INTJ Careers - It's Okay To Be The Best

[@roryblake7311]

Pretty cool, Take credit! Don't let others take advantage of you. Smart people need to be rewarded for their accomplishments. Innovative thought is especially needed, today. Heck, I need it!!!

[@InternetLiJo]

Right? And taking ownership of your work also allows for more transparency which I would say overall makes a better business. Any leadership should be aware of who is, and is not making an impact.

[@geniduchesne4613]

If one puts the effort to be the best there is no reason to be shy or feel like a fraud. Good video.

[@InternetLiJo]

Thank you, hope it serves you :)

[@linyenchin6773]

Emotion proceeds "reason," it is a more raw and rough level of impulse, impulse is 9 times more powerful than volition aka will or what mouth-breathers constantly call "kawn-shush-ness." Emotion consolidates~filters I to the exact sequence of any and every thought(aka reason~reasoning) the brain generates in stepping down the raw power that is fed to it by the heart's superior electromagnetic flux.

[@linyenchin6773]

It now takes me an average of 19 minutes, each morning, to pull off 880 reps of; pushups, situps, squats and chinups. My best time was 18:45 and end of year goal is an irrational 10 minutes but diminishing returns suck and I might not drop below the 14 minute mark until this time next year. Hard to raise my power level in old age... It's probably the only thing I have a slight shot of being the "best" at.

[@InternetLiJo]

LIN the LEGEND IS HERE 🔥🔥🔥

[@abennett7546]

Awesome insight on how to be more comfortable with yourself. Accepting these situations and taking credit is unnatural at first, but working past this helps us become a more rounded personality in social situations. Keep it up! ❤

[@InternetLiJo]

Yes! Thank you!

[@ChristieNel]

I find one does not gain recognition or compensation for being the best, unless you push yourself to the front socially. I dislike being in the spotlight (and company politics) as well, so instead of playing the social game as an employee, I do contracting, where my skills are both recognised and compensated.

[@InternetLiJo]

Beautiful way of playing the game.

[@lindsayhout9431]

I believe in this. Esp when she talks about explaining or teaching the value of your work to your colleagues. Sometimes, people don't realize the value of the work that you contribute. Very good advice!!!

[@buttermonkey33]

Permission to be - that's what your/this video gave me today

[@fercs21]

Oh man, the n°3 has been a real struggle for me through all my life. In the past couple of years I have come to realize that I have an unconscious belief of not being important, what I think has lead to not wanting to take the space I've earned. Still working on it. Thank you LiJo! Your content is always very helpful 😊

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Li (introverted Lindsay) implies the existence of Le (extraverted Lindsay).

[@InternetLiJo]

Uh oh, if you see her, run!

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

@@InternetLiJo lol

[@friendlyanomaly6109]

Le is also the masculine version of "the" in French. It NEEDS to be singular and not plural. Li, watch out! A she-dog is coming for you!

[@melocoton7]

I advocated myself into a promotion. I was given a project where countless people had failed before me and you can be damn sure I milked that for all I could because I aced it (obviously LOL)

[@FriendlyFiresArtilleryUnit]

I can relate a bit. Thoughts of "I do not wish to participate" or "I am no leader" simply because I want the least amount of responsibility or be by myself as much as I can.

[@dorielake]

Great take on this and a place I have found myself many times in work settings. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Chiromomma]

I do think there is some gender bias and social typecasting at play. I don’t think men struggle with owning a room as much as women do. When I am not Ni/Fe looping I am killing it with protocols and procedures that get used by countless others. It really helps when someone recognizes my effort and encourages/pushes me.

[@linyenchin6773]

Intuition, it's just intent but used as means of observation. It's the steady state where rhythm of heart regularly surges out its beats, each beat a shock-like pulse. Intuition is blending heartrate into the environment, a feeling of feedback at moment of pulse as the heart surges out waves of attention to one's situation. Breathe into stillness as your spine undulates in refresh rates that each heartbeat etches.

