Well, I’ve certainly changed… when I took the Myers-Briggs
Personality Inventory way back in the old days, I was a strong INFP…
now I’m a strong ENF with a weak J…

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
by Joe Butt

Profile: ENFJ
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 23 Feb 2005

ENFJs are the benevolent ‘pedagogues’ of humanity. They have tremendous
charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage and/or
grand schemes. Many ENFJs have tremendous power to manipulate others
with their phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship. But
it’s usually not meant as manipulation — ENFJs generally believe in
their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they
usually are.

ENFJs are global learners. They see the big picture. The ENFJs focus is
expansive. Some can juggle an amazing number of responsibilities or
projects simultaneously. Many ENFJs have tremendous entrepreneurial
ability.

ENFJs are, by definition, Js, with whom we associate organization and
decisiveness. But they don’t resemble the SJs or even the NTJs in
organization of the environment nor occasional recalcitrance. ENFJs are
organized in the arena of interpersonal affairs. Their offices may or
may not be cluttered, but their conclusions (reached through feelings)
about people and motives are drawn much more quickly and are more
resilient than those of their NFP counterparts.

ENFJs know and appreciate people. Like most NFs, (and Feelers in
general), they are apt to neglect themselves and their own needs for
the needs of others. They have thinner psychological boundaries than
most, and are at risk for being hurt or even abused by less sensitive
people. ENFJs often take on more of the burdens of others than they can
bear.
TRADEMARK: “The first shall be last”

This refers to the open-door policy of ENFJs. One ENFJ colleague always
welcomes me into his office regardless of his own circumstances. If
another person comes to the door, he allows them to interrupt our
conversation with their need. While discussing that need, the phone
rings and he stops to answer it. Others drop in with a ‘quick
question.’ I finally get up, go to my office and use the call waiting
feature on the telephone. When he hangs up, I have his undivided
attention!

Functional Analysis:
Extraverted Feeling

Extraverted Feeling rules the ENFJ’s psyche. In the sway of this
rational function, these folks are predisposed to closure in matters
pertaining to people, and especially on behalf of their beloved. As
extraverts, their contacts are wide ranging. Face-to-face relationships
are intense, personable and warm, though they may be so infrequently
achieved that intimate friendships are rare.
Introverted iNtuition

Like their INFJ cousins, ENFJs are blessed through introverted
intuition with clarity of perception in the inner, unconscious world.
Dominant Feeling prefers to find the silver lining in even the most
beggarly perceptions of those in their expanding circle of friends and,
of course, in themselves. In less balanced individuals, such mitigation
of the unseemly eventually undermines the ENFJ’s integrity and
frequently their good name. In healthier individuals, deft use of this
awareness of the inner needs and desires of others enables this astute
type to win friends, influence people, and avoid compromising
entanglements.

The dynamic nature of their intuition moves ENFJs from one project to
another with the assurance that the next one will be perfect, or much
more nearly so than the last. ENFJs are continually looking for newer
and better solutions to benefit their extensive family, staff, or
organization.
Extraverted Sensing

Sensing is extraverted. ENFJs can manage details, particularly those
necessary to implement the prevailing vision. These data have, however,
a magical flexible quality. Something to be bought can be had for a
song; the same something is invaluable when it’s time to sell. (We are
not certain, but we suspect that such is the influence of the primary
function.) This wavering of sensory perception is made possible by the
weaker and less mature status with which the tertiary is endowed.
Introverted Thinking

Introverted Thinking is least apparent and most enigmatic in this type.
In fact, it often appears only when summoned by Feeling. At times only
in jest, but in earnest if need be, Thinking entertains as logical only
those conclusions which support Feeling’s values. Other scenarios can
be shown invalid or at best significantly inferior. Such “Thinking in
the service of Feeling” has the appearance of logic, but somehow it
never quite adds up.

Introverted Thinking is frequently the focus of the spiritual quest of
ENFJs. David’s lengthiest psalm, 119, pays it homage. “Law,” “precept,”
“commandment,” “statute:” these essences of inner thinking are the
mysteries of Deity for which this great Feeler’s soul searched.

Famous ENFJs:

David, King of Israel
U.S. Presidents:
Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan

William Cullen Bryant, poet
Abraham Maslow, psychologist and proponent of self-actualization
Ross Perot
Sean Connery
Elizabeth Dole
Francois Mitterand
Dick Van Dyke
Andy Griffith
James Garner
William Aramony, former president of United Way
Gene Hackman (Superman, Antz)
Dennis Hopper (Speed)
Brenda Vaccaro
Craig T. Nelson (Coach)
Diane Sawyer (Good Morning America)
Randy Quaid (Bye Bye, Love; Independence Day)
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
Kirstie Alley (“Cheers,” Look Who’s Talking movies)
Michael Jordan, NBA basketball player
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Oprah Winfrey
Bob Saget America’s Funniest Home Videos, Full House
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Seinfeld”)
Ben Stiller (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts quarterback
Matthew McConaughey (The Wedding Planner)
Pete Sampras, Tennis Champion
Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”)
Ben Affleck (The Sum Of All Fears)
John Cusack (High Fidelity)
Fictional ENFJs:

Joe Hackett, Wings
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