The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide Quotes

“I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they’re your parents. Because, if you’re the kind of person who senses there’s something out there for you beyond whatever it is you’re expected to do—if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary—you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you’re not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“And that’s what I remind myself when I’m feeling any emotion that seems like it will never end—emotions never stay. Even the good ones. You just let them dance through your mind and when they’re meant to move out, they always do. Because the emotions aren’t truths. They don’t represent reality or even my personal identity. They’re just visitors. And they will forever be coming and going.” By”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“Don’t be afraid to follow your heart or to do the work you are truly called to do. Don’t buy into the common social constructs of ‘achievement’ or ‘success.’ You define those things differently. And that’s a good thing.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“Possessing the ability to think deeply about complex issues, but disliking the rigid structure of the traditional education system.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“The INFP’s quest for perfection before action is a thoroughly impossible one, which can easily eat up years of their lives if they’re not careful.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“A dominant-tertiary loop occurs when an INFP ceases to consult their extroverted intuition function and moves directly from their introverted feeling to their introverted sensing. These loops are pervasive patterns of thinking that generally develop as the result of a negative experience or overwhelming life change that the INFP feels incapable of handling. Rather than rising to the new challenge that is facing them or taking action on their current situation, the INFP retreats into themselves to reflect and analyze the chain of events that led them to where they are.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“Because if there’s one thing the world doesn’t need, it’s one more INFP trying to act like a type that they’re not. The world has enough extroverts. It has enough sensors. It has enough thinkers and judgers, and each of them is out there fulfilling their uniquely important role within our social ecosystem.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“The INFP is often significantly happier than they let on—they just prefer to process and experience that happiness internally, rather than rubbing it in other people’s faces.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“The longer an INFP stays stuck in a dominant-tertiary loop, the more paralyzed they feel to take any sort of action—because Si has been continuously feeding them reminders of the mistakes they have made in the past. The INFP is likely to feel as though there’s no point in trying new things or attempting to change their circumstances, because they will undoubtedly just mess things up again.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“quote by Kelly Cutrone: “I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they’re your parents. Because, if you’re the kind of person who senses there’s something out there for you beyond whatever it is you’re expected to do—if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary—you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you’re not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

“What the world needs is more INFPs who aren’t afraid to be their passionate, creative, quirky and idealistic selves.”
― Heidi Priebe, The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide