Answer 20 Quora question: What is the benefit of an INFJ or INTJ in seeing the "big picture" when investing time in a task? Why is this so important?

Understanding the big picture enables a person to balance connected ideas, values, and information beyond what might be immediately apparent. I t can contribute to making decisions based on long-term benefit and optimize, making the most efficient decision, and one a person might feel most at peace with (INTJ vs INFJ wording…?)

For INTJs and INFJs specifically sharing Ni as their highest function, big-picture perspective makes for a well-oiled mental machine, and helps them process information at their best.

Like having a map instead of only using step-by-step instructions, it can also help you find alternate routes around unexpected obstacles, or foresee obstacles and plan in advance to avoid them.

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This post was my first A2A and very stressful to write and was posted to Quora Dec 18, but to l-w April 28, 2018