Insightful Expeditor

People who have preferences for ENTJ tend to focus their attention in the outer world by taking action to achieve a goal, using Extraverted Thinking (Te) as their dominant function. They are most engaged when their actions are organized, effective, and strategic.

In their inner world, they tend to take in new ideas and imagine a vision for the future. ENTJs refer back to this vision, gained from Introverted Intuition (Ni), to focus their actions, accomplish goals, and implement long-term changes.

For more general information on type dynamics and motivation, please refer to the introductory post for this series, Find Your Motivation and Grow Your Career.

When they find opportunities to use this core approach at work, the result is usually a satisfying, meaningful career.

Building Your Skills

When learning and developing their competencies, ENTJs need to hone their core approach as well as develop skills and knowledge outside of their preferences.

Some of the skills that may come naturally for ENTJs include designing, analyzing, leading others, solving problems, thinking strategically, planning, and achieving results. Careers that use these skills are often appealing to people with ENTJ preferences.

However, there are times when ENTJs need to use and develop skills in their non-preferred functions. For the ENTJ, this might include considering the needs of others, responding empathically, approaching situations in an open-ended manner, and attending to practical facts and details.

I’m sure the ENTJs out there can add to this list of non-preferred skills and activities.

Finding Your Motivation

ENTJs will be most motivated to learn skills in their non-preferred functions “in service of the dominant function”. In other words, they need to see how the new learning aligns to and supports their interest in solving problems and making changes to increase effectiveness.

One of my clients in a mid-career transition was moving out of a high-powered executive position. He decided that he was interested in helping others and providing a service to those less fortunate than himself.

After learning about personality type models, he recognized that he wanted to develop his Feeling function. He decided he would like to contribute by volunteering in a third world country to deliver essential services.

As he looked at his options he realized that he would best serve others if he could be in charge of, and have control over, a project. He was wiling to offer his labor and energy, but wanted to know his efforts would be instrumental in creating change.

With this understanding in mind, he was able to find a position leading a project to improve the living conditions in a third world country. Taking action to build awareness of and accommodate others’ needs was, for him, best accomplished as he took charge and expedited results.

If you want to read more about ENTJs on the website, here are a few posts to look at.

Developing Your Type – ENTJ

ENTJs at Work

Occupations that Attract Expeditors

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

By Donna Dunning

Personality Type Gifts: ISFP

Isabel Briggs Myers wrote the book Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, describing the value of all combinations of personality type preferences.

I respect her vision and strive to appreciate and celebrate all personality type approaches.

In my experience, ISFPs generally offer the gifts of calm, thoughtful, support. I appreciate how people with these preferences tend to observe others and provide a practical, helpful hand.

Do you have, or know someone with, ISFP preferences? What gifts do you see them offering?

When learning about personality type preferences, it can be helpful to read people’s posts and blogs.

I hope you enjoy my posts, as I share information about each of the 16 types. Sometimes it is best to access information about type preferences directly from someone who has those preferences.

Here are a few posts about ISFJs, written by ISFJs, to help you learn more about their experience.

Liz, on her site Watch Lizzy Blow Up the Kitchen, has some ISFJ fun facts she has gathered from on-line sources.

On her site, the Making of a Mother, Kristin, who has ISFJ preferences, writes about The Stretching of a Sensor.

Susan Scanlon’s post, is included here. Even though not an ISFJ, her post What is their secret? describes the ISFJs she has encountered.

Lynn, who has ISFJ preferences, wrote an anniversary post called ENTP versus ISFJ about her relationship with her husband.

On Pinterest, Cindy Meadows-Lannan shares posters and thoughts on I am an ISFJ personality.

As you read these posts, be aware that sometimes people are mistyped or do not understand all of the concepts of personality type accurately.

Do you have ISFJ preferences and have an online presence, or do you know of any ISFJ sites that are accurate to personality type? If so, please share them in the comments. Thanks.

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

Compassionate Assimilator

People who have preferences for ISFJ tend to focus their attention in the inner world by paying attention to, and remembering, relevant facts and details using Introverted Sensing (Si) as their dominant function. They tend to trust what they know to be true from their experiences. In their outer world, they tend to enjoy cooperating and building rapport with others, using Extraverted Feeling (Fe).

For more general information on type dynamics and motivation, please refer to the introductory post for this series, Find Your Motivation and Grow Your Career.

When they find opportunities to use this core approach at work, the result is usually a satisfying, meaningful career.

Building Your Skills

When learning and developing their competencies, ISFJs need to hone their core approach as well as develop skills and knowledge outside of their preferences.

