Intuition and feelings

Intuitive feelers
 

Are you an intuitive feeler? If you’ve taken a Myers-Briggs assessment and have an NF in the four letter code, you are! If you’ve never taken the assessment, take a moment and see if you identify with the following:

• Intuitive feelers…
• Trust inspiration and inference
• Like new ideas and concepts
• Value imagination and innovation
• Like to learn new skills; get bored easily after mastering skills
• Tend to be general and figurative; use metaphors, analogies, symbols
• Are oriented toward the future
• Consider the effect of actions on others
• Value empathy and harmony; see the exception to the rule
• Place extra emphasis on personal values, considering how a decision will affect others
• Naturally like to please others; show appreciation easily
• Are sympathetic to other’s emotional pain and show special sensitivity to those in need
• Are more interested in people than things
• Consider it important to be tactful as well as truthful
• Use persuasion more than argument to convince others
• Believe any feeling is valid, whether it makes sense or not
• Are motivated by a desire to be appreciated

“Intuitive feelers are interested in meanings, relationships and possibilities. They make decisions based on personal values. They are concerned about personal growth and understanding for themselves and others. Their motto could be “To thine own self be true.” They are spiritually philosophical and place a high value on authenticity and integrity. They focus on human potential and are often gifted at helping others to grow and develop. They are excellent communicators and are catalysts for positive change.” - Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career For You Through The Secrets of Personality Type, by Paul Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger, Little, Brown,1992 To take a short version of this assessment and learn more, visit their website.

Intuitive feelers are committed to “living a life of significance, making a difference in the world…[They seek] integrity, that is, unity. There must be no facade, no mask, no pretense, no sham, no paying of roles. To have integrity is to be genuine, to communicate authentically, to be in harmony with the inner experiences of self.” (Please Understand Me, by Keirsey & Bates)

Do you ever feel a bit unusual or different? Intuitive feelers (of which I am one) comprise 12% of the US population. Some of the other types comprise up to 38% of the population.

Understanding yourself can help increase your self-acceptance, not always easy when sometimes you feel so different. From there we can develop and unleash your full potential.

If you are not an intuitive feeler, don't worry! I coach many people who are other personality types.