The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assesses personal style or type across four dimensions. The MBTI provides the individual with his or her “type” across four sets of preferences. My answers to the MBTI questions came out the type known as Extraverted Intuition with Thinking (ENTP). Being an ENTP means that my natural style or type of interaction encompasses and outgoing, sensitive, thinking nature. As the MBTI Report notes, “ENTP people are ingenious innovators in the field of action. They concentrate on seeing new possibilities-new ways of doing things, or new and fascinating things that might be done” (Myers 1).
ENTP people are energetic and motivated. They believe in the worth of their ideas and are tireless in tackling challenges that stand in the way of achieving their goals. ENTP people also motivate others, and their ability to perceive well helps them understand others as opposed to judging them. When it comes to decisions, ENTP people often rely on logic and thinking as opposed to emotion and sensing. Such a personality enjoys new challenges and the thinking component helps add balance to the extroversion dimension of being. Such a personality exhibits wisdom as long as insight is tempered by judgment. One obstacle for ENTP individuals is carrying out routine tasks without intrinsic motivation. As the MBTI Report notes, “A real difficulty for ENTP people is that they hate uninspired routine and find it remarkably hard to apply themselves to humdrum detail unconnected with any major interest” (1).
My personal estimate and my MBTI Report assessment were very close. However, I am fairly planned and orderly in my activities so I was surprised that I was assessed as a P (perception) and not a J (Judgment). I have not taken the MBTI before, so I cannot comment on any changes. However, I showed my type information to a friend and my dad. My friend thought my MBTI was very accurate, laughing to a...