How to Te Better (Extroverted Thinking) | INTJ

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Typing disclaimer: Hi my name is Lindsay, I'm an actual INTJ typed by actual professionals using the scientific method on a 512 scale. I didn't choose this profile, it chose me. Official type is: FM Ni/Te BPSC

[sandradibiaso]

How I would use Te in a sentence: It is important to eat healthy because it will lower your risk of heart disease, it will improve your energy, and it will increase weight loss.

[CarissaJenkins]

As a fellow INTJ this video was very helpful. it was practical and gave me things I could actually DO to work on my Te after being stuck in a NiFi loop for 6 years. Thank you

[joshuavanderrheede]

ENTJ here. The simplest way to describe Te: it's the gathering and sharing of logical information and then organising based on that information. In other words, I'm either sharing factual or procedural information to others and providing explanations, or I'm asking others questions and gathering this information from them. What are the steps we need to take? How do we do this? What does this term mean? Etc.

Te seeks to clarify, take complex information and simplify, share logical/procedural information with the group and find the best ways to do things. Knowledge is power.

[augustlorenzberoy]

"we don't fail, we learn" is very Te

[dacksonflux]

It's funny, I have a nasty habit of over-explaining because my Ni is so abstract and my Te really wants to express it as accurately as possible. I will actually explore ways to describe my Ni right there in front of you so I'm less trying to drill my point into you (as people often suspect) and more trying to find the right words to do my Ni justice.
These past couple years I've been working on Se and Fe. Fe is a monster. Lol

[Collinsdan]

As an ENTJ (Te dominant) I found it funny watching this video. I struggle to consider feelings when I plan something... I also consciously change the word 'think' to 'feel' when I describe my opinions to people to 'soften' it... so they don't get offended and think I'm bulldozing them... in reality, I'm just throwing an idea out there and am totally open to other suggestions.... that said though... my idea's usually better 😂

[bwhitedpencilbox]

This was the most clear and useful Te description I’ve come across! I’m INFJ so this is a huge blindspot to me. You have a good grasp of the difference between feeling\thinking, I find many thinkers don’t quite get how they are both judging functions.

Thank you for making this!

[tomatoeggs]

Te really values the logic and the reasons (some sought-after consequences) behind any action/decision. You should be able to explain the why behind a decision/action without using emotional language (e.g. like, hate, love…). This activates a T over an F function.

Te wants to know what we need to do, which requires knowing what it is that we are trying to make work. To answer the latter, we should know: What are the right outputs? What inputs are necessary to get the right outputs? How can we get the right inputs?

For something to work:
- It is well integrated into the systems it interracts with.
- It is maximized in terms of energy. 
- It is maximized in terms of time. 

How something can be made work is a question answered by knowledge accumulated through past experience or implementation of book or mentor knowledge.

Take your best shot at it. With Te, there’s no failure. It’s triangulation so that we learn and next time we can do it better.

[Diaming]

This video is also useful for INTJ and ISTJ with repressed auxiliary Te. In my personal experience, it's easy to fall back in comfort with the introverted functions, even though I'm strong at using Te whenever I do use it.

[soniap]

I’m an ENFP who moved to another country a year ago because I liked the idea of a fresh start and thought it would be fun...Never once thought about the practicality of it. While I don’t regret my decision (entirely) I think I need to work on using my Te once in a while hahaha...listening to you speak about making decisions without using emotions is something I’m still trying to imagine/process.

[Alazsel]

Thanks for the gold nuggets. "There is no such thing as failure." However people with inferior Te feels this very hard, as it takes them too long to put their failures into practice.

[julieolson]

You're brilliant! This INFP was tripped up by Fi every time, and blind to it. I remember your comment about not trying to solve an inferior function with a savior function. But, this is only helpful if you realize you're doing it! Once you explained it, it became so clear. Thank you so much!

[ruthlessfairy]

INFJ here, Te way down at the bottom on the 7th place... Never understood this function before (especially in ISTJ's), but you made it clear. Thank you!

[forKyrene]

Fe! God, Fe is so hard for an intj, especially for an intj in a workplace full of feelers and sensors! I'm constantly working on it, trying to be aware of what other people want, how they might react, how they would feel, how they would expect me to feel (which most of the time i don't know). And then i have to act on those feelings based on what is the RIGHT thing for me to do (and not what the best thing for me to do, which is more likely what my Te would tell me to do). And on top of that, the actions must be in Se.
However, it's so exhausting i needed to spend a day indulging in Ni to recharge!

[edresmaher]

you're my superstar... everything you say is soo accurate, I found you by chance and this is one of the luckiest moments of my life... cause I found a person... or a group of people who really know how real INTJ tick! you know it all... Bless you ... much respect...

[zhoumei]

Best definition of Te ever, Te is not just about the plan and executing, it mostly about modify the existed model and advance it into more fi way, utilize the environment/situation for the best.

[caramelunicorn]

I am an INFP and realized I need to work on my Te more, to take things less personally and be less defensive (something others have pointed out to me but I was too proud to admit until now).

[priestofavalon]

I think at this point my Te is automatic. I don't register emotion hardly ever, so I'm constantly looking at ways to make things more efficient. Though due to current situations at work I feel like I'm beating my head against a wall...

[ericbooth]

INTJ here - I'm currently exercising my Se so that it stops ruining my life. My Ni and Te are already pretty on-point

[scarecrowsound]

"not what you want but what the world requires"