INTUITION EXTRAVERTED TYPE - NE - IN DIFFERENT TYPOLOGICAL MODELS
Descriptions of the Intuition Extraverted Type can be found under different names in different typological models:
• Sanguine temperament - according to some authors
• E-role (Arsonist) - Ichak Adizes
• Vata dosha – Ayurveda
• Aquarius and Geminis zodiac signs’ personality traits
• Visionary, Explorer, Pioneer archetypes
• Psychoanalytic character structure: oral and narcissistic
• The halogens – typology of chemical elements
• Type 7 – Enneagram
• Type Ne – Carl Jung
• Sanguine temperament by Rev Bowen – Waldorf pedagogy - Simply Waldorf www.simplywaldorf.com
Physically, these people are often slender and long. Some often walk on their toes or with a noticeable bounce.
The sanguine temperament is seen in those people who are excited to wake up, to do new things, to meet new people, to go new places, to start a new project. Sanguines are light and gay. They easily adapt and move on from one thing to the next.
Sanguines will start new projects, but rarely finish any of them. They love to meet new people, but they don't naturally develop deep friendships, because they are always moving on. They love to explore, but they rarely have the grounded stability that comes with "sending down roots" and being integral in a group or community. They love making plans, but often fail to follow through with them because they prefer "being spontaneous" and "living in the moment". They are joyous and excited and thus they sometimes ignore deeper or more difficult emotions--within themselves and within others. If left in this state, the adult with strong sanguine tendencies can be seen as "air-headed", lacking substance, and even superficial. They are fun to be around for a bit, but not really trusted, not really someone you can depend on. Long term commitments in relationship can be especially difficult.
When the sanguine temperament is balanced by the other temperaments, though, this person is a ray of light and hope. Sanguines bring positivity and new outlooks. They bring folks together. Their can-do energy creates a current that sweeps others along. They can be the types of leaders that see the good in others, that see each person's unique gifts and finds ways to optimize these for the good of all.
• Sanguine temperament by Rebecca Altman wonderbotanica.com
Sanguines move quickly, talk quickly, and are very expressive. They are full of ideas, and quick to grasp concepts. They are perfectly capable of re-assessing their opinion on something, and even changing it. Sanguines may have trouble spending hours sitting in one place and paying attention the whole time. This air of exploration is how the sanguine approaches life. They love trying new restaurants, new places, new hiking trails, new people. Making friends with strangers is a great sanguine skill.
In balance, the sanguine is a true delight to be around: witty, fun, outgoing, charming, charismatic. The ability to ease the spirits of those around them with a burst of laughter, a giggle, a tinkling sound that dispels stagnation, breaks up the heaviness, and reminds us all of the joy and beauty in life. That light, giggling, joyful revelry is a place of comfort, and while sanguines can exist in other places (like serious topics, grief, loss, disappointment), they need to get back there to feel like themselves. This isn’t the same as avoidance of the ‘dark’ in life. I’m talking about a lightness of spirit that’s inherent, that isn’t necessarily afraid of heaviness, but doesn’t feel at its most comfortable dwelling there. Lifting spirits, easing burdens, their lightness of being affects everyone around them.
Which isn’t to say that the sanguine isn’t capable of commitment. Some of the happiest married people I know are sanguines, but in their marriages they usually have opportunity to go out and enjoy some revelry on occasion. Freedom to revel is not the same as freedom from commitment.
The flip-side to all this freedom is that without a grounding and calming influence, the sanguine can become erratic and ungrounded. They can start to fear the things that balance them out— relationships, commitment, stability. An imbalanced sanguine will interrupt you constantly to talk (usually about themselves), or come from the left field with random statements that hold no bearing on the conversation at hand. Their desire to be the center of attention can lead them to act out, to say wilder and wilder things, and their tendency away from self-reflection can make them look incredibly egotistical.
Out of balance:
- Inability to commit to or focus on anything.
- Starting projects but never finishing them.
What to know if you are a sanguine:
- Wait to speak. It will feel like it’s killing you at first, but you’ll find it displays a level of sensitivity that most people are unaccustomed to from you and they’ll be pleasantly surprised and in turn trust you more.
- If you’ve got a big project you want to get done, split it up into small, digestible parts and tackle them separately.
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✅ A leader with the Arsonist mismanagerial style by Ichak Adizes
In a company managed by an Arsonist, Monday mornings are dangerous, because over the weekend the Arsonist has had time to think - and guess what? New directions, new priorities, new goals, new objectives.
