P E R S O N A L I T Y   6 B

ENFJ -- The Pedagogue

Pedagogy is a fancy word for "teaching," but it also has connotations of considerable wisdom beyond the simple recitation of bare facts. And the typical ENFJ lives up to those connotations. Even in technical or impersonal subject areas, an ENFJ can burnish the subject material so that it becomes clear to anyone who exerts a basic effort to understand.

But an ENFJ's real gift lies in communicating concepts about human relationships. While this often leads ENFJ into the teaching profession, ENFJs also find fulfillment in the ministry, on the stage, or in other vocations where their understanding of motivations can be given full expression.

ENFJs can make remarkable leaders. Their ability to communicate is multiplied in face-to-face settings; what is called "charisma" is natural to the ENFJ. Unlike the equally-charismatic ESTP, however, the ENFJ usually isn't out to sell you anything, but instead enjoys satisfying a sincere desire to facilitate action that improves lives.

Like INFJs, ENFJs have a gift for understanding the motivations of others. But because ENFJs are much more involved with other people, they can sometimes try to do too much, taking on the burdens of others to the point at which they can no longer help anyone, including themselves. ENFJs also, like the other iNtuitive Feeling types, tend to feel that they are on a lifelong quest toward an ideal, which sometimes leaves them feeling unsatisfied--with their work, their mates, and their lives. Without some success, this can become debilitating self-doubt; with success, this impulse to reject anything less than the ideal can lead to high accomplishment.

Home

Heart	Body	Spirit	Mind
Art	Writing	Religion	Personality
Music	Travel	Politics	Computers
Genealogy	Work	History	Reasoning
Fiction	Games	Economics	Science