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It is the area where an individual acts as a functional system. The second function is also labeled as the risk zone because in this area a person may take a risk, i.e. has a lot of freedom for self-realization.

The second function could be labeled "it is necessary", or "I need to", because it consists of means and conditions helpful in self-expression, demonstration of one’s potential & creativity. There is place for both creation and destruction. A lot of internal freedom to chose strategy leads to making very “radical” decisions.

Specific character of verbal behavior is in many ways connected with the second function. The second function means creativity, demonstration of opportunities and things 'that I can do', and at the same time it is the most easily rationalized sphere.

A Don Quixote having generated an idea hardly ever implements it in real life. A Zhukov, having the same creative function, comes up with an idea and then brings it about, i.e. a Zhukov gives it a chance to live. For example, Sergei Korolev (a Zhukov) and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (a Don Quixote) – they both dreamed to see man in space. Korolev dared to finish the project in completely fantastic, inhuman conditions; and he became in his own way happy.

Function #2- subjective intuition ( ): people of this type are good actors. Their creative function allows them to easily manipulate in the area of the inner integrity. They easily change their images, one after another… Thus they discover the world through their creative function.

Everyone subconsciously searches for an occupation satisfying the needs of the IM type to the maximum. When working in a theater college, I wandered what IM types prevailed among the actors. It turned out that the Maxims and the Hamlets constituted 40 % of all the students there. A Hamlet's creative function, the ability to play a vivid role of different characters, is an ideal skill for a professional actor.