WHEN THE INFJ EMBRACES THEIR EXTRA-ORDINARY LEARNING STYLE (this happens)

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INFJ Life Coach Lesson: The INFJ has a unique way of learning that can be difficult to navigate at times. They often feel as if they're being judged for their slower pace, but the truth is we all have our own strengths and weaknesses when it comes down to how quickly or slowly someone learns things in life!

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[aquariusstar]

We might be slow but once we figure out the pattern we run circles around others. We also take the patterns we learn and figure out how to apply them to other areas of life!

[owenosullivan]

I feel it worth noting that often it is not the infj that gives up on themselves but the teacher or the boss or the coworker that gives up on the injf in the real world

[nathanfwaggoner]

I always felt like I was a slow learner and a lot of my teachers in High School and the other kids treated me like I was because I have a different learning style. This greatly discouraged me from putting in a solid effort at school. The teachers requested that I be put in special Ed classes and hired a specialist to come in and evaluate me with tests that measure cognitive ability. The specialist told my teachers the results and that I was not cognitively slow but the opposite. I was gifted and needed higher-level classes that the small High School didn't offer to make learning challenging enough for me. I hated High School and the other students and it was a bad experience for me because I felt like a misunderstood outcast which I was. I later went to college and am a straight-A student as I pursue my passion in life which is educating others about health and fitness.

[PLHogan]

Here is the funny thing about how we learn things. At times we will learn things slowly because we approach subjects in a very methodical way. We don't just want to learn it, we want to understand and own it. When others think we are learning something slowly we are in fact miles ahead what they think we know. So never let their comments bring you down, they are the true slow learners. take care everyone.

[CW]

The key for INFJ growth is to think hard instead of working hard. The hard workers will win initially, but the hard thinkers will get to the end first!

[HaleyMary]

I always felt like I was a slow learner and needed to learn more visually and hands-on/kinesthetic. I was diagnosed with a learning disability in elementary school which gave me low confidence and was subjected to bullying. Even the special ed people didn't help me. They made me feel stupid and the special ed teacher in high school would just tell me that my math looked hard when I told them I had trouble with algebra and I felt like no-one really helped me. Maybe I just needed to be in more creative writing, music and theater/drama classes because I always excelled in the art classes. In fact, my artist friends are surprised that I can write poetry, lyrics, comedy material and yet struggle in school and work. I actually have always learned things in a more abstract way than memorization. It's like I remember things when I see or do something, but I can't understand if people just tell me things. It took me years to realize I'm not learning disabled, I'm just learning different.

[t.f.]

I swear sometimes I wonder if I'm on the autism spectrum then I watch a Wentz's video and realize no I'm an INFJ that's why. 😁 Its been a journey but I am so happy to understand myself and use it to my advantage.

[lisaray]

I love how I learn. I know that I know more than other people in the end because I learned about the process and not just some steps. I can make better decisions and solve problems intuitively. Learning to go from A to B to C is faster, but faster isnt always better.

The problem I have is finding an employer who sees value in process not just results. INFJs give results after process and the results are worth the wait. I just feel very discouraged that all I seem to hear is work faster.

I love being an INFJ, but living in this world is very painful.

[deborahwolff]

I'm not a fast learner. My mind takes awhile to absorb new information and I really have to think and read it over until I get it. This does not discourage me from learning. I never give up I keep moving ahead but once I learn I never forget it.

[carolferguson]

Learning I am an INFJ. When we get older you realize you are intelligent. People used to say I was intelligent when I lived in Hawaii and Florida. A guy friend used to call me Genius. I thought I fooled them somehow because I knew I there's alot I didn't know. I loved living out West and Florida because there were intelligent people I was exposed to.

[Spladoinkal]

Learning that INFJ's are exponential learners was a game changer for me and suddenly made sooo much sense! I was afraid of learning new things for so long but have since tried so many new things and have a new level of confidence!

[Matthew-vskn]

After a series of tests given to me when I was 12, the psychologist noted in his assessment: Ability to remove the garbage as opposed to the what is needed in the learning process...unusually high.

Not to contradict!

[abdelkaderelbrazi]

It's all so true. English is my second language. When I was learning it ages ago, I'd always read grammar books instead of exercise books, I compared sentences, words, structures - in order to understand how the native speakers think. I saw multiple correlations between various structures. The other students had to learn separate structures: 1, 2, 3 and 4. To me, structure 3 was a combination of structures 1 and 2 and structure 4 was a combination of structures 2 and 3. So, in fact, I only needed to understand structures 1 and 2 and I knew that I'd figure 3 and 4 out by myself. The more you understand the less you need to learn.
Now I have the same with Dutch. My spelling is better than that of most native speakers. Why? Because I noticed that Dutch and English have more or less the same grammatical structure. I know when and which form of the verb I should use and I discovered the spelling patterns for each tense. Very often, I only need to look at the first word of the sentence and at the verb, without reading the sentence, and I already know if the verb is misspelled or not. They often say that Dutch spelling is difficult to which I reply "Oh, it totally isn't!", but when I try to explain it all to the natives, they just don't understand me. It's as if I am speaking Chinese. They don't see what I see.

