Little Linguist said it very well, the ENFP does suffer in social situations as to be perceived as rude, cause they use Te. Given the premisse now that Te is their third function, if they now are supposed to use it for prolonged time over the day, at organizing things at work for example, could that lead to a point they feel exhausted for example ? While a dominant Te would go on using his Te, even in his freetime.
I hope you get the picture.
The conclusion and the reason to all this for me, is as follows: I am sure Ne plays like a 80% role in my Sensotard Moments in life. But if I supress the Ne in my daily life to some extent and use Fe and Ti in my business world affairs, I easier get exhausted and the drain on energy is even greater. The conclusion I draw from this is that I am absolutely not suited for my present student job, cause its very foundation depends on the use of quick Fe and Te skills and on the constant use aswell in a 8 hour day.
So given the premisse that Ne plays a key role of about 80% in ENTPs weirdness, I was just wondering at this point, if the other 20% of weirdness and inconsistency of thought are advocated due to Ti's and Fe's standing in the function order ?!
For me, Te is a necessary tool to GROUND me. For example, my Ne-ness basically ensures me that I will not remember what I do at a given time because I'm not always FOCUSED on the matter at hand. In other words, I listen to music while playing crazy games with Bun-Bun, which allows me to plan my lessons and think about the future of life. So if someone says, "Hey, remember when you danced that crazy dance and sang that song to Bun-Bun?" I can't remember because my brain was actually elsewhere.
Or I'll come home and place my keys somewhere. Anywhere. But my brain is analyzing the lessons I've just done or the conversation I've just had with X or Y. So I won't remember where I put my keys, and everyone assumes I'm a total idiot. Damn it, I'm not stupid, I was just elsewhere.
So how do I avoid doing stupid stuff? I make plans. For example, the keys always go here. This book goes there. All the documents for this, that, and the other thing are neatly organized in binders, and nothing may go in a place that it shouldn't. Why? Because if I don't do that, I will totally forget what the hell I'm doing.
Same with planning classes. Planning classes avoids the situation where I run off in tangents and forget the initial plan of the lesson. I jump here, there, and everywhere and no one can follow. So I plan everything in my brain, keeping it open for changes, but essentially having a clear aspect of where to do.
In discussions, same thing. Logical process of going: Intro, Point 1, Point 2, Point 3, Conclusion. Why? Because people are totally lost if you go A-E-C-D-B. You need to go A-B-C-D-E so that people can follow you.
So Te helps my Ne and Fi to have a break so that I'm not totally haphazard in my way of acting. It gives STABILITY and SECURITY to a rather CHAOTIC existence.
Since I'm not necessarily always COMFORTABLE with people, especially people I cannot relate to or situations where I do not feel okay, Te rears it's head, and says, "I'm here, don't f--- with me!"
Same in leadership positions: Te says, "Okay, listen folks, I'm sick of talking five billion years with you idiots and being no further ahead. So give me everything, shut the f--- up, and let me plan everything." Te takes control of the haphazard situation and says okay folks, we're doing it THIS way.
Te also allows me to have some kind of structure. That's why my husband says I have a great deal of perseverance ONCE I HAVE A GOAL. I need that bloody goal, or nothing's getting done. I need that vision in my head.
Ne makes, creates, and formulates the vision.
Fi judges, evaluates, and analyses the vision.
Te structures, implements, and makes the vision HAPPEN.
Si provides the factual basis, the foundation and the details of the vision.
Rather than being a function that makes me 'tired,' it is a function that gives me STRENGTH - Te and Si are wonderful because they allow me to do what an otherwise flaky person would not dare to do.
A practical example:
Moving to Germany:
As young as three, Ne said "GERMANY!" It envisions, dreams, plans, skips around, jumps, gets excited, imagines, and creates a reality in the future.
As young as nine, Fi said, "Ugh, I don't fit here. I don't like it here. I feel like an alien. Something's wrong. Somewhere else must be better. I don't want to stay here. I need to go elsewhere. I love Germany. It's great. The language is beautiful. The culture is interesting. I love my dad's stories. Etc."
When I became 13-15 until 24, Te said, "Okay, great idea! Now, how are we going to make this happen? Are you going to study German or another field? How can you get there? Do you have the money? No? Okay, how to get the money? Okay, you need a scholarship. Now what do you need to do to get the scholarship? You must be perfect in school. Now you need to do this. Now this. Then this. Let's create a structure and a plan for making this happen."
Throughout this time, Si reared it's little mini head and said, "Okay, you may not be the greatest with details in general, but I'm going to support you in my little way by helping you remember all the details you need for the tests so that you can get good grades so that you can get the scholarship so that you can be happier and get the vision you've had for so long!!!!!!!"
See how that works?
