An Essential Guide for the ISFJ Personality Type: Insight into ISFJ Personality Traits and Guidance for Your Career and Relationships

by Sandy Peterson

Did you know that learning about your personality type can help you make better life choices, including those about your career and even romance? If you've recently used the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) psychological assessment tool and found out your personality type is ISFJ, then be prepared to learn a lot more about yourself here. As an introverted, logical, compassionate, generous, and detail-oriented person - or the ISFJ personality type - this book was written for you. I'm going to help you gain a better understanding of the specific characteristics and personality traits of the ISFJ, and I'll also give you some guidance regarding your strengths and weaknesses. You may already have an idea of what type of career you prefer or romantic relationship you like to be in, but this book will offer additional insight into your partnership style, your parenting and friendship style, and it will also help you to identify your ideal work environment. By the end of this book, you will find that a better understanding of your character goes a long way in helping you make better decisions in your life. Let's get started!

40 pages, Paperback

First published June 19, 2015

About the author

Petersen was born on September 16, 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as missionary to Los Angeles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He earned his bachelor’s degree in zoology from Brigham Young University. He also completed a couple of years of graduate studies. In 2009, he taught game design to graduate students at Southern Methodist University.

He became a fan of horror author H. P. Lovecraft when he found a World War II Armed Services edition of The Dunwich Horror and Other Weird Tales in his father’s library. In 1974, he became interested in role-playing games thanks to the popular Dungeons & Dragons. He jumped into the game industry in the early 1980s when he designed paper role-playing games, such as Runequest. His best known, Call of Cthulhu, published in 1981, has been translated into several languages and is still played worldwide. During that period of time, he also created many supplements and game aids. He also published the book Petersen’s Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters.

In 1988, he entered the computer game world, working for Microprose, id Software, and Ensemble Studios. He contributed to award-winning games such as Civilization, Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Rise of Rome, Age of Kings, The Conquerors, Age of Empires 3, and The War Chiefs. He is also credited for work on Darklands, Hyperspeed, Lightspeed, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Sword of the Samurai, and Halo Wars.

In 1990 he was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame. He was a partner with a startup video game company called Barking Lizards as well as the game company Green Eye Games. He is the creator of the board game Cthulhu Wars, based on Lovecraft’s book he read as a young man, and Glorantha: The Gods War.

Petersen and his wife are the parents of five children. He and his four sons are all Eagle Scouts.