Know thyself...

I took a personality test--very interesting!

Life as an ENFP
(Extravert, Intuitive, Feeler, Perceiver)

People of this type tend to be: enthusiastic, talkative, and outgoing; clever, curious, and playful; deeply caring, sensitive, and gentle; highly innovative, creative, optimistic, and unique; adaptable and resourceful but sometimes disorganized.

The most important thing to ENFPs is freedom to see possibilities, make connections, and be with a variety of people.

Here are just a few popular and often satisfying careers for people whose Personality Type is ENFP.

• Advertising account executive
• Career / outplacement counselor
• Management consultant
• Developer of educational software
• Actor
• Journalist / magazine reporter
• Graphics designer
• Art director
• Copy writer
• Corporate team trainer
• Residential housing director
• Psychologist
• Inventor
• Human resources profession
• Child welfare counselor

How to Love an ENFP

• Appreciate my creativity, curiosity, and uniqueness.
• Tell me how much I mean to you and be patient with my need to process how I feel privately before sharing it with you.
• Re-establish harmony quickly.
• Support my need to try new experiences and maintain my many friendships.
• Try not force decisions too quickly, or bug me about being messy.
• Above all - encourage me to keep growing, changing, and experimenting with life.

The Joys and Challenges of Raising ENFPs:

They are creative, original, and full of new ideas, but may start many more projects than they finish. They tend to be impulsive, adaptable, and curious but are also distractible, disorganized, have great difficulty making decisions.

What works with ENFPs:
• be patient with their endless questions; encourage their curiosity and fantasies
• encourage their desire to think out loud; help them make decisions by bouncing possible outcomes off you
• be a supportive confidant but don't try to talk them out of their feelings

Parents of ENFPs: they'll know you really love them when you...
enthusiastically listen to their many ideas or go for a spontaneous adventure.


How to Spot ENFPs:

• high energy, friendly, and good natured
• imaginative, fun loving, and off beat
• curious; discussions shift quickly from one topic to another
• warm, concerned, and eager to help solve problems

Tips for Communicating with ENFPs:

• Focus on interesting and innovative possibilities and new ways of solving problems
• Don't overwhelm them with facts and details
• Keep things relaxed, warm and flexible