Changing your wing?

well i’m reading the book “The Road Back to You” by Cron & Stabile and it says

4w3s want “to be both the most unique AND the best. Their energy is competitive, and they have enough of the Threes image-consciousness that they are more aware than other Fours of the need to dial back their emotional intensity and quirky idiosyncrasies to be socially acceptable.” It says they are “more outgoing” and “more productive, turning dreams and ideas into realities” which shows “the Four’s desire to be noticed.” They also “have more frequent mood swings” than a 4w5.

a 4w5 are “likely more introverted and unconventional. They are concerned with uniqueness, but they have less need to be noticed by an audience than 4w3. They are quietly different, often eccentric. They spend more time alone and find it easier to let their emotions be without have to talk about them or respond with some kind of action.”

i think i identify more with a 4w3 because sometimes i can be really extroverted and energized, but i always revert back to my introverted 4-like ways. i also have a strong desire to be liked, so much that it really motivates a lot of what i do, which seems more like a 3 wing.

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