How to get what you want as an INTP

Protect your "me-" time
Avoid things you hate (with long time preference)
Seek responsibility

[@Musiccazz]

Thank you for this content. I have always romanticized the bohemian lifestyles that many of the artists and philosophers of the past lived. Unfortunately a prerequisite for living that life is money... The INTP dream is to inherit a large sum that you can rely on for the rest of your life.

[@MattLaine]

I can see that being the case...

[@downsjmmyjones101]

I'm 26 years old. I've saved 5k and received 5k from my dad. I'm going to take that money(10k) and travel by hitchhiking. I may even supplement that with seasonal work. I would suggest using X number of years to acquire a stash of money so you can jumpstart your simple lifestyle. Don't just fly by the seat of your pants. The bohemian life is doable if you're smart about it. Don't get addicted to drugs. Don't get arrested. Be safe. Be thrufty. All that can lead you to a fulfilling life as a nomad.

[@ZeeDoblekae]

yes, money is the only way to live now unfortunately, even though working feels like a waste of life. That's why you just gotta hunker down, minimize expenses, save, invest, and get a van or something. Live frugally and you will find the privilege of time. kinda contradictory but that's the best I got.

[@paigeheartly8936]

I find that following a routine or a schedule is harder as an INTP.

[@MattLaine]

Yes, just as it is for an INTJ. Just remember that your schedule doesn't have to be your tyrant or prison. It's a way of getting to do what you want, and making sure to orient your life such that it should always be possible. Enough "me time" to make it worth it, and enough "let's get this cr@p done" time to ensure the quality of life you want/need to be at your best and actually enjoy it.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

I feel like I do not need it for long, after some time you absorb the abstract patterns and reasons why you are doing what youvare doing, just check time to time that you have not forgotten to do these things.

[@Hawkido]

To me it is because my mind does not have a clock. I cannot gauge what time it is... there is no event to process when a task should kick off. The only way I can operate on a schedule is if I devote a stupid amount of time checking the clock. If I do that I cannot get anything else done as I have to keep interrupting myself to check the time. One scheduled task destroys all of my productivity for the time preceding that event. Which further enforces that the schedule is more disruptive to my productivity. Some people are color blind... I am time blind.

[@MattLaine]

@@Hawkido I highly recommend using Google calendar or something similar? You can trigger alarms and notifications if you wish.

[@Marina-og7vw]

Craig Jarvis I have exactly the same issue. I have to keep reminding myself to check the clock and It’s pretty exhausting at times. What has helped me a lot is trying to make things simpler and fight against my will to keep doing more and more instead of fighting the time itself.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Huh. This makes way more sense than "Just do it!"

[@Krizlyyy]

But does it work?

[@MrRalteria]

I wish I had this twenty years ago. As a 40 year old INTP, I had to do this the hard way through years of anxiety and the guilt of letting my ISFJ wife down. I can't stress enough that it does get better once you implement a system. Having scheduled times helps your mind prepare and ultimately become very efficient at getting those things done.

[@1luminare]

Any tips on communication with an xSFJ significant other?

[@_xxpegasusxx_7204]

Any tips about life in general ?

[@_xxpegasusxx_7204]

i have a gazillion questions lol

[@ambershah5741]

omg this is so helpful! I’m an INTP female teenager and I’m struggling with achieving my goals.I always wonder how INTJs can plan ahead on their life and get what they want in the most efficient way.I can say,INTJs ways of doing things is pretty intriguing. Thanks for explaining.

[@Lynnlynden]

thank you, this is exactly what i need, our intj overlord

[@gavrielsolomons]

As an 18-year-old INTP struggling to find meaning or work out what to do in my life, this is really useful. Please keep making these videos! As a couple constructive tips: work out what to talk about before, possibly including prepared slides. And either switch between camera and slides or make the camera small enough that it doesn't cover writing haha

[@Krizlyyy]

So did it work?

[@stazzeldskater]

As an INTP battling chronic illness (Chrons disease) I can say specifically battling chronic fatigue adds such a heavy layer of confusion to my days as I may go to bed with a general plan of what I want or need to get done but may wake up the following day and have very little energy to get those things done. It really can start to take a toll on my mental health. But the silver lining is i typically don’t take things for granted as much anymore and I blatantly see that your health really is your most important asset, and nothing can work out to begin with if you don’t prioritize it.

[@MattLaine]

What's the _minimum_ thing that you can do to incrementally improve your situation? Better to accomplish something small than to dream something big and never do it.

