The Comprehensive ENFP Survival Guide

by Heidi Priebe

“Champion Idealist” (also known as ENFP),

infuriating inconsistencies.

becoming the best possible version of yourself.

turn up the volume on yourself.

world needs more people like you.

Personality type, at its core, is a reflection of how you process information and reach decisions.

ENFPs, we use the following functions in the following order: (1) Extroverted Intuition (or Ne) (2) Introverted Feeling (or Fi) (3) Extroverted Thinking (or Te) (4) Introverted Sensing (or Si) To recap, our perceptive functions are extroverted intuition and introverted sensing. Our judging functions are introverted feeling and extroverted thinking.

explains why you often feel introverted when you’re processing your emotions but extroverted when you’re planning ideas. It explains why you can switch into no-nonsense, get-things-done mode but you also have a soft, deeply compassionate side.

you often feel introverted when you’re processing your emotions

enjoys brainstorming, speculating and connecting ideas to each other using abstract reasoning.

consider multiple opposing views simultaneously and it does not like to decide firmly upon ideas. It prefers to generate, synthesize and explore them. This function gains the most energy when it is interacting with its external environment – that is, debating ideas with a fellow intuitive type or examining which possibilities exist for the future.

Ne is the reason why you start ten new projects for every one that you finish.

Ne is the reason why you start ten new projects for every one that you finish.

conversing with a fellow intuitive makes you feel as though you’ve had fifteen cups of coffee and an upper.

Introverted feeling is our primary decision-making function.

We take in experiences via our extroverted intuition, then process them and decide how we feel about them using introverted feeling.

We take in experiences via our extroverted intuition, then process them and decide how we feel about them using introverted feeling.

Fi demands authenticity, which is at the core of every ENFP’s value system.

Fi demands authenticity, which is at the core of every ENFP’s value system.

you need to withdraw and reflect on your feelings after a prolonged period of extroversion.

mood swings growing up.

you spend so much time daydreaming about an ideal version of yourself.

Fi is the reason why you’ve considered whether or not you’re an introvert at some point in your life.

Fi is the reason why you’ve considered whether or not you’re an introvert at some point in your life.

Fi is the reason why you’ve probably felt misunderstood for the majority of your life.

you’ve probably felt misunderstood for the majori...

It looks at everything through a results-based lens and is incredibly efficient at executing plans that yield tangible, beneficial results. Extroverted thinking takes a top-down approach to almost everything – it looks at where it wants to be and then works backwards to figure out how to get there.

It looks at everything through a results-based lens and is incredibly efficient at executing plans that yield tangible, beneficial results.

Te is an extroverted function that is skilled at constructing arguments in a logical, indisputable fashion.

They argue from the position of what is indisputably logical and immediately apparent – this is why ENFPs are often skilled debaters, despite being introverted feelers at their core.

you argue with cold, detached logic when you’re angry or worked up.

you argue with cold, detached logic when you’re angry or worked up.

you have a hard time motivating yourself to do basically anything that you can’t see ...

you have a hard time motivating yourself to do basically anything that you can’t see ...

are surprisingly resourceful when you w...

surprisingly resourceful when you wa...

you’re good at phrasing things in a way that people have a difficu...

Doesn’t sound like you? That’s because inferior or repressed Si manifests itself through rebellion.

Si manifests itself through rebellion.

why you are impatient with social norms or pleasantries

you are impatient with social norms or pleasantries

you don’t want to lead a traditional life.

you don’t want to lead a traditional life.

you often forget to eat, sleep or bathe when you are engrossed in a new project or endeavor.

you distrust authority and traditional methods of getting things done.

you distrust authority and traditional methods of getting things done.

you are able to follow through on your goals and projects even once they’ve grown boring.

you don’t repeat your big...

you make a deliberate effort to take care of yourself physica...

you make a deliberate effort to take care of yourself physica...