Re-Modeling the Mind: Personality in Balance

by Ruth A. Johnston

hand me the keys. I’ll take over to make sure it’s done right.” ENTJ children experience frustration on a daily basis, because as powerless dependents, they have little control over any aspect of life. They argue fearlessly and deeply resent punishment. If they are shown logically that they are incorrect, they may be able to accept this, but without logic, they will never accept a power play. Some ENTJs are angry, oppositional children, while others find ways to win autonomy by earning money or seeking leadership. Some ENTJs are struggling students during childhood. Their kind of intelligence is not well measured by the hourly tasks of school, which may strike them as pointless. Their ability to think in long spans of time, years ahead, usually doesn’t do much good until they enter their teens. Some ENTJs find that they don’t do well in school until they reach a level of specialty studies, such as law or business, that is a natural fit with their strategic thinking.