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If there is one thing that keeps on become clearer and clearer to me, it is just how much variety lies within one type. As an ENTP I am spend most of my time in the ENTP forums, and have the most experience observing the various differences within this one personality type. However, there are 15 other personality types as well, and I am not even close to understanding all of the varieties which lie within those other types.
That being said, I am highly confident in my personality type, yet I often get asked by people if I'm sure I'm not ENTJ. Yes I am very sure.
I think the difference lies in two areas of study. One is in intelligence types, and the other is in psyche types.
Freud theorized that there are three psyches: the narcissist, the obsessive and the erotic. You can google it if you want more info, but basically the narcissist is very focused himself and where he wants to be, the obsessive is very focus on doing things the way they're supposed to be done, and the erotic is very focused on being loved by others and making people happy.
As far as intelligence types go, the way I see it, there are three that shoukd be focused on, for the purpose of this topic at least: general IQ, emotional IQ, and strategic IQ. I'd imagine everyone here is familiar with the first two, but not that familiar with the last one. Strategic IQ is basically the collection of ones competency across foresight, visioning, partnering, motivating and system thinking.
I've mentioned on here before that I am an entrepreneur. Two years ago, when I was 21, I made a promise to myself that I will never work for anyone ever again. But lots of ENTPs have come to this conclusion for their lives, so how does that make me different. The difference lies in how far I expect myself to go. I don't think I have ever said on here before exactly where I plan to get to, the reason being that I see this forum as a sanctuary of self-actualisation apart from the rest of my life. Also, because whenever I speak of my ambitions I realize just how different I am from the rest of the world, and that it is very possible that I will never be completely understood by anyone.
But now I will say exactly where I expect myself to get to. I am 23 this year, and assuming linear growth, my business is projected to reach $300K in sales by Dec 31. However, my business is growing exponentially, not linearly, so my target is to reach $1M by that date, and I expect that from myself. Also, when I was 21 I set the goal to reach millionaire status within 5 years. As of right now it's looking like I am going to reach that goal. However, that is just the short term goals I have set for myself. Truthfully, what I expect from myself is to build multinational, billion dollar businesses. I have a very strong vision, that I absolutely feel I NEED to turn into a reality.
Going back to the psyches and intelligences I mentioned earlier, I have analyzed myself immensely over the past few years. In terms of psyches, I am a narcissist. More than that, I have a level of narcissism that is beyond what the vast majority of people have, but it's still in the subclinical range. Basically, if you were to plot narcissism and how beneficial it is to have different levels of narcissism, I believe I am incredibly close to the peak of that curve. This level is commonly referred to as productive narcissism.
In terms of intelligence, my general IQ is high, but not staggeringly so. At 140 I know plenty of people who have a much higher general IQ than myself. My emotional IQ is probably below average, although there isn't really a good waybto quantitatively measure this. Subjectively though, when I observe my interpersonal relationships, and compare that to other peoples' interpersonal relationships, I kind of feel like I'm out of the loop on the whole emotions thing, which I am completely fine with. I prefer being emotionally detached on an individual level, as it allows me to focus on what really matters, which is my vision. Lastly, on strategic IQ I am staggeringly high. The five categories of sIQ - foresight, visioning, motivating, partnering and systems thinking - are all talents I was blessed with from birth, and luckily I chose a career where I truly get to develop all 5 of them.
So, the reason I think I am commonly mistaken for an ENTJ on here is due to the fact that my strategic intelligence is far above what most people have. Understand, my dominant function is Ne. I get my energy from taking in information from the world and thinking of "what ifs". I am an incredibly creative person with tons of ideas. Just yesterday I got a fantastic idea for the new product I'm launching to potentially make the production process twice as efficient (I haven't read of people doing it that way yet, but I doubt I'm the first to have thought of it, and I definitely plan on testing it). And while my strategic IQ is incredibly high, it happens through my Ti as opposed to Te as is the case for ENTJs. When I strategize, I do it in my head. I also don't like sharing my logical process with others, unlike ENTJs who love sharing their logical thinking process, due to their thinking being extraverted.
I'm guessing that my narcissism is higher than most ENTPs, that my emotional IQ is probably a bit lower than most ENTPs, and that my strategic thinking is much higher than most ENTPs. What this adds up to is someone who has a very strong vision, a NEED to obtain his vision, and highly competent in doing things in the correct order so that the vision can be obtained.
