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Each cognitive type enjoys a special relationship with every other.  Types with opposite letters can form a special, exciting bond with each other, while types with opposite first and last letters have a unique sense of camaraderie and closeness.  Each relationship between the many types has special qualities and advantages, but maybe the most important of all these is Paradoxitype.

Your Paradoxitype is the secret person you are deep down.  It is not your “true self,” but rather the hidden, private side of yourself that others may rarely get to see.  It can shine out when you’re feeling especially exuberant or comfortable among close friends, who get to see this hidden you that others might never know.  On the flip side, in times of great distress you may be unable to keep it in, leaving it to burst out of you haphazardly.  Yet the more you get in touch with and cultivate your Paradoxitype, the more easily and naturally you’ll end up mastering the strengths of your own type, while avoiding its weaknesses.

Cognitively, Paradoxitypes differ in all their letters except N or S.  So for you as an ENTP Swashbuckler, your secret, inner Paradoxitype is the INFJ Paladin!  This may seem, well, paradoxical to stereotypical ENTP attitudes, but that’s exactly what makes it so special.  It’s this sort of complexity that makes healthy people POP!  It’s this adorable paradox within you that can always surprise people just when they think they’ve got you figured.

 

Learn to let loose your inner Paladin!  Reach up for IJ perspective, indulge in touching the dizzying infinite, and explore universal principles of what makes life work and what doesn’t.  Zoom out farther and farther, then bring the loftiest principles to bear on your normal, daily needs.  Let yourself be cosmic in perspective yet practical in application.  Indulge your inner sage.  Believe you can be heroic.  The more you let that secret Paladin come out in all you do, the more you’ll naturally stand tall as a colorful Swashbuckler in unprecedented strength, complexity, compassion, and genuine happiness.