So I thought it might be a god idea to post about the 16 different types and the characteristics frequently associated with them.
A bit of an information dump, I know. But it might be useful when dealing with other people.
| ISTJ
Quiet,
serious, earn success
by
thoroughness and
dependability.
Practical,
matter-of-fact,
realistic, and
responsible.
Decide logically
what should
be done and
work toward
it steadily,
regardless
of distractions.
Take
pleasure in making
everything
orderly and
organized –
their work, their
home, their
life. Value
traditions
and loyalty.
|
ISFJ
Quiet,
friendly, responsible,
and
conscientious.
Committed
and steady in
meeting
their obligations.
Thorough,
painstaking, and
accurate.
Loyal, considerate,
notice and
remember specifics about
people who are important
to them, concerned with how
others feel. Strive to create
an orderly and harmonious
environment at work and at
home.
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INFJ
Seek
meaning and
connection
in ideas,
relationships,
and material
possessions.
Want to
understand
what motivates
people and
are insightful
about
others. Conscientious
and
committed to their firm
values.
Develop a clear
vision
about how best to
serve the
common good.
Organized
and decisive in
implementing
their vision.
|
INTJ
Have
original minds and great drive for
implementing their ideas and
achieving their goals.
Quickly see patterns in external
events and develop long-range
explanatory perspectives.
When committed,
organize a job and carry
it through.
Skeptical
and independent,
have high
standards of
competence
and performance – for
themselves and others.
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| ISTP
Tolerant
and flexible, quiet
observers
until a problem
appears,
then act quickly to
find
workable solutions.
Analyze
what makes things
work and
readily get through
large
amounts of data to
isolate the
core of practical
problems.
Interested in cause
and effect,
organize facts
using
logical principles, value
efficiency.
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ISFP
Quiet,
friendly, sensitive, and kind. Enjoy
the present
moment,
what’s going on
around
them. Like to have
their own
space and to work
within
their own time frame.
Loyal and
committed to their
values and
to people who are
important
to them. Dislike
disagreements
and conflicts,
do not
force their opinions or
values on
others.
|
INFP
Idealistic,
loyal to their
values and
to people who
are
important to them.
Want an
external life that is
congruent
with their values.
Curious,
quick to see
possibilities,
can be catalysts
for
implementing ideas.
Seek to
understand people
and to help
them fulfill their
potential.
Adaptable,
flexible,
and accepting
unless a
value is threatened.
|
INTP
Seek to
develop logical
explanations
for everything
that
interest them.
Theoretical
and abstract,
interested
more in ideas than
in social
interaction. Quiet,
contained,
flexible, and
adaptable.
Have unusual
ability to
focus in depth to
solve
problems in their area of interest.
Skeptical,
sometimes
critical, always
analytical.
|
| ESTP
Flexible
and tolerant, they
take a
pragmatic approach
focused on
immediate results.
Theories
and conceptual
explanations
bore them –
they want
to act energetically to solve
the problem. Focus on the
here-and-now, spontaneous,
enjoy each moment that
they can be active with
others. Enjoy material
comforts and style.
Learn best
through doing.
|
ESFP
Outgoing,
friendly, and
accepting.
Exuberant lovers
of life,
people, and material
comforts.
Enjoy working with others to
make things
happen.
Bring common sense and a
realistic approach to their work,
and make work fun.
Flexible and
spontaneous,
adapt readily to
new people
and environments.
Learn best by
trying a
new skill with other
people.
|
ENFP
Warmly
enthusiastic and
imaginative.
See life as full
of
possibilities. Make
connections
between events
and
information very quickly, and
confidently proceed based on
the patterns they see. Want a
lot of affirmation
from others, and readily
give appreciation and support.
Spontaneous and flexible,
often rely on their ability to
improvise and their verbal
fluency.
|
ENTP
Quick,
ingenious, stimulating,
alert, and
outspoken.
Resourceful
in solving new
and
challenging problems.
Adept at
generating
conceptual
possibilities and
then
analyzing them
strategically.
Good at reading
other
people. Bored by
routine,
will seldom do the
same things
the same way,
apt to turn
to one new
interest
after another.
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| ESTJ
Practical,
realistic, matter-offact.
Decisive,
quickly move
to
implement decisions.
Organize
projects and people
to get
things done, focus on
getting
results in the most
efficient
way possible. Take
care of
routine details. Have
a clear set
of logical
standards,
systematically
follow them
and want others
to also.
Forceful in
implementing
their plans.
|
ESFJ
Warmhearted,
conscientious,
and
cooperative. Want harmony in
their environment, work with
determination to establish
it. Like to work with others to
complete tasks accurately
and on time.
Loyal,
follow through even in small
matters. Notice what others need
in their day-today lives and
try to provide it. Want to be
appreciated for who they
are and for what they
contribute.
|
ENFJ
Warm,
empathetic,
responsive,
and responsible.
Highly
attuned to the
emotions,
needs, and
motivations
of others. Find
potential
in everyone, want
to help
others fulfill their
potential.
May act as
catalysts
for individual and
group
growth. Loyal,
responsive
to praise and
criticism.
Sociable, facilitate
others in a
group, and
provide
inspiring leadership.
|
ENTJ
Frank,
decisive, assume
leadership
readily. Quickly
see
illogical and inefficient
procedures
and policies,
develop and
implement
comprehensive
systems to
solve
organizational problems.
Enjoy
long-term planning and goal
setting. Usually well informed,
well read, enjoy expanding
their knowledge and passing
it on to others.
Forceful in
presenting their
ideas.
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