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I was taught by a guy that was a big fan of the psychologist Erickson. He told me there were four personality types, Rational, Sensing, Emotional, and Intuitive. Now it's just a theory. But he- they separate Intuitive and Emotional. Rational he said was about 70 percent of the population. Less than 10 percent of the population is Intuitive. However they make up an overwhelming percent of CEOs. He also said that it's just your dominant trait. You still have the others. Again, just a theory. Need to read up on Erickson again.
 
Cswim63 said:
Well, I met him when he was 80 at a certain 12 step program. One of the steps asks members to list their fears on a piece of paper. He looked me straight in the eye and said that he didn't have any. He said everyone kept telling him he had to have some, but he didn't. When I asked him about why he reenlisted in the army after Korea, he said he tried to teach school but found there was no freedom and it was too regimented. For real! Haha. He said he probably would have made General but he was too creative and didn't do things by the book. Anyway he said his biggest regret was he never got to do a beach landing at night, which he always wanted to do. So I don't think duty much to do with it. It was fun for him.
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Ok. Sounds like the perfect soldier.

Still, I wonder what he’d feel when put in front of a beautiful woman that he perceives to be completely out of his league or if his children went missing.

Fear is contextual.
 
Cswim63 said:
I was taught by a guy that was a big fan of the psychologist Erickson. He told me there were four personality types, Rational, Sensing, Emotional, and Intuitive. Now it's just a theory. But he- they separate Intuitive and Emotional. Rational he said was about 70 percent of the population. Less than 10 percent of the population is Intuitive. However they make up an overwhelming percent of CEOs. He also said that it's just your dominant trait. You still have the others. Again, just a theory. Need to read up on Erickson again.
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Imho, better to go with Milton’s original work on conversational hypnosis. He focused more on trance states and the use of story and metaphor to invite behavioral change. He was a big influence on the development of NLP. Of the personality types you mention, those are descriptions of Dominant characteristics not the exclusion of characteristics.

In NLP terms, as primary modes of processing being - visual, auditory or kinesthetic. The modes are uniquely sequenced on an individual basis. Even though one has a primary sequence memories can be coded in alternative sequences.
 
It's been awhile since I was exposed to NLP. Sometimes I'll still notice that, for instance, I get angry at very shrill sounds or people. Noise. Or that I'm storing information about the market visually. Also I'll notice that before a market is about to fall or if there is confusion I'll sense darkness. Needs more work. Sometimes I'll get feelings throughout my body before a big move. Nausea. Agitation.
 
Cswim63 said:
Sorry it's Erikson. Erickson is a boat.
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Ok it was Milton Erickson, the American. Reading now. Erikson was German, different theories. It's kind of like Economics. You don't like this theory, we have another one for you.
 
Sprout said:
The military analogy can also be interpreted as The Dominant emotional state is one that “serving the higher order” overrides any notion of individual safety at the expense of their comrade in arms.


It depends on what one bases their feelings upon. There are things within our control and that which we have no control over.

You bring up the distinction of intuition in the same sentence as critical thinking. Many would consider intuition is in the domain of feelings which is an emotional experience not a mental one.
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The difference between intuition and feelings is something I considered when I wrote what I wrote, I thought someone might point that out and I feel intuition isn't an "emotion" really, but a mental hunch, a kind of intellectual exercise in decision making. I think you can be intuitive without any emotion, and I would again use soldiers as an example .. certainly they make intuitive decisions about where to go, what to do, where the enemy is likely to be, and yet they still value keeping their emotions (fear, sadness, homesickness, etc) out of that kind of decision making.

If we start arguing over the definitions of "emotions" vs "intellect" etc instead of just using commonly understood meanings for those words, it's probably pointless to even talk about, not that it isn't pointless anyway, of course.

To the point of "coolness under fire" I think you're agreeing with me. What you said about "serving the higher order", I don't see that as any different than serving the purpose of market gains, etc .. again, it'll be pointless if it degenerates into "well, wanting a market gain is an emotion ...", etc. I think we all know basically what we mean by thinking vs feeling, even if the words are blunt instruments.
 
At the level of intuition, it's hard to know if it's a feeling or thought, and where it manifests in the body. Decision making is thought, intuition comes from somewhere else. During hypnosis or meditation you're going to have thought come through, but there are differences in what you do with it. If you keep following it, then it's a thought, if you let it pass you're still meditating. Subtle but important difference.
 
eves_banished_children said:
The difference between intuition and feelings is something I considered when I wrote what I wrote, I thought someone might point that out and I feel intuition isn't an "emotion" really, but a mental hunch, a kind of intellectual exercise in decision making. I think you can be intuitive without any emotion, and I would again use soldiers as an example .. certainly they make intuitive decisions about where to go, what to do, where the enemy is likely to be, and yet they still value keeping their emotions (fear, sadness, homesickness, etc) out of that kind of decision making.

If we start arguing over the definitions of "emotions" vs "intellect" etc instead of just using commonly understood meanings for those words, it's probably pointless to even talk about, not that it isn't pointless anyway, of course.

To the point of "coolness under fire" I think you're agreeing with me. What you said about "serving the higher order", I don't see that as any different than serving the purpose of market gains, etc .. again, it'll be pointless if it degenerates into "well, wanting a market gain is an emotion ...", etc. I think we all know basically what we mean by thinking vs feeling, even if the words are blunt instruments.
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Any real decision-making is heavily dependent on emotion. You can automate decision trees, but it is not primarily how humans operate, and is not a decision, but merely a look-up. This also backed by studies on brain injuries where people unable to feel emotions are also unable to decide even very basic decisions. So emotions are fundamental to human being.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/feeling-our-way-to-decision-20090227-8k8v.html
 
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