MBTI - Personality Profile

So, everyone has gone back to the personality test craze lately. The first time I took the Myers-Briggs Test I was an ENTJ with strong leanings towards the Extroverted side. The second time I took the test the gap between Extrovert and Introvert narrowed but interestingly, my T (Thinking) and F (Feeling) also became borderline.

So, I decided to go back and take the test again.
Clause, I took some website version which I have no idea if it's the right one to take...

So, I'm still an ENTJ.

Interesting to note is that now I have marginal or no preference between Extraversion and Introversion. Haha - it must be the age. I think I am becoming more introverted as I get older. Does spending time with God count as spending time with other people? :P I mainly like time alone to read and spend time talking to God. And it is true, that I nowadays find myself more energized when I am not with people or being the life of the party - although I do have my moments.

Okay, then what struck me is my Judging versus Perceiving is a distinctive preference. I never paid attention to this part of the results before but it is soooo true. I really do like my life in an orderly manner. I like things planned (sometimes I plan too much) and I like things done early.

Then I went on to descriptions of ENTJs.

Apparently, ENTJ's are supposed to be the go-getters and the natural leaders. While the MBTI website states that all types are equal, according to one description ENTJs are supposedly the richest and most educated. ENTJs were also the rarest of the personality types and the most desired type. hmm... *shrugs shoulders*

Get a load of this description from one of the sites.

ENTJs are natural born leaders. They live in a world of possibilities where they see all sorts challenges to be surmounted, and they want to be the ones responsible for surmounting them. They have a drive for leadership, which is well-served by their quickness to grasp complexities, their ability to absorb a large amount of impersonal information, and their quick and decisive judgments. They are "take charge" people.

There is not much room for error in the world of the ENTJ. They dislike to see mistakes repeated, and have no patience with inefficiency. They may become quite harsh when their patience is tried in these respects, because they are not naturally tuned in to people's feelings, and more than likely don't believe that they should tailor their judgments in consideration for people's feelings. ENTJs, like many types, have difficulty seeing things from outside their own perspective. Unlike other types, ENTJs naturally have little patience with people who do not see things the same way as the ENTJ. The ENTJ needs to consciously work on recognizing the value of other people's opinions, as well as the value of being sensitive towards people's feelings. In the absence of this awareness, the ENTJ will be a forceful, intimidating and overbearing individual. This may be a real problem for the ENTJ, who may be deprived of important information and collaboration from others. In their personal world, it can make some ENTJs overbearing as spouses or parents.

Haha... I see myself in this description - the good, the bad and the ugly.


Career Paths
Interestingly enough most sites state Law or CEO or Professor (Higher Education) as career options. These were things that previously were in my consideration pool for careers. One side even said Politics or Counseling, a few other choices that I felt inclined to previously too. However, the big MISS was when a lot of them stated IT and Engineering... O.o -- those are things I would avoid like the plague haha.


Famous ENTJs
- US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- US President Richard Nixon
- Margaret Thatcher
- General Norman Schwarzkopf
- Steve Jobs
- David Letterman
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Jim Carrey
- Former US Vice President Al Gore

Needless to say, I was quite thrilled to share the same personality type as US President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he was the President during WWII. I have always said that I was built for war, although maybe not the same kind as FDR.

FDR was instrumental in the victory of the Allied Forces - he was the one who declared war on Japan and Germany after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He also helped pull the US out of the Great Depression. He was the only American President re-elected more than 2 terms. He is apparently constantly rated as the Top 3 Presidents of the US.

However, I am not too sure what I feel about being the same type as President Nixon... haha... But he was the President during the Vietnam War... I guess, that's proof for you that your personality isn't everything and it's your character and how you manage your life that matters the most... :)

For the most part of it, I was quite happy to see Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the list too. She was quite accomplished. She was after all the longest serving British Prime Minister and the only woman to be elected to that post. I watched the movie the Iron Lady and I must say that the part that bothers me the most is exactly the pitfall of an ENTJ - too aggressive, domineering and overbearing (if not corrected).

Steve Jobs pretty much had the same problem although he was a creative genius. General Norman Schwarzkopf was a Gulf War general (there's that war reference again). I bought his biography because I heard Pastor Lia talk about him before.

I guess, this provides a little insight into life - the potential do really make a difference in the world as well as the pitfalls of not taking care of first things first - character.


My only disconnect with the ENTJ is my love for music, theater and the performing arts. My only tinge of hope is the presence of Steve Jobs in the list of famous ENTJs haha... I guess that explains why I have my preferred, systematic methods of doing creative things.

On an ending note, the funniest thing about this whole personality thing - the animal associations. I am apparently either a lion, a shark, a gorilla or a bull. Clearly nothing too feminine... hahaha.... :)

Dom is apparently my total opposite -- I am an ENTJ he is an ISFP. The joke was that in one test my animal was a lion and his was a kitten... =.= (we had a good laugh in office that day).


I am thankful for who God created me to be.
Thankful that I have my own set of gifts and talents and also that I do not exist in a silo because I would be hampered by my weaknesses. Being in a team with people of different strengths makes life beautiful and the work that we do more effective.

For more information on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, you can visit their website.