Estp’s and How They Do with Others

ESTPs (that’s me) get great satisfaction from acting on their impulses. Activities involving great power, speed, thrill and risk are attractive to the ESTP. Chronic stifling of these impulses makes myself feel "dead inside." I have a natural drive to best the competition. The lights come on, the music plays, the game begins. Life is never dull around myself. My attractive, friendly style has a theatrical flourish which makes even the most routine, mundane event seem exciting.

I think I will be able to get along with ESTJ’s, ISTP’s, ESFP’s, ENFP’s, as well as INFP’s.

ESTJs are very much in touch with the external environment. They know their community and usually are pillars of strength. The best adjective to describe ESTJs would be responsible. They thrive on order and continuity. Being extraverted, their focus involves organization of people, which translates into supervision.

While ENTJs enjoy organizing and mobilizing people according to their own theories and tactically based agendas, ESTJs are content to enforce "the rules," often dictated by tradition or handed down from a higher authority.

ISTPs are often fearless, risking themselves more than other types, despite (even frequently) injury. Of all the types, ISTPs ar most likely to pit themselves, or their technique, against chance, odds, or fate. They thrive on excitement; they crave some excitement each day, in the form of fast motion - racing, sky diving, or surfing, for instance. This hunger for action makes them more subject to boredom than any other type, their urge driving them to faster pace. Strangely, however, they are not bored while doing their thing, even though there may be long stretches when nothing happens, as during travel, surfing, hunting, or fishing.

"Where's the party?" ESFPs love people, excitement, telling stories and having fun. The spontaneous, impulsive nature of this type is almost always entertaining. And ESFPs love to entertain -- on stage, at work, and/or at home. Social gatherings are an energy boost to these "people" people. ESFPs radiate attractive warmth and optimism. Smooth, witty, and charming, clever, voluble, and open to the environment - this describes ESFPs. They are great fun to be with and are the most generous of all types. Performer would be the word which best describes an ESFP.

ENFPs are both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone and everything as part of an often bizarre cosmic whole. They want to be liked and admired by other people, on both an individual and a humanitarian level. They are interested in new ideas on principle, but ultimately discard most of them for one reason or another.

INFPs present a calm, pleasant face to the world and are seen as reticent and even shy. Although they demonstrate a cool reserve toward others, inside they are anything but distant. They have a capacity of caring which is not always found in other types. They care deeply