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+There are 8 letters that represent the fundamental building blocks for all personality types, and each type has a combination of four of them, one from each set of two:
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+E  I   - Power Source
+S  N - Data Collection
+T  F  - Data Processing
+J  P  - Task Manager
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+# Power Soru
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+> E  I -  Extroversion and Introversion refer to how one's energy is spent and recharged. This energy is socially based, interestingly. 
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+- Extroverts are the types to go to a sporting event and then be ready for an after-party. They send energy out and receive it back via social interaction. Their energy is gradually spent when alone.
+- Introverts (the best type, obviously) typically recharge when alone, and are gradually spent when with others.
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+Both of these need social interaction and alone time in measures dependent on overall personality type, and various circumstances. For example, annoying people will drain an introvert more quickly, and charge an extrovert much less, if at all.
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+> S  N - Sensing and intuition refer to how one collects information from the world around them.
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+- Sensors are those who see what is directly in front of them and deal with that. They are better with minute details and being in the moment, in general. They'll most likely tell you exactly what they see in the picture.
+- Intuitives are more pattern based observers. "What does what I do see tell me about what I don't see?" Intuitives are more likely to space out than sensors for this reason, because their brains are synthesizing information beyond the world around them. Some types do so more than others, of course. 
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+Neither of these types of data collection speak directly to one's intelligence or intellectual capacity. These are just natural preferences for observation. Sensors often understand things with less needed context, whereas intuitives often need more context. 
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+You can tell a sensor 'don't stick a fork in an outlet' and they'll remember that. But for an intuitive it helps to give the context of what is unseen in order to flesh out their understanding: 'Metal forks conduct electricity, and outlets have electricity inside for when you plug appliances in. So if you stick a fork in an outlet, you'll be shocked. So don't stick a fork in an outlet.'
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+I think of information like that as 'tread on the tire.' If you just tell me a thing, I'm less likely to remember it than if I understand some surrounding context. If you asked both types whether you should stick a fork in an outlet, a likely answer from each respectively would be 'no you shouldn't' and 'I'd get shocked if I did.'
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+> T  F - Thinking and Feeling refers to how we process the information we have gathered. Fairly straight forward.
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+Thinking tends to lead with a logical step in a given situation. 'We have a large room full of people to distribute food to and a short amount of time. We shall drive this vehicle designed for indoor use to quickly ferry the food to people.'
+Feeling tends to lead with a more subjective approach based on how people will feel, whether themselves or others. 'The people are very hungry and anxious about the time constraint. Let's try to get them fed quickly; this indoor vehicle will help.' These are arbitrary examples, of course.
+Take my deer picture from yesterday. You said something like 'that's a horrible example.' More objective. I might have said 'what a sad example.' More subjective. T and F in their natural habits. 
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+> J  P - Judging and perceiving refers to how an individual makes decisions in general; how they are, or are not, organized.
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+Judging (the correct type) likes plans. It likes lists and checking off things from the list. It likes knowing what's coming so it can be prepared.
+Perceiving (the worst thing in all of this, and that's a fact, I can't help it it's just reality) likes options. Have a sudden idea to go do something RIGHT NOW? Your perceiver friend is more likely to say yes to a sudden invitation, while also somehow never ever ever getting it through their skull that you don't like it when they do that to you because you like to plan ahead of time.
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+An easy example of these is a J and a P go out to eat together. The J has a pretty good idea of what they want before they even get there, whereas the P arrives at the table, opens the menu, and begins browsing with nary a clue yet. They want to decide in the moment and they have no concept of being on time or making people wait or or or :megacatscream: 
+Harrison likes being 15 minutes late to get togethers. Despite sounding like a P thing, this is a J thing. Perceivers are often late because they're so in the moment, and without lots of training (typically from a J parent or two, or the Truth) they don't track time as readily. Harrison is a J who specifically likes being 15 minutes late so things are established and it isn't a whole cutscene when he walks in. I had a perceiver friend when I was growing up. He called me one day and was on his way to hang out with me, but literally never showed up. Turns out he kept getting occupied with things the entire day. I sat around waiting all day and he never showed. That's an extreme example, but there it is. 
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+That's the introduction. Please feel free to grill me with questions. This whole thing gets more and more complicated, but has learnable and consistent patterns once you get some of this down.
+For example, once you start getting more familiar with these letters and what they represent, then you can start noticing how they work together. A fun thing to start learning is the various two letter combos. NF's, SP's, SJ's. 
+For example, an SP (xSxP, so could be like ESTP or ISFP or whatever) is a sensor and a perceiver. No plan, only play! What's right in front of me? SP's are fun loving people. Partying, drinking, sports, good times. Your ESTP friend is gonna be there in the middle of the party arguing with me about the way I phrased part of this, cuz they want that E energy, and they're a Thinker so they're on the logical train with that SP fun flare.