The MBTI ‘Type dynamics’ - 2 of 4.

Sensing and Intuition describe how you most instinctively BECOME AWARE of what is going on around you.

How do you SEE THE WORLD literally?
Why do you pay attention to some things more intently than others?
Why do you remember some things better/worse than others?

Sensors are naturally focused on the present moment,details, on concrete information in the here and the now, information gained powerfully from their five (5) senses; seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling.

Intuits are naturally focused on the future, what is over the horizon, with a view to concepts, patterns and possibilities.

Sensors more instinctively notice the facts, details, and realities of the world around them in the here and the now.

Consider the following list of personality traits NATURALLY associated with sensing:
*perceiving with the five senses
*clear straightforward speech pattern
*attends to practical and factual details
*focused on actual experiences
*very in touch with physical realities
*more literal using facts and real examples
*present oriented in the moment folk
*sensible down to earth
*see little things in everyday life
*attend to step-by-step experience
*the eyes will tell the mind what is going on

Intuits more naturally see the potential connections and relationships between facts as well as the meaning, or possibilities of the facts as well as the meaning, or possibilities of the information.

Consider the following list of personality traits NATURALLY associated with intuition:
perceive with memory and associations
*complex conceptual speech pattern using lots of compound sentences
*more figurative using analogies/metaphors
*focused on the possibilities
*more in their heads see patterns and meanings
*repeat themselves recap and rephrase
*project possibilities for the future
*bored easily after learning skills
*read between the lines
*looking for the big picture
*get hunches out of nowhere
*finish other peoples thoughts (interrupt)
*leap around in a roundabout way mentally