Some of the skills that may come naturally for ISFJs include administrating, paying attention to detail, organizing, listening, managing time and tasks, coordinating, and cooperating. Careers that use these skills are often appealing to people with ISFJ preferences.

However, there are times when ISFJs need to use and develop skills in their non-preferred functions. For the ISFJ, this might include imagining new ways of doing things, dealing with uncertainty, making long-term strategic plans, analyzing situations impartially, and providing and receiving corrective feedback.

I’m sure the ISFJs out there can add to this list of non-preferred skills and activities.

Finding Your Motivation

ISFJs will be most motivated to learn skills in their non-preferred functions “in service of the dominant function”. In other words, they need to see how the new learning fits with and supports what they already have experienced and understand in detail. As well, they want to approach the world in a harmonious, organized manner, so they will be more comfortable to learn new skills when they have support and encouragement.

I have talked to more than one ISFJ who struggled adapting to situations outside of their natural, sequential, detailed approach. Teachers with ISFJ preferences have told me that they tend to want to follow a well-organized teaching plan and can be thrown off during a class if a student asks a question and takes the class in a direction the teacher did not anticipate.

One ISFJ teacher described to me how she learned to add flexibility, variety, and new content into her structure to make her classroom more helpful to her students.

Why did she choose to move outside her preferences? She determined that her teaching was being negatively affected when she remained focused on and committed to the status quo. Learning to adapt and flex in the classroom would, ultimately, build her overall knowledge and expertise and help more students to succeed.

If you want to read more about ISFJs on the website, here are a few posts to look at.

Developing Your Type – ISFJ

ISFJs at Work

Occupations that Attract Assimilators

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

By Donna Dunning

Personality Type Gifts: ENTJ

Isabel Briggs Myers wrote the book Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, describing the value of all combinations of personality type preferences.

I respect her vision and strive to appreciate and celebrate all personality type approaches.

In my experience, ENTJs generally offer the gifts of planning, focus, and leadership. I appreciate how people with these preferences tend to direct people and accomplish their goals quickly.

Do you have, or know someone with, ENTJ preferences? What gifts do you see them offering?

When learning about personality type preferences, it can be helpful to read people’s posts and blogs.

I hope you enjoy my posts, as I share information about each of the 16 types. Sometimes it is best to access information about type preferences directly from someone who has those preferences.

Here are a few sites or posts about INTPs, written by INTPs, to help you learn more about their experience.

Jason Evans has an interesting site, INTP Experience, where he describes his experience of having INTP preferences.

Life of an INTP by Matt is also a good read for understanding INTP preferences.

I watched two videos posted on YouTube by tacoma200, INTP careers and INTP emotion. Both of these were earnest, open descriptions of his INTP personality type preferences and I thought both were well worth viewing to hear an authentic INTP voice.

On Pinterest, there is a collection of pins on INTP by Nanette Clark and INTP State of Mind by Paleo.

As you read these posts, be aware that sometimes people are mistyped or do not understand all of the concepts of personality type accurately.

Do you have INTP preferences and have an online presence, or do you know of any INTP sites that are accurate to personality type? If so, please share them in the comments. Thanks.

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

Compassionate Responder

People who have preferences for ESFP tend to focus their attention in the outer world of actions and interactions, using Extraverted Sensing (Se) as their dominant function. They like to observe the world around them and take immediate actions. In their inner world, they evaluate and select which actions will be most helpful and immediately useful to people (Fi).

For more general information on type dynamics and motivation, please refer to the introductory post for this series, Find Your Motivation and Grow Your Career.

When they find opportunities to use this core approach at work, the result is usually a satisfying, meaningful career.

Building Your Skills

When learning and developing their competencies, ESFPs need to hone their core approach as well as develop skills and knowledge outside of their preferences.

Some of the skills that may come naturally for ESFPs include observing, assisting, communicating, adapting, practical problem solving, and using the five senses to create beauty or comfort. Careers that use these skills are often appealing to people with ESFP preferences.

However, there are times when ESFPs need to use and develop skills in their non-preferred functions. For the ESFP this might include choosing priorities, making long-term plans, deferring gratification, approaching situations logically, and giving and receiving corrective feedback.

I’m sure the ESFPs out there can add to this list of non-preferred skills and activities.

Finding Your Motivation

ESFPs will be most motivated to learn skills in their non-preferred functions “in service of the dominant function”. In other words, they need to see how the new learning can help them act in the moment to provide a practical service or make the immediate situation more pleasurable or comfortable.

For example, what might motivate a person with ESFP preferences to make long-term career plans? One woman with ESFP preferences described to me how she decided to return to school for a teaching degree to provide herself with more flexibility. Her practical goal was to make more money, work fewer hours, and spend more time with her children.

