In my free Energy Profiling course, I teach that all 4 Types of people have a natural gift we share with the world. To help you better understand the gifts of the 4 Types, I’m launching a 4-part series that looks more closely at how each Type does their natural gift!
At times people can mistype themselves, since we all experience the function of each gift, even though it may not be our Type’s gift. For example in this video, we talk about how we all have ideas, so what makes ideas different for a Type 1 whose natural gift is ideas.
Watch and learn how your Type does ideas, and look forward to three more videos where we talk about details, to-do lists, and perfecting our world.
Fab! team for president, love it!
What a great idea to do this series!
Awesome video!! Can’t wait for the next one in the series. I loved learning how each type handles ideas. This is fun. And yes!!! Great presidential team!!!!
Thanks Mary Ellen, we had a lot of fun filming this video. We all learned something new. That is one thing I love about Energy Profiling, the learning keeps on going!
I loved this video! I am almost close to 50/50 2 and 1. I can know I am predominantly T2 though when I compare my ideas to my grandson who is absolutely T1. I have come up with a lot of ideas all my life that I have not followed up on. My family has oftentimes gently teased me about some of them. I do notice that most of my ideas have a lovely feeling behind them. ( Like my latest was after I talked with a guy at our Strawberry Festival who was selling Bowed Psaltery instruments that anyone could easily learn to play. I visualized cozy comfortable moments at home playing sweet songs) My T3 daughter chuckled and said “why not buy a nice cd instead” My T1 grandson has an idea on most everything he sees and shares them all. His ideas are more about having fun and with others. i love validating him and letting him know I’m not worried about him following through on all his possibilities and I love to hear them. P.S. I’m voting for you guys!!!!! 🙂
Thanks for honoring you family Maggie. You are wonderful!
Thank you Carol and company! This was wonderful!! I learned soooo much from watching this video!! You guys rock!! 🙂
Thank you Jennifer! And yes, we were having a lively conversation and I didn’t feel like I was being interrupted at all..
I totally understood what T4 Deborah said as I’m a T4 too. I get impatient with T1s who are like a fountain of ideas which don’t seem to go anywhere- what is the point of those? How do I cope with this and not get impatient with T1s?
I think the point of them is that sometimes people need to have a lot of ideas (like a lifelong brainstorming session) in order to find some really good ones. And, some people think with their mouths, so they need to do it out loud.
Hi Valerie. I’m thinking more and more that my mum, the T1 closest to me, must be a 1/3 or even a 3/1, because she always wants my reaction to her ideas- what do you think of A? And B? And C? It is tiring but I need to find a way to let it go over my head or around me or something…
It’s possible that you want to think deeply about and give her a thorough response to each one when she wants to hear, “Cool idea,” or, “That would be fine until it burned down the house.”
As a T1, I tend to believe almost anything is possible. Unfortunately, it sometimes turns out that there’s a reason people don’t do things that way (e.g., having a koi pond in the kitchen is a bad idea).
Sometimes we need (and know we need) that feedback to find out if there are hurdles that are obvious to everyone else. But we don’t need it in such bone crushing thoroughness that we lose confidence in ourselves or our ideas.
That’s a very good idea about making the list of ideas to be shared at a certain time.
I think the feedback is the thing for me. I can’t put on an act, I feel like I’m drowning in ideas that aren’t going anywhere and I will just run out of energy if I don’t put a limit on them. The best I can do is say ‘oh, that’s nice’ to each of the ideas. I can’t give this huge firework reaction that my mum wants. Wow! Brilliant! That’s fantastic! etc. Then in the next 5 minutes I have to give another Wow! Brilliant! That’s fantastic! reaction yet again and then again and again. I just can’t do that for every one of her ideas, my energy is low and I have to keep it for vital things.
Catherine, I too wonder if giving your mum simple, light acknowledgment for her abundant ideas will make her seem less demanding to you. Also just because a T1 shares an idea doesn’t mean you personally have to get the big picture and execute it. You can save your energy for seeing the big picture of those ideas that you choose to pursue.
