ESFJ

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

Referring to Keirsey, ESFJs belong to the temperament of the Guardians and are called Providers.

ESFJ are the best hosts/hostesses, they love to organize social events and they will be very attentive to the well being of the guests. ESFJ are very sympathetic to the feelings of others. They also are very good at remembering names after only one introduction to the person. When an ESFJ admires something, they are apt to put it in a high place and when they dislike something, they put it down hard. ESFJ do not accept criticism, even when it is constructive. The reason is that they take it emotionally (like most things) and equate criticism with rejection. Likewise, they will rarely express a disagreement with someone, preferring to avoid sensitive subjects or pretend to agree. ESFJ are usually very popular. They can do well in commercial professions.

MBTI cognitive functions
The attributes of each personality form a hierarchy. This represents the person's "default" pattern of behavior in 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 they feel 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 function (sensing or intuition) and the other will be a decision making function(thinking or feeling) 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 types Achille's heel. This is the function they are least comfortable with. Like the tertiary function, this function strengthens with maturity.


 * Dominant Extroverted Feeling (Fe)
 * Auxiliary Introverted Sensing (Si)
 * Tertiary Extroverted Intuition (Ni)
 * inferior Introverted Thinking (Ti)