throbadelic | Myers-Briggs (Reply)

Your result for The Official Myers-Briggs Personality Test...

INFJ

0 Extraversion, 21 Introversion, 7 Sensing, 19 Intuition, 9 Thinking, 15 Feeling, 18 Judging and 4 Perceiving!

Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling

Approximately 1.5% of persons in the United States are INFJs.

Summary:

Seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. Want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others. Conscientious and committed to their firm values. Develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good. Organized and decisive in implementing their vision.

At Their Best

People with INFJ preferences have a gift for intuitively understanding complex meanings and human relationships. They have faith in their insights and find that they often empathically understand the feelings and motivations of people before the others themselves are aware of them. They combine this empathic understanding with the drive and organization to implement global plans for enhancing people's lives.

INFJs have a visionary grasp of human relationships and possibilities, which, when articulated, can elevate and in- spire others.

Characteristics of INFJs

INFJs seek meaning and connection in their lives and have little use for details unless they fit with their inner vision. They use their Intuition primarily internally, where they develop complex pictures and understandings. INFJs are likely to be

· Insightful, creative, and visionary

· Conceptual, symbolic, and metaphorical

· Idealistic, complex, and deep

INFJs apply personal values and empathize to understand others and make decisions. They are loyal to people and institutions that exemplify their values but have little interest in those that do not. INFJs prefer to lead persuasively by sharing their vision. They are likely to be

· Sensitive, compassionate, and empathic

· Deeply committed to their values

INFJs want meaning and purpose in their work, their relationships, even their material possessions. They are invested in growth and development for themselves and significant others and are willing to consider unconventional paths to achieve these. They value the depth and complexity of their insights and creative gifts as well as those of others. They want to see these insights realized in the world.

How Others May See Them:

INFJs readily show compassion and caring for others, but they share their internal intuitions only with those they trust. Because they keep this most valued, important part private, others may find them difficult to know. When they try to communicate their internal sense of "knowing," they often express it metaphorically and with complexity. They especially value authenticity arid commitment in relationships.

Though INFJs are usually reserved, they don't hesitate to assert themselves when their values are violated. Then they can be persistent and insistent. Others usually experience INFJs as

· Private, even mysterious

· Intense and individualistic

Potential Areas for Growth:

Sometimes life circumstances have not supported INFJs in the development and expression of their Feeling and Intuitive preferences.·

· If they have not developed their Feeling, INFJs may not have reliable ways of making decisions and accomplishing their goals. Then, their valuable insights and creativity stay locked inside.

· If they have not developed their Intuition, they may not take in enough information or take in only what fits with their internal pictures. Then they will make ill-founded decisions based on distorted or limited information.

If INFJs do not find a place where they can use their gifts and be appreciated for their contributions, they usually feel frustrated and may

· Not give others the information they used to arrive at a decision, and thus seem arbitrary

· Base their judgments on little data, on a sense of "knowing" that has little basis in reality

· Withdraw their energy and insight

· Become resentful and critical

It is natural for INFJs to give less attention to their non- preferred Sensing and Thinking parts. If they neglect these too much, however, they may

· Be unable to verbalize their inner insights in a way that others can understand

· Fail to check their insights against reason and practicality, and end up following a vision that has little possibility of being realized

· Become single minded in pursuit of a vision

Under great stress, INFJs may become obsessed with data they normally would consider irrelevant or over- indulge in Sensing activities such as watching TV reruns, overeating, or buying things that have little meaning for them.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There you go! For even more information about the Myers-Briggs Type Index, you should visit http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/understanding-mbti-type-dynamics/

Addendum: You can also determine your Preference Clarity Category, that is, how consistently you prefer one pole of a dichotomy over the other.

If E or I is between 11-13, preference is SLIGHT

If E or I is between 14-16, preference is MODERATE

If E or I is between 17-19, preference is CLEAR

If E or I is between 20-21, preference is VERY CLEAR

If S or N is between 13-15, preference is SLIGHT

If S or N is between 16-20, preference is MODERATE

If S or N is between 21-24, preference is CLEAR

If S or N is between 25-26, preference is VERY CLEAR

If T or F is between 12-14, preference is SLIGHT

If T or F is between 15-18, preference is MODERATE