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A collection of famous quotes by Shozo Kajima, a philosopher (Taoist) who practices Taoism.

Shozo Kajima (real name: Shozo Kajima) was a poet, translator, and philosopher. He was a philosopher (Taoist) who practiced the teachings of Lao Tzu, and was known for living alone in the Ina Valley of Nagano Prefecture since 1990, immersing himself in nature. (Lao Tzu's famous quotes can be found here...).
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A collection of famous quotes by Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology.

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist who studied depth psychology under Bleuler and founded analytical psychology. He is also known as the psychologist who proposed the now widely recognized personality traits of extroversion and introversion in his "type theory"...
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Methods for integrating (synthesizing) psychological functions

This article explains how to incorporate (synthesize) the fourth psychological function, which is the most difficult for people to use. A quick recap: The MBTI measures how individuals determine their preferences when facing situations, using two set of answers to a set of questions...
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Weaknesses = Methods to improve the fourth function (inferior function)

As explained in the following article, it is desirable not to be too biased towards strengths (primary function) and to improve weaknesses (quaternary function) ↓ Balance of psychological functions - Problems arising from bias towards strengths The mechanism of developing only strengths = primary function (major function) However, the other half of the pair...
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Practical Use of the Enneagram (Relationship between psychological functions and useful truths)

While the Enneagram is described as a personality test, a more accurate description would be that it's not a box for classifying us, but rather a psychological tool that teaches us "what kind of box" and "how it works" within the box we're in, and "how to appropriately escape from it.".
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The mechanism that only develops strengths = primary functions (main functions)

In the article "Balancing Psychological Functions - Problems Arising from an Overemphasis on Strengths," we discussed pairs of psychological functions and the first-fourth loop (the uncontrolled dominance of either the first or fourth function). Hopefully, you now understand how problems can arise from excessively developing and overemphasizing the first function. So...
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Balance of psychological functions – problems arising from an imbalance in strengths

MBTI psychology helps you understand your own strengths and weaknesses through personality assessment. The next step will be "how to use that information to improve your life." MBTI explains strengths and weaknesses using eight cognitive functions. This...
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Psychological functions (cognitive functions) of the ENTP (Debater/Inventor) type

Let's look at the cognitive functions of ENTPs (Inventors) in order of development. The dominant function of ENTPs is extroverted intuition (Ne). This is the function that ENTPs trust the most and that is most developed. Ne (extroverted...
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What are psychological functions (cognitive functions)?

In his theory of psychological types, Jung proposed that each person has a preferred (or frequently used) psychological function (cognitive function). This is a very useful concept for understanding a person's cognitive biases. The concept of "psychological function (cognitive function)" from (psychological) theory is the basis for the MBTI...
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The meaning of the four letters "ENTP" in ENTP (Debater/Inventor type)

The 16 personality type theory assumes that each type has a consistent tendency in behavior and judgment (=orientation), but what kind of tendencies does the ENTP have? Actually, each of the four letters in "ENTP" represents a personality tendency (cognitive bias). In other types...
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