This was a thought-provoking post, Megan. I've tested as an INFJ and an ENFJ. I'm not sure if I'm a reflective and neurotic extravert or a fairly outgoing introvert. The part about carefully planning dreams that don't pan out hits too close to home. I've found that I'm good at earning college degrees (five so far) and writing books (six so far) but not much else. I am a tenured professor and department chair at a university, but my bigger dreams of being like Walt Disney never materialized.
About ten years ago, I decided to be bold and build a house and got myself in a hole financially because I didn't pay enough attention to details. So you might want to warn risk-averse intraverts who try to push beyond their limits because we can be bad about overcompensating and being more reckless than our friends who are naturally less risk averse would be. It's similar to experiences I had as a shy high school student when I tried to act like an outgoing person and overshot the mark.
Tim Wise (not verified)says...
This was a thought-provoking post, Megan. I've tested as an INFJ and an ENFJ. I'm not sure if I'm a reflective and neurotic extravert or a fairly outgoing introvert. The part about carefully planning dreams that don't pan out hits too close to home. I've found that I'm good at earning college degrees (five so far) and writing books (six so far) but not much else. I am a tenured professor and department chair at a university, but my bigger dreams of being like Walt Disney never materialized.
About ten years ago, I decided to be bold and build a house and got myself in a hole financially because I didn't pay enough attention to details. So you might want to warn risk-averse intraverts who try to push beyond their limits because we can be bad about overcompensating and being more reckless than our friends who are naturally less risk averse would be. It's similar to experiences I had as a shy high school student when I tried to act like an outgoing person and overshot the mark.
(Not verified? I took your test.)