Quote Originally Posted by Smilex View Post
Te is a function of fixation on things that are important. How are they important? They are focal points in the community and they also have capacity. Te is the border between Ni-fields transforming into Si fields - conceptual abstraction turning into concrete works.

For Ej Te is something that requires that you have to take action, the fear of lost opportunity, the fear of missing out, the feeling of misery and miserliness.
When Bill Gates writes " We focus on only a few issues because we think that’s the best way to have great impact, and we focus on these issues in particular because we think they are the biggest barriers that prevent people from making the most of their lives." He is describing Te.


For Ip Te is greed, being enchanted by something so great you want to throw yourself at it. The opportunity found, the moment when you're strong while others are weak.
When Buffett says "only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked"

He is describing his understanding of Te.
That quotation by Bill Gates perfectly sums up a well-directed life.

A lot of supposedly avaricious rich business owners are said to have "converted" or "switched" to philanthropy in their old age. I assert that they never changed. They were always interested in making the best of a system, whether that system was a steel mill, personal computing, or the education and health of the general population.