eNFp
Cheech, CathyQ, Julie, and I spent an evening at The Hostel after dinner taking the Keirsey Temperment Sorter; according to that exercise, I am an eNFp, or "the Champion" (read on below). We all realized we've changed a lot since we graduated from college -- the last time I took the test previously, I was an eNTj!
Then, lying sick in bed one day, I decided to revamp the ol' webpage (it hadn't changed significantly since my sophmore year in school). I was desperate for inspiration, so I drew on the Keirsey label as a starting point.
Here is the official description of "The Champion Style, " courtesy keirsey.com:
- The Champion Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in accomplishing their aims, and informative and extraverted when relating with others. For Champions, nothing occurs which does not have some deep ethical significance, and this, coupled with their uncanny sense of the motivations of others, gives them a talent for seeing life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil. This type is found in only about 3 percent of the general population, but they have great influence because of their extraordinary impact on others. Champions are inclined to go everywhere and look into everything that has to do with the advance of good and the retreat of evil in the world. They can't bear to miss out on what is going on around them; they must experience, first hand, all the significant social events that affect our lives. And then they are eager to relate the stories they've uncovered, hoping to disclose the "truth" of people and issues, and to advocate causes. This strong drive to unveil current events can make them tireless in conversing with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out.
- Champions consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus, while they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves in some danger of losing touch with their real feelings, which eNFps possess in a wide range and variety. In the same vein, eNFps strive toward a kind of spontaneous personal authenticity, and this intention always to "be themselves" is usually communicated nonverbally to others, who find it quite attractive. All too often, however, eNFps fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they tend to heap coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest self-conscious role-playing.
Bonus Keirsey stuff: temperments of various Star Trek characters!
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