Last week we talked about what your Enneagram personality type is and it was so fun hearing what yours were! Let’s continue the conversation: What’s your Myers-Briggs personality type? Here’s where you can find out + what mine is (I was surprised!)…

Mine was, drumroll please… ENFP – The Campaigner, which you can read about here, if you’d like.

Say what?! I was certain I was an Introvert NOT an Extrovert. Albeit I’m an extroverted introvert, meaning when I’m out and being social, I’m very social, but I definitely always need time to recover after.

I’ve always heard the definition of an introvert vs. an extrovert is if you get more energy being around people, you’re an extrovert, and if you get less energy being around people, you’re an introvert. I get more energy WHILE I’m around people, but then after I am zonked. So…what does that mean?

Also, I tend to withdraw. Once I’m out, I’m good. It’s getting me to go out or commit to plans that I struggle with. Hence, why I think I’m an introvert. Perhaps I’m just a depressed extrovert? 😉 #funnynotfunny

Anyway, I must say I much prefer the Myers-Briggs to the Enneagram. I feel like Enneagram frames things in a negative light (your best asset is also your worst!!!), whereas Myers-Briggs feels optimistic. Um, I’m guessing that says all you need to know about my personality type right there.

Who’s with me?

I wonder what Audrey’s personality type was… It seems she was an introvert, based on this quote:

I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.

I’m also an ESFJ! We did the MBTI a couple times in college and here’s what the online versions never tell you: The questionnaire was designed knowing that ultimately you know yourself better than anyone else. So you may get one result when you take the assessment (for example, I test as an ESTJ), but then when you read the descriptions you know that you’re something else. I can pass as an ESTJ, but if I’m really honest with myself I’m more F than T.

One other note is that you have to answer the questions with your fast answer. You’re supposed to essentially go with your knee-jerk reaction.

There are also really theories about what it means if you’re an E and a T or an NF, etc. (basically looking at just two letters at a time).

I’m in business school and we’re working through some Myers-Briggs exercises now. I’m INFJ – the Advocate. Feels very accurate to me (I’m getting an MBA in nonprofit management), and since my personality type is complex and has some contradictory elements (we’re quiet extroverts!), it’s nice to be able to have some language to explain it. Also, other Advocates include Nelson Mandela, MLK Jr and Mother Teresa so I’ll be sure to strategically remind people that I basically have the personality of a saint 😉