CJ Faderogao

To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light. -Carl Jung The path of personal development is laden with challenges. Most of them can be found inside us, like limiting beliefs, negative thinking, and fear. These are our so-called demons that holds us back from living well, and I can attest how hard it is to resolve them.  For most of my teenage years, I've fought with negative thinking and having a bad self-esteem. Back then, I felt helpless. I always see myself sliding back to my negative habits without being aware that I'm the progenitor of my problems. Now, in my early adult life, I've gained enough understanding and consciousness on my negative tendencies, and I can say that I'm faring well with my life's challenges. Remnants of my past condition, however, still remains. There's one challenge in particular that I still find myself struggling with from time to time. A sinister one that has caused my growth to be hindered, and has proved st

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than the intellect.                                                                                                                             -  Steve Jobs We have all experienced moments of unexpected clarity at certain points in our lives. Moments where we just know what to do or what decision to take. Instances where, as if guided by an ethereal force, w e know if an action will bring about a good result without spending much effort on rational thinking.   These flashes of knowledge has been labeled by many terms: h unch, gutfeel, insight, but psychologists posits that these terms all point to our built-in compass that is responsible for giving us such moments of clarity. It is called intuition,  and it will be the subject of my blog this week. Photo by Jamie Street on unsplash * * * Intuition may seem like a "magical" function of our psychology; an ability that comes from a "higher realm" that is beyond our un

No random actions, none not based on underlying principles.  -Marcus Aurelius Last week, I presented a portrait of the INTJ's psychology. I shared about how it is structured, how it functions, and its general characteristics as a personality type.  In this second part of the series, I'm going to share my experiences and observations as an INTJ.  Drawing upon developments from my childhood, teenage years, up to my present life as a young adult. * * * How I see the world as an INTJ Since my early childhood, I have always been fascinated about how the world works. I've explored my budding curiosities on Religion, Science, and Literature. Dwelling on questions such as "Is there an afterlife?" or "Is there life on other planets?" Talking about these things with like-minded friends would fill me with joy and excitement. Indulging myself in my school textbooks, especially those on Science, nurtured my natural curiosity that I have carried on to my present life

The Myers-Briggs 16 personality types If you have heard of the  Myers-Briggs personality test , you may be familiar with some if not all of the  16 personality types . These personality types are based and structured upon hierarchical cognitive functions that determines our attitudes, inclinations, strengths, and weaknesses. Though the test does not encompass all parts of our psyche, it nevertheless produces a profoundly accurate description of our individual psychologies. I have taken the test a few years ago and I learned that I have an INTJ personality type which stands for introverted, intuition, thinking, and judging.  Being  introverted means I am more energized by intrapersonal activities. Intuition shows that I make sense of my experiences based on intuition rather than my raw sensory data.  I value thinking over feeling, and I engage in critical thinking or j udging rather than plain perception. 

Talent isn't passed down in the genes; it's passed down in the mindset. When do praise become counter-productive to our growth? This is a question I like to ask myself whenever I'm doing any type of work. For there are times when I notice that praise, especially those that pertains to one's talents, seem to have the opposite effect. It makes one insecure, defensive, and reluctant to anything that may undermine the approval of others on one's abilities.  Failures are interpreted as a lack or a defect. It becomes a threat to one's self-image that is formed by the constant praise and the belief in one's "specialness".                                        In light of educating myself on this subject, I read this book. I have known about this book for years now but I was only able to read and finish it last month. It's a Psychology classic, 264 pages long, and it's been widely read since it's inception in 2006. It still garners reception