jenocyde
half mystic, half skeksis
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2009
- Messages
- 6,387
- MBTI Type
- ENTP
- Enneagram
- 7w8
Yes, flaws are highly subjective. Yet, to consider all personal quirks as okay and to be accepted for what they are seems to be strange at my end and may really reflect a difference in perspective here. I am constantly looking for self-improvement - assumption that there are things that need improvement and that self awareness comes with recognizing flaws. This does not imply that I have to agree with everyone who decides they know what my flaws are. I'm sure we all have agency in that regard.
Yes, in a sense, self awareness does imply humility. In the sense that it implies that I acknowledge I have some flaws and that changing some of them may benefit me and my interactions with people. It's hard to recognize someone as self-aware who only recognizes their strengths. If the flaws are really recognized then, in my opinion, this recognition would lead to behavior alteration. If it doesn't it's not really recognizing it as a flaw - more as a quirk that some people enjoy and others don't. Isn't this a reflection of the level of self-awareness?
Like I said before, there is always something to learn, change or grow. But I see those things as casualties of being human rather than as flaws. I doubt you'll find one single ENTP here that is not interested in growth. But we just look at it from a more positive angle, I think. I genuinely like ENTPs for this reason - the fact that they can see themselves and accept themselves. Ironically, this is the one thing that I have most problems with the xNFPs about - their constant self doubt. Humility may serve you well, but it doesn't do anything for me. Especially since I know I am going to keep growing and learning and changing and adjusting for as long as my life continues - so why bother feeling bad about it?