Know yourself: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Thread

[Trek420]

There are no ENTPs. They are too busy taking over the world with all their savvy I suppose!

They're all on the cycling thread of their forum. http://www.entp.org/

[sfa]

Voldemort!

*to qualify, I love INTJs. They are such fun because they think entirely different from me in most ways-- but we are universally united by our intuitiveness. love it.

Yes! It's hard to read the description without adding the word "evil" in front of "mastermind."

[Reesha]

I admire T's so much that I almost wonder if I have followed their lead. I'm much more evenly balanced in the T-F than I used to be.

Isn't it nice to be reminded that we evolve?

[Pax]

Notable Fieldmarshals:

* Napoleon Bonaparte
* Hillary Clinton
* George C. Marshall
* Golda Meir
* Carl Sagan
* George Bernard Shaw
* Edward Teller
* Margaret Thatcher

I really need to retake it, I don't think I'm actually like this.

[Pax]

Okay, took it again. This time it came out "normal" I have tested ENFJ for years, I wonder if the ENTJ happened because I took it during a ressful work day??


ENFJ - "Persuader". Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others to be the best that they can be. 2.5% of total population.

[Biciclista]

we're all over the map! A good scatter diagram at least.

[Reesha]

I think internet forums also attract bunches of the rarer types as well... INFJs for instance. I also think that bike racing attracts the ISTJ's of the world mostly from knowing my peers around here-- I could be wrong though!

[Catrin]

ENFP

Extroverted (E) 51.61% Introverted (I) 48.39%
Intuitive (N) 58.33% Sensing (S) 41.67%
Feeling (F) 54.55% Thinking (T) 45.45%
Perceiving (P) 51.61% Judging (J) 48.39%

Indeed Reesha nailed it, WE WANTS CUDDLES

Thinking back over the years, every other time I've taken this test I've been an INFJ, this shows I've gone through some changes over the years P/J have always been quite close, and F/J has typically been closer as well.

I like Reeshas description: "It means I am serious about externally expressing my feelings and that I can be a bit of a flake at times. ENFPs have a hard time listening to others, although they may be sincere. I have the long-term ADD of ENFP: I like to dream big for no good reason whatsoever and change my situation often to keep things interesting."

Outside of that first bit about externally expressing my feelings (this is actually quite difficult for me), the rest nails me pretty well...

[Reesha]

I am a virtual INFJ magnet and I think it's because ENFPs and INFJs are natural soul-sisters. In some ways I think we bring out the betters sides of each other. It's the rarest personality type but I am absolutely surrounded by INFJs! crazy.

[tytbody]

Can those other two ladies who came to this ESFP please show me you so I can see your posts. I want to see how happy you are.

[skhill]

Interesting-- I came out INFJ like always, but the F/T was closer than ever before... Stronger on the I/E than when I was younger, though.

Are we INFJs really the rarest? Seems completely normal to me!

[Aggie_Ama]

Introverted (I) 54.84% Extroverted (E) 45.16%
Sensing (S) 62.16% Intuitive (N) 37.84%
Thinking (T) 56.1% Feeling (F) 43.9%
Perceiving (P) 50% Judging (J) 50%

ISTP - "Engineer". Values freedom of action and following interests and impulses. Independent, concise in speech, master of tools. 5.4% of total population.

[KnottedYet]

I love that I can click on one of the other types, read its description, and it *also* sounds like me!

Like how any ol' horoscope will do.

All the info bits I'm finding on Meyers Briggs emphasize over and over again that the types are just "preferences." They are not abilities. Not strengths. Not personalities. Not defining characteristics. Not set in stone. Any of us could function as any "type," given the right circumstances. The various tests just let us clarify our current preferences.

Kind of fun to play with.

[Reesha]

Well, I believe that everyone has a default preference. As we overcome our weaknesses and emphasize our strengths we can become more like another preference. The test is really not the most important part of typing, typing is at it's best when its understanding yourself and understanding the details of the system (which I really am not even close to doing yet-- I mean it's Jung... it's pretty heavy stuff) together to know the type.

[Catrin]

To me, the most important thing about these tests is they help us to understand others. Certainly they do help us to understand ourselves, but even more important is they can be a tool to help us to see how we interact with others - and thus to understand them better.

Then again, I can be a little flaky, so never mind