People who prefer Sensing pay more attention to information that is concrete and tangible. They focus on what is, by paying attention to specific details and facts. They rely on perception through their five senses (trust experience).

People who prefer Intuition pay more attention to the patterns and possibilities in the information they receive. They focus on what could be, by looking at the big picture and making connections between the facts. They use their five senses, too, but rely on perception through insights and hunches (trust inspiration).

Everyone spends some time using the Sensing and Intuition preferences throughout their day. Most of us tend to rely on and trust one more than the other, however, there is value in using both. Myers believed that by taking in information through Sensing and Intuition, our "perceptions would be clearer."

People who prefer Sensing (S) tend to:

• Focus on facts and specifics
• Remember details that are important to them
• Take a realistic approach to life
• Focus on the here and now, present/past realities
• Like step-by-step instructions and information presented sequentially
• Understand ideas through practical applications
• Trust experience

Keywords: concrete, realistic, present, practical, experiential, traditional

People who prefer Intuition (N) tend to:

• Seek out new ideas
• Look at the big picture
• Take an imaginative approach to life
• Focus on future possibilities, patterns and meanings
• Like an overall framework, work it out themselves
• Focus on concepts, not practical applications
• Trust inspiration

Keywords: abstract, imaginative, future, conceptual, theoretical, original

• How we see things
• What kind of instructions we like
• Our approach to learning something new
• The information we need before making a purchase
• Our reaction to change