the16types.info Socionics Forums

a bit about duality

Posted 03-13-2010 at 01:49 AM by Ryu

Tags duality

thePirate made a good post so I wanted to put it here, and my response, to remember for later

Quote:

Originally Posted by thePirate

How I see it now, duals are like keys or shortcuts. Duals provide you the keys to live as the best person that you can possibly be. If your at a place where you cant take advantage of that, dont realize it, or refuse to, or close yourself off then the key doesn't get used. The shortcut isnt taken and your life remains the same. So in the sense that with duality comes happiness, that its injected

...

Ryu

Fear not

Posted in Socionics

Views 25 Comments 0 Ryu is offline

Entitlement to (social) naivete [1]

Posted 02-20-2010 at 08:56 AM by Ryu

Tags people, social naivete, wisdom

[I'd be very curious to hear what you think about this. Comments welcomed]

This has got to be one of the most curious, and most scary things about people. What am I talking about? It has to do with not realizing how you are coming across to other people, and how you are affecting them. Furthermore - what it feels like to me - not wanting to realize how you are actually coming off to them. If not "not caring about it", then, a sense the person doesn't understand that...

Ryu

Fear not

Posted in Socionics, talk

Views 140 Comments 5 Ryu is offline

Sometimes all it takes

Posted 01-27-2010 at 01:14 AM by Ryu

Tags duality

is sitting down and talking to an EII (they help more than IEEs, because they are rational, it seems), and having them listen to my problems.

It's probably something about socionics that makes it seem like they understand me the most and actually listen the most, and also give the best advice. I could continue on about that I suppose but that's not why I'm writing.

I'm just basking in the appreciation of it, and realizing how useful it is to have them around.

Ryu

Fear not

Posted in Socionics, talk

Views 78 Comments 3 Ryu is offline

Obama's Forieng Policy - that of an IEI?

Posted 12-02-2009 at 06:03 PM by Ryu

Tags barack obama, usa, usa foreign policy

Quote:

The Obama approach to world politics-engage, apologize, avoid friction, be humble, reach out to previously scorned tyrannical regimes--s being criticized nowadays on pragmatic grounds. A record of 10 months shows this modest approach has brought modest if any returns. Low costs, the president's defenders argue, and low risks, so it has been worth trying, even if the gains have been small.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/20859..._placards.html

The article goes into...

Ryu

Fear not

Posted in Socionics

Views 112 Comments 0 Ryu is offline