[@stazzeldskater]

@@c.c.garland wow man thats wonderful to hear. I would love to connect and chat...do you have WhatsApp or something similar I could contact you on?

[@loveacy3697]

Food is energy, eat a big breakfast

[@synyster_gaitas]

Chronic gastritis, same exact scenario. Haven't figuered a way to solve it tho, but getting there.

[@ljszeht68w4t0gqbueg]

INTP here... A great book to read would be ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport. The ‘time block’ method is a total life hack.

[@paolajuarez7154]

Like an intp going through a hard time.. I thank you for this Matt. Now there is a topic for insomnia today, very good content btw.

[@MattLaine]

My pleasure.

[@NLSasuga]

Isolation is what got me what I wanted.

[@RXhunter]

Great video, abstraction to the deepest level ... As an INTP myself I still struggle to motivate myself and execute plans for the future (Even after years of trying).

[@downsjmmyjones101]

Your organizational aptitudes are appreciated.

[@MattLaine]

I try

[@tranglomango]

Always knew I needed a INTJ big brother Thanks fellow control freak

[@anastand]

really this guy has done his research also, has given information in a structured way and does give his own prespective.... being an INTP I AM GOING TO FOLLOW HIM .......YOUR CONTENTS VALUE HAS BEEN MEASURED, IT IS VALUABLE SO YOU GET A SUBSCRIBER

[@joshuaarnold1895]

Man. Finding out what I want to do and not absorbing the goals of others for me is a lesson I wish I had known many years before having to learn it the hard way (I'm 28 now). Make that me time sacred!! 😤

[@anonymously94]

I find myself going back to this video whenever I start feeling empty inside. It's been of great help to me in working out what what to do with my time. Thanks a lot Matt

[@RetroXRicardo]

An interesting take on this INTP type! Thanks for sharing to inspire my MBTI channel. Randomly discovered your channel through the KZbin algorithm! 🤟🤟🤟

[@HG-qo9cx]

This video almost feels degrading because what is being taught is so simplistic that this video almost feels like it was meant for a teenager. Then, I remember that I’m personally stunted in character lol.

[@MattLaine]

I tend to go back to first principles. Due to the fact that "common ground" is rarely common, and that life is quite simple for us to navigate committed to what it could be, I find that sticking to first principles makes everything seem like it's being explained to a fifth grader. Interestingly, if it's presented respectfully, I don't find it condescending.

[@A-Ls1]

This is exactly the amount of essential information in 15min and 22sec that I needed. Thank you I just hope I don’t forget I ever saw this video. That’s a joke. I’m saving this.

[@sarahknutsen2317]

This is helpfull and funny! Cracked up a few times, thank you

[@MattLaine]

My pleasure... Frankly, I was too engrossed in the video to even realize the funny parts until after uploading it and seeing it myself for the first time. Then I thought to myself things like, "Did I really just say, 'Die of venereal disease?'"

[@sarahknutsen2317]

@@MattLaine Haha! I assume that it means that it's a part of you and I look forward to more INTP/"mbti" videoes in the future.

[@EntrepreneursonBikes]

Useful insights Matt thank you

[@christopherwillson]

Seriously good stuff. Thanks.

[@tahah.babikir7698]

Lol, that child crying distracted you to the moon and back xD

[@jo3l1399]

Did i hear that correctly??!? 500K for 2 months work. I think i've found my new profession.

[@MattLaine]

~ $50k for two months work

[@achannel9598]

@@MattLaine wow thats still a lot.

[@bijosn]

thanks for this, as an intp if i had to take advise from any other type it would be the intj

[@mightydeadsun928]

I've always envied INTJs for their will power...my father is one... I had a hard childhood😜 Thank you for the precious pieces of advice..

[@hexiangwu4571]

Thank you!

[@christopheramptmeyer]

Excellent content. I wish I'd figured this out 10 years ago.

[@joelhuckle4523]

Nothing proves INTP approval more than a great Like to Dislike Ratio.

[@Vapourwear]

I can't even tell you just how happy it made me to see someone else who still uses the phrase "venereal disease."

[@hamzasaeed3698]

Yeah that alarm part is not going to happen. The one alarm that I set to wake me up in the morning is annoying enough for me.

[@GhostofTradition]

one thing that helped me financially was researching the stock market and crypto. NT types typically do the best in investing and trading. with a little discipline an INTP can work on their own time and earn some cash.