[@DiLu-o3p]

I relate a lot to this. Especially when you said “you don’t get to decide that you’re not the best in the room”, that was profound on some level. I do a half arsed job at work (I get to work remotely so I am using “work” veeeeeeery loosely if you know what I mean) and yet it seem to be better than everyone else. I just don’t understand how it’s possible for so many people to be barely competent. Anyway my point being, the reason I don’t like it is because everyone knows my name and face. But when I eventually make a mistake (which we will, we are human after all and aren’t infallible) everyone also knows… and this is on top of already beating myself up about the mistake (I understand I can make a mistake, doesn’t mean I like it). Plus I don’t want to progress as I am unwilling to delicate more of my life “climbing the ladder” when I have other things I’d rather do, so all the accolades are wasted on me.

[@Hani_8787]

Its the extraverted sensing inferior cognitive function which would stop INTJ to have the ability or a desire to lead a situation, which i consider a curse. But they be always the best naturally in doing the right thing due to 1st C F intavorted intuition, which sometimes can allow them to doubt a doctor diagnosis when they even did not know any thing about medicine. 😂 and they get it right If they can work on the inferior and accept that they would be wrong in public they will be appear the best. Or to focus on 1st and 2nd CF and focus on some thing can align with their personality in their careers and that wouldn't drain their energy Finally, Your between the line advices is a consultancy with fees, dont give it to anyone. Thank you for your video ❤❤ and your channel ❤

[@AustinOllar]

That’s so interesting because I don’t resonate with most of this, which makes me think it has a lot to do with gender roles. For me, I get uncomfortable with people saying how good I am to my face, I just prefer them knowing I’m the best without saying it lol

[@InternetLiJo]

lol!! So what if it wasn’t verbal but visual, like everyone who walked In the room immediately saw you and who was under you.

[@AustinOllar]

@@InternetLiJo good question 😂 I think if it showed my face I wouldn’t like that, but if it just had my name on a leaderboard I dig it. In 6th grade I was first in the school to get into the math club. I loved seeing my name in front of everyone 😂

[@brocklytodd5317]

Hey since you are into poker I recommend the film Mollys Game if you haven't already seen it but anyways, I read something a while ago that says ENTJs are the most financially successful type and INTJs were 2nd place.

[@smilesmile1237]

ENTJ knows how to get INTJs to do it for him^^

[@InternetLiJo]

I've seen Mollys Game it's a good one :)

[@Justforthelulz8]

should def have done this i was giving a huge project for a big big company as a client within an agency 1-2 weeks into my internships with millions in budget... basically took a huge supplement company to dubai within 1-2 months, everything from the ground up i made. also i got the other interns as my team within 2-3 weeks. but i basically worked nonstop, crushed it out of the water. management LOVED me. they after a month would have give me partner track, which wasnt giving to people been there for years. i was that good, but never took the credit or got the credit. Looking back, i crushed everybody. I DID. eventually i left cause of some managers was narcisistic, they cant handle when they actually get talent. They wanted robots. and yes man and woman, im too strong of a personality to ever be that. But im a born leader at heart. it did teach me and confirmed a lot of things for me tho, so great!

[@Justforthelulz8]

Eventually 5-10 people asked me if i wanted to come back and gave me updates of the project, cause they felt bad. but it was too late

[@jeffshaw674]

It is interesting your space there. The colors, shapes, lighting and message. Kind of reflects the meaning of this video. Not sure if you you realize that everything is noticed. Poker is about not being noticed.

[@lillianedwards11]

Good perspective. Some people are just good with being social, some people are good at doing things effectively and consistently to a high standard (that be us 😉). Let the extroverts be jealous

[@linyenchin6773]

Everyone can poop = all is well.

