Sunday, September 03, 2006

Good news...I'm still me.

I took the Jung/Myers-Briggs personality test last night. (the short version) My results were the same as usual...I'm still an ENFP. I was an INFP for awhile, but I was going through a rough time then, so I think that caused me to be more introverted. I'm still borderline though...extrovert-6, introvert-4...which intrigues me. All the other personality traits...Intuition, Feeling and Perceiving...are 10-0 or 9-1. The interesting part of the analysis is that ENFPs make up only 3% of the population. I guess that makes me an oddball...but you all probably already knew that about me anyway. *grin*

Personality tests have always intrigued me. It's fascinating to me that regardless of how much we mature through different stages of our lives, and feel so different about ourselves now, than we did...say in highschool...some things about us don't change. Understanding different personality types also gives us a good insight into other people...how to reach them, respond to them, and what makes them tick...etc. It's just neat!

If you decide to take the test and don't mind sharing your results...I'd love to know! And let me know what you think about my results...it's always interesting to hear what people have to say. I don't think everything about an ENFP sounds like me, but Joe says it's me to a T. (Ironic coming from an ISTJ!) *wink*

Happy Labor Day!

2 comments:

Kathi said...

So, I came up as INTJ - when I remember taking this in college I was ISFJ - so, a little bit of change. After reading the description, some of it fits me, some of it I don't think does. Especially the career choices of the sciences or engineering - Yuck! Though I did once consider going into law and would love to teach at a college.

My favorite, though, is that I'm right on the same personality type as Hannibal Lechter! Watch out everyone - "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." - Yum!

Missy said...

Hannibal Lechter, huh?

I'm the same personality type as Ariel from The Little Mermaid. THAT explains why we hit it off so well! LOL.