[tygon]

Just an fyi, you might want to look into the differences between "inductive reasoning" and "deductive reasoning". One of the ways you utilize mathematics as a means of explaining the difference between linear learning and exponential learning, is the exact same way I explained the difference between inductive versus deductive reasoning.

Inductive reasoning is where you collect personal experiences, memorization of the data, etc etc... And deductive reasoning is where you learn the structure of mathematics and then formulate an argument with a premise (a reason for believing a thing) and a conclusion (the thing itself).

To oversimplify I usually talk about memorizing 1 + 2 = 3, 2 + 2 = 4, and 2 + 3 = 5. You have enough experience telling you over and over the these are how things function, this is a collection of knowledge that you've acquired inductively. At this point though, the only thing you've had personal experience with and know for sure exists are the numbers 1-5. Those are the only numbers that you've experienced.

But, deductive reasoning allows you to make an argument such as...
P1). If 1-5 exist.
P2). And if mathematics functions the way it seems to.
:. Then, other conceptualizations of numbers such as 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 must also exist.

[EDIT: Whereas inductive learning prioritizes memorizing P1, deductive reasoning and exponential growth requires figuring out P2 as well, and then applying it in a valid and sound argument. This might also be one of the reasons as to why it's "slower"... There are more steps, you have to "learn" them yourself, and they're more difficult than memorization.]

The person that prioritizes inductive learning will think that you're nuts. They will make the assumption that you're slow, or that you're inventing something to make yourself seem smart. They'll try to argue with you, correct you, and state that it's obvious that the numbers 1-5 exist, but they've never heard of such a wild thing as those other numbers that you're trying to talk about.

And both the person that prioritizes deductive reasoning, and a person that instead of linear learning, prioritizes this type of exponential learning, they will be able to deduce the underlining mechanisms, and what they infer about the rest of reality.

[christina]

I've noticed in my life when learning something new, I'll often feel like I'm stuck and clueless, like I hit a wall. Then, I may be doing something completely unrelated that provides new information and BOOM it clicks and I fully understand the new thing I've been learning to do and excel from there. Usually it's from a conversation.

[jadint]

“Dont compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20”💯🎯

[Wenzes]

Are you doubting your ability to achieve what you want as an INFJ because of your unique learning style?

[matthewsolidum]

This is how I exactly feel when it comes to learning new things or a task at a new job, I feel like i'm slower than others who master things so easily. But once, we INFJs had gathered all the knowledge or information about doing certain things and make a pattern behind it thru the use of NI-TI, we had this magic of doing things on autopilot because we accumulate information about the needed skills, talents and abilities required on creating an infj epic life, changing our concept of reality, stepping out from our comfort zone that doenst overwhelmed us. It feels like we reach the peak of the tip of the mountain after hours of climbing to the top ❤️🤗. If we master things on the long term, we catapult to even more bigger success and happiness in life.

[deannstanglenny]

I love this. I used to think that throughout my school life (as I have appalling recall; yet it’s all in there esp at 2am 🤦🏻‍♀️) I sat for an interview not knowing that there will be a mathematical test ;5q’s in 1 minute. As I had no time to think, I did the high number multiplication q’s, with 35 sec’s to spare. 5/5 correct. I was 42. The first time in my life, I realised I wasn’t dumb. Throughout school, I could never remember which was Fiction, which was non Fiction. I developed this thing where, I pause and think ok, this was bulls##t this was is no bs, it works every time without panic. I now share it with humour and not embarrassment. 🥰🙏🏻❤️🧡

[HavianEla]

I tend to be a slow learner, and sometimes no no progress in learning despite my best efforts, and I think it’s important to mention finding someone who teaches things the right way for you. I love math - when I can understand it. When I can’t, it can literally drive me to tears. I actually cried every time in class for Geometry. The teacher would belittle me in front of my peers, too. Then I traded schools after moving states and came across the best math teacher ever. I got the highest grade in her class, and was able to pick up what I wasn’t getting before QUICK because this teacher laid out the basics in a way for me to understand!

Yes, INFJs are slow learners. Yes, INFJs learn at an exponential rate. But most importantly, yes, INFJs need an array of different techniques to learn.