Friday, February 15, 2013

The Jung Typology Test: What's Your Personality Type?

Carl Gustav Jung!!
What a badass...

So, this morning, I was sitting alone bored in my room and I thought, "What can I do to cure my episode of pure, merciless boredom?" Then I thought, "I'm going to take a personality test!!" Originally, I wanted to take the Myers-Briggs personality test, but the first personality test that appeared on google was the Jung Typology Test, which the Myers-Briggs test is based on - and the rest is history...

So, according to the test, my personality type is "ENFP," which stands for Extraversion, iNtuition, Feeling, and Perception. "PersonalityPage" states that individuals with such a personality type have the following traits: 

"ENFPs generally have the following traits:
  • Project-oriented
  • Bright and capable
  • Warmly, genuinely interested in people; great people skills
  • Extremely intuitive and perceptive about people
  • Able to relate to people on their own level
  • Service-oriented; likely to put the needs of others above their own
  • Future-oriented
  • Dislike performing routine tasks
  • Need approval and appreciation from others
  • Cooperative and friendly
  • Creative and energetic
  • Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
  • Natural leaders, but do not like to control people
  • Resist being controlled by others
  • Can work logically and rationally - use their intuition to understand the goal and work backwards towards it
  • Usually able to grasp difficult concepts and theories"
I find this particular personality test absolutely fascinating for several reasons, but primarily for its accuracy. According to PersonalityPage, 

"As an ENFP, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition...ENFPs are warm, enthusiastic people, typically very bright and full of potential. They live in the world of possibilities, and can become very passionate and excited about things. Their enthusiasm lends them the ability to inspire and motivate others, more so than we see in other types. They can talk their way in or out of anything. They love life, seeing it as a special gift, and strive to make the most out of it.
ENFPs have an unusually broad range of skills and talents. They are good at most things which interest them."

In addition, the job types for this type of personality include titles like consultants, psychologists, teachers, entrepreneurs, actors, writers, artists, engineers, and reporters. I've already been heavily involved in 8 out of those 9 career options...

P.S. What's your personality type according to the Jung Typology Test?

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