hey Dan here and today I want to share some advice for you INFJs
the most determined and hardworking of all us NF idealist types
now this is coming a bit from the point of view of an ENFP
and someone who has coached quite a few INFJs and I picked up a few things now as an INFJ there's a
very good chance that you have more self-knowledge and self-awareness than most other people and
sometimes in the friendliest way possible INFJs can appear a little stubborn or dug in because
they know what they want they're like this is you know what I want this is who I am etc right
now what I'm going to suggest in this video is that you should use that as a superpower
that that should be one of your strengths because knowing really what you want gives you a ton of
clarity which can save you a tremendous amount of time now you might not value that yet so give me a
second to explain because usually the things we're really good at we don't see the value in like for
everyone but especially for us NF types right so let me tell you from the perspective of an ENFP
or an INFP we consider many different options we are open to many possibilities which allows
us to be creative and sometimes adventurous and things like this but it also means that
it can be quite difficult to make decisions and that often we waste a tremendous amount of time
I mean a tremendous amount I've talked to some INFPs who because of questioning what they should
be doing end up wasting half of their time three quarters of their time questioning the direction
they're going rather than just working towards that direction so the fact that you have this
confidence in what you want and who you are is a tremendous superpower because making decisions
is tremendously draining thinking about all your different options very draining right so
other people waste a lot of energy considering all the possible things they could be doing
and reconsidering all the possible things they could be doing where if you harness this ability
of yours to be quite self-aware and know what you want and then just stay in that direction you free
up a lot of time which allows you to focus a lot of energy and get a lot more done in that area and
ultimately just have a lot more output in whatever it is that you are doing which leads me to another
piece of advice and this especially is going to be true if you're thinking of changing career is you
got to start valuing yourself and how awesome you are and what you bring to the table I've worked
with lots of INFJs who are making a career change and because INFJs tend to be really responsible
and are open to taking on a lot of more let's say the grunt work when they don't necessarily
like it like some people like um let's say organizational work and it's really enjoyable for
them and some people don't but do it because they feel they have to because it would be
irresponsible or people wouldn't like them or they wouldn't be accepted if they didn't do it
so if you're an INFJ who's taken on work that's maybe below your your mental acuity let's say
where you're handling all sorts of tasks at your job and you're thinking of making a change i'd
really encourage you to value yourself more think about the high level things you do really well
the strategic thinking the connecting with other people and understanding other people and other
big picture really important types of work focus on that when you're thinking of making your career
change or if like many people are doing these days you're thinking of leaving your career and working
for yourself doing your own kind of business then focus on the things that you do better than other
people because yes you might do some of that grunt work and get it done quickly and efficiently and
people can rely on you and all that stuff but is that really what makes you stand apart from other
people no not really right it's a consequence of your sense of responsibility of the fact that you
aren't going to let people down and you're going to do it but it's not really what you were put on
this earth to do let's be let's be honest with each other right so ask yourself what are the
things I do that I do much better than anyone else and then focus on those if you're looking
to make some kind of career change or go into business for yourself I have an INFJ friend and
he's a private individual as you might imagine so I won't say too much about him but he's shared his
backstory with me I've met him once he was quite successful and now he is tremendously successful
in terms of his business and income and even family life and all that sort of stuff as well
and he got into his business from a total dead end sort of job like think call center type job and
he was working there totally undervalued obviously taking all kinds of crap from the people above him
and he took a risk he picked up a skill and started his own business
and became insanely successful and I include that here at the end because when I think about him and
I wish I could share a bit more details maybe I will at another time I'll ask him about it but
when I think about it it shows that contrast like someone going from
working in essentially a call center type job to earning like six six six figures uh having their
own team uh everything else doing tremendously well that's not your normal jump up the ladder
bit by bit right and that happened because in the first job he was totally undervaluing himself
and then he started valuing himself and applied his focus I've never met anyone
who focused as much at skill development and just performance as as this individual and he applied
that of just going in one direction doing the same thing doing it better and better and found huge
amounts of success so I hope you found this video insightful maybe inspiring if you are new to the
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