myersbriggspersonalitytypes:

Positive Traits:

• Extremely intuitive
• Searchers of hidden meaning
• Sensitive and perceptive
• Gifted at reading others
• Hold strong convictions and beliefs, which they live in accordance with
• Will not compromise their ideals
• Tend to trust their own instincts (and with good reason) – they are usually right and they usually know it
• Genuinely warm and affirming by nature
• Typically gentle and caring
• Dedicated to finding/achieving the “perfect relationship”
• Usually have good communication skills
• Tend to be gifted writers
• Take commitments very seriously
• Seek lifelong relationships
• Have very high expectations of themselves and others
• Good listeners
• Once they are sure a relationship is over, they are usually able to move on
• Deep, complex and intense
• Artistic and creative
• Strive to create an orderly, systematic outer world for themselves
• Constantly defining and re-defining priorities in life
• Put lots of energy into identifying the best system for getting things done
• Operate on an intuitive, spontaneous basis within their inner world
• Intuitively “know” things without being able to pinpoint exactly why and without even a thorough knowledge of the subject at hand
• Extremely insightful about people and situations
• Most likely of all types to have “psychic” abilities
• Concerned for others’ feelings and careful not to hurt them
• Perfectionists
• Believe in constant growth and are always looking to improve
• Can, in some ways, be easy-going
• Natural nurturer – they make loving parents and are likely to have strong bonds with their children
• Devoted to and protective of those they care about
• Like to work independently
• Rarest of all types

Negative Traits:

• Tend to hold back part of themselves – can be secretive
• Are often hard to get to know, difficult to understand
• May not be good with money
• Often not good with handling practical, day-to-day concerns
• Tendency to believe they’re always right and dismiss/ignore other peoples’ opinions, even before fully hearing them out
• May be prone to depression
• Intensely dislike criticism and conflict – tend to internalize conflict and may react to it with heated, explosive anger
• May have a hard time leaving an unhealthy relationship
• May be highly protective of themselves and overly private, only sharing what they want and when they want to share it
• Can be stubborn
• Rarely at complete peace with themselves – always doubt they are living up to their full potential
• Often not good with highly detailed tasks – will either avoid these tasks or go to other extreme and become so enveloped in detail that they lose sight of big picture