An Arsonist habitually works on the “why don’t we?” principle: “Why don’t we do this?” “Why don’t we do that?” But what is a mere question for an Arsonist is assumed to be a decision by his subordinates. Sometimes they believe the boss has made a decision, so they begin to implement it and then they get penalized for acting without authorization. Then, the next time the Arsonist thinks out loud, his subordinates don’t act, thinking that this, too, just an idea. The Arsonist then becomes upset – this time because the staff didn’t implement his instructions. Subordinates feel they can never satisfy him, no matter what they do or don’t do.
Still, the Arsonist is usually very likable, because he is stimulating, enterprising, and full of energy. Working for him can be exciting – until you figure out that no matter what you do the Arsonist will find fault with it, because his priorities are continually changing; before you’ve completed one project, he wants to know why you haven’t made any progress on a new one.
He calls meetings frequently and without warning, whenever he has a great new idea … Do meetings led by an Arsonist have an agenda? If they do, nobody knows what it is. And even if there is one, he violates it anyway, moving from subject to subject at will or raising subjects that were not scheduled to be discussed… In conversation, the Arsonist is emotional and expressive. He uses words like “never”, “always”, “impossible”. He exaggerates in order to really push his ideas through… Because they create on the run, Arsonists often contradict themselves. The mouth is talking, the mind is working, but there isn’t necessarily a connection. He starts with one angle and changes to another angle and then a third angle, and eventually, you can’t follow what he’s saying… Yet not being understood upsets and offends Arsonists.
Arsonist typically will develop fantastic ideas and then expect others to figure out how to implement them. If he is pressed for specifics, he gets annoyed… Details are the Arsonist’s Achilles heel. He tends to ignore details; he works with a big brush on a wide canvas, as if he were looking down from 40,000 feet at a topographical map. For an Arsonist, a million is somewhere between 700,000 and a million and half… Picture the Arsonist as an eagle, flying thousands of feet over the mountains and seeing the big picture but not the small details. From up there everything looks simple; with one movement of its wings it can fly from one boulder to another. The eagle cannot comprehend that down on the ground, in order to make the move from one location to the other, you have to go up and down mountains and canyons.
Because he is bored by details, the Arsonist’s attitude and preferences are to decentralize. But it’s equally important for him to maintain control of the decision-making process. The result is a catch-22 for his subordinates. They are expected to decide – as long as their decisions coincide with the decision he would have made.
Ironically, however, not much happens in a company run by an Arsonist, because he doesn’t like to finalize anything; even in midchange he might change things again in yet another, “better” direction. Every idea leads to another idea.
The Arsonist is so preoccupied with opportunities that he sees few if any threats. He can endanger an organization by recklessly trying to exploit too many opportunities at once and spreading himself and his organization too thin… Arsonist is always talking about all the brilliant innovations he’s going to make. But how much will they cost? “These are details,” he’ll shrug. This is why an Arsonist can build a big company and lose it overnight.
Excerpts from Ichak Adizes “The ideal executive” (2004), “Management/Mismanagement styles” (2004).
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• Vata dosha by Christine Southwell makingyouhealthier.com
Goals and Focus. Vata mostly strives for CHANGE, STIMULATION AND VARIETY as their motivation is governed by light and mobile attributes. Vata’s do welcome change and will change jobs easily, seek stimulation from people or things and love a variety in life, work, travel and their partners. They may work long hours but tend to get distracted easily and flit from one thing to another. They will often be busy but not very productive. They will have lots of books or projects on the go at once as they jump around to the next ‘project’. Lack or organisation and mindfulness can lead to an untidy desk or untidy house or kitchen.
Vata people have lots of goals and they keep changing. The imblanced vata type will have diffuculty focusing and will have a short attention span on a task. This often gets mis-diagnosed as ADHD! The out of balance vata will also have diffculty remembering things.
Vata types are likely to be suited to jobs that require creativity, gentle movement and flow such as making or designing things, acting or teaching, dancing, writing, art, photography and travel. They may struggle in high-pressured environments such as stagnant desk work or being on a computer or helpdesk all day. Anyone who hires a vata-type would do well to give them a variety of activities or some interesting research and ensure good work breaks during the day.
• Vata dosha (various sources)
Vata dominated individuals are highly creative, intuitive, brimming with ideas, flexible and communicative. They love excitement, new experiences and are usually the first members of the group to say, “yep, I’m in. Let’s do it!” Vatas love to have a good chat and can take initiative in engaging with others. They make friends easily, as they are interested in many different things and often start new activities that involves different groups of people. They are loved for their power of inspiration, fluidity in thinking, creative and inspiring approach and their ability to change and try new things.
