Hey I was wondering can you describe what real life types would look like and how to spot them in your family and friends?
Enneagram will shape these somewhat.
ENFJ: focused on group dynamics and a sense of ‘we’ within their family and/or larger social group, accompanied by strong singular insights / total faith in their intuitive reading into situations and people’s motives.
INFJ: total faith in their abstract conclusions and/or insights in reading between the lines, sometimes seems detached from reality, generally polite and/or focused on social appropriateness in order to get things done, often has a strong sense of internal rationalization to back up their impressions. Interested in discussion of abstract concepts and principles.
ENFP: primarily preoccupied with ideas (philosophy, psychology, etc) and discussion of them, tends to pride themselves on originality within their ideas, focuses mostly on people and relationships, tends to be indecisive and reverse positions a lot, but also has strong moral opinions and is often blunt.
INFP: primarily focused on their sense of right and wrong, prone to making quick ethical judgments, tends to pride themselves on creative thinking and new ideas, changes their mind often (not on ethics, but everything else), tends to be indecisive and reverse positions a lot, but is also sentimental and prone to falling into ‘comfortable’ routines that make them semi-resistant to change.
ENTJ: business-minded and decisive, often blunt and driven to success by objective standards, usually has a vision and/or trust in their singular insights, talks a lot about futuristic patterns without a personal focus (business trends, how an impersonal system will not work in the future and/or how it will change).
INTJ: slow to reach an intuitive conclusion but once fixed, not inclined to change their mind; trusts their intuitive perceptions, visions, and insights, focused on business and achieving financial independence and success, but sometimes prone to hesitation in acting to make their vision a reality. Interested in discussion of abstract concepts and principles.
ENTP: primarily preoccupied with ideas (science, technology, philosophy, psychology, etc) and discussion of them, tends toward rationalization and poking holes in bad systems, wants to be liked and/or seeks affirmation (and sometimes provokes people to get an emotional response), has ‘soft’ moral views and a self-generated argument to back all of them up.
INTP: slow and systematic in their approach, sometimes speaks in high abstractions others find difficult to follow or understand; wants to establish the framework of the discussion before engaging, tends to reverse their own positions (if not rational) and consider things from multiple perspectives, but prone to falling into comfortable ‘routines’ that make them ‘fussy.’
ESFJ: focused on group dynamics and a sense of ‘we’ within their family, often traditional and prone to changing their minds / perspectives, does not always trust their intuitive perceptions and may seek external validation from them on others (who can ‘test’ or ‘agree with’ their ideas).
ISFJ: seems detached from the external world, and more inclined to define their life by a set of self-imposed preferences, likes a slower and steadier approach, doesn’t care for too abstract of themes or discussions, but will go into them if others lead them there; generally polite and/or focused on social appropriateness in order to get things done, often has a strong sense of internal rationalization to back up their impressions.
ESTJ: business-minded and decisive, often blunt and driven to success by objective standards, prone to traditionalism to a degree, tends to trust established methods more than newer ones (unless proof is given of their success), only intuitively reads into things when necessary and never with a fixed sense of certainty in the outcome.
ISTJ: seems detached from the external world, and more inclined to define their life by a set of self-imposed preferences, likes a slower and steadier approach, often focused on the factual details involved in situations, history, people, places, and things; focused on business and achieving financial independence and success, butlargely disinterested in abstract concepts and/or discussions they cannot see as ‘useful’ to the situation.
ESFP: pattern of interest in something only to abandon it, focused primarily on new experiences and the here and now, sometimes neglectful of thinking in the long term, focus lies in being true to oneself and in people and relationships; tends to act on their emotions, but also has strong moral opinions and is often blunt. Much more aggressive in engaging in arguments than ENFPs.
ISFP: primarily focused on their sense of right and wrong, prone to making quick ethical judgments and acting immediately on them, without over-thinking or second-guessing themselves; becomes fixated on singular outcomes and is defensive of and protective of their singular conclusions (this can be seen as stubbornness in Ne/Si or Si/Ne axis types).
ESTP: pattern of interest in something only to abandon it, focused primarily on new experiences and the here and now, sometimes neglectful of thinking in the long term, tends toward rationalization and poking holes in bad systems, wants to be liked and/or seeks affirmation (and sometimes provokes people to get an emotional response), has ‘soft’ moral views and a self-generated argument to back all of them up.
ISTP: detached, systematical and rational, often most interested in frameworks and personal rationality, but hesitant to take too quick of action until they have considered the ramifications; prone to action and impulse without over-thinking or second-guessing themselves; becomes fixated on singular outcomes and tends to place little focus on but also trust their intuitive singular insights.
- ENFP Mod
