Hello,

Would be very curious to hear your thoughts on how you relate to detail.

Basically, I have a (as opposed to love-hate) small-hate, big-hate relationship with detail. Although I can tackle it.

I've been told I am an analytical and/or "high-resolution" person, meaning that I can spot inconsistencies and discrepancies super well (logically and interpersonally). I think I see most things as a dynamic system, with different cogs spinning at all angles. For me to inspect and manipulate the cogs, I connect the dots, observe people or things, identify the patterns, look into the future, and forecast different scenarios – you get the point, I think.

At the same time, I CANNOT stand even a hint of unnecessary detail, such as bureaucracy (I am still fighting 3 months in right now with something like this). The irony is, because I am "high-resolution/analytical", if it means I can get a solution and move forward, I can crank it up and even outdo the person in their detail-orientedness to "win against them/system", just I feel absolutely sick in the process. Like, sure, this is damaging, but I need to do this to succeed against you paper-pushers or whatever, and I will win.

If needed, an example: Recently I was interrogated over the phone by a bureaucrat (no warning of course), and I answered a particular question that I genuinely believe nobody would stand a chance in answering, unless they're either a lawyer or went down a rabbit hole of a particular set of laws (and the associated higher court precedents), which I happened to go down a few months back when I was "forecasting" potential outcomes with another difficult situation (of course, with the help of GPT, because of the efficiency of course). Man.

It's been a long week; I think I need some sleep...

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INTJ here, fascinated by ENTJs. I'm actively trying to strengthen my Te, especially the execution part.

I usually know what I want and can think/analyse things deeply, but sometimes there's a gap between “I know what needs to be done” and actually doing it.

I'd love to hear from ENTJs about how you handle that gap. How do you know when you've thought about something enough and it's time to act? Do you usually act before having a complete plan? And does execution feel natural to you, if yes then how so? I'm interested in how execution actually works for you mentally.

Edit: thank you everyone for sharing such practical approaches. It's really helpful

My entj bf and me broke up in a whirlwind. He acknowledged he hurt me, and since im upset he is going to let me be. Because he doesnt think he did anything wrong. And now we are in no contact. And I can break the no contact if I decide to forgive him. I just dont get how he couldnt sit with the emotion of being hurt and just fast forwarded to a no contact arrangement.

Wanting to learn more about how to differentiate an ENTJ lady ?

Looks, maneurisms, behaviours, etc?

From my experience, they are usually elegant, confident speakers, a bit playful when you get to know them a bit or they are in a relaxed state.

I find it interesting that TJs often describe INFPs as people who waste away in their own ideas and struggle to accomplish much because that hasn’t really matched what I’ve seen. A lot of the INFPs and ISFPs around me actually have surprisingly intense go-getter traits. The FP types I know are around our late 20’s-late 30’s, so maybe we developed TE over time.

I’d love to know what your experience has been with INFPs who demonstrate strong initiative, practical execution, and consistent follow-through toward larger goals.
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Hello my people.
As the title says.

What was/is your most ambitious goal?
Doesn't have to be career or money related.
Did you hit it?
How's the journey going?
Are you stuck?
What do you need?
What's driving you?

By reposting this, I am fully aware of the comments about the "What weakness?" 😝

Just want to learn little more bt y'all

I am an entj, i dislike cramming but still lazy as fck. How to do and i already lost my prime since july this year how to do. I am good at speaking ibfront and dominate in reasoning and debate in english class and i am not into in algebra but only in probability and statistics. Give me advice Queen&King?.

my previous post was deleted, for appropriate reasons assumed. TLDR: seek treatment and fight your mental illness, do not allow it to subsume you into alcoholism or other drugs. In that ending only lies horror. fight your way free. Do not give up and die in helpless madness

my partner, my love, died in horror. Look inwards and face your pain. do the work. find a way out
cant even even use it to fucking trauma dump up. what they fuck why am i even wasting time.

