Your Ni Dom

Leadership, Self Awareness, Anger, Fault Lines and v Trauma

This is a powerful reflection for me in that I had several breakthroughs about my work as work and about my work as a strategy to the mastermind. Through it all, I realized that my Fi has been trying to tell me that the plan created by my NiTe (my front seat passengers) is faulty as it is not based on a clear sense of self. There's much here as the power of this reflection can't be summarized. Just take a listen.

Being an Intuitive Thinker

In this reflection I engage in some metacognitive work around my last two reflections (regarding my instinct, lust and body while at work). In today's reflection, I am processing all of it as an intuitive thinker. In short, I am trying to understand how my INTJness (specifically my NT) is linked to my EIGHTness (in the Enneagram system).

Instinct, Lust and the Body

This reflection is Part 2 to "Good Math." In Part 1, I talked about the beauty of my job as the perfect plan to a larger pursuit. In Part 2, I'm talking about the challenges of the job as relating to my instinct and lust for direction (detracting from the larger pursuit). As an INTJ I think a lot about my plans. In this reflection, plans be damned. I talk about how my body takes over and positions me in leadership positions (very much an Enmeagram EIGHT dynamic).

Good Math

In this reflection I share my journey back to the classroom as a decision about good math. The work I was doing previously required too many hours and offered not enough income to meet my ultimate goals for living. I decided to problem solve in a job that is both beautiful and problematic. This reflection was about the beauty of it all ... leaving the ugly for the next reflection. [In this reflection, I also talk about my writerly life, about political divisions, and about virtual parent-teacher conferences.]

Thriving with Inferior Se

In this reflection I continue thinking about the physical world. However unlike the physical as relating to chores and the mundane, I talk in this reflection about the physical as in sensation and pleasure. Most of this reflection is about differentiating between surviving and thriving and the ways my orientation towards the physical world has changed as relating to thriving.

Dealing with Physical Demands

In this reflection I start off talking about laundry and the hacks I use to minimize my time with the chores of laundry. I then talk about house cleaning, landscaping and filing as activities that feel like inconvenient mandates. Throughout all of it, I explain the challenges (and hacks) of being physically present when I have a preference for being mentally distracted. As an Ni dom--specifically as an INTJ, I prefer to imagine and then strategize and implement what I see in my mind's eye. Side Note: There are a few pockets of randomness in this reflection about culture, race, indigenous communities, TikTok, privilege, art and the (lol) the club scene.

Leadership and Te (TeFi?) Drama

In this reflection I share a current struggle I am having with my two judging functions relating to leadership. My Fi has decided that I don't want to do leadership in the job (only in my business). However, my Te takes over (instinctively) and seeks to improve the organizations for which I am a member. In this discussion I consider the difference between skill, talent and superpowers. I consider employee status versus entrepreneurship status (as relating to those talents). Finally, I consider visibility and open contests for space (as both an inclination and a responsibility).

The Real Value of Typology

In this reflection I talk about typology as an intellectual past time or as a diagnostic tool. I argue, however, that it is ultimately about being better in the world and making the world a better place. In the conversation, I briefly discuss Bloom's Taxonomy, the TeFi axis, emotional intelligence and intuition as a thinking function.

The Body Knows

In this reflection I explore the body as a place of intelligence (not just the head.. or the heart for that matter). I briefly discuss the three instincts of type EIGHT in the Enneagram system. Finally, I talk about the Your-Ni-Dom project as born from my instinct and the way I want to move forward (and the anti-racist people I.want to attract).

Talking Te

In this reflection I talk about the healing work and growth of extroverted thinking (Te). This reflection was inspired by another podcast community and I spend time considering the overlap between my conversations and theirs. I end this reflection talking about the nature-nurture state of cognitive functions, making claim that racism (along with sexism and poverty) plays a role in how our functions are experienced.