Yes, as I said above, I give a small acknowledgement to my mum’s ideas, but usually that is not enough and she often storms off in a huff, saying ‘oh you don’t like it then’. But I do what I can.
I think, too, that Type 1’s feel some responsibility to share their gift. What if that crazy thing that is flitting around in my head is important to someone trying to solve a problem? Inventions are almost always perceived as crazy until the right receiver hears the idea and connects it to the problem they are trying to solve. We don’t know where our idea connects, but we feel we have it because it most likely needs to be stirred into the soup somewhere. We’d love to see it become helpful to someone.
Marci, I felt like you were apologizing for your gifts. I think of us Type 1’s as butterflies. We land and give lightness and then flitter on. We don’t need to obligate ourselves to checking back in on every thing we offer. We’d be caught in an endless loop of documentation! The other person can take freely from what we give, or dismiss it and go back to their own thoughts. We don’t have an expectation of them or feel like they need to credit us if they see something in our idea that they can use. It worried me when you said maybe you should expect that from yourself. I think it would change the basic idea of how we freely (and endlessly chattering) share our gift.
Kitty, that’s how I feel about my ideas. I’m often not even sure how *I* feel about them until I talk to someone else. And, sometimes crazy turns out to be pretty awesome 🙂 .
However, I have learned that sometimes it’s best if I say something like, “I’m just floating this,” or, “I’m not very attached to this idea, but what if we,” or, “I’m going to give you several ideas, the first one is,” because otherwise someone might think I had made up my mind.
I’m pretty sure there’s been more than one occasion where I’ve left for the day, come home and found out my husband’s done ____. I’ve asked why, and he’s said, “Because that’s what you asked for,” and I’ve had no memory of doing anything other than saying it was an option.
I think you’re right – that we could do better in prefacing our bubbling brook of ideas with a statement like that. I have gotten better at it but only with the closest people in my life. And it’s because I think of their energy type first and realize I’ll be misunderstood if I don’t frame things up as quickly as possible. And as you say – they’ve gotten quite a kick out of this whole type one thing a few times – since I react with surprise and awe at their wonderful result – not remembering I generated the original idea. Knowing as much as possible about the tendencies of the four types has helped our family in many ways. It was good to connect with you, Valerie!
You, too, Kitty 🙂
I don’t know what level of contact you have with her, but you might ask her to jot down her ideas to share with you at a specific time (like each evening during dinner or the first half of your weekly lunch or for ten minutes a day on the phone). By the “appointed time”, I expect she won’t even know why she wrote down 2/3 of them and will self-cull the list.
That’s how I deal with magazines, I give myself the freedom to go through and mark everything I think I might do or want to share or is just plain cool. Then, I leave the magazines sit for a few weeks. When I go back through (only the marked pages and at the recycle bin), I often have no idea why I marked something, or have already shared the information, or realize that there is no way I’m going to invest the effort in 36-hour bread or spend the money on a $200 purse. But, I gave myself the permission and totally enjoyed the earlier daydreaming.
Valerie, I’m a T2/1 and do the same thing with magazines or web pages. I like to go back to see if the original attraction still holds interest or if it was a passing fancy.
Hi Catherine, I had a realization one day with my two Type 1 children. To celebrate the experience of the idea, and realized that idea’s in and of themselves were worthy of just being that – an idea. So, now I celebrate their ideas, and let them decide which ones should be acted on, which they are really good at, as they are both very successful adults.
Thank you Carol. I really struggle with this as my mum is a T1 and I feel like she is busy overflowing with ideas while I’m getting the hard work done in the background. I often feel worn out by the constant barrage of ideas because she always wants a reaction- maybe she is a 1/3? I must think of a system to cope with this. I know how T4 that sounds, haha!
I’d vote for all of you ladies…Really enjoyed this video..(Is everyone getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Lots of pretty green going on!! :)))
I love this series theme and learned a lot. Really looking forward to the next 3 videos!
