Well after reading this I'm jumping on the ENTP train. For now. Choo choo!ENTP is a definite possibility. I can make a case for how I could be any Extroverted personality type, which in and of itself seems very ENTP.
I originally had a knee-jerk rejection of the idea, because I don't ALWAYS enjoy playing devil's advocate or debating an issue. However, when it's done in the right spirit, I love it. I can easily see things from all sides. Friends would often call me just to help them justify something they wanted to do but knew they shouldn't, like skip a class or put off an important task. I can find a legitimate reason for just about any behavior. I often avoid debate because it puts so many people off, and I don't enjoy conflict other than in the right atmosphere.
The other descriptions sound so very much like me. "An odd juxtaposition arises with ENTPs, as they are uncompromisingly honest, but will argue tirelessly for something they don’t actually believe in, stepping into another’s shoes to argue a truth from another perspective." This is me.
And the bit about rules. Seriously. Someone asked my mom if I was a rule-follower or a rule-breaker. Her response? "She makes her own rules. Always has." If a rule makes sense to me, I become its biggest supporter/enforcer. If a rule doesn't make sense to me, it doesn't exist to me. There are ways to circumvent it and stay within legal bounds. I'm not always a rebel or the underdog, but it does bring something out in me.
And I am practically the poster child for the concept of coming up with ideas and planning them, but needing someone else to do the grunt work. I don't do grunt work unless I cannot avoid it. I even mentioned in the questionnaires that I need a personal assistant to put all my pieces together.
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ESFJ is more off-putting to me. I've never been popular with the general population. Within my circles, I'm very popular. I don't mind the spotlight, but don't care for public recognition. I appreciate beauty and fashion, but don't focus on it for myself.
It also doesn't fit as I'm not so much a rule-follower. I have a personal ethical standard, but not all rules are necessary, in my opinion. I also tend to stay out of other people's business. Live and let live. I'm not big on standing judge over another.
I do love to be of service, but so do other types.
I am mostly conflict-adverse and the social aspects of ESFJ do seem to fit me better than some other types.
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I get a lot of ENTP vibes personally. I'm no expert, but it was my initial thought. I find that I often laser in on Ne. I don't know why, but there's just this certain communication style when one uses it. I can't really explain it. For instance, I was once sitting through the first lecture of the semester and pretty early in I just thought "This professor has to be using Ne." That perception hadn't changed. Then again, I don't claim to be any sort of authority on typing. I could barely figure out my own type.
Though I could also see ENFP. But I definitely feel like you use Ne.
Sometimes ENPs can look similar. The stereotypes of the two are rather different. But the reality is they can be quite similar.
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12-15-2017, 08:38 PM #33
I always felt that the primary reason I tend to test as ENFP is because I struggle with ADHD. The easy distractedness then hyperfocus when stimulated...the easy boredom with routine... But if you take that out, I think I'm more ENTP or ENFJ who just happens to struggle with ADHD. ARGH, the abbreviations!
I'm not saying everyone who is ENFP acts like someone with ADHD, but I do feel like my ADHD could contribute to the reason why on so many tests I present as ENFP.
I am still on the fence, myself, with whether I am ENFP, ENTP or ENFJ. I do test really high in Fe and Ni, as well as Ne.
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12-16-2017, 12:06 PM #39
Honestly, this is the sort of thing that bugs me. I made a public post in a public forum asking for feedback. I am clearly open to suggestions. I'm not closed off. I do not already have my mind made up.
You come in and definitively say I am XXXX without any information as to why you believe that to be true. When I ask about it, you say that there's no sense in you even explaining. Insinuating that I don't want to hear what you have to say. That couldn't be further from the truth. I asked because I want to know.
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12-16-2017, 12:11 PM #40
Excellent! Thank you. I appreciate the input.
I tend to go by a lot more than statistics. A lot of tests are leaning in one direction or other, as in I can feel what the answer should be to get a certain result. I feel like that skews some results. Some tests use words like always or never, which changes my response. Some are based on what you have had success with rather than what you feel you prefer to do. So a lot of the tests come out with answers or results I feel arent really true to type.
So I take the statistics and come up with probabilities, then weigh them against how I feel about the descriptions and how well they match what I feel my behavioral tendencies are.
Does that hat make sense?
Statistically I am definitely ENFP. And I may very well be. I'm just not sure. I like to keep my options open. I feel like as long as I'm learning, I'm discovering more things that apply from all the types and that don't apply.
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