ESFP Traits - "The Performers"
Positive Traits:
Highly social, friendly and outgoing
Loads of fun to be around
Thrive on excitement
Truly love people
Likely quite popular – people tend to be highly drawn to them
Fun-loving, enthusiastic, lively
Spontaneous
Very open to and accepting of everyone
Funny
Warmhearted and compassionate
Laid back, go-with-the-flow kinds of people
Usually generous, warm and loving
Clever and witty
Generally “light and free” kinds of people
Often practical and well able to attend to day-to-day needs
Interested in making the most of each moment
Love new people and new experiences
Love to be the center of attention
“Live-in-the-moment” types of people
Strong interpersonal skills
Good peacemakers
Sympathetic and compassionate towards others
Highly observant and can often sense when something is wrong with someone before others can
Great at providing practical care for others
Optimistic
“The world is a stage,” “life is a party” tend to be their mottos
Love to entertain and make others happy
Typically treat everyone as a friend (but are capable of deep dislike if crossed)
Hands-on learners
Usually hate structure and routine (can be positive or negative)
Good improvisers
True appreciators of the “finer things in life,” like good food, good wine and aesthetic beauty
Great team players
Likely to love animals and/or children
Negative Traits:
Tendency towards immaturity
May become overly indulgent and overlook long-term consequences of actions
Can be reckless/frivolous with money
Can be impulsive
Tendency to be over-dramatic
Can be neglectful of their health and wellbeing
May be materialistic
Often do not handle criticism well – tendency to take things very personally
Long-term commitments may be a struggle for them
Tendency to ignore or try to escape from conflict rather than deal with it
Often do not pay adequate attention to their own needs
Always excited by something new and may frequently change partners
Not the best advice givers due to their dislike of future planning
Usually hate structure and routine (can be positive or negative)