[@nickkwasak]

Funny...I was thinking to myself while watching your videos....This guy is very insightful but he really seems too uptight to be an INTP....but he also seems to know what he is talking about.... hmm, definitely smart, definitely in the intellectual NT category. I suppose I will trust his assessment until more info can be collected. Don't take it the wrong way...INTPs just have less of a serious undertone to them in my experience. Then I hear you say you are an INTJ.... and I feel relief. hah, ok good. My intuition is still working (although I was surprised that you have so many videos on INTPs instead of INTJ)....maybe I missed those ones. Either way, I appreciate the insight and I like how you articulate. I have seen far worse attempts on the subject.

[@MattLaine]

I'm not built for making videos for XNTJ types. By the way, I discovered I'm an ENTJ, not an INTJ. So, it stands to reason that my time making videos would be best used by producing information for INTPs, and my learning time would be best spent by consuming the information provided by INTPs. The cognitive functions line up more coherently to that end than to any other.

[@4layer2]

Thanks dad

[@FindingYourSerenity]

How did you come to the conclusion that female INTJs are smarter than female INTPs and vice versus for males. I’ve often thought of INTJs as smarter than myself typically from those I’ve seen online at least. My partner is an ENTJ and I see him as smarter than I in some ways and myself smarter in others.

[@ahmedsiyed3934]

I like the intj spirite

[@nadeking4825]

Hello, I am looking to pursue academics in mathematics. I think I am an intp. How do I best prepare myself to fund my exploration project in context of working within a university? I love maths a lot but I am worried I am going to be forced into doing research that will have trivial outcomes for the sake of making those in superior positions happy. My main solution to this problem would be to become more competent than everyone else in the area, so then I would have some exploration space. However, there might be limitations to this plan due to external factors ie intelligence (like I'm pretty dumb) and time. The way I'm dealing with the second factor is I decided to study for a scholarship in the uni, then I wouldn't have to work as much (talking about job here) and can focus on research. However, there are some problems to this. Firstly, I gotta become extremely competent in the curriculum and their exams. Consequently, I get zero to less me time. Not saying I dislike the math curriculum they give me (well I have some problems. First they put a large amount of physics in a pure math highschool course. So when I go to study math I got no proof writing skills. Like these guys don't think but whatever I guess.', I just can't really race ahead because I gotta get perfect marks for the scholar ship. My justification for this studying is that it is 6 month of hardcore exploitation for the chance of a couple of years hopefully pure exploration. I can keep explaining it just gets more complicated though. What are your thoughts if you have any? Once I get into uni my plan would be to finish all the courses self study within 5-6 months over the break. Then just study for the exams tests and do my own research for the rest of my degree. I would also look into other closely related fields see if I can find patterns that link them to some math research or other project. Letme just sum this up. How do I get the exploration space in academics because it seems like I gotta rigoursly prove myself through exploitation before I can get any exploration time. Is there any way around do I just find some research while doing my undergrad and hand it to some random professor and hope they don't steal it in order to get a name for myself...? Question no 2. Should I care about where I do my degree more about how flexible the place is. Like if we had a weighting scale how should I weigh flexibility of university to reputation of university and competency of the researchers. Any thoughts on this. I haven't really spoke to anyone about this cause they would just call me crazy and say enjoy the degree or something along those lines. I'm just worried because I want to be able to be on the brink of the unknown in subject matters so I can explore right, but everyone keeps pushing me in a linear direction. (Time to dig a shovel a make a new path?)

[@donovansmith7179]

Thanks for the video. Are you willing to disclose your big 5 personality results if you have them?

[@charlesdarkwind]

lol lists with indents and dashes is life

[@darkengel1210]

What do you think about the GTD Framework? Somehow the Book about Getting Things Done in the same time is interesting and boring, while most of the stuff seems to make a hell lot of sense?

[@rizzadamasco2294]

Ahoy there, fellow Mbti youtuber 😌

[@abbibrophy7671]

what do you want to do - seriously I want to do everything

[@jaredvaughan1665]

I find INTPs more conservative than liberal. INTPs especially hate government waste.

[@Krizlyyy]

Not liking goverment waste is beeing liberal

[@EduardoMartinez-fk2pv]

I hate the left and right, they’re just there to divide people.

[@nadeking4825]

Hating politics generally is more intp

[@letsthink8245]

Politics no matter the system depend on the will of the people at the end of the day.

