We Understand People Upside Down & Inside Out
Channel: Erik Thor
Date: 2019-02-05

There are two problems when trying to type or understand other people and ourselves. First, we tend to exaggerate our own positive qualities, and overrate our own abilities. We tend to also downplay other people's abilities, and miss their positive qualities. We see people upside down.

Second, we tend to see our own intentions and values behind an action, but we tend to miss our own actual behaviour. We tend to see the behaviour and actions of others, but we have no way to see what they are thinking or what their intentions are. We see people inside out.

When trying to type or understand another person, first focus on identifying their most positive and natural values and interests. This is the most accurate and important thing you will want to know about another person: what is it they want that is good and positive? This is the core of typing people based on flow. 

If you can't master this one practice you'll get a lot of people wrong and fail to understand their personality correctly. 

Hey! My name is Erik Thor, and thanks to all the help from my viewers and patreons at patreons.com/erikthor I've been able to build a living on the side of my part-time job making videos about different personality types. I seek to cover Carl Jung and the sixteen personality types in the MBTI from an original perspective. I believe there are sixteen, not eight cognitive functions. I write about them at www.erikthor.com/cognitive-functions. 

I also develop successful personality tests that can accurately predict your personality type. www.erikthor.com/test/personality-test with high accuracy. Try it out and share your results with me! 

Why do I do it? Because I want to spread more flow and happiness in the world. I believe we spend too much time going against our own true nature, denying ourselves nad pretending to fit in. We should break free and find ourselves and find a lifestyle more suited to our needs and values. If we can do that, the world will be a better place, for everyone. Join the community @ https://discord.gg/wGXtwQQDn4