Quote Originally Posted by mikemex View Post
Se types use this awareness to maximize their effectiveness by focusing into the most influential elements of a given system. This is similar but not identical to the way Te works. The difference lies in that Se does not manipulate the amount or arrangement of the elements; it's kind of static. Te, on the other side, manipulates the system and its elements to arrange them in a more efficient way. Efficiency is thus a shared Se/Te concept.
I like that. Se is more how to apply a particular pressure to the existing situation; Te is more how to rearrange (and again, not so much add or subtract from the system as rearrange the existing elements) the situation so that particular goals can be achieved most easily/best.