ENFP

ENFP (Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving) is one of the sixteen personality types from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

Referring to Keirsey, ENFPs belong to the temperament of the idealists and are called "Champions".

Myers-Briggs Type Characteristics
ENFPs are initiators of change who are keenly perceptive of possibilities, and who energize and stimulate through their contagious enthusiasm. They prefer the start-up phase of a project or relationship, and are tireless in the pursuit of new-found interests. ENFPs are able to anticipate the needs of others and to offer them needed help and appreciation. They bring zest, joy, liveliness, and fun to all aspects of their lives. They are at their best in situations that are fluid and changing, and that allow them to express their creativity and use their charisma. They tend to idealize people, and can be disappointed when reality fails to fulfill their expectations. They are easily frustrated if a project requires a great deal of follow up or attention to detail.

MBTI cognitive functions
The attributes of each personality form a hierarchy. This represents the person's "default" pattern of behavior their day to day life. The dominant is the personality type's preferred role, the task they feel most comfortable with. The auxiliary function is the role the person feels the next most comfortable with. It serves to support and expand on the dominant function. One of these first two will always be an information-gathering (sensing or intuition) function and the other will be a decision-making (thinking or feeling) function in some order.

The tertiary function is less developed than the dominant and auxiliary functions, but develops as the person matures and provides roundness of ability. The inferior function is the personality type's Achilles' heel. This is the function the ENFP is least comfortable with. Like the tertiary function, the inferior function strengthens with maturity.


 * Dominant Extroverted Intuition (Ne)
 * Auxiliary Introverted Feeling (Fi)
 * Tertiary Extroverted Thinking (Te)
 * Inferior Introverted Sensing (Si)