ENTP
Extraverted Intuition with Thinking
People with ENTP preferences are ingenious innovators who always see new
possibilities and new ways of doing things. They have a lot of imagination
and initiative for starting projects and a lot of impulsive energy for
carrying them out. They are sure of 'the worth of their inspirations and
tireless with the problems involved. They are stimulated by difficulties
and most ingenious in solving them. They enjoy feeling competent in a variety
of areas and value this in others as well.
They are extremely perceptive about the attitudes
of other people, and can use this knowledge to win support for their projects.
They aim to understand rather than to judge people.
Their energy comes from a succession of new interests
and their world is full of possible projects. They may be interested in
so many different things that they have difficulty focusing. Their thinking
can then help them select projects by supplying some analysis and constructive
criticism of their inspirations, and thus add depth to the insights supplied
by their intuition. Their use of thinking also makes ENTPs rather objective
in their approach to their current project and to the people in their lives.
ENTPs are not likely to stay in any occupation that
does not provide many new challenges. With talent, they can be inventors,
scientists, journalists, troubleshooters, marketers, promoters, computer
analysts, or almost anything that it interests them to be.
A difficulty for people with ENTP preferences is
that they hate uninspired routine and find it remarkably hard to apply
themselves to the sometimes necessary detail unconnected with any major
interest. Worse yet, they may get bored with their own projects as soon
as the major problems have been solved or the initial challenge has been
met. They need to learn to follow through, but are happiest and most effective
in jobs that permit one project after another, with somebody else taking
over as soon as the situation is well in hand.
Because ENTPs are always being drawn to the exciting
challenges of new possibilities, it is essential that they develop their
judgment. If their judgment is undeveloped, they may commit themselves
to illchosen projects, fail to finish anything, and squander their inspirations
on incompleted tasks.