[@tengdayz2]

Sounds like you are tapping deeper into your Fi (wanting love). Staying humble, but lively, is most sustainable and balancing. We (intj's) are more fulfilled earning love from our abilities by the people that matter to us most (for me that's family), than focusing on money. We get bored using money to take away problems we would rather solve, and find status empty of genuine love and care long term. Giving love without expectation is scary, (could bring chaos into our life), but the most effective way to receive it. That little bit of chaos it can bring pisses us off (Se,) but also excites us and makes us feel alive, which without, we feel empty. That ideal dose and dosing of aliveness is what an intj seeks at the deepest level. It fuels Ni to solve and clarify it again and again, and Te to try and control it for others, but fi keeps the control from severance from others, and chaos ensues once again. For Ni to get clear on. This is our loop. Everyone has their own loop of neuronal processing. The more we travel around that loop, the more developed we become. The more balanced. But how people naturally balance is the real conflict. Some are naturally and genetically biased to develop power over life and others life over power. People not figuring out where they fit in or seeing this light spectrum of natural behavior makes for people unable to be at peace with this unavoidable conflict that happens over and over in life. I'm pretty sure you are life over-power and not power over life. So if I see you crossing over, I'm likely to give your shirt a tug.

[@InternetLiJo]

Really enjoyed reading your perspective.

[@tengdayz2]

@@InternetLiJo Thank you, I'm glad you did :)

[@smilesmile1237]

Nice video, I think it could be valid for INTJ males too. I'm working as a programmer and I remember when I applied for the job I told the recruiter that I don't care about money. (the only thing I cared about was the software I will be working on.^^) I also observed that I'm working too fast, since I sometimes would finish the program before the team meeting about the new project took place. As this doesn't result in more money, it is not the correct thing to do I guess. I'm not sure if I'm still underpaid, I don't want to know the truth actually.^^

[@InternetLiJo]

Hahah the last line..... I have so been there.

[@steveblunden2295]

I likewise feel it IS valid for INTJ males, too. At least the ones who are not confident. Some are, but many of us are not.

[@blackdogracing]

After a lifetime of work in which I didn’t care about acknowledgements or speaking up for the things I accomplished because I knew I did it and that was enough. And because i didn’t, mediocre colleagues were stealing the glory along with the all talk and no action extroverts sucking all the air out of the room. The mediocre people are happy to let you be quietly on your own, as it leaves all the salary and promotions for them. INTJ’s slide the manhole cover out of the way and crawl out of the hole occasionally and you will see the people getting ahead aren’t doing long brain runs to solve problems they are the ones playing golf with the big boss. So as Lijo said monetarily quantify you successes for the boss and marry into the bosses family.

[@Danny-he4hi]

Lijo, will u be doing a video in the future about different careers that INTJs usually choose? Im actually not an INTJ, but i do know that not all INTJs are Architects and Scientists, or Ayn Rand lol Some actually work as visual artists and musicians. Did u know that Roger Waters from Pink Floyd is typed as an INTJ? I googled it. I think for CEO or management jobs its usually ENTJs. ENTJs are SUPER CORPORATE ENTJs are all about Power Suit / Power Tie / Power Steering! But yeah, what is your take on this? Im curious

[@RunToEternity]

Going back a little bit, Ne ga che cha la ga. also, what is with the old ST:TOS lighting? Something I could never do was to be noticed, even though I wanted to be, but only by few, not many. I guess my social anxiety has been conflicting with my INTJ-ness.

[@BoldTakes]

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

[@dolittle7593]

I thought I've successful careerwise and didnt need tips. Then 30secs in, boom, got hit on the head by the nail 😂😂

[@InternetLiJo]

Yesss 🙌🙌🙌

[@notionSlave]

INTJ often have their heads stuck up their asses😅. Can’t say I’ve been pleased to meet one yet irl.

[@GhostCatFromHell]

I've been in that situation of being the best and some people would recognize that, but when they needed help they would go to the extroverted guy, and that's really frustrating. Currently I work in a team where they recognize I'm the best technically but my manager won't give me a promotion unless I start talking more in the meetings and start giving more ideas. They told me I have to develop my extroversion (???). I think I don't participate much because they do so many stupid decisions and lose so much time focusing on stupid things, that I lost my interest... and also because in the past they weren't able to understand my ideas and rejected them easily. I'm also a woman working in a male dominated field, so sometimes I don't even get space to talk. What would be your advice to improve communication and become more "extroverted" ?