I loved this discussion so much! I’m a T1 and am finally feeling validated in my nature of coming up with ideas all the time (but not following through on most of them). I wish I had known this when I was an art teacher. I didn’t always understand why some children struggled with the idea generation, some loved group work where an idea was thrown out and they jumped on doing it, and some put so much thought and feeling into their work. It really helps me understand my family too– especially this time in life when my kids are starting college and deciding on a major and life goals. Thank you Carol!
Wonderful insights. My eyes kept going back to Deborah’s wonderful greens. Yummy.
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Thanks Carol for acknowledging my feedback. We all have on going issues to work on don’t we? As Brene Brown says constructive criticism is always helpful for real growth. Keep up the great work! I love DYT!
Very interesting! I think and have been trying to live into being a T2. However at times I wonder if I am a T1 based on other thoughts. So when I saw this video I was interested. I have a lot of ideas that come to me as a type 2. I think my secondary is a type 1 though. I have a lot of ideas but then I start to investigate how that idea is going to come about, and when I do all my research I realize the idea is no longer going to work, or I find out its to much work and I don’t have a desire to move forward with it. If someone is looking for help I really jump in with ideas…illl spend hours trying to figure out how to do something, usually when its for other ppl. Ive had ideas to start my own business and usually talk myself out of it and don’t follow through. The past couple of years I had an Idea for a line of jewelry, I do what I normally do and start thinking of all the possibilities, getting my spreadsheet out and then trying to create….I usually would give up at some point but my motivation kept pushing me. So I did it and felt proud that I actually followed through with a idea bc typically I talk myself out of them…..So I guess that is a T2? Why I get confused bc I have a lot of ideas. I Like the point you stated about honoring the T1 ideas, usually I find bc my brain goes into work mode I don’t like to hear their ideas bc I feel like (without controlling myself) I go into mode and that can drain me at times when I am with a T1. If I am talking to a T3 or T4 its not as draining to me. So its good to keep that in mind when talking to T1’s. Look forward to the next videos!
This is so cool…My fiance is T3 and what I love about him is his ability to take an impossible idea and get it done. With me there really needs to be a NEED for and idea. If the idea is there than I will get you all the details on how we can go about implementing the idea. However, I can get a bit stuck here and it will take awhile for me to go over to the implementation phase (except if I am pressed with a deadline). I need proper motivation to get it done.
This is an awesome series. I’m a type 2 but I had to laugh at how type 3’s like to look back at what they accomplished. I had an idea that I wanted to crochet a tractor applique for an afghan I’m making for my grandson. I did lots of research, watched You Tube videos, etc. to learn how to crochet a tractor. I ended up using three different patterns and modifying them to come up with my ultimate tractor. It is sitting on my dining room table and I keep walking by it and thinking “wow, look at that, I actually made that!” I love to keep walking by it and relishing in the finished product. I have felt my secondary is a 4. But how cool is it that sometimes a little tidbit of T3nes pops into my life. It makes me smile to know that there is a little bit of all 4 types in all of us.
I don’t know how this just popped up. I had to laugh as I read this. On May 15, 2016 I switched to T3.
Woohoo! I could spot it from your tiny profile picture, hehe.
Great series! Can’t wait for the rest. This one helps me see how my T2/1 works. I have lots of ideas, quick inspiration, but like to sense how it would feel doing it and go into research and planning, always checking in with the feeling of it all. I can be more spontaneous with ideas than my T2/3 husband. But he can move directly into action. I have to check in with how it feels before jumping in.
And yes, I’d vote for this team. I pledge allegiance to self-liberation, with awareness and compassion for all!
On the Type 4 Facebook page, there has been some discussion about the use of the words “cold and calculating” to describe how Type 4s evaluate ideas. While I don’t believe those words were used with any hurtful intent, some of us are disheartened to think that the other types might perceive Type 4s in such a way. It makes Type 4s sound so heartless!