That being said, I am highly confident in my personality type, yet I often get asked by people if I'm sure I'm not ENTJ. Yes I am very sure.
I think the difference lies in two areas of study. One is in intelligence types, and the other is in psyche types.
Freud theorized that there are three psyches: the narcissist, the obsessive and the erotic. You can google it if you want more info, but basically the narcissist is very focused himself and where he wants to be, the obsessive is very focus on doing things the way they're supposed to be done, and the erotic is very focused on being loved by others and making people happy.
As far as intelligence types go, the way I see it, there are three that shoukd be focused on, for the purpose of this topic at least: general IQ, emotional IQ, and strategic IQ. I'd imagine everyone here is familiar with the first two, but not that familiar with the last one. Strategic IQ is basically the collection of ones competency across foresight, visioning, partnering, motivating and system thinking.
I've mentioned on here before that I am an entrepreneur. Two years ago, when I was 21, I made a promise to myself that I will never work for anyone ever again. But lots of ENTPs have come to this conclusion for their lives, so how does that make me different. The difference lies in how far I expect myself to go. I don't think I have ever said on here before exactly where I plan to get to, the reason being that I see this forum as a sanctuary of self-actualisation apart from the rest of my life. Also, because whenever I speak of my ambitions I realize just how different I am from the rest of the world, and that it is very possible that I will never be completely understood by anyone.
But now I will say exactly where I expect myself to get to. I am 23 this year, and assuming linear growth, my business is projected to reach $300K in sales by Dec 31. However, my business is growing exponentially, not linearly, so my target is to reach $1M by that date, and I expect that from myself. Also, when I was 21 I set the goal to reach millionaire status within 5 years. As of right now it's looking like I am going to reach that goal. However, that is just the short term goals I have set for myself. Truthfully, what I expect from myself is to build multinational, billion dollar businesses. I have a very strong vision, that I absolutely feel I NEED to turn into a reality.
Going back to the psyches and intelligences I mentioned earlier, I have analyzed myself immensely over the past few years. In terms of psyches, I am a narcissist. More than that, I have a level of narcissism that is beyond what the vast majority of people have, but it's still in the subclinical range. Basically, if you were to plot narcissism and how beneficial it is to have different levels of narcissism, I believe I am incredibly close to the peak of that curve. This level is commonly referred to as productive narcissism.
In terms of intelligence, my general IQ is high, but not staggeringly so. At 140 I know plenty of people who have a much higher general IQ than myself. My emotional IQ is probably below average, although there isn't really a good waybto quantitatively measure this. Subjectively though, when I observe my interpersonal relationships, and compare that to other peoples' interpersonal relationships, I kind of feel like I'm out of the loop on the whole emotions thing, which I am completely fine with. I prefer being emotionally detached on an individual level, as it allows me to focus on what really matters, which is my vision. Lastly, on strategic IQ I am staggeringly high. The five categories of sIQ - foresight, visioning, motivating, partnering and systems thinking - are all talents I was blessed with from birth, and luckily I chose a career where I truly get to develop all 5 of them.
So, the reason I think I am commonly mistaken for an ENTJ on here is due to the fact that my strategic intelligence is far above what most people have. Understand, my dominant function is Ne. I get my energy from taking in information from the world and thinking of "what ifs". I am an incredibly creative person with tons of ideas. Just yesterday I got a fantastic idea for the new product I'm launching to potentially make the production process twice as efficient (I haven't read of people doing it that way yet, but I doubt I'm the first to have thought of it, and I definitely plan on testing it). And while my strategic IQ is incredibly high, it happens through my Ti as opposed to Te as is the case for ENTJs. When I strategize, I do it in my head. I also don't like sharing my logical process with others, unlike ENTJs who love sharing their logical thinking process, due to their thinking being extraverted.
I'm guessing that my narcissism is higher than most ENTPs, that my emotional IQ is probably a bit lower than most ENTPs, and that my strategic thinking is much higher than most ENTPs. What this adds up to is someone who has a very strong vision, a NEED to obtain his vision, and highly competent in doing things in the correct order so that the vision can be obtained.
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