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When Two Sensors Communicate

When Two Sensors Communicate

By Donna Dunning

Communication is complex and it is, of course, impossible to describe all of the dynamics and complexities of relationships or interactions in a short post.

What this post will do is describe some general positive characteristics and potential challenges when two people with preferences for Sensing interact.

I hope you can use this information as a starting point for a better understanding of your relationships with others.

Enjoy the conversation

• Doing things; taking action and engaging in practical activities

• Using senses to observe and being focused on the here and now

• Usually have little conflict around the need to attend to relevant details

• Comfortable attending to routines and structure together (more true for SJs than SPs)

• Sharing a sequential, hands-on approach to tasks

But watch out for

• You may avoid communicating long-range goals or doing long-range planning

• Both may be focused on practical facts and details and miss important patterns and themes in your relationship

• Focusing on the ‘here and now’ can sometimes make it difficult to brainstorm or imagine new ways of doing things

• Both may struggle to accept new or different ideas without proof or experience

• Both may hesitate to give up current enjoyment or tasks to accomplish a future reward

Of course, personality type preferences are only part of how you communicate and a discussion of one personality type preference pair doesn’t adequately describe personality type dynamics.

If you are interested in reading more about whole type interactions, see my Getting Along post and my Introduction to Type and Communication booklet.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

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