Pro at being INTJ

Barbara Marciniak

I love this so, so much!

Fuck that. If you have a problem, grow the fuck up and solve it. If you struggle in social interactions, don’t just sit around blogging about how you struggle with social interactions; study behavior, acting, psychology, and whatever else you need to study in order to become socially adept. If you struggle with procrastination, don’t just accept it; Google ways to stop procrastinating, test new strategies for dealing with your procrastination, don’t just sit around and say ‘ENTP problems!’

This was asked a few times and deserves its own post.

Minor Differences

Healthy ENTJs and INTJs are similar, like two sides of the same coin, because they share all the same cognitive functions just in a different order (Te-Ni-Se-Fi for the ENTJ and Ni-Te-Fi-Se for the INTJ). Minor differences I’ve observed:

INTJs are more deliberate in their thought process, more thorough, but less mobilizing.

ENTJs are more decisive, more agile and more responsive to unexpected events, but more at risk for making snap judgments.

INTJs (Ni-Te) will perceive (Ni) before they judge (Te): “This is what I perceive and these are the facts I’ve observed to support it.”

ENTJs (Te-Ni) will judge (Te) before they perceive (Ni): “These are the facts I’ve observed and this is my perception of the situation.”

INTJs are excellent idea generators and value intellectual merit.

ENTJs are excellent idea implementers and value utility and practical application.

ENTJs would get an adrenaline rush from being the center of attention such as public speaking, delivering presentations, and leading a team. 

INTJs would feel a certain anxiety with the spotlight pointed straight at them. INTJs can (and will) lead if necessary but it’s not their first instinct. 

Both will cut a bitch. We don’t fuck around.

Leadership is not a skill or capability difference between the ENTJ and INTJ as both would do a great job, this is more a willingness to put up with people’s crap thing. Something along the lines of ….

ENTJs: “I’m taking the lead now so you don’t fuck up.”

INTJs: “Fine, I’ll take the lead because you’re fucking it up.”

Major Difference

Unhealthy ENTJs and INTJs are distinct and that’s where it’s easier to see the difference. ENTJs have an inferior Fi and INTJs have an inferior Se which means certain behaviors surface when they’re in a bad state of mind. The major difference:

An unhealthy ENTJ (inferior Fi) looks like a depressed Fi-dom that suffers from self-doubt, a sense of futility, fear paralysis, and will internalize blame (ex: ”I failed because I wasn’t good enough, I’m incompetent, incapable of succeeding, and useless. I’ll never make it.”).

An unhealthy INTJ (inferior Se) resembles a hedonistic Se-dom who disregards consequences for immediate rewards and will externalize blame (ex: ”The world is fucked up, everyone’s a disappointment, I don’t give a fuck anymore so fuck it I’m going to do what I want.”).

Both will still cut a bitch. We don’t fuck around.

Are ENTJs just born more social?

No. It’s important to note that a loud NTJ isn’t necessarily an ENTJ and a quiet NTJ isn’t necessarily an INTJ. I’ve seen INTJs expertly play the social game (I even know one who joined a sorority) and I’ve seen ENTJs slow to open up to strangers. Both can and will feel drained in social situations where there’s nothing to learn and an excess of small talk. That’s not an introverted or extroverted thing, that’s a stop-wasting-my-goddamn-time thing.

INTJs have an introverted dominant function (Ni) that takes information from the external world and processes it internally. ENTJs have an extroverted dominant function (Te) that takes internal logical frameworks and imposes it on the external world. That variation causes the introverted/extroverted split between the two. INTJs need downtime to process the information they’ve taken in which is why they can feel drained or overwhelmed from too much socialization, exposure, and input. ENTJs need continuous information (similar to how a car needs gas) to feed their Te and utilize it which is why they feel energized by socialization, exposure, and input.

Both will cut a bitch regardless.