E to the N to the F to the P

I took the Myers Briggs personality assessment recently and discovered that I am an "ENFP".




For some reason, this guy's picture comes up when I image search 'ENFP'.

So does this:





I love personality assessments.

I love to learn about myself. Even if the results offer no new information, I still enjoy reading them. I tend to experience some satisfaction in having myself summed up in a few paragraphs.

I often feel awe and excitement when reading the results because of how accurate the information is.

For example, I read the following passage:

"An ENFP needs to focus on following through with their projects."

And I thought, "My god! That's me. That's totally ME! It's uncanny how accurate these personality assessments are."

And then I felt motivated to focus and follow through on my goals becasue the assessment also said I have great potential to succeed.





The following fictional characters are also ENFPs:

Amy Wong From Futurama

Ariel From Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Kramer From Seinfeld

Lucy From I Love Lucy

Phoebe From Friends

Pinnochio

Pippen From The Lord of the Rings

Pippi Longstocking

Ron Weasley From The Harry Potter Books

Spongebob Squarepants

The Genie From Disney’s Aladdin

Winnie the Pooh


I don't know who the hell Amy Wong from Futurama is, but I can safely say that at some point I have adored the other characters on this list.

I even dressed like Pippi Longstocking once for Halloween.



My friend Skim can attest to this.

It was for her 3rd grade Halloween party that I dressed as Miss Longstocking.

I won the apple dunking contest at her party even though I had braids sticking sideways out of my head like chopper blades.

I won because I had great determination to do so. While the other children were languorously munching on their candy corn, I was FOCUSED on my goal.

See, it IS in my ENFP nature to focus and succeed.



If only I could combine the results of personality tests with the insights derived from looking back on childhood more often...

I'd have myself all figured out.