Why healthy INTJs are willing to Take Unpopular Positions
John F. Kennedy: The INTJ President That Improved America By Following His Heart
Note: I found this interesting because I think of myself as an INTJ Enneagram 5w6.
Video Creator JustcallmeJon views John F Kennedy as Myers Briggs INTJ, whose book “Profiles in Courage” celebrated eight Senators who took unpopular positions and suffered losses in pursuit of “what was right.”
He analyzes why INTJs are willing to take unpopular positions.
Quote:
The final achievement that I want to highlight before I go in depth about his political career is that he is a Pulitzer prize winner and the subject that he wrote is one of the most INTJ ever. In 1956 while JFK was the junior senator of the state of Massachusetts, he published a book titled “Profiles in Courage.”
It was a series of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight different US Senators. Sounds normal enough. So what makes us so INTJ the topics that he focused on were the Senators who defied the opinions of their party or constituents to do what they felt were right and suffered severe harsh criticism and losses in popularity as a result.
That sentence is the epitome of life of a healthy INTJ or
NiTe will tell us what actually needs to happen in order for things to improve.
Trickster1 Fe will tell us that it doesn't matter what anyone says or think because this is the just and fair path
introverted feeling will guide us to what is morally correct and ensure that there is an ethical line that we don't cross and
extroverted sensing will make sure that we're able to deliver on the dream
An INTJ is willing to be the villain of the story if that means that things will improve for the better. We are willing to make the unpopular choices, not because we want to be different but because we whole-heartly believe that it is necessary for change.
Source: Youtube JustcallmeJon
Are there INTJs who aren’t Enneagram Fives?
I talked about this video with a friend who is an INTJ Five and whom is only familiar with INTJs that score as Enneagram 5’s. This friend didn’t conceive JFK as an INTJ because JFK doesn’t present as a 5.
Do you agree with JustCallMeJon that JFK was an INTJ? If so, do you have ideas about what his Enneagram type was? Or maybe you don’t believe in personality types?
Source: Thought Catalog
INTJs Enneagram Type, Ranked
Five: 48.0%
One: 23.2%
Three: 7.5%
Eight: 6.4%
Six: 6.2%
Nine: 4.5%
Four: 3.1%
Seven: 0.6%
Two: 0.6%
Type 5 INTJ Wings
Type 5 with a 4 wing: 43%
Type 5 with a 6 wing: 57%. (me)
The Trickster of Every Myers-Briggs Personality: Have you ever wondered why certain people bother you more than others? Perhaps you have an organized, no-nonsense friend who naturally takes to leadership. Other friends of yours admire this person, but for some reason, you get the feeling that they’re up to something mischievous. You feel a sense of mistrust in them or you may think they’re comical when they don’t mean to be. You may think what’s important to them is ultimately unimportant and you may feel the urge to “take them down a notch.”
Why does this happen?
Why do we naturally feel more on-edge around some types than others, even when there’s no evidence that they’ve done anything wrong?
Today’s post will answer part of the equation of why some people tick us off more than others
The Trickster takes on the opposite orientation to your tertiary function. You can see an example below:
The tertiary function is called “The Eternal Child” by depth typologists and there’s a reason for that. It’s a function that you enjoy using in a playful, non-pressured way. It’s vulnerable because when you make mistakes in this area you feel deeply ashamed. When people criticize you in relation to the tertiary function, you feel like you want to run and hide. There’s a certain vulnerability to it that isn’t as present with the other functions.
The trickster has an interesting relationship with the tertiary function. It’s also child-like but in a rebellious, anarchistic sense. The trickster doesn’t care about the rules or how people see him/her. The trickster is like the older brother of the tertiary function, but an older brother who protects the younger brother through sly jokes, malicious pranks, teasing, and breaking rules that the tertiary would never break. We aren’t often aware that we’re using Trickster energy because this function is fairly unconscious. We don’t associate it with ourselves. We’re more likely to project it onto others than to accept it as part of our own personality.
“By ignoring or destroying boundaries, the Trickster often plays a pivotal role in our psychological development beyond self-imposed, societal, or parental limits.” – Mark Hunziker, Depth Typology
INTJ Cognitive Functions:
1) Dominant: Introverted Intuition (Ni)
2) Auxiliary: Extraverted Thinking (Te)
3) Tertiary: Introverted Feeling (Fi)
4) Inferior: Extraverted Sensation (Se)5) Opposing Role: Extraverted Intuition (Ne)
6) Critical Parent: Introverted Thinking (Ti)
7) Trickster: Extraverted Feeling (Fe)
8) Demon: Introverted Sensation (Si)