How Does Your Trickster Function Work? | EgoHackers

Summary

In this video, Ben delves into the concept of the 'trickster' as a cognitive attitude, which represents an individual's greatest confusion and weakness. The trickster manifests as an area of blind spots where individuals are overly optimistic about their understanding but fail to grasp critical details. Ben explains how this affects different personality types, highlighting specific cognitive functions like extroverted thinking, introverted feeling, and intuition. He emphasizes the importance of developing awareness in these areas to achieve self-mastery, and how relationships with compatible types can help individuals grow past their trickster challenges.

Takeaways

• 😀 The Trickster is a cognitive attitude that causes confusion due to its ability to obscure important details, leading individuals to overlook key information.
• 😀 People with a strong Trickster function often struggle to differentiate between what is meaningful and what is simply expedient in their understanding.
• 😀 The Trickster is often a blind spot for individuals, making it difficult for them to recognize their own limitations in certain areas of knowledge or behavior.
• 😀 The Trickster is especially prevalent in individuals who are overly optimistic about their own comprehension, making it challenging for them to accept guidance.
• 😀 The Trickster plays a crucial role in personal growth and self-mastery, requiring individuals to understand its intricacies to develop a complete psyche.
• 😀 For extroverted thinking (Te) Tricksters, they struggle to understand what others think, leading to social missteps, particularly for INFJs and ISFJs.
• 😀 Introverted thinking (Ti) Tricksters, such as ESFPs and ENFPs, have difficulty with internal processes and rely on others to verify their thoughts and conclusions.
• 😀 Extroverted feeling (Fe) Tricksters fail to grasp the emotional states and social cues of others, often resulting in social faux pas and misunderstandings of appropriate behaviors.
• 😀 Introverted feeling (Fi) Tricksters, including ESTPs and ENTPs, struggle with identifying their personal values and emotions, leading to difficulties in providing emotional responses or sympathy.
• 😀 Extroverted intuition (Ne) Tricksters, like ISTPs and ISFPs, have difficulty recognizing long-term consequences and often fail to make accurate predictions, placing them in risky situations.
• 😀 Introverted intuition (Ni) Tricksters, such as ESTJs and ESFJs, are unaware of their options and may make poor life choices due to a lack of foresight and difficulty in seeing paths they haven't walked before.

Q & A

What is the 'trickster' cognitive attitude?

The 'trickster' is a cognitive attitude that manifests as a person's greatest confusion or weakness. It leads individuals to be overly optimistic about their comprehension, causing them to miss key details and fail at differentiating the meaningful from the expedient.

Why is it difficult for people to realize they struggle with the trickster function?

The trickster is often a blind spot for individuals. People with this cognitive attitude are typically unaware of their limitations, making it hard for them to recognize their struggles in the relevant areas.

How does the trickster influence self-mastery?

For someone seeking self-mastery, recognizing and understanding the trickster's intricacies is crucial. Without awareness of this cognitive attitude, personal development remains incomplete.

What are the main traits of a Te (extroverted thinking) trickster?

Te tricksters struggle to understand what others think and often come across as poor listeners. They fail to discern the knowledge or perspective of others, often assuming that the data they have is the most credible.

What challenges do Ti (introverted thinking) tricksters face?

Ti tricksters are unaware of the accuracy of their own thought processes. They find it hard to think through problems alone and often require others to validate their thoughts or help with processes like elimination.

How do Fe (extroverted feeling) tricksters fail in social settings?

Fe tricksters are unaware of the emotions and feelings of others. They struggle with social cues, which can lead them to commit social faux pas or fail to pick up on appropriate ethical responses.

What difficulties do Fi (introverted feeling) tricksters experience?

Fi tricksters often lack awareness of their own emotions, values, and morals. They may struggle with empathizing with others, delivering sympathy, or offering special treatment when needed.

What challenges do Ne (extroverted intuition) tricksters face?

Ne tricksters fail to see long-term consequences and often struggle to understand other people’s desires. They may be oblivious to future possibilities and find themselves in dangerous situations due to a lack of accurate predictions.

How do Ni (introverted intuition) tricksters struggle with life decisions?

Ni tricksters are unaware of their own options, particularly when it comes to life paths they haven't experienced. This leads them to make poor choices, as they cannot predict how their decisions will affect their freedom of choice in the future.

How does the Si (introverted sensing) trickster affect memory and consistency?

Si tricksters, such as ESTJs and ESFJs, have poor long-term memory. They tend to treat experiences as arbitrary and fail to fulfill their duties or maintain consistency. Their short attention span leads to a lack of retention, requiring external notes to keep track of obligations.