(I've sat on this comment for several days, so I have to cut it short due to not being able to gather absolutely all my thoughts and questions into one big wall of text like I wanted)
This is honestly a beast of an article (in a good way) so it's been hard to respond. That 16 personality test thing you linked to in MB part 2 has given me inconsistent results for 8 years. So it is just atrocious for typing literally anyone and it probably only still has legitimacy due to the cutesy version of that hideous as sin corporate geometric art style that's polluting the internet and real life.
I'm told often by pretty much every other variation on the 16 personality test things that I am an INTP (rarely I get INTJ results but I also did a test on one site that discerns whether someone is truly an INTP or an INTJ and the likely outcome is that I seem to be one of those INTP's who gets mistaken for an INTJ by the computer brains of these tests, cause they're faulty and not always 1:1).
I really loathe the term "creative" when it's applied to a person and not to what that person does. But since you're saying that the 2nd function needs to become strong. I guess that's definitely being cultivated by me doing/being creative. My creative work has been improving in leaps and bounds.
From what people tell me half the time, I'm already going in the "right direction".
I’m not quite sure what your question is lol. But two things that might be useful:
one, yes the test sucks and mistypes a lot. The way to correctly type yourself is using the functions. Compare the function stack of INTJ vs INTP and it should be pretty clear what you have.
two, for INTJ their second function is Te which is business, productivity, and effectiveness focused so when you say creative I assume you are referring to Ne. While true that most creatives have Ne, Ne itself is more exploratory than creative. It is able to entertain all possibilities, and is deeply in search of novelty and often takes pleasure in the unknown and mysterious.
To master Ne one must explore the unknown, try new things, and task risk, getting out of your Si desire for safety, stability, and routine.
(I've sat on this comment for several days, so I have to cut it short due to not being able to gather absolutely all my thoughts and questions into one big wall of text like I wanted)
This is honestly a beast of an article (in a good way) so it's been hard to respond. That 16 personality test thing you linked to in MB part 2 has given me inconsistent results for 8 years. So it is just atrocious for typing literally anyone and it probably only still has legitimacy due to the cutesy version of that hideous as sin corporate geometric art style that's polluting the internet and real life.
I'm told often by pretty much every other variation on the 16 personality test things that I am an INTP (rarely I get INTJ results but I also did a test on one site that discerns whether someone is truly an INTP or an INTJ and the likely outcome is that I seem to be one of those INTP's who gets mistaken for an INTJ by the computer brains of these tests, cause they're faulty and not always 1:1).
I really loathe the term "creative" when it's applied to a person and not to what that person does. But since you're saying that the 2nd function needs to become strong. I guess that's definitely being cultivated by me doing/being creative. My creative work has been improving in leaps and bounds.
From what people tell me half the time, I'm already going in the "right direction".
I’m not quite sure what your question is lol. But two things that might be useful:
one, yes the test sucks and mistypes a lot. The way to correctly type yourself is using the functions. Compare the function stack of INTJ vs INTP and it should be pretty clear what you have.
two, for INTJ their second function is Te which is business, productivity, and effectiveness focused so when you say creative I assume you are referring to Ne. While true that most creatives have Ne, Ne itself is more exploratory than creative. It is able to entertain all possibilities, and is deeply in search of novelty and often takes pleasure in the unknown and mysterious.
To master Ne one must explore the unknown, try new things, and task risk, getting out of your Si desire for safety, stability, and routine.
Really looking forward to part 4