Analysis: ENFJ's Ni as a Means to Adjust the Atmosphere = 'What Should I Do for Someone or Everyone?' Post-Jungian

ENFJs are not entirely indifferent to the motives of others, but they are not the type to dwell on them for long. Rather, they tend to quickly infer, 'This person is probably feeling this way,' and immediately convert that into a decision on 'what I should do.' For this reason, to an outside observer, they often appear to be thinking about 'what should I do for someone or everyone' rather than deeply contemplating motives.

This characteristic stems from the ENFJ's cognitive structure.
The dominant function, Extraverted Feeling (Fe), works to read the state of people and the environment and adjust them.
On the other hand, the auxiliary function, Introverted Intuition (Ni), does not analyze by accumulating detailed information, but rather compresses the overall flow and meaning into a single direction.
As a result, once ENFJs gain a rough understanding, such as 'this is the flow of the situation' or 'this person seems to be feeling this way,' they prioritize moving that understanding into action.

Therefore, the inference of motives is treated strictly as 'material for action.' Little energy is spent on digging into and verifying the motives themselves or expanding possibilities from multiple angles. This is a major difference from the INFJ, who also uses intuition. While INFJs tend to continue introspecting on motives and meanings themselves, ENFJs draw a line at a certain level of understanding and move on to 'how to act.'

Furthermore, this nature is consistent with the goal of Fe, which emphasizes 'keeping relationships running smoothly.' For an ENFJ, what is important is not the accuracy of the motive, but that the situation or relationship functions smoothly. Therefore, even if the inference is somewhat rough, they will move to action if they judge that it will improve the whole. This point is the reason why they 'appear not to think much about motives.'

However, this process is prone to differences based on maturity.
At an immature stage, they treat the inference 'they probably think this' as fact and act without confirming, which makes it easy for good intentions to be misplaced or become overbearing.
On the other hand, a mature ENFJ treats their inferences as hypotheses and can confirm them with the other person as needed. As a result, the accuracy of their actions increases, and discrepancies with others decrease.

In summary, ENFJs are not 'people who do not think deeply about motives,' but 'people who do not hold onto motives for long and immediately convert them into action.' Because of this difference, even in the same act of 'thinking about others,' the way they use their thoughts and how they appear to others are significantly different.