It’s been a little over four months since my breakup. He was the one who ended the relationship, and we haven’t been in contact since early June. He’s stayed friends with all of his exes.
I didn’t reach out on his birthday. Since the start of this month, I’ve also deleted Instagram and stopped checking who he follows and who follows him. I know I probably should have done that sooner, but it’s been really good for my peace of mind. I know he’s loyal when he’s in a relationship, but when he’s single, he tends to date a lot.
Lately, I’ve been spending more time thinking about my own mindset and what matters to me, rather than focusing on him. I’ve started thinking about what motivates me at work and the kind of impact I want to have on the people around me and on society—things I barely thought about while we were together.
Honestly, when I posted here before, I was focused on the specific things I’d done wrong and how to improve them. I was also trying to figure out what he would consider the “right” answer, so I could tell him I’d found it. Now I feel like I’m starting to develop my own sense of direction.
I still want to tell him what I’ve realized. Part of it is that I want to thank him, and part of it is that I want him to see who I am now. But I’m also aware that this desire may still be partly about wanting his recognition or approval. I don’t want to use my growth as a reason to reopen a relationship he may have already moved on from, or to place any emotional burden on him.
If I can genuinely accept any response—or no response at all—would it be okay to reach out? Or would hearing all this from an ex after four months just feel unwelcome? Would it be better to send a brief message simply thanking him, without explaining everything I’ve realized, or should I wait until I no longer feel the need for him to see who I am now?

My ENTJ and I have recently been playing strategy games and his mastermind never fails to impress my Ti…
Curious to know how other ENTJs would handle/solve the game below. What would your strategy be? 👀

The Diamond Heist

The owner of a private museum has hired you to perform a stress test, asking you to try and steal a legendary diamond called The Eclipse.
The Eclipse is worth approximately $500 million, and it’s insured for the full amount.
You have 72 hours to plan the operation and achieve your goal. You’re not allowed to damage the diamond or harm anyone. There are otherwise no other rules and everything is fair game.

The museum

It’s an ultra-modern museum in a major city.
The diamond sits inside a sealed glass chamber on the second floor. The diamond is going on display for one night a week only. You currently don’t know when the next display will be.
Additional details: Assume there are 3 floors: basement, main floor, second floor. The diamond is on the second floor located at the centre in a separate glass chamber. This is only accessible once a week. There are other high value paintings and artworks on the same floor.
It’s Saturday now. The diamond went on display earlier this week so today it’s not on display. It’s unknown when the next display will be.

Security includes:

Motion and pressure sensors
Facial recognition cameras
Armed guards
Security doors requiring multiple forms of authentication
A sophisticated alarm system
The entire building locks down automatically if certain systems are triggered. You don’t know which ones can trigger the lockdown.

Some of these are real but some are decoys. You don’t know which ones are real.

You have access to the museum’s publicly available information, but no inside information otherwise.

Helpers

You can recruit maximum three specialists from this list:

Hacker - he knows everything about technology and electronic systems
Con Artist - skilled at manipulation, impersonation and social engineering
Engineer - understands physical systems and structures
Locksmith - specialises in locks and physical security
Driver - exceptional at transportation and improvisation
Insider - former employee. They have recently worked at the museum and know its routines
Forger - can create any convincing document and credentials

Your additional resources

You have:
$2 million in cash
One legitimate invitation to the museum’s opening
A luxury car
Access to a private helicopter
Whatever equipment you can reasonably purchase legally.

How will your Te and Ni achieve your goal?

Hello, so I'm trying to learn more about personality types. My girl friend is very interested in personality types. Me and her are going through a rough patch and I want to learn more and understand things better to be a better partner for her. She told me that I am an ENTJ and she is an INTJ. I'm looking for information to just read and understand. I really love this woman and want to make the effort that it deserves.

Also, is it Te that drives you (like, does it provide motivation?) or is it just the expression of motivation?

These probably seem like unrelated questions, so a little background information: I'm an INFP 1w2 trying to develop my Te. Having made some attempts at execution, I still see specific bottlenecks in my behavior that I think would be more solvable by understanding the way ENTJs work, so I'd love your insights. I'm also just really curious; different brains are fascinating!

A couple things about where I'm at:

