2 years back I was ISFJ, when time flies, things changed, growing after facing a lot of life challenges, last year, I was ISFP, now, I am an ENFP person. It's quite accurate to describe me now though. :) This is me. Welcome in knowing me...
Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
(ENFP)
ENFPs are both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone
and everything as part of a cosmic whole. They want to both help and to
be liked and admired by other people, on both an individual and a
humanitarian level. This is rarely a problem for the ENFP, as they are
outgoing and warm, and genuinely
like people. Some
ENFPs have a great deal of zany charm, which can ingratiate them to
more stodgy types in spite of their unconventionality.
ENFPs often have strong, if sometimes surprising, values and
viewpoints. They tend to try to use their social skills and contacts to
persuade others gently (though enthusiastically) of the rightness of
these views; this sometimes results in the ENFP neglecting their
nearest and dearest while caught up their efforts to change the world.
ENFPs can be the warmest, kindest, and most sympathetic of mates;
affectionate, demonstrative, and spontaneous. Many in relationships
with an ENFP literally say, "They light up my life." But there is
usually a trade-off: the partner must be willing to deal with the
practical and financial aspects of the relationship, and the ENFP must
be allowed the freedom to follow their latest path, whatever that
entails.
For some ENFPs, relationships can be seriously tested by their short
attention spans and emotional needs. They are easily intrigued and
distracted by new friends and acquaintances, forgetting their older and
more familiar emotional ties for long stretches at a time. And the less
mature ENFP may need to feel they’re the constant center of attention,
to confirm their image of themselves as a wonderful and fascinating
person.
In the workplace, ENFPs are pleasant and friendly, and interact in a
positive and creative manner with both their co-workers and the public.
ENFPs are also a major asset in brainstorming sessions; follow-through
on projects can be a problem, however. ENFPs do get distracted,
especially if another interesting issue comes along. They also tend
towards procrastination, and dislike performing small, uninteresting
tasks. ENFPs are most productive when working in a group with a few Js
to handle the details and the deadlines.
Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
ENFPs are friendly folks. Most are really enjoyable people. Some of the most soft-hearted people are ENFPs.
ENFPs have what some call a "silly switch." They can be
intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get
the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the
scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Som etimes they
may even appear intoxicated when the "switch" is flipped.
One study has shown that ENFPs are significantly overrepresented in
psychodrama. Most have a natural propensity for role-playing and
acting.
ENFPs like to tell funny stories, especially about their friends.
This penchant may be why many are attracted to journalism. I kid one of
my ENFP friends that if I want the sixth fleet to know something, I'll
just tell him.
ENFPs are global learners. Close enough is satisfactory to the ENFP,
which may unnerve more precise thinking types, especially with such
things as piano practice ("three quarter notes or four ... what's the
difference?") Amazingly, some ENFPs are adept at exacting disciplines
such as mathematics.
Friends are what life is about to ENFPs, more so even than the other
NFs. They hold up their end of the relationship, sometimes being
victimized by less caring individuals. ENFPs are energized by being
around people. Some have real difficulty being alone , especially on a
regular basis.
One ENFP colleague, a social worker, had such tremendous
interpersonal skills that she put her interviewers at ease during her
own job interview. She had the ability to make strangers feel like old
friends.
ENFPs sometimes can be blindsided by their secondary Feeling
function. Hasty decisions based on deeply felt values may boil over
with unpredictable results. More than one ENFP has abruptly quit a job
in such a moment.
Functional Analysis:
Extraverted iNtuition
The physical world, both
geos and
kosmos,
is the ENFP's primary source of information. Rather than sensing things
as they are, dominant intuition is sensitive to things as they might
be. These extraverted intuitives are most adept with patterns and
connections. Their natural inclination is toward relationships,
especially among people or living things.
Intuition leans heavily on feeling for meaning and focus. Its best
patterns reflect the interesting points of people, giving rise to
caricatures of manner, speech and expression.
Introverted Feeling
Auxiliary
feeling is nonverbally implied more often than it is openly expressed.
When expressed, this logic has an aura of romance and purity that may
seem out of place in this flawed, imperfect world. In its own defense,
feeling judgement frequently and fleetly gives way to humor. ENFPs who
publicize their feelings too often may put off some of the crowd of
friends they naturally attract.
Extraverted Thinking
Thinking,
the process which runs to impersonal conclusions, holds the extraverted
tertiary position. Used on an occasional basis, ENFPs may benefit
greatly from this ability. Less mature and lacking the polish of higher
order functions, Thinking is not well suited to be used as a prominent
function. As with other FP types, the ENFP unwary of Thinking's
limitations may find themselves most positively mistaken.
Introverted Sensing
Sensing, the least discernible ENFP function, resides in the inner
world where reality is reduced to symbols and icons--ideas representing
essences of external realities. Under the influence of the ever-present
intuition, the ENFP's sensory perceptions are in danger of being
replaced by hypothetical data consistent with pattern and paradigm.
When it is protected and nourished, introverted sensing provides
information about the fixed. From such firm anchoring ENFPs are best
equipped to launch into thousands of plausibilities and curiosities yet
to be imagined.
Perhaps the combination of introverted Feeling and childlike
introverted Sensing is responsible for the silent pull of ENFPs to the
wishes of parents, authority figures and friends. Or perhaps it's the
predominance of indecisive intuition in combination with the ambiguity
of secondary Fi and tertiary Te that induces these kind souls to
capitulate even life-affecting decisions. Whatever the dynamic, ENFPs
are strongly influenced by the opinions of their friends.
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