[@rstraub15]

Hi. I’m a female INTJ with 27 years working as an engineer. My observations include: many guys will interrupt the speaker during the meeting. If you wait until there’s a break, then you’ll never get your ideas in. (Are only girls taught that it’s impolite to interrupt?) Feel free to interrupt them; they are expecting you to as a part of your job. If they interrupt you before you’re mostly done, however, keep talking; finish your point. It doesn’t matter if 2 of you are talking over each other for 2 minutes. Next, social skills can be learned. Fake it until it becomes comfortable for you. “Tell me about your research/projects,” is a good ice breaker at a conference. Last, if there’s work you want to do, tell your boss that you want to be on that project/do those tasks. Re: meetings - If you know what is being discussed beforehand and have something you want to bring to the table, I’d recommend writing it out beforehand, and either have your notes in front of you so you can make your most important points, or even print it out and bring copies for everyone with you. (Or if it’s virtual, have it typed up and share your screen.). Good luck!!

[@ProfBeckmann]

lookin sharp lijo!

[@InternetLiJo]

Eyyy!

[@duyanhnguyen-ty6fo]

hey lijo, i love your work, but whats your full typing? just finished ennneagram subtypes and am now moving onto socionics. i want to learn by analyzing you as well since im already consuming a lot of your content anyway

[@Alazsel]

You had a poker career? That is so awesome

[@InternetLiJo]

Still do!

[@brocklytodd5317]

Is it true that INTJ males struggle with being leaders?

[@InternetLiJo]

I think leadership is a learned and refined skill, even for 'natural born leaders'. It's an art.

[@dale116dot7]

I don’t want to be a leader, I prefer to be a “lone wolf” system developer. I know that I would struggle being a leader, but I am very comfortable being a very good embedded system designer. Sample size 1, yes.

[@practicalpersonality]

You meant to say the “second best,” right after ISTPs, right? 😁 In all honesty, I think that’s great practical advice. Do you think that these insecurities also relate to social type?

[@InternetLiJo]

Hahaha I WAS WAITING FOR AN ISTP TO COMMENT!! 🤣😂 Yes I think this is innate for a #1. It was actually an #1 ISTP who I was able to observe which filtered into my life and eventually making this video.

[@PsychologyoftheBrain]

this is not a title for the ENTP haha edit: okay it maybe is, but not in terms of rizz, hustle or whatnot. Maybe in terms of strategic ambiguity we are competitive

[@PsychologyoftheBrain]

it clearly btw is not an NT thing. ENTP's are both jack of all trades, master of none, and lose the battle, win the war. While I can be the best in the room, I choose not to be. Because the sacrifice necessary makes me lose more far more, and if you sacrifice so much, is a win not a loss in disguise. Diminishing returns to scale is very clear. Try to not be the best. It is inefficient. Try to be good enough. Good enough may be the best, may be the worst, but either way, you win. Or in poker terms, I rather fold my hand 97% of the time, and make a profit, than be lag that wins [almost] every pot, and gets stuck on a loss.

[@linyenchin6773]

May you poop in peace, always, o beloved mammmmmahhhh ... and kisses to your forehead 😘😘😘

[@InternetLiJo]

😇😇😇💗

[@linyenchin6773]

Why you go bye bye?

[@InternetLiJo]

I'm here Lin :)

[@bozydarziemniak1853]

Cool but you are ENTJ not INTJ.

[@smilesmile1237]

she looks more like ENFJ to me 😊😆

[@bozydarziemniak1853]

@@smilesmile1237 Its not about how she looks for you but what cognitive functions she uses the most frequent.

[@smilesmile1237]

@@bozydarziemniak1853 I'm not sure. I feel like you won't see her cognitive functions in her videos. The interesting part could be the one which happens before the video is taken. As an INTJ she most likely would be introverted and make a plan for the contents of her video, while in the video itself she would appear as more extroverted.

[@bozydarziemniak1853]

@@smilesmile1237 Cognitive function depletion can be done by taking an example movie and counting each sentences talked and classifying such sentences as the part of some cognitive function with possitive or negative usage. The most possitive and the most frequent used function is the hero function (primary function). Then rest of functions creating pattern in which you can say if function is more possitive or more negative. By such depletion you can verify someone MBTI type.

[@smilesmile1237]

@@bozydarziemniak1853 Since her introverted planning process was not part of the video, using only her videos as input will give you the wrong result.