Hi Rebecca,
One of the MANY reasons I LOVE Energy Profiling is it helps us look at all sides of ourselves. Even the sides we don’t want to see. I know there was no judgment in Marcy’s comment. The truth is Type 4 energy is naturally more rigid, icy, and cold. I teach this in my book “It’s Just My Nature.” In nature, icebergs, icicles, frozen ponds, are all expressions of Type 4 energy.
I think it’s safe to say that every Type 4 in the world has had moments of coming across as cold, icy, and rigid to others. Just like every Type 1 has come across as flighty and silly, Type 2’s as wimpy and a doormat, and Type 3’s as too pushy and aggressive.
When people say about me, you’re too loud, you’re too pushy, you’re too aggressive, I used to get my buttons pushed and get defensive, because I certainly don’t want to be judged in a negative way! Now, I decide to agree! And if it triggers me emotionally, that is a sign that there is something I need to look at in myself, otherwise it wouldn’t bother me! It’s easier to say, yes, they are right. I can be too loud, pushy and aggressive at times. I never have ill intent, but it just gets that way at times! By owning this I can choose to be more conscious of myself. Before I knew my Energy Type, I had limited access to that understanding and choice.
Type 4’s do have the ability to make decisions around ideas in a cold and calculating way. That is only a negative if you put a negative interpretation on it. What if it meant, “wow, what a gift, you really know what is correct for you by cutting through the minutia!
It is disheartening that Type 4’s ARE perceived as heartless. It is also disheartening that Type 1’s are perceived as ridiculous, Type 2’s as weak, and Type 3’s as loud and pushy bulldozers!
Ask any Type 4 in the Facebook group if they had these perceptions of the 3 other Type’s in their pre-Energy Profiling days! Pretty sure I know the answer. We are all guilty of these judgments before we understood the Types. And, I am pretty sure we still do it, just not as much!
I invite us all to move forward, knowing their was no ill intent in Marcy’s comment, and be grateful for the further learning and dialogue that it is allowing us to have!
Thank you for such a thoughtful response, Carol. I can see where T4s can also have some harsh perceptions of the other types and how we can use our knowledge of the other types to better understand and enhance our interactions with them. And also, how we can use how they perceive us to reflect on our own behavior tendencies. I will endeavor not to be defensive about the other types’ perceptions of T4s!
I love this response, Carol! I also love how “Energy Profiling …helps us look at all sides of ourselves.”
It’s so important for all of us to learn that each of our traits can lean toward a more negative or positive result. We can recognize our strengths and weaknesses and work toward balance in our lives.
“And if it triggers me emotionally, that is a sign that there is something I need to look at in myself, otherwise it wouldn’t bother me!” I like your way of not taking offense, but recognizing that the pricked feelings means that it’s something you’d like to change about yourself. We all have things we can work on–this is how we grow and become a better version of ourselves!
I’ve enjoyed watching this series, and all of the Energy Profiling/DYT content. It’s so fascinating to me to learn about different personality/energy types, and how we approach things differently. I also can see how secondary types (and our particular mix of all four energies) can be a signficant factor in how we think and move through life.
See now this once again makes me doubt my type. I have ideas and like to talk out the planning in a brainstorming session. I think I’m a an ambiverted 2/1
I am more than hooked on everything DYT. This video was so amazing; I can’t wait for the other three yet to come. However, I wonder if you have any insight as to how each type comes to a decision? It seems they would be quite different and doing a video about that would be really appreciated. Just an idea (and yes, I’m a T1 LOL)
I second this!! I’d love to watch that! How do the different types make the big decisions in life?
This video helped me differentiate Type 3 and Type 4. Like Deborah, I must begin with the big picture, the outcome. I do enjoy when a project is completed and celebrating the outcome, too. What was most helpful was how other types respond to ideas, and this helps so much with relationships with adult daughters and sons-in-law. I don’t have a lot of ideas, but am adding parking areas for all the vehicles at a slant for when everyone comes to Mom’s which I thought is Type 2’s thoughtfulness and a Type 1 idea. Or maybe it’s only Type 4 perfecting, and that’s fine, too. (Please continue being spontaneous, Marcie. Please don’t edit because we can apply what we learn in our lives. It’s very helpful.)