When she got bored or frustrated with theory and passive learning, she kept reminding herself that she would soon be active and engaged, spending more time with her family and helping others to learn. She was determined to provide a dynamic and practical learning experience for those who did not do well in traditional seat-in-the-chair classroom learning settings.

How have you learned to develop skills in your non-preferred functions? What motivates your learning?

If you want to read more about ESFPs on the website, here are a few posts to look at.

Developing Your Type – ESFP

ESFPs at Work

Occupations that Attract Responders

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

By Donna Dunning

Personality Type Gifts: INTP

Isabel Briggs Myers wrote the book Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, describing the value of all combinations of personality type preferences.

I respect her vision and strive to appreciate and celebrate all personality type approaches.

In my experience, INTPs generally offer the gifts of curiosity, a need to understand, and playfulness. I appreciate how people with these preferences tend to challenge assumptions and analyze virtually everything with a razor sharp sense of humor.

Do you have, or know someone with, INTP preferences? What gifts do you see them offering?

When learning about personality type preferences, it can be helpful to read people’s posts and blogs.

I hope you enjoy my posts, as I share information about each of the 16 types. Sometimes it is best to access information about type preferences directly from someone who has those preferences.

Here are a few posts about ENTPs, written by ENTPs, to help you learn more about their experience.

An ENTP Perspective describes ENTPs and how they like to give back to others.

MBTI from an ENTP tells us one ENTPs story of learning about personality type.

Fun list of 10 ENTP Problems

I don’t know for sure if this author has ENTP preferences, but I had a number of laughs reading Caring for Your ENTP

There are a number of ENTP posters at Pinterest on these boards.

ENTP

My ENTP Self

As you read these posts, be aware that sometimes people are mistyped or do not understand all of the concepts of personality type accurately.

Do you have ENTP preferences and have an online presence, or do you know of any ENTP sites that are accurate to personality type? If so, please share them in the comments. Thanks.

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type

Practical Expeditors

People who have preferences for ESTJ tend to focus their attention in the outer world by taking action to achieve a result, using Extraverted Thinking (Te) as their dominant function. They are most engaged when their actions are organized, efficient and task-oriented. In their inner world, they tend to pay attention to and collect relevant facts. ESTJs use this data to check that their actions are practical and grounded in real-life experience, using Introverted Sensing (Si).

For more general information on type dynamics and motivation, please refer to the introductory post for this series, Find Your Motivation and Grow Your Career.

When they find opportunities to use this core approach at work, the result is usually a satisfying, meaningful career.

Building Your Skills

When learning and developing their competencies, ESTJs need to hone their core approach as well as develop skills and knowledge outside of their preferences.

Some of the skills that may come naturally for ESTJs include organizing, planning, practical problem solving, decision-making, and managing people/tasks. Careers that use these skills are often appealing to people with ESTJ preferences.

However, there are times when ESTJs need to use and develop skills in their non-preferred functions. For the ESTJ, this might include responding empathically, providing encouragement and positive feedback, responding in an open-ended manner, and making long-term strategic plans.

I’m sure the ESTJs out there can add to this list of non-preferred skills and activities.

Finding Your Motivation

ESTJs will be most motivated to learn skills in their non-preferred functions “in service of the dominant function”. In other words, they need to see how the new learning aligns to and supports their interest in accomplishing practical tasks efficiently.

For example, in the workplace, ESTJs can be motivated to demonstrate empathy and use more “soft skills” in their day-to-day interactions if they see how these skills increase their leadership competency and help them get the job done.

Many ESTJs are surprised that others want to take this more personal approach to work, since they usually find it more appropriate to keep interactions at work focused on the tasks at hand. They often define “team work” as working together to get tasks accomplished rather than as developing a personal relationship with others at work.

ESTJs have shared with me that they have recognized how some people are more likely to do their jobs and cooperate on tasks when the ESTJ shows interest in building a personal relationship.

These ESTJs have learned, through experience, to approach and direct people differently. Sometimes they share with me their strategies, such as checking in with people by asking a personal question, or asking not telling when giving direction.

If you want to read more about ESTJs on the website, here are a few posts to look at.

Developing Your Type – ESTJ

ESTJs at Work

Occupations that Attract Expeditors

Resources

Want to learn more about personality type and how to use it to understand yourself and others?

Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

Introduction to Type and Learning can help you find your motivation for learning and help you learn more effectively.

If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Learning is also available on Kindle.

Looking for a practical resource to help you plan your ideal career? Check out my book, What’s Your Type of Career?: Find Your Perfect Career By Using Your Personality Type

Want to use your personality type to excel at your career? Check out 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type