Thursday, December 10, 2015

MBTI: ENTP


ENTPs are often well-liked, thanks in part to how laid-back and flexible they tend to be. In addition, they have an intuitive ability to understand people and situations. They are lively and outspoken, in addition to being energetic and independent. One might even call them charming. ENTPs are also great at conversation, enjoying the exercise of sparring verbally with their associates and friends. They have “great social ease and ability to fit comfortably into most social situations.”[1] Anything new will excite them. However, they also have a low tolerance for people, possibly due in part to the fact that they are great lie detectors.
                An ENTP will probably be good at almost anything that snags their interest, and that tends to be many things as they are naturally curious and questioning. They are analytical and objective, and also clever. However, they dislike schedules and environments that confine them. Deadlines, isolation, and stubbornness all pain them. So do routine, detail-oriented tasks. They need to know first of all, the big picture; then supporting logic. They have the skill to be balancing multiple projects at one time – yet organization is almost non-existent.
                In general, an ENTP will resist being controlled by others. Yet at times, they are too smart for their own good and tumble into bad situations, thanks to arrogance or boastfulness. They don’t enjoy thinking things through meticulously, and look down on those who do as time-wasters. They are also quite quick at sizing up a situation, and usually can do so accurately and with impressive depth. ENTPs can see the relationships between people, things, and ideas. Sometimes minor setbacks annoy them more than they should. They strongly value knowledge and competence, but school tends to be difficult and they have one of the lowest overall GPAs for the sixteen personalities.[2] That being said, they also maintain one of the lowest stress levels of all the personalities. Additionally, they are natural teachers, “continuously devising new and intriguing ways to get their students involved in learning.”[3]
                One strength of an ENTP is their ability to solve problems creatively – which entirely makes sense, since they can see the connections, make them effectively, and therefore solve the problems. Possibilities are in everything for an ENTP. They can improvise quickly and well, and are good at influencing others to join them. This is because they get enthusiastic about the things they enjoy, and know how to communicate that enthusiasm to others. This means that ENTPs are naturally cut out to be leaders – yet they dislike controlling others almost as much as they dislike being controlled themselves. Another strength of theirs is their ability to see many points of view and the merits of them all. Unfortunately, at times, these skills can result in a dislike of doing things in a traditional way.
ENTP Specs –
                ENTPs – change the world. The Inventor. The Visionary.
                Real life ENTPs – Esther (the Bible - clear visionary); Newt Gingrich (political figure); Leonardo da Vinci (artist); Benjamin Franklin (inventor); Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple); Bertrand Russell (philosopher, mathematician); Mao (dictator of communist China); Robert Downey, Jr. (actor); Neil Patrick Harris (actor); Gillian Anderson (actress); Hugh Grant (actor).
                Fictional ENTPs – the Mad Hatter (Once Upon a Time); Bard (Hobbit - visionary); the trickster (fairy tale – good or bad, causing mischief and thinking of schemes and ideas); Robin Hood (at least in Disney); Thomas (Downton Abbey – quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, outspoken); Colonel Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice); Sirius Black (Harry Potter); Iron Man aka Tony Stark (Iron Man); Merry (Lord of the Rings); Barney (How I Met Your Mother); John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility); Monsieur Thenardier (Les Miserables); Richard Castle (Castle).
                Presidential ENTPs – John Adams, James Hayes, James Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt.
                Prayer of the ENTP – “God, help me follow established procedures today. On second thought, I’ll settle for a few minutes.”
                First impression of the ENTP – Fun idiot.
                General impression of the ENTP – Full of ideas, quick, intuitive; fast, fluent, and well spoken in debate; inventor, curious, clever; ingenious; like debate coaches who believe life is a misfit orphanage and they are the caretaker.
                Honest stereotype of the ENTP – Would probably blow up the world to calculate shrapnel velocity.
                You say potato, ENTP says… “Wrong pronunciation. I bet you say tomato incorrectly too.”
                Dessert personality for the ENTP – A froyo bar – bored by routine. Smart and interested in finding new ways to do things. Candied ginger ice cream.
                Quote for the ENTP – “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” – Joseph Joubert
                Percentage of ENTP in Men vs. Women – 4.0% male versus 2.4% female - 3.2% total.


[1] “Shout CMS,” accessed July 9, 2015, www.guaranteed-success.com.
[2] “Oddly Developed Types,” accessed July 9, 2015, www.oddlydevelopedtypes.com.
[3] David Keirsey, Please Understand Me II, (Del Mar: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1998), page 203.

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