Your Myers-Briggs Type Description: ENTP ENTP Quick, ingenious ...

Your Myers-Briggs Type Description: ENTP
ENTP
► Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken
► Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems
► Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically
► Good at reading other people
► Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way twice, apt to turn to one new
interest after another
People with ENTP preferences constantly look at the environment for opportunities and possibilities.
They see patterns and connections not obvious to others and at times seem able to see into the
future. They are adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically.
ENTPs are good at understanding how systems work and are enterprising and resourceful in
maneuvering within them to achieve their ends.
ENTPs are enthusiastic innovators. Their world is full of possibilities, interesting concepts, and
exciting challenges. They are stimulated by difficulties, quickly devising creative responses and
plunging into activity, trusting their ability to improvise. They use their Intuition primarily externally and
enjoy exercising ingenuity in the world.
ENTPs are likely to be creative, imaginative, clever, theoretical, conceptual, and curious. ENTPs use
their Thinking primarily internally to analyze situations and their own ideas and to plan. They admire
competence, intelligence, precision, and efficiency. ENTPs are usually analytical, logical, rational,
objective, assertive, and questioning. They are enterprising and resourceful. The more challenging
the problem, the better—and the more complex and global the solution they will create. They can do
almost anything that captures their interest.
ENTPs are spontaneous and adaptable. They find schedules and standard operating procedures
confining and work around them whenever possible. They are remarkably insightful about the
attitudes of others, and their enthusiasm and energy can mobilize people to support their vision.
Their conversational style is customarily challenging and stimulating because they love to debate
ideas. They are fluent conversationalists, are mentally quick, and enjoy verbal sparring. When they
express their underlying Thinking principles, however, they may feel awkward and speak with
uncharacteristic intensity and abruptness. Others usually see ENTPs as independent, autonomous,
lively, enthusiastic, energetic, assertive, and outspoken.
Sometimes life circumstances have not supported ENTPs in the development and expression of their
Thinking and Intuition preferences.
► If they have not developed their Thinking, they may not have reliable ways to evaluate their
insights and make plans to carry them through. Then they go from enthusiasm to enthusiasm
with little to show for it.
► And, if they have not developed their Intuition, they may not take in relevant information and
may have “insights” unrelated to current reality.
Under great stress, ENTP’s can be overwhelmed by detail, losing their ability to generate possibilities.
Then they focus on a minor or distorted detail, thinking that it is supremely important.

4—Letter Type Descriptive Name Capsule Summary Of My Myers-Briggs Psychological Type
ENTP
Inventive & Analytical
CHANGE PLANNER
ENTP Mental Process Dynamics
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School Activity &
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My Potential
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DOMINANT &
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Auxiliary & Helper
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Third
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Least
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Developed Process
□ ENTP’s constantly scan the environment for opportunities,
seeing patterns and connections not obvious to
others. In activities, they like working with others to
plan start-up activities requiring ingenuity and resourcefulness.
Others tend to see and admire them as creative,
lively, assertive, and outspoken. ENTP’s are at
their best when they show others their INTUITIVE ability
(their dominant and favorite mental process) to be
remarkably insightful about “reading” and motivating
people. They use their auxiliary THINKING ability internally
to analyze situations and ideas, as well as to
plan things. The secret to ENTP’s success is to develop
and use their planning strengths, but also to learn
to prioritize their ideas, to focus on what’s really important,
and to follow through on their commitments. -- 0
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An ENTP:
□ Is quick, innovative, and interested in many things. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Is alert and outspoken, and may argue just for fun on either side of a question. -
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Is resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Neglects routine assignments. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Is skillful at finding logical reasons for whatever they want. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
□ Wants school and other activities to be made light, easy, and inspiring. -- 0 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Has the ability to get others excited about their ideas. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Has great creative problem solving skills. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Has the ability to juggle several projects at once. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Can withstand rejection and maintain optimism. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Prefers active, conceptual, and expertly taught learning, as long as the content
is challenging and focused on the big picture. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ Prefers to solve problems by first exploring patterns of what is happening and
by identifying future possibilities to solve the problem; then by logically analyz-
ing the pros and cons of each possibility. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ I tend to become lost in my conceptual theories or models, forgetting about current
realities and details. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ I tend to be competitive and unappreciative of input from others. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
□ I need to pay attention to the here and now, and to the essential facts of situations.
-- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ I need to acknowledge and validate contributions from other people. -- 0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
□ I need to set realistic priorities and timelines, and know when to say “no” to
some things, rather than overextend myself and reach burnout. -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10
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