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| graysonlang/enfp - extroverted intuition with introverted feeling |
- Warmly enthusiastic, high spirited, ingenious, imaginative. Able to do almost anything that interests them. Quick with a solution for any difficulty and ready to help anyone with a problem. Often rely on their ability to improvise instead of preparing in advance. Can usually find compelling reasons to whatever they want.
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- At Their Best
- For people with ENFP preferences, life is a creative adventure full of exciting possibilities. They are keenly perceptive of people and the world around them and insightful about the present and future. ENFPs experience a wide range of feelings and intense emotions. They need affirmation from others and readily give appreciation and support to others.
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- Characteristics of ENFPs
- ENFPs are innovators, initiating projects and directing great energy into getting them underway. Using Intuition primarily externally, they are stimulated by new people, ideas, and experiences. They find meaning and significance readily and see connections that others dont. They are likely to be
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- curious, creative, and imaginative
- energetic, enthusiastic, and spontaneous
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- ENFPs value harmony and good will. They like to please others and will adapt to others needs and wishes when possible. ENFPs primarily use Feeling internally, making decisions by applying personal values through identification and empathy with others. ENFPs are likely to be
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- warm, friendly, and caring
- cooperative and supportive
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- ENFPs have exceptional insight into possibilities in others and the energy to help actualize them.
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- How Others May See Them
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- ENFPs are usually lively, gregarious, and sociable, with a large circle of friends. They are interested in almost everything and bring a zest to life that draws others to them. At the same time, they value depth and authenticity in their close relationships and direct great energy to creating and supporting open and honest communication.
- ENFPs hate routine, schedules, and structure, and usually manage to avoid them. They are normally verbally fluent, even in extemporaneous situations; however, when their deepest value need expression, they may suddenly be awkward. The articulation of their judgements will often come out with great intensity. Others usually see ENFPs as
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- personable, perceptive, and persuasive
- enthusiastic, spontaneous, and versatile
- giving affirmation and wanting to receive it
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- Potential Areas for Growth
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- Sometimes life circumstance have not supported ENFPs in the development and expression of their Feeling and Intuitive preferences.
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- If theyve not developed their Feeling, they may may go from enthusiasm to enthuthiasm, never committing the energy to actualize their insights.
- If theyve not developed their Intuition, they may overrely on personal value judgements and fail to take in enough information. They then will not trust their insights, be uncertain, and accept others perception too quickly.
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- If ENFPs do not find a place where they can use their gifts and be appreciated for their contributions, they usually feel frustrated and may
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- become scatterd, having trouble focusing, be easily distracted,
- become rebellious, excessively nonconforming, and
- ignore deadlines and procedures
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- It is natural for ENFPs to give less attention to thir non-preferred Sensing and Thinking parts. If they neglect these too much, however, they may
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- not take care of the details and routine required for implementing their inspirations,
- overextend themselves - have trouble saying no to interesting possibilities and people, and
- fail to apply reason and logic to their judgments about people and their inspirations.
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- Under great stress, ENFPs may become overwhelmed by detail and lose thier normal perspective and sense of options. They then tend to focus on an unimportant or distorted detail, letting it become the central fact of their universe.
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Myers, Isabel Briggs (1993). Introduction to Type: Fifth Edition. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. |
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