I was wondering is "thinking on your feet" type related? If so how?
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I was wondering is "thinking on your feet" type related? If so how?
Define "thinking on your feet"? If you mean "acting quickly and appropriately on brand new information/a spontaneous situation," I'm pretty sure that's entirely related to Se. Then one can analyze every type's relationship to "thinking on your feet" through each type's relationship to Se in Model A. Other IEs might involve thinking quickly about various things (e.g, Ti is incredible at spotting internal inconsistencies; Fi immediately knows someone's true feelings about them), but to not only think/understand quickly, but also act quickly, I think you have to be using Se. Se is the IE of action.
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One time me and this SEE couldn't get into a club because we were dressed like bums. My mind froze. Him:
"Lets see if we can pay the bouncer under the table."
"Lets befriend these dudes and see if they can get us in."
"Lets grab one of these chicks out here and maybe they'll let us in if we have girls on our arms."
Yeah, that's what I meant but I would have used "responding" instead of "acting", because I think "acting" is about physical response while "responding" is more general and be used to mean someone who can think of a counter argument quickly.
personally, I noticed Se & Ne are both good at thinking quickly on their feet, when there is an emergency and everyone is panicking or doesn't know what to do Se users seems in the zone and take charge
while Ne users are quick with ideas/arguments/witty remarks
Yeah I would say it's a mix of Ne, Se, and maybe also Te. It depends on what you mean exactly.
Ne quick thinking involves elaborating on / spinning off objects of discussion while Se quick thinking is more about responding to how the present situation is changing.
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I was linked to a thread yesterday (different site) about IEI needing butlers... If self typed IEI believe they are getting a butler aka caregiver in an SLE they are probably in for a rude awakening. Not saying they are not willing to help but SLE aren't going to be doormats who will provide for your every need so you can lie in bed and write fantasy novels. They can be caring though and pull more than their share if they know you are doing you part.
SLE are just as likely to make you fend for yourself so you don't stagnate in a pool of your own inertia. That is what Se seeking is about, an impetus to act. I believe that Ti HA is slow but other functions can cover for that so Ni types can think on their feet using their creative functions to respond. If I am in a situation where someone is bleeding out in front of me, I might need some assistance from a type that can handle blood emergencies. If I have to talk my way out of a speeding ticket, I usually have that kind of thing handled. Ni is informed by subconscious Se and also role function but in a different way.
it's what i'm bad at
I would say talking your way out of a speeding ticket would be the use of Fe even if Ni or Se may contribute, in the end it is Fe. what do you think
btw, how many times did you get a speeding ticket? you talked like an expert, so maybe it becomes a routine thing for you not quick thinking
back to the topic can we say extroverted functions (Se, Ne, Te, Fe) are quicker ?
I agree it is Fe. I think Ni helps me avoid speeding tickets by reading traffic patterns and knowing hot spots but I kind of space when driving. I still manage to be a good driver.
I talked my way out of a few traffic violations over a period of years. I cried once. It was real though since I was going to a funeral. I mostly got warnings. I just felt the cop out and did what came naturally? It wasn't a lot. :shrug:
I believe extroverted functions are quicker.
It's a "fact" of life that just is. It is not the end of the person (within my beliefs) so I am used to it and see no reason to avoid mentioning it in this context. I have never been pulled over driving a woman in labor to the hospital but if I ever am, I think I could handle it.
It's kind of all-or-nothing for me with this. Either I totally avoid situations and places I'm unfamiliar with or I plunge myself straight into the chaos with no provisions and focus all my attention towards maneuvering and adapting the best I can. I find all the in-between stuff to be very tedious and uninteresting. For example I never studied in school ever because I found it too boring and intrusive towards my home activites so I instead focused all energy on absorbing as much information as possible from classtime teaching to compensate.
well yeah it is a fact and there is no reason to avoid mentioning it, but I think you like mentioning it like another IEI e4 I know so I was wandering if it is IEI or e4 related, I find those I type as beta NFs or e4 like sad or dark things < not sure if they like those stuff because they are beta NFs/e4 or I typed them because they like those stuff
speaking of the dead I remember when I was surprised by how cold I can be, it was when I was in the intermediate school when one of my classmates (son of our neighber) died in a car accident, I was play video games when my father came and told me and
I replied "really?"
my father: "yeah I was with his father a while ago"
me: "Ok" < completely feeling nothing and after my father left I continued with the game (after questioning for a minute why I didn't feel any thing even though that should be the right reaction)
next day in school the other two classmates that I used to hangout with and they were very emotional about it, one of them actually was crying and I didn't know how to react
I was thinking "am I too emotionless or are they making a big deal out of it?", "should I change the subject? no that would be cold", "what should I say to calm them & get out of this gloomy mood"
so basically I wasn't thinking on my feet but rather stuck in analysis paralysis at that situation < trying to go back to the main subject
From best to worst at thinking on your feet IMO: ExxP > ExxJ > IxxP > IxxJ
You are an intuitive person or at least you seem to be based on our few interactions. What you mention in regards to death is something I have seen ILI do. I don't know if you are still considering that type or not. I am not saying that ILI are the only types to have that sort of response and then analyze what was happening. My EII sister and I both burst out laughing at my grandmother's funeral when we looked at her body. Not appropriate but people understood why. We were both sort of in shock.
you sound like you reconsidered my type, which type are you considering for me?
I think most introverts would analyze what was happening later, but what did you feel after you stopped laughing and realized that wasn't appropriate?Quote:
I am not saying that ILI are the only types to have that sort of response and then analyze what was happening. My EII sister and I both burst out laughing at my grandmother's funeral when we looked at her body. Not appropriate but people understood why. We were both sort of in shock.
People tell me all the time that I have this quality. /brags
Nope, I have not reconsidered but I would give more weight to your self-type than my perception of it. :content: Edit: I might still think of you as ILI but not bring it up again. :D
The laughter turned to tears when we walked away but I thought laughing was embarrassing at the time. We were in our teens. I have since found out that it is not that uncommon to respond that way.
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The next question came from Pam, from Spokane, Wash., who asked from the plaza: “I’m wondering is it normal to laugh hysterically at a funeral?”
“It’s strange and people don’t like it, but it’s normal,” Saltz assured her.
People laugh at funerals, Saltz explained, because thinking about death and mortality can cause anxiety.
“When some people get really anxious, they laugh and then the more it feels like an inappropriate reaction, the more that they laugh because the more anxious they’re getting,” Saltz said.
Though you don’t want to be cracking up at such a somber time, if it does happen, Saltz recommended finding another way to relieve anxiety, like taking slow, deep breaths.
Or, she said, “sometimes actually biting the insides of your cheeks, something that sort of pings you, that’s like a stress-reliever to take the anxiety away.”
It depends on what you mean by that. Irrationals are more flexible, and dynamic types handle chaos better. Se is really talented in making actions in the moment that make their world malleable. Aristocratic irrationals have the highest stress resistance. The original question is too broadly asked.
I'm none of those things. I'm a static rational type with Se PoLR. I hate chaotic situations and when too many things are going on at once, I tend to panic. I don't like situations where I must think quickly on my feet. I like to take my time, uninterrupted, most preferably. However, I can think on my feet when I must, with varying degrees of success. I use my Ne creative to compensate.
i htink that only people with no feeet do no think on them
I think it is, and more specifically, it's control system related. By their very nature, Ejs are the best at thinking ad hoc and Ips are the best at detection while on the fly. Ijs and Eps have their own strengths but real-time processing is not one of them.
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