Vata individuals is always up for an adventure and has an easy breezy attitude. They are easily enthused, but run the risk of spreading themselves too thin and getting distracted by something new (and supposedly better) after just a short time. They are quick on the uptake, and quick to forget. They are quick to anger or judge but also quick to forgive and move forward. Their willpower is less well developed. Their mood and energy levels change frequently and they get exhausted easily emotionally and physically. On the upside, their mood can just as quickly change from bad to good and they become upbeat and positive easily.
Their body is usually lean/slim/skinny and they find it difficult to keep weight on – they are the type of person many envy in the fact that they can eat a lot but never gain weight.
The following are some of the most prevalent traits of persons who are Vata dominant:
- Their activities and interests change frequently as they constantly seek new experiences
- They are very imaginative and tend to be abstract thinkers.
- They may be unpredictable.
- They become bored with monotonous work and want variation in their life.
People with a dominating Vata excel in professions that require imagination, creativity, and communication. As a result, careers in media, education, research and development, marketing, advertising, and writing may be a good fit. In the workplace, vata types can inspire new and innovative ideas. They think outside of the box and can dream up new operating procedures and ways for the staff to connect outside of the office in team-building excursions and activities.
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✅ Psychoanalytic character structure
• The narcissistic type - Karen Horney (book "Neurosis and Human Growth")
This unquestioned belief in his greatness and uniqueness is the key to understanding him. His buoyancy and perennial youthfulness stem from this source… He may speak incessantly of his exploits or of his wonderful qualities and needs endless confirmation of his estimate of himself in the form of admiration and devotion. His feeling of mastery lies in his conviction that there is nothing he cannot do… His capacity to overlook flaws, or to turn them into virtues, seems unlimited. A sober onlooker would often call him unscrupulous, or at least unreliable. He does not seem to mind breaking promises, being unfaithful, incurring debts, defrauding. He is not, however, a scheming exploiter. He feels rather that his needs or his tasks are so important that they entitle him to every privilege.
His difficulties appear both in his relations to people and in his work. His being at bottom unrelated to others is bound to show in close relations. The simple fact that others have wishes or opinions of their own, that they may look at him critically or take exception to his shortcomings, that they expect something of him-all these are felt as a poisonous humiliation and arouse a smoldering resentment. He may then explode in a burst of rage and go to others who "understand" him better. And, since this process occurs in most of his relations, he is often lonely. (Chapter 8. The expansive solutions: the appeal of mastery)
The narcissistic type, being most likely to be swayed by his imagination … may run up against various difficulties. One of them is the scattering of interests and energies in many directions. There is the woman for instance who has to be the perfect hostess, housewife, mother; who also has to be the best-dressed woman, to be active on committees, to have her hand in politics; and who must also be a great writer. Or there is the businessman who, besides having his hands in too many enterprises, pursues extensive political and social activities.
The background is an insistent refusal to recognize that there are any limits to what he can accomplish. Hence a temporary resolution to restrict his activities usually has no lasting effect. Against all evidence to the contrary he soon bounces back to his conviction that others may not be able to do so many things; but he can—and can do them all to perfection. To restrict his activities would to him smack of defeat and contemptible weakness. The prospect of being a human being like others, with limitations like others, is degrading and hence intolerable.
Other narcissistic persons may scatter their energies not by too many simultaneous activities but by successively starting and dropping one pursuit after the other… They may make outlines for a big book, set an organization going, have vast business projects planned, work at an invention - but time and time again their interest peters out before anything is accomplished. Their imagination has painted a glowing picture of quick and glamorous achievement. But they withdraw interest at the very first real difficulty with which they are confronted. Their pride, however, does not permit them to admit that they are shirking difficulties. Therefore the loss of interest is a face-saving device.
Two factors contribute to the hectic swings which are characteristic of the narcissistic type in general: his aversion to attending to details in work and to consistent efforts… They may feel it behooves them to have brilliant ideas or projects but that the "detail work" should be done by the ordinary run of people. Hence they have no difficulty in delegating work to others, if this can be done. And, provided they have employees or co-workers who can carry their ideas into action, it may turn out well. If they have to do the work themselves such as writing a paper, designing a dress, drawing up a legal document - they may regard the job as finished to their own supreme satisfaction before the real work of thinking through the ideas and checking, rechecking, and organizing them has even started.
Their incapacity for making consistent efforts stems from the same roots. Their special brand of pride resides in "effortless superiority." It is the glory of the dramatic, of the unusual that captivates their imagination while the humble tasks of daily living are resented as humiliating. Conversely they can make sporadic efforts, be energetic and circumspect in an emergency, swing a big party, in a sudden onrush of energy write letters which have accumulated for months, etc. Such sporadic efforts feed their pride but consistent efforts insult it. Every Tom. Dick, and Harry can get somewhere with plodding work! Moreover, as long as no efforts are made there is always the reservation that they would have accomplished something great if they had put in real efforts. The most hidden aversion to consistent effort lies in the threat to the illusion of unlimited powers. (Chapter 13. Neurotic Disturbances in Work)
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✅ The halogens – typology of chemical elements, Jan Scholten
17 groupe or 7 main groupe (s- and p-block) – the halogens F, Cl, Br, I, At, Ts (Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine, Tennessine). The halogens form a family, grouped together not only by their placement in the periodic table but also by a common theme.
