ENFJ
Extraverted Feeling with Intuition
People with ENFJ preferences radiate sympathy and fellowship. They concern
themselves chiefly with the people around them and place a high value on
harmonious human contacts. They are friendly, tactful, and sympathetic.
They are persevering, conscientious, and orderly even in small matters,
and inclined to expect others to be the same. ENFJs are particularly warmed
by approval and are sensitive to indifference. Much of their pleasure and
satisfaction comes from the warmth of feeling of people around them. ENFJs
tend to concentrate on the admirable qualities of other people and are
loyal to respected persons, institutions, or causes, sometimes to the point
of idealizing whatever they admire.
They have the gift of being able to see value in
other people's opinions. Even when opinions are in conflict, they have
faith that harmony can somehow be achieved, and they often manage to bring
it about. To bring harmony, they are ready to agree with other's opinions
within reasonable limits. They need to be careful, however, not to concentrate
so much on the viewpoints of others that they lose sight of their own.
They are mainly interested in seeing the possibilities
beyond what is present, obvious, or known. Intuition heightens their insight,
vision, and curiosity for new ideas. They tend to be interested in books
and are moderately tolerant of theory They are likely to have a gift of
expression, but may use it in speaking to audiences rather than in writing.
They think best when talking with people.
They are at their best in jobs that deal with people,
and in situations that require building cooperation. ENFJs are found in
jobs such as teaching, preaching, counseling, and selling. They may be
less happy in work demanding factual accuracy, such as accounting, unless,
they can find a personal meaning in their work. They have to make a special
effort to be brief and businesslike and not let sociability slow them down
on the job.
They base their decisions on their personal values.
While they like to have matters decided or settled, they do not necessarily
want to make all the decisions themselves. ENFJs run some risk of jumping
to conclusions before they understand a situation. If they have
not taken time to gain first-hand knowledge about a person or situation,
their actions may not have the helpful results they intended. For example,
ENFJs beginning a new project or job may do things they assume should be
done, instead of taking the time to find out what is really wanted or needed.
They have many definite "shoulds" and "should nots;' and may express these
freely.
ENFJs find it especially hard to admit the truth
about problems with people or things they care about. If they fail
to face disagreeable facts, or refuse to look at criticism that hurts,
they will ignore their problems instead of searching for solutions.