Carol Shumate
36 / Culture and Cultural Typology
Tags: archetypal possession, authenticity, auxiliary function, Bruce Willis, collective, complex, Die Hard, Donald Trump, election, ESFP, ESTP, extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), Hamlet, Han Solo, Hillary Clinton, individuation, inferior function, INTJ, introverted intuition (Ni), introverted thinking (Ti), ISFP, ISTP, Jax Heller, Johnny Depp, judging function, judgment, leaders, leadership, Mafia, mob, perception, persona, persuasiveness, Pirates of the Caribbean, Polonius, presidency, president, projection, Robert Boozer, Sons of Anarchy, spontaneity, Star Wars, The Godfather, The Matrix, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, type bias
October 4, 2018

Often extraverted sensing leaders are considered more authentic than other types. Trump’s supporters viewed him as trustworthy (“honest,” “outside of the political corruption,” and “not a liar”) while they viewed Clinton as untrustworthy (“belongs behind bars,” “cannot be trusted,” and “nothing but lies”). Even Clinton’s own supporters expressed concern about her trustworthiness.
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Marta Koonz
26 / Archetypes / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: Anima, Astrid, dragon, ego, ESTP, extraverted intuition (Ne), extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), Gobber, Hero, Hiccup, How to Train Your Dragon, INFP, introverted feeling (Fi), introverted thinking (Ti), Marta Koonz, Night Fury, Parent, persona, Self, Stoick, Toothless, Trickster
January 14, 2016

Just as Hiccup’s superior function, his Hero, has been wounded by his culture and his father, this dragon is wounded as well, a figure we will come to see as Hiccup’s inner truth. This is the story of an individual recognizing the wounding that has occurred, and claiming back his authentic power by developing his Heroic function.
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Kiley Laughlin
19 / Organizations, Teams, and Career Development
Tags: archetypal leader, Army officers, ESTJ, Extraversion, Green Berets, INTJ, Introversion, introverted intuition (Ni), ISTJ, Kiley Laughlin, leadership, mentorship, military, objective, persona, subjective, U.S. Army
April 16, 2014

I concluded that I simply did not have the requisite attributes to lead. I now realize that a number of other members of my section were also introverted, and that the majority of people in the unit, Green Berets or otherwise, were not necessarily extraverted; but the organization itself wore a collective persona that was extraverted in appearance.
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Carol Shumate
19 / Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy
Tags: Carol Shumate, control, dominant function, Hero archetype, Hitler, inflation, megalomania, narcissism, paranoia, perfectionism, persona, power, self-esteem, social role, superior function
April 16, 2014

Some of the most difficult people to deal with are extraordinarily competent but refuse to share power or flex to consider other perspectives. Thus, they become obstructionists in contemporary society; and numerous studies of modern corporations have found “a disproportional number of narcissistic individuals [in] executive leadership positions.”
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Elizabeth and Katherine W. Hirsh
09 / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: Afghanistan, civilian life, combat zone, Elizabeth Hirsh, individuation, Katherine Hirsh, persona, personality type, reintegration, Self, Soldier, transition, type development, warrior
February 1, 2012

Becoming a warrior requires you to shed some aspects of your identity and to take on new ones to fit your new role. Allegiances can be strained as new, family-like bonds are forged with fellow warriors. Individuals on the type development/individuation journey can also experience feelings of isolation from significant others and community.
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Angelo Spoto
07 / Archetypes
Tags: Angelo Spoto, Anima, anthropology, character, differentiation, ego- unconscious, Freud, inferior function, Jung, Levy-Bruhl, morality, myths, participation mystique, persona, polarity, primitive culture, projection, rituals, shadow, unconscious
October 4, 2011

The ego asks why anyone in his or her right mind should actually allow the troublesome aspects of his or her personality to be expressed. Jung’s answer is “for the development of character.” . . . For Jung, the inferior function is thus not just a trouble-maker extraordinaire, it is a moral exigency as well.
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Angelina Bennet
04 / Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy
Tags: Angelina Bennet, Briggs, collective unconscious, creativity, enneagram, extraverted intuition (Ne), Feeling, inferior function, INFJ, introverted intuition (Ni), Jung, Myers, persona, projection, psychodynamic coaching, Sensation, shadow, thinking, transcendent function, type dynamics
March 1, 2011

Some people can be over-identified with the persona and experience inauthenticity. This identification with the persona can be due to habituation, social pressures, influences from childhood, defensiveness or anything that has given the individual a message indicating that the character of the persona is a preferable way to be.
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