EP, or Flexible-Maneuvering Temperament (Extroverted, Irrational, Static)
These types exhibit the following core characteristics:
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Quick to start (Extroversion): They are easily and quickly energized or stimulated.
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Non-Inertial (Static): They are not governed by inertia, meaning they can stop and start activities with ease and do not get carried away by momentum.
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Flexible Attention (Irrationality): When the situation changes, they are able to flexibly shift their attention, decelerate or pause the process they were previously engaged in.
These types are prone to "weather vane" movements, constantly adjusting their direction. They are the most adaptable and maneuverable types. Skillfully navigating out of crisis situations is their signature ability. These types have the knack for treating reality like modeling clay and shaping it into anything their imagination allows.
If the EGO block of these types has been suppressed, this leads to apathy and loss of vitality.
The Flexible-Maneuvering type tends to work in bursts: they switch on, act, and then stop. Their energy moves in pulses; they might make a sudden breakthrough—like speaking up to share a vital thought—and then sit back in total silence. Once that action is complete, they immediately transition into gathering information or shifting their focus elsewhere."
Source: S. Ionkin