enfp - profile

ENFPThe Inspirer

ENFPs are enthusiastic, insightful, vers

atile, and tireless in

pursuit of new possibilities.

related to making

things better for people.

They enjoy working on teams to bring about change

Initiate and promote ideas for people’s and potential

Are tireless in the pursuit of novel opportunities

Like to celebrate and appreciate others

Are resourceful and innovative in efforts to accomplish the nearly impossible

Curious

Energetic

Enthusiastic

Expressive

Friendly

Imaginative

Independent

Restless

Spontaneous

Versatile

The Inspirer

Champion

Journalist

Pied Piper

Discoverer Advocate

People are the product

You can never be too close

Enfps give life an extra squeeze

Personality Portraits

New ideas and possibilities

People skills

Enthusiasm and

Energy

Adaptability

Creativity

Warmly enthusiastic and

imaginative.

See life as full of possibilities.

Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciations and support, spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their verbal fluency.

Alert to all the possibilities

Hate routine

Tireless at what interests them, but find it hard to get other things done.

At their best, gifted with insight amounting to wisdom and with the power to inspire.

They cannot rest until they get the genie out of the bottle.How ever once the genie is out -- it does not interest them any more, as genie is no longer a possibility, it is a mere FACT

It become their master and in service they may forget to eat or sleep

Spark of EnergyMaking a difference through insightful and creative ideas that encourage human development

Computer Professional Psychologist

Nurse Special Education

Robin William

Paul Harvey

E N F P THE INSPIRER

Enthusiastic Innovator

Champion

Journalist

Pied Piper

Discoverer Advocate

People are the product

You can never be too close

ENFPs give life an extra squeeze

E N F P

Personality Portraits

New ideas and possibilities

Enthusiasm and energy

People skills

Adaptability

Creativity

POTENTIAL STRENGTHS

E N F P

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

appreciations and support, spontaneous and flexible,

often rely on their verbal fluency.

Alert to all the possibilities

Original, individual, independent, but also extremely

perceptive of the views of others

Strong in initiative and creative impulse, but not so strong in

completing projects

Life likely to be a succession of projects

Stimulated by difficulties and most ingenious in solving them

Operate by impulsive energy rather than concentrated will

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Tireless at what interests them, but find it hard to get other

things done.

Hate routine

Value inspiration above everything else and follow

it confidently into all manner of opportunities,

enterprises, ventures and adventures, explorations,

researches, mechanical inventions, promotions and

projects

Versatile, often startlingly clever, enthusiastic, easy

with people, and full of ideas about everything

under the sun.

At their best, gifted with insight amounting to

wisdom and with the power to inspire.

Is a Perceptive Energy---An Intuitive Vision of

some possibility in the External World They feel charged with a mission to realize that

possibility

The possibility has an irresistible PULL

It become their master and in service they may

forget to eat or sleep

They cannot rest until they get the genie out of

the bottle

How ever once the genie is out -- it does not

interest them any more, as genie is no longer a

possibility, it is a mere FACT

Force That Animates-----

Making a difference through

insightful and creative ideas

that encourage human

development

Spark of Energy

Motivation

ENFPs

N

F

T

S

Solve a problem by

Looking at larger picture

Considering people

Applying logic

Looking at facts

Type Dynamics

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

ENFP

The most attractive occupations for ENFPs are

primarily oriented toward counseling and

related professions, including teaching and

religiously oriented positions.

Also represented are occupations in the arts.

ENFPs are attracted to careers where they can

communicate with, and help foster the growth

of others

Career Trends

Counselor

Psychologist

Teacher: Arts, Health,

Research Assistant

Trainer

Human Resources

Marketing Specialist

Writer or Editor

Musician or Composer

Social Scientist

MOST ATTRACTIVE

OCCUPATIONS

Designer

Artist/Actor

Religiously Oriented

Occupations

Special Education

Nurse

Computer Professional

Public Relations, Publicity

Administrator: Education

MOST ATTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS

Counselor Trainer Assistant Secretary Senior Manager Researcher Accountant/ auditor/ banker/

economist Designer Homemaker Entrepreneur/self-employed Writer/editor Psychologist Careers/ occupational advice/

therapy

Human Resources

Project manager Nurse Technical specialist Lawyer/attorney Designer Engineer Professor/ academic/ lecturer Artist/actor Manager Writer/editor Forces Trainer Clergy/church worker Counselor

Occupations where the

ENFP's dominant function

(Ne) is used most

Occupations where the

ENFP's auxiliary function

(Fi) is used most

Counselor

Trainer

Designer

Writer/editor

The jobs/occupations in both lists are

ENFPs are stubbornly loyal to

their guiding principle ----

The Inspiring Possibility

ENFPs

(Intuitives) Lives

Tend to be a

……….

Series of Projects

If ENFP’s pursuit of authentic inspirations is completely

blocked, they will feel imprisoned, bored and

desperately discontent……….

They will almost always find a

way out

They must not Squander their energies

in a world full of possible projects, they

must pick those that have potential

value (CHOOSING)

Having Started, they must not Quit

(PERSEVERANCE)

Two Serious

Internal Dangers

FAMOUS ENFPs

Franz Joseph Haydn, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)Will RogersBuster KeatonTheodor "Dr." Seuss GeiselMickey RooneJames DobsonAndy RooneyCarol BurnettPaul HarveyElizabeth Montgomery

Bill CosbyDom DelouiseDave ThomasLewis GrizzardI. King JordanMartin ShortMeg RyanRobin WilliamsSandra BullockRobert DowneyAlicia Silverstone

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