I so identify with the feelings expressed by Type 2….especially that sense of nervousness and the need to process an idea before taking action. Maybe that’s why I’ve never been what you call a spontaneous person. I need that time to think about and process suggestions or ideas before “jumping in”.
I am a T4/2. My first reaction is usually straight forward and a little cold. Then later I’m worrying about how I came across, feeling upset that I may have hurt feelings! How do I deal with this?!!
If it’s already happened, just go to the person, and say, “I may have been a little blunt earlier, and I just want to make sure we’re ok.” Or something like that.
When you are talking to someone, practice softening your wording, and try to give the other person a chance to express themselves before moving on.
As people get to know you, they will see that you do care about their feelings!
Please, ladies, run for office, I’ll vote for you! 🙂 A lot of people say I’m type 2, but as I’m watching these videos, I don’t resonate with the 2 as much as the 3. I’m very much a wing-it, results-driven person. I’m just more introverted and am very aware of other people’s feelings and how I can best serve them with whatever I say or do, but I love getting it done… making it happen and producing results for people.
So it’s like the motivation is a mix of type 2 and 3, but the way I process and put it into motion is type 3. I always have lots of projects and can easily track them in my mind. I make very few lists. Only if I get completely overwhelmed do I go to making a list. If I get it out of my head and on paper, then it isn’t so daunting anymore and I can start checking things off.
Everything I do, I do with more of an easy, flowing energy. It’s not pushed or forced, but it’s also not delayed or slow. I’m not mulling over a bunch of details. I don’t need them. I would never need to do all the preparation that the type 2 lady needed. Almost everything I do from videos to lessons to consulting sessions are “on the fly.” I prepare by reading over the material ahead of time (or not) and then just trust what comes in the moment.
I second Marnie–yes, please (!!) run for president(s) and put us all out of this misery.
And . . . what a great series. I’m learning so much about what other types think. Fabulous. Thank you for presenting this.
Love this series! Not sure where I fall, though.
An idea will come to me in a flash and I’ll have to rush to record it before it’s gone for good. It won’t be entirely complete – just a snippet – but the snippet will be more whole than my recording of it. I love fleshing out the details afterwords, but it must be done fluidly, while the energy is still in it, and recorded externally. If it stays in my mind it gets lost. I have the ability to turn my ideas into something complete, but not all at once, and most remain only half-recorded snippets…
What an awesome series! With this gift, free flowing ideas, I am 4 dom with doing some of the 2 and 3 things. Thank you for this!
Haha! I had an idea of what a Type 4 was suppose to be. So immediately I dismissed myself from being a Type 4. It took 2 years of analysing everything and then I finally came back and saw. Wow! I never even considered I as Type 4 but I am a 4/1. It feels so good to finally figure it out! Now to analyze my children. Hopefully it doesn’t take 2 years to figure them out! lol.
As a T2, s?, this was very validating for me. Michelle said it perfectly as to how we need time to process an idea and see how we feel about it. My hubby is always coming up with ideas of things to do, and he (still) expects me to give him an answer right away…a yes or no answer. That is impossible for me to do! I need to think about how I would feel going to such and such a place, weigh in the weather, time of day, what I need to do, all sorts of things play into my answer. it drives him crazy…but we’ve been married for 35 years, and he still seems surprised everytime I can’t give an instant, direct answer. It’s just not my nature!!
Haha! I relate a lot with what Michelle said, that anxiety I feel when someone shares and idea or project with me and expects me to answer… and I’m all nervous trying to plan the thing… Now I can laugh about it: that’s just who I am!
Also I’ve noticed that when I have ideas is usually when I’m doing research: so I can understand that my ideas are a “flow”, always connected to what I’m researching in that moment. What an “aha” for me!
This is wonderful, ladies.