‘Extraverted Intuition is the reason you’re able to consider multiple points of view as equally valid. It is the reason you gain equal amounts of energy when debating ideas with like-minded people or spending time alone and generating possibilities about the future. This is the function that finds the beginning of projects infinitely more exciting than finishing.’

‘Extroverted iNtuition helps people see the possibilities in the external world. These types also trust those bursts of unconscious -- or “going with their gut” -- but in a way that they can explain to others. This is because extroverting iNtuitors are able to notice hidden meanings and interpret them. They entertain all sorts of possible interpretations that could come from just one idea and can see each interpretation as its own possible reality. Using this process, they are able to juggle different ideas, beliefs, or meanings and hold them all as “true” at the same time. Once a common thought “thread” surfaces between these different interpretations of the same idea, the extroverted iNtuitor weaves them all together to form a strategy. When the strategy emerges, the extroverted iNtuitor runs with it. People who direct their iNtuition outwardly appreciate and enjoy brainstorming. Therefore, they are very productive in these types of meetings. As children, they probably enjoyed imaginative play, and as adults in the workforce, they enjoy running scenarios and role-playing. The thought process of extroverted iNtuition provides the ability to think and explore across multiple contexts. These team members excel at activating people and shaping situations. Often, you can find extroverted iNtuitors among authors, filmmakers, journalists, artists, philosophers, and inventors. Make sure you provide these types with a creative outlet to use their gifts.’

‘In a nutshell, Introverted Intuition combines introversion with a sharp, pattern-seeking intuition. So, the primary way the INFJ or INTJ thinks and analyzes the world around them is hidden from others. The Intuition portion is a perceiving function, which means someone with Introverted Intuition will identify patterns and enjoy research, metaphors, symbolism, and hidden facts.’
‘Introverted intuitives spend much of their time thinking about the big picture, the deep meanings behind people’s actions and words, and the whys of life. Although INxJs are the cream of the crop in planning for the long term, their “big picture” focus leaves less room for small details. They seek out the deep symbolism behind life events and often analyze the people around them based on impressions and insights.’

‘Introverted iNtuition frequently involves integrating ideas or concepts that may not initially seem to fit together. This integration opens the door to even more connections and possibilities. You have probably experienced this yourself in a meeting. It’s that moment when someone gets very quiet. It may even seem that they have disengaged until suddenly there is a burst of “Aha! I’ve got it!” Once they have connected their ideas to their internal framework, the person who exhibits Introverted iNtuition has confidence that demands action or application. This helps them focus on fulfilling their vision of the future and is often based on unforeseen trends or signs. This process can involve complex concepts or systems of thinking, or it may include creating symbolic ways of understanding vast, universal concepts. So it is probably no surprise to spot those who prefer introverted iNtuition as their dominant or auxiliary functions at the tops of organizations where the big picture, strategizing, problem-solving, out-of-the-box thinking, future-oriented direction setting takes place.’

Intuition, in the introverted attitude, is directed upon the inner object, a term we might justly apply to the elements of the unconscious. The relation of inner objects to consciousness is entirely analogous to that of outer objects, although theirs is a psychological and not a physical reality. Inner objects appear to the intuitive perception as subjective images of things, which, though not met with in external experience, really determine the contents of the unconscious, i.e., the collective unconscious, in the last resort. [...] Although this intuition may receive its impetus from outer objects, it is never arrested by external possibilities but stays with the factor that the outer object releases within. [...] Introverted intuition apprehends the images that arise a priori, i.e., the inherited foundations of the unconscious mind. These archetypes, whose innermost nature is inaccessible to experience, represent the precipitate of psychic functioning of the whole ancestral line, i.e., the heaped-up, or pooled, experiences of organic existence in general, a million times repeated and condensed into types. Hence, in these archetypes all experiences are represented, which since ancient times have happened on this planet. Their archetypal distinctness is more marked, the more frequently and intensely they have been experienced. The archetype would be—to borrow from Kant—the noumenon of the image which intuition perceives and, in perceiving, creates."