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- Profile: ENFP
- Revision: 1.1
- Date of Revision: 31 Oct 93
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- Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
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- by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu)
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- ENFPs are friendly folks. Most are really enjoyable people. Some of the
- most soft-hearted people are ENFPs.
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- ENFPs have what some call a 'silly switch.' They can be intellectual,
- serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they
- flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming
- pool, ticklers par excellence. Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated
- when the 'switch' is flipped.
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- One study has shown that ENFPs are significantly overrepresented in
- psychodrama. Most have a natural propensity for role-playing and acting.
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- ENFPs like to tell funny stories, especially about their friends. This
- penchant may be why many are attracted to journalism. I kid one of my ENFP
- friends that if I want the sixth fleet to know something, I'll just tell him.
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- ENFPs tend to be global learners. Close enough is satisfactory to the ENFP,
- which has often driven me to distraction in dealing with my daughter about
- such things as piano practice ("three quarter notes or four ... what's the
- difference?" Surprisingly, she's very good at math, but it's been a painful
- learning process ... sees the patterns but tends to overlook the details.)
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- Friends are what life is about to ENFPs, moreso even than the other NFs. They
- hold up their end of the relationship, sometimes being taken advantage of by
- less caring individuals. ENFPs get energized by being around people. Some
- have real difficulty being alone, especially on a regular basis.
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- One ENFP colleague, a social worker, had such tremendous interpersonal skills
- that she put *me* at ease during her own job interview. She had the ability
- to make strangers feel like old friends.
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- Famous ENFPs:
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- Theodor "Dr." Seuss Geisel
- Mickey Rooney
- Barbara Walters
- Geraldo Rivera
- James Dobson, "Focus on the Family"
- Elizabeth Montgomery, actress ("Bewitched")
- Dave Thomas, owner of Wendy's hamburger chain
- Dan Rather
- Candice Cameron (D.J. on "Full House")
- Dave Coulier (Joey " " " )
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- Fictional:
- Balkie ("Perfect Strangers")
- Cathy (comic strip character)
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- Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
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- by Marina Margaret Heiss (mmh0m@poe.acc.virginia.edu)
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- [The following comes partially from the archetype, but mostly from my own
- dealings with ENFPs.]
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- General: ENFPs are both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone
- and everything as part of an often bizarre cosmic whole. They want to both
- help (at least, their *own* definition of "help") and be liked and admired by
- other people, on both an individual and a humanitarian level. They are inter-
- ested in new ideas on principle, but ultimately discard most of them for one
- reason or another.
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- Social/Personal Relationships: ENFPs have a great deal of zany charm, which
- can ingratiate them to the more stodgy types in spite of their unconventional-
- ity. They are outgoing, fun, and genuinely like people. As SOs/mates they
- are warm, affectionate (lots of PDA), and disconcertingly spontaneous. However,
- attention span in relationships can be short; ENFPs are easily intrigued and
- distracted by new friends and acquaintances, forgetting about the older ones
- for long stretches at a time. Less mature ENFPs may need to feel they are the
- center of attention all the time, to reassure them that everyone thinks they're
- a wonderful and fascinating person.
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- ENFPs often have strong, if unconvential, convictions on various issues related
- to their Cosmic View. They usually try to use their social skills and contacts
- to persuade people gently of the rightness of these views; this sometimes
- results in their neglecting their nearest and dearest while flitting around
- trying to save the world.
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- Work Environment: ENFPs are pleasant, easygoing, and usually fun to work with.
- They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions.
- Followthrough tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly,
- especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to
- be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any
- small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned. ENFPs are at their most
- useful when working in a group with a J or two to take up the slack.
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- ENFPs *hate* bureaucracy, both in principle and in practice; they will always
- make a point of launching one of their crusades against some aspect of it.
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