The Power of Synergy
September 15, 2022
The Power of Function; Cooperating With Nature
Introduction:
Definition of Synergy
There is no neutral energy
Performance is not an issue for humans
The Challenge of Personality Profiling:
*Most People base their answers on what they currently do, but there’s a more accurate way to determine your true nature. What’s:
1. Easy
2. Enjoyable
3. Well-done
Make sure you are aware of what things in your life are truly authentic to YOU
The Baggage Check Story:
*Why it’s the perfect example for functionality. It includes all 4 functions
1. Sensing: Looking at and for specific physical things
2. Intuition: Knowing what’s not “what it looks like” INCLUDING people!
3. Thinking: Making the decision to look closer or tell someone that’s not acceptable
4. Feeling: Establishing trust with people; taking care of them
*General Focus: Sensing or Intuition?
1. Tangible is better, even if it’s bad
2. Literal is better, for practical reasons
3. Directions are not confusing
4. Hypothesizing is a waste of time
*Making Decisions: Thinking or Feeling?
1. Making people happy is best
2. Making sense is more important
3. Creating pain is bad
4. Self-neglect is habitual
4 Levels of Activity:
*Dominant: all 3 elements = happens naturally
1. Like breathing; you’re harmed if you stop for too long
2. 8 hours/day: minimum 50%
*Auxiliary: only 2 elements = needs motivation
1. Like eating; you need to do it to survive, just not all the time
2. 3-4 hours/day: 25-30%
*Tertiary: only 1 element = motivation and compensation
1. Like walking; it’s good to do, but not for too long
2. 2-3 hours/day: 15-20%
*Inferior: 0 elements = motivation and compensation and restoration
1. Like running; it’s good to do occasionally, but can actually hurt you
2. 1-2 hours/day: 5-10%
What are the different functions’ differences, when introverted vs. extraverted?
Sensing Introverted:
Being stimulated by everything as a tangible and gratifying personal experience, alone
Sensing Extraverted:
Being stimulated by everything as a tangible and gratifying personal experience, socially
iNtuition Introverted:
Looking at everything as part of supporting public harmony; safety and trust, alone
iNtuition Extraverted:
Looking at everything as part of supporting public harmony; safety and trust, socially
Thinking Introverted:
Objectively preventing problems as a crime prevention service, alone
Thinking Extraverted:
Objectively preventing problems as a crime prevention service, socially
Feeling Introverted:
Taking care of other people as a personal service, alone
Feeling Extraverted:
Taking care of other people as a personal service, socially
Ideally? Do your Dominant function 8 hour/s day:
1. Learn what activities qualify as your particular dominant function
2. Figure out how much you currently do; how much more you should
3. Gradually increase and decrease the activities; proportionately
*Baggage check is perfect for an ESTP
Lower-level activity? Do it in your Dominant Function way (once removed):
1. Include it in the activity’s function
2. Sensing/iNtuition in a Thinking/Feeling way: INTP example (tertiary sensing w/thinking)
3. Thinking/Feeling in a Sensory/iNtuitive way: ENFJ example (tertiary sensing w/feeling)
Can’t? Do it for your Higher Function reason (twice removed):
Have it as your primary motivation
INTJ: inferior sensing w/thinking
INFP: tertiary sensing w/feeling
Know how to keep yourself focused while you perform
Increase your endurance and performance time w/o exceeding a healthy amount
“I miss your face”:
*Intimacy: The value of emotional closeness
*PDAs: The invaluable health advantages of touch
*Personal Space: or just distance?
*Voice: how important is what we say? Or being heard? (“Would you?” example)
Dangers of Disconnection and Detachment:
*It means you are suffocating yourself, either internally or externally
1. Detachment: from other people
2. Disconnection: from yourself
Conclusion:
Know what function the activity you’re doing qualifies as
Find a way to modify what you’re doing to make it “fit” your personality!