EXTROVERTED THINKING

Extroverted thinkers are analytical and impersonal. They are decisive, logical, and influential. They detest confusion, inefficiency, and anything without purpose or direction. They want order and efficiency in their world and will do whatever it takes to ensure it. They often impose strict standards on themselves and others to achieve their goals. Ideas, to an extroverted thinker, have no value in and of themselves, unless they somehow relate to external objects and circumstances. Where the introverted thinker is concerned with the idea itself, the extroverted thinker is concerned with the usefulness of the idea...that is, with how it can be applied to the external world. Ideas, to the extroverted thinker are means of relating, describing and categorizing things. The thinking processes are turned outward, so others may see them as judgmental and controlling. They have a tendency to "think out loud", which may cause confusion for others. Extroverted thinkers tend to believe that whatever agrees with their formula is right, whatever disagrees is wrong and whatever passes outside the formula indifferently is merely incidental. The demeanor is one of serious power.

When supported by sensing (TSif; C/O), they are practical, realistic, matter-of-fact, and concerned with the here and now. They prefer real to abstract, and seek activities that provide immediate, visible, and tangible results.

When supported by intuition (TIsf; C/C), they are interested mainly in future possibilities. They tend to think in broad terms, preferring "the big picture" over detailed procedures or facts. They are creative problem-solvers and seek activities that challenge them.