Do you ignore small details totally and miss things for the larger picture?

Details are very important sometimes, so on the good example of INTP friends of mine like JS and JT, who never seem to miss much, I have researched things like "cold reading" (and unwillingly spent time around people who fly off the handle at the slightest provocation) which has led me to learn to stop brooding occasionally and pay attention to what is going on. Therefore I now test very high in "emotional intelligence"