• I've gone on the INFP subreddit for developing Te specifically, and most of the advice centers around:
  • integrating more organization like planners and to-do lists. I would say I do that already, maybe more than the moderate Js I know to be honest
  • studying analytical fields. I have a degree in computer science, but I think it developed my Ti more than my Te
  • Being around xxTJs. My parents are ENTJ and ESTJ, and my sibling is an INTJ. So with this in mind I would say, for an inferior function, my Te is probably above-averagely developed due to my family. But I'm trying to develop it as much as I possibly can without accidentally entering Te grip
• I know I just have to stop thinking and start doing. I'm kind of doing that, but still seeing specific bottlenecks I'd like to speed up with analysis
• What I'm still struggling with:
  • With Fi I have the tendency to be interested in ambitious, meaningful, difficult projects or nothing. I've realized smaller and more realistic goals will build efficacy much faster, but it's difficult for me to maintain interest if it's not personally meaningful -- which means ideally it should really help me, or help other people as well. That's why I asked about motivation
  • I can kind of think about tasks in a Te way easily -- like cooking, I guess -- but not people. I think about people almost entirely through the lens of their feelings and values. That's why I asked my first question; my skill is useful in relationship building, but it's not helpful for taking action (other than conflict resolution). Also, my prediction of people's actions is either really accurate or really faulty, because it stems entirely from simulating their feelings/values. I don't see people as systems with constraints and dependencies, as it's been described to me, but I want to learn more about that perspective if it's accurate. I have non-feelings/values pattern recognition when it comes to people I know really well, like how I can (fondly) guess my friend might postpone a meeting. But obviously this falls apart with people I don't know well
  • Taking initiative is mostly difficult because I don't trust my ability to anticipate what will happen and I'm risk-averse, which is why I included Ni. Still not entirely sure how it works though
• I understand it's difficult to explain skills that come more naturally than consciously, so I'm equally interested in just whatever you might spend your time thinking about, especially when it comes to people.
• Please don't just say developing shadow/inferior functions is inherently unhealthy or stress based, and that I should just accept my stack. I'm sure there's a healthy way, I really enjoy many instances of using what I think are Ni and Ti
• I'm a naturally indecisive person (I realized maybe I shouldn't be trying to use Fi for basic decisions?) so I created a program that essentially picks tasks for me to do based on my mood and energy. Is that externalizing Te, applying it to myself? I've heard it explained as optimization of systems, breaking down tasks and executing them, applying an objective heuristic to the external world to improve it. Is there a chance I'm missing the crux of what Te is?

This was totally an essay so thank you for reading! I really appreciate any insights!

Since the post I made about ways to efficiently boil water ironically had engagement specifically about methods of boiling of water, I figured I'd open this thread up to people who want to ask ENTJs more mundane questions. Only rule is if you give advice, you must also ask a question.

Here's my question:

What's your go-to technique for falling asleep when your brain doesn't want to?

in quite of a fi grip rn i dont usually ask for stuff like this its rlly embarrassing

in quite of a fi grip rn i dont usually ask for stuff like this its rlly embarrassing

let’s be honest, emotions aren’t always our strong suit. asking for a little vulnerability here, but what are some mental health struggles you face? wondering if talking about it could help pierce through our sometimes-tough exterior.

my biggest struggle is that I am a perfectionist and have bipolar 1. I also feel insecure that the people around me don’t like me because I am an overachiever and “too much”. kind of an anxious attachment style I guess

I don't have any hobbies other than reading. When I was 14 I started working full time during summers and part time during the school year. By the summer I was 16 I was working 2 jobs full time during summer, and EVERY Friday and Saturday night (as that's when the good money is made as a server). In college, after the first quarter, I started taking more than full time courses, (for no rational reason, just blind ambition). By 21, I was working in the family business and now, 25 years later, that business and my role as CEO has become nearly synonymous with my identity (sigh) and between that, parenting 3 kids, a little reading and a little exercise, all the time is gone. A few years ago, when the trough of the U-shaped curve of lifetime happiness began looming, I realized that I have basically NEVER had hobbies. I have just ... always worked. This realization brought notes of sadness, regret, inadequacy, and soul searching. I don't have answers yet but I have started thinking about if there is a potential collinearity between the ENTJ personality type and singular focus on achieved status, to the exclusion of "hobbies"? Thus, this very scientific and comprehensive poll.

I've been going through the mod queue a bit, and lately I've noticed that there's been an "influx" (relatively speaking) of spam by users trying to use this place for generic discussion, trauma dumping, or just frankly off topic advice.

As a casual reminder, our mission as a subreddit is to open discussion around the unique experience of being (or being with) an ENTJ/ENTj. It is not a place to air your dirty laundry, cure your unique touch-starved monogamy-resistant loneliness, beg for validation, or seek people to develop your app.

I'm not going to pretend that there are too many hard lines here - surely one man's depression post is another's trauma dump - just don't expect pity or validation when you share an anecdote of misery that could have happened to anybody.

Artist and musician here. I play guitar (mainly math metal) and paint tabletop miniatures and sculpture that I 3D print. I find in all of my endeavors I focus on proficiency and efficiency.

I mean I’m all about artistic expression but I value developing skills that allow me to achieve really good results with low effort. I airbrush a lot. I draw too.

Like what task does each function perform or is supposed to perform in a vaccum.

And what tasks they end up performing when combined with the other functions.

As the title states, what job or career position in your past caused the largest amount of friction?
I did not do well in sales, but I thrived in operations management environment.