MBTI

When I started working at my new job I not only had to fill out the normal paperwork for the government but I also filled out a personality test called Myers-Briggs. My friend Angie has talked to me about it before so I was familiar but I had never taken it.

On our intranet all employees are listed with a photo providing directory type information along with your personality type; which you can click on to get the description.

It's fascinating really I don't know why...maybe because people intrigue me. I found out I am an ENFP which means:

Words to describe the ENFP do not come easy because of their seeming complexity. Like a flash flood their interest, enthusiasm and energy can flow (maybe a better word is explode) into life situations. Representing five percent (5%) of the general population they see life as an exciting drama, and always in term of possibilities. Their enthusiasm can be overwhelming and they usually have great impact on others. So energizing are they that others will continue to follow long after the force that moved them is now channeled into other things. Because “Perception” is dominant it is called perceptive energy – the ability of this type to “see” possibilities in the external world, and in people, and to believe it is original with them. Suddenly they feel a mission and with that there is a charge of emotional energy to set that “mission” in motion.

Keen and penetrating observers the ENFP can concentrate great energy on a single focus, so much so it can be physically detrimental to them. They enjoy the process of creating something whether ideas or projects, but are not too much interested in the follow through.

Characteristically optimistic, this type is marked with a fierce independence, disliking subordination themselves and strongly believing in autonomy for all.

A natural leader, the ENFP works best in situations where he or she is boss or working as an independent contractor. Concerned with people and skillful at handling them the ENFP does best where new people and new situations demand fresh approaches and will allow the spontaneous energy application the ENFP is prone to employ.

The biggest problems faced by the ENFP are their dislike of routine and their tendency to make mistakes in judgment. They will tend to lose interest once problems have been solved. Self-discipline is necessary to prevent wasted time and failure to complete what is started.

Mistakes can arise as a result of focusing on data that confirms their own biases. The way they “saw” it may have been correct, but to their own discomfort their conclusion could be wrong.

It's surprising how accurate it is. Those psychologist, they're pretty smart.