It is always fun to know your personality, Isabel Briggs Myers created the sixteen personality types with the help of her mother, Katharine Briggs, and the theories of psychologist Carl Jung. Since then, much research has been done into how each type functions at work, at home, and in relationships.
After more than one test, I found out this is my personality.
ENTP
Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving
ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue--both for its own sake, and to show off their debating skills. ENTPs tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate. This sometimes confuses, even angers, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport.
ENTPs are as innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however, they manage to outsmart themselves. ENTPs can be prone to "sharp practice" – especially cutting corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient – or, their juggling acts may simply be so over-ambitious they collapse.
Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys" -- physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. Once these have been "solved" or become too familiar, however, they’ll be replaced with new ones.
ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they can become petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they regard as challenges, and tackle with determination.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. In general, however, they are genial, even charming, when not being harassed by life.
In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and suddenly with their loved ones. Some appear deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who've only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also quick to spot a kindred spirit, and good at acquiring friends of similar temperament and interests.
ENTPs may sometimes give the impression of being largely oblivious to the rest of humanity except as an audience: good, bad, or potential. In general this is unfair – but it can be difficult to get an ENTP’s attention when they’re not immediately aware of you, especially for an Introvert.
The best approach in communicating with an ENTP is to be straightforward. No games – they’ll win. No "pulling rank" – they’ll just want to put you in your place. No apologies – you’ll undermine yourself. Try "I need/want to talk to you."
(ENTP stands for Extravert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Perceiving and represents individual's preferences in four dimensions characterising personality type, according to Jung's and Briggs Myers' theories of personality type.)
What is your personality type? Take the Test!Functional Analysis Of The ENTP
Extraverted iNtuition
ENTPs are nothing if not unique. Brave new associations flow freely from the unconscious into the world of the living. Making, discovering and developing connections between and among two or more of anything is virtually automatic. The product of intuition is merely an icon of process; ENTPs are in the business of change, improvement, experimentation.The attraction Extraverted iNtuition has toward the real and physical amounts to a cosmic non sequitur: theory is drawn to practice. Such encounters are clearly puzzling. Both parties--the intuitor and the realist--are aware of a xenic quality in their meeting, with reactions ranging from recoil to reverie.
Introverted Thinking
Thinking is iNtuition's ready assistant, an embodiment of the sort of logic found in laws, boards and circuits. Thinking's job is to lend focus and direction to iNtuition's critical mass. The temporary habitations of changeling iNtuition are constructed of Boolean materials from Thinking's storehouse. Ultimately, Thinking is no match for iNtuition's prodigiousness. Systems lie in various states of disarray, fragmentary traces of Thinking's feverish attempts to shadow and undergird the leaps of the dominant function. One can only suppose that Thinking must continue to work during REM sleep pulling together iNtuition's brainchildren into integral wholes.Extraverted Feeling
To the extent that Feeling is developed, ENTPs extravert Feeling judgment. As a result, it is not uncommon to find affability and bonhomie in members of this species. Tertiary functions are potentially utilitarian. Their limitations appear in their relative underdevelopment, diminished endurance, and vulnerability. ENTPs may harness Feeling's good will in areas such as sales, service, drama, humor and art. ENTP loyalty often runs high and can be hooked by those the ENTP counts as friends.Introverted Sensing
Like a tail on the kite of iNtuition, Introverted Sensing counterweighs these beings drawn to nonconformity and anarchy. These shadowy sensory forms, so familiar to SJ types, serve as lodestones which many ENTPs employ Herculean measures to escape. "Question authority! (then do exactly what it tells you)" sums up the dilemma in which ENTPs may find themselves by attempting to best the tarbaby Sensing. Occasionally acknowledging awareness of norms and abnormality could, in theory, be potentially freeing.Additionally, I've noticed that ENTPs have the need to have areas of expertise/excellence/uniqueness in which one is second to none. I've never beaten an ENTP at his/her own game--not in the final analysis. (e.g., just tonight, my neighbor who is recuperating from an illness received a call from an ENTP friend offering his special recipe for tea. The instructions required only the finest ingredients, a particular brand of orange juice, tea made with a ball--none of those horrid teabags--..., which will of course make the best tea of which he himself drinks 50 gallons each winter!)
ENTP Communication Skills
ENTPs are interesting and easy to talk to, although some of their conversation partners may be exhausted by the somewhat adversarial form their communication takes. As a rule, ENTPs feel at ease conversing in a group, while they actively assert their independent view on the topic of discussion. For them, friendly conversations usually work out with people of equal intellect.
In communication, ENTPs usually come across as confident, precise and objective. They strive to maintain their characteristic objective and methodical evaluation, even when discussing topics relating to the finer feelings of the soul. Thus, for example, topics of love and lyric poetry also make them want to find ways to analyze the subject of the emotions.
The typical social circle of ENTPs for the most part consists of relatives, friends and co-workers. At the same time, ENTPs are quick off the mark and communicate fairly actively with a variety of different people at parties, meetings and recreational gatherings.
As a rule, business communication of ENTPs is intense. To their colleagues (or other people working in the same field), it is important to figure out an ENTP’s in-depth expert opinion on many professional issues. The topics of discussion for ENTPs usually include exchange of opinions and ideas, and critical analysis of new approaches and methods.
ENTP: Strategies for Successful Communication
ENTPs engage easily with people of the same mindset, or, to put it differently, with those of intuitive/thinking (NT) personality types such as ENTJ, INTJ, ENFP, and INTP. People in this group have roughly the same method for understanding the world, which is why ENTPs easily share their thoughts with other NTs, and in turn comprehend their reasoning or views.When communicating with sensory/thinking (ST) people including ESTJ, ISTJ, ESTP, and ISTP personality types, ENTPs should keep to communication based on facts and their direct consequences. Although this method of communication may seem to ENTPs somewhat dry, they can easily adapt to it. As for people from the ST group, when it comes to their thought patterns, this style of communication fits those most, and is easy for them to comprehend.
When conversing with people of intuitive/feeling types (NF), including ENFJ, INFJ, ENFP, and INFP personality types, ENTPs need to adhere to communication mostly based on ideas, concepts and theories. Communication between ENTPs and people in this group, as a rule, touches on variety of topics and is beneficial to both parties. And while ENTPs try to maintain as objective a view as possible, whereas a significant proportion of representatives of the NF group judge situations based on their feelings, nevertheless, they often find common ground necessary for effective communication and finding solutions.
For ENTPs, communication is most difficult with people of sensory/feeling types (SF), including ESFJ, ISFJ, ESFP, and ISFP personality types. When conversing with SF people, ENTPs should adhere to communication that is based on feelings, facts, and concrete sensations. However, the problem is that it can be difficult for ENTPs to keep up the conversation by those means. They may have to struggle to find argumentation that can better resonate with members of the SF group, which often either leads to ENTPs trying to wind down the conversation or to their stressing over the other party’s “lack of understanding”. In order to ensure a level of communication appropriate for both sides, ENTPs need to prepare themselves for a style of communication that suits SF people, beforehand.
What helps successful communication for an ENTP:
- The topic of discussion is conceptual in nature
- There is a need to find hidden, unobvious possibilities
- The discussion requires a good understanding of logical connections
- The topic calls for a creative approach
- The other party is an NT or NF person
What hinders successful communication for an ENTP:
- The topic material has weak logical connections
- The topic is of purely practical, mundane nature
- The topic heavily involves the finer feelings of the soul for too long
- Long communication with SF people
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