The Fluor (Fluorine) picture qjure.com
They have a tendency to let go of all the values they have had to take on board during their life so far. They feel that they can no longer live within this restrictive set of rules and norms and they would rather get rid of them… These are the people who will break the taboos of the generations who have gone before them. They don’t care what other people think, they simply have to break the old stifling patterns and let in a breath of fresh air.
They like to have money, plenty of it, and to get it fast… They spend their money as fast as they earn it… They easily get bored with what they have got. As soon as they have one thing they start to hanker after the next… They can only let go of money when there is a chance of something more in return, as in the case of gambling, which they can even get addicted to. Or when they pay for expensive rounds of drinks in the hope of being the most popular guy at the party. There is another side to them we sometimes see, where they give away large amounts of money without any apparent reason.
They like to flirt and they tend to go out hunting for someone to have sex with. They have many different partners as sex is not connected to emotions, it is only used to fill up the emptiness inside. But it does not give them the satisfaction they crave for… Underneath this glossy exterior remains the longing for deeper contact. So they keep on hunting, going from one partner to the next in search of the elusive qualities of warmth and real caring… They may also use sex to climb the social ladder. They may have a tendency towards immoral or taboo forms of sex.
Everything has to go fast. As they are fast talkers and quick on the uptake they therefore make good business men. They get on well in the service sector, in the hotel world, stock exchange etc. They dream about business. They are smart-looking and they like parties: they are often the life and soul of these parties too.
If their personality is not well developed we get a type of narcissistic behaviour… They have a tendency to take what they want without any consideration for other people. They want to show who they are, even if it means someone else has to suffer. They like to have people around to fill up the emptiness, but when this other person starts to state his or her own need, they quickly disappear from view. The same thing happens when the other person is a therapist who doesn’t play the game according to their wishes.
When the situation becomes extreme they can get quite ruthless. They know what they want but they don’t think about the consequences of their actions and what this will mean for other people. They may lie, cheat or steal to get their way.
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✅ Type Intuition Extraverted – Carl Gustav Jung "Psychological Types", 1921.
The intuitive is never to be found among the generally recognized reality values, but he is always present where possibilities exist. He has a keen nose for things in the bud pregnant with future promise. He can never exist in stable, long-established conditions of generally acknowledged though limited value: because his eye is constantly ranging for new possibilities, stable conditions have an air of impending suffocation. He seizes hold of new objects and new ways with eager intensity, sometimes with extraordinary enthusiasm, only to abandon them cold-bloodedly, without regard and apparently without remembrance, as soon as their range becomes clearly defined and a promise of any considerable future development no longer clings to them...
It is at once clear, both from the standpoint of political economy and on grounds of general culture, that such a type is uncommonly important. If well-intentioned, with an orientation to life not purely egoistical, he may render exceptional service as the promoter, if not the initiator of every kind of promising enterprise. He is the natural advocate of every minority that holds the seed of future promise. Because of his capacity, when orientated more towards men than things, to make an intuitive diagnosis of their abilities and range of usefulness, he can also 'make' men. His capacity to inspire his fellow-men with courage, or to kindle enthusiasm for something new, is unrivalled, although he may have forsworn it by the morrow...
The intuitive may squander his life. He spends himself animating men and things, spreading around him an abundance of life -- a life, however, which others live, not he. Were he able to rest with the actual thing, he would gather the fruit of his labours; yet all too soon must he be running after some fresh possibility, quitting his newly planted field, while others reap the harvest. In the end he goes empty away.
(C. G. Jung. Psychological Types. X GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPES B. The Extraverted Type 8. Intuition 9. The Extraverted Intuitive Type)
Just as the extraverted intuitive is continually scenting out new possibilities, which he pursues with an equal unconcern both for his own welfare and for that of others, pressing on quite heedless of human considerations, tearing down what has only just been established in his everlasting search for change, so the introverted intuitive moves from image to image, chasing after every possibility in the teeming womb of the unconscious, without establishing any connection between the phenomenon and himself. Just as the world can never become a moral problem for the man who merely senses it, so the world of images is never a moral problem to the intuitive.
(C. G. Jung. Psychological Types. X GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPES C. The Introverted Type 8. Intuition)
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