Quote Originally Posted by Aylen View Post
I have seen it written that IEI are a "lucky" type. Rather than luck I think it is subconscious skill. At some point, as they start to mature, the skills they have will be noticed by them and then consciously manipulated (again not in a bad sense) to their advantage. This manipulation is in the forum of Fe for IEI and Te for ILI. The subconscious Se for both also comes into play. I am not sure how it would work for an LII.

This is what came to me while reading your last sentence so take with a grain of salt. I have always considered myself a charmed, lucky or fated person. Things tend to go my way. It is not easy to let go of that idea...

For many years I didn't think too much about my own abilities in this area. Giving credit to something beyond me. If anything socionics has given me a different framework to think about all this. This luck didn't just fall in my lap. I can see that in hindsight. Even as a child I was making choices that would get me where I wanted to be. I had a vision, yes, but not a solid one. This is really hard to explain. Anyway I do think it is possible for an LII or any type to have of goal of getting rich. Their motivations for getting rich would be more telling than the goal itself.
Hello Aylin, thank you for welcoming me... hope we have some good exchange. What you said about Ni being lucky reminded me a quote I used to identify a lot with from Match Point, this Woody Allen film that says: "The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good, saw deeply into life". Could you describe situations were you felt this luck or this mental sense pointing you the way? Do you think that perhaps some IEIs become neurotic for not following their hunches? I think there can be a lot of pressure on IEIs in a society were frenzied profit and production are mandatory.