

[Oberon]

Can't follow through on projects...good Lord, can't follow through on projects...

My home is littered with unfinished projects. It's almost a tic, like a Tourette's sufferer making barking noises. I hate it.