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- Profile: ESFJ
- Revision: 1.2
- Date of Revision: 2 Jan 94
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- Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging
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- by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu)
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- Guardians of birthdays, holidays and celebrations, ESFJs are generous
- entertainers. They enjoy and joyfully observe traditions and are liberal in
- giving, especially where custom prescribes.
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- All else being equal, ESFJs enjoy being in charge. They see problems clearly
- and delegate easily, work hard and play with zest. ESFJs, as do most SJs,
- bear strong allegiance to rights of seniority. They willingly provide service
- (which embodies life's meaning) and expect the same from others.
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- ESFJs are easily wounded. And when wounded, their emotions will not be
- contained. They by nature "wear their hearts on their sleeves," often
- exuding warmth and bonhomie, but not infrequently boiling over with the
- vexation of their souls. Some ESFJs channel these vibrant emotions into
- moving dramatic performances on stage and screen.
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- Strong, contradictory forces consume the ESFJ. Their sense of right and
- wrong wrestles with an overwhelming rescuing, 'mothering' drive. This
- sometimes results in swift, immediate action taken upon a transgressor,
- followed by stern reprimand; ultimately, however, the prodigal is wrested
- from the gallows of their folly, just as the noose tightens and all hope is
- lost, by the very executioner!
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- An ESFJ at odds with self is a remarkable sight. When a decision must be
- made, especially one involving the risk of conflict (abhorrent to ESFJs),
- there ensues a one-man wrestling match between the aforementioned black-and-
- white Values and the Nemesis of Discord. The contender pits self against
- self, once firmly deciding with the Right, then switching to Prudence to
- forestall hostilities, countered by unswerving Values, ad exhaustium, winner
- take all.
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- As caretakers, ESFJs sense danger all around--germs within, the elements
- without, unscrupulous malefactors, insidious character flaws. The world is a
- dangerous place, not to be trusted. Not that the ESFJ is paranoid; 'hyper-
- vigilant' would be more precise. And thus they serve excellently as
- protectors, outstanding in fields such as medical care and elementary
- education.
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- Famous ESFJs:
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- U.S. Presidents:
- William Henry 'Tippecanoe' Harrison
- William McKinley
- Ronald M. Reagan
- William J. Clinton
- Jack Benny
- Don Knotts ('Barney Fife')
- John Connally (Gov. of Texas)
- Sally Struthers
- Steve Spurrier, Heismann trophy winner, Univ. of Fla. football coach
- Sally Field
- Julia Roberts
- LeVar Burton ('Giordi LeForge,' "Star Trek: The Next Generation")
- Margaret Butt
- Nancy Kerrigan (U.S. olympic figure skater)
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- Fictional ESFJs:
- Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
- Hoss Cartwright ("The Virginian")
- Felix Unger ("The Odd Couple")
- Jim 'Bones' McCoy ("Star Trek")
- Miles O'Brien ("Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Deep Space 9")
- Donald Duck
- Rabbit, _Winnie the Pooh_
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