My True Type Quotes

“Although nurture does not change our basic personality type, it can in some ways cloud or impair our ability to accurately perceive our true type. Imagine, for instance, an extravert raised as an only child in a rural area, with no one but her parents to talk to. Such a child would seem far more likely to develop her introverted capacities than one raised with multiple siblings, which may in turn compromise her ability to grasp her true status as an extravert.”
― Dr. A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“Since ENPs are strong intuitives, they may confuse being intuitive with being introverted, since both I and N can be associated with reflectiveness. ENPs may also be less physically active than other extraverts, since it is really their mind that is most actively engaging with the world. So while their attention is still outwardly directed, the predominantly mental nature of their extraversion may serve as a point of confusion. Our”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“As discussed at the outset of this book, we all have a fixed and stable personality type. We are either introverts or extraverts. At our core, none of us are ambiverts.”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“INTPs can be so hell-bent on being free and independent that they don’t want to be accountable to anyone or anything, including a god or deity.”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“When ITPs sense that others are trying to control them, they instinctively resist or retract. There may be nothing they despise more than being controlled from without.”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“While FPs may invest in the well-being of select individuals (e.g., their children), Fi is not authentically concerned with, nor does it feel responsible for, the overall feeling tenor of groups. FPs”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions

“Ne’s drive for open-ended exploration leads NPs to entertain a breadth of perspectives. They can see truth on both sides of an issue without forming premature conclusions. They may even find themselves convinced by one argument, only to feel similarly entranced by its counterpoint.”
― A.J. Drenth, My True Type: Clarifying Your Personality Type, Preferences & Functions