[@t0xic__]

I'm an intp and I absolutely love politics and I'm more liberal. It helps focus on different groups and their needs ect. I'm thinking of going into politics but idk

[@leonlovegood350]

"Or maybe in space or Mars if you decide to go there" Me: I want to go to Neptune. Neptune is covered in ice and looks blue from an outside perspective I think it would be nice to lay on it and slowly die of hypothermia looking at the landscape around me- or I could learn the ways of the spiritual and astro-project myself to Neptune from my bed.

[@MrZitrex]

-200 degrees C isn't slow hypothermia... More like liquid nitrogen bath;)

[@leonlovegood350]

@@MrZitrex shhhh

[@Krizlyyy]

Tbh i don't get it. In the Video it seems like I should work hard so i get more me time. But me time can't be the aim because if i work less i get more me time

[@seppe8156]

Working hard doesn't mean work long

[@letsthink8245]

There is a factor you are missig which is time, you need to focus on long term for stability and following that mental health,, to construct a certain time slot for work, you are garuntteed this time for yourself. It cuts a lot of stress out and is general enough where you aren't restricted

[@yeehawyinzer9058]

In what ways might this be modified for an ENTP? I am either a shy ENTP or a relatively sociable INTP, still not sure on that. Anyway, hope you are doing well Quora has not been showing you in my feed lately.

[@melinavdw342]

Same thing, I don't know if I am a shy ENTP or a sociable INTP

[@NullRG]

@Matt Laine How am I supposed to know what I really would like to pursue, instead of taking on a job I hate for the rest of my life?

[@MattLaine]

The more time you have, the better your chances are in this regard. I'm assuming that taking a job you hate beats starving to death or holding oneself in contempt, so there are some circumstances that would warrant getting a job that you hate on account of it being better than starving, being perpetually on welfare, or the like. I have no idea of your life's circumstance, but let's say that you're in your late teens or early twenties. One potential idea could be to explore ways of monetizing the things that you enjoy while you're at college, or while it's feasible to have roommates to cut down on the expenses. This way, whatever job you get flipping hamburgers, restocking library shelves, pouring concrete, tutoring, etc., can help make ends meet and you can have some money and time left over to explore what you want and to invest in making your life what you want it to be. If you're younger than that, then avail yourself of the time that you have and try to turn your experiences into profit-making endeavors. If you're older than that and/or are in a bad situation, I'd suggest doing everything possible to avoid getting into high-interest debt and to get some savings. Buying yourself breathing room through having an "oh, shit" fund of half a year's worth of living expenses or thereabouts is a prerequisite for being able to risk trying something that has the potential to be meaningful and profitable. There is also the other route of picking something that makes you an obscene amount of money, investing most of it, and then retiring super early to do what you want. Similarly, there is the route of picking something that makes you an obscene amount of money, doing that for a couple months out of the year, and then using the rest of the year to explore whatever you want. It's mostly playing a game of "connect-the-dots between what I want and where I am," and actually going for what interests you as opposed to keeping it as a thought exercise, as many INTPs and INFPs are prone to doing. Even if there isn't a completely clear path, if you aren't up to your eyeballs in debt and have a financial cushion, it's totally possible to take a few steps in a direction that interests you in order to learn more about what you like and so-on. Anyhow, those are some ramblings. I'm sure you can sort through the implications and map them to your own life; after all, you are an INTP.

[@NullRG]

@@MattLaine Thank you so much! Also, thanks for the compliment!

[@Ivkovifi]

what kind of $500,000 IT job is it you're talking about? and only 2 months? i am studying cs right now and really curious about how to achieve this :)

[@nadeking4825]

He meant 50k

[@antondeannova7016]

Matt reqst...??? Upld abaut istp vs intp..?? What is difference...??? Who is the best.???

[@MattLaine]

f my tim is wrth so mch 2 u,da least u cld do is rite ful wrds 'n sentences as a bsic crtsy.

[@antondeannova7016]

@@MattLaine give me reason intp vs istp...???? Gbu

[@markswomanatt]

I don't understand why female intj is more intelligent than intp female?

[@alyssahutton7121]

I’m a bit confused about that too.

[@someabstractsnack8151]

what a time to live in... People who dont know shit about the functions theory trying to help people who mostly took the false 16personalities quiz (using OCEAN theory and masking itself as MBTI quiz), and i can bet on my fucking life that you are not an INTJ (function wise), people wonder why the whole thing is hated by scientific communities, it became so damn slippery and misleading . -INFP (a real one :3)

[@_xxpegasusxx_7204]

i have an exam tomorrow

[@achannel9598]

F I'm late 2 weeks replying to you

[@jacobhunt2325]

Where’s the coding? Why delete it? Keep the script going.