Hey Dan here and in this video you're going to learn some of the best careers
for enfjs and also I think more importantly some
of the things to look for in a profession you know it's 2019 now there
are so many different ways you can earn a living and so often the typical career
list like you can be a lawyer or a doctor accountant don't apply nearly as
much now so knowing what you should look for in a work environment can often be
just as if not more important than figuring out the specific kind of
profession first things first it is so important
when you're thinking about either picking your career like maybe you're 18
and you're figuring out what your college major should be now or maybe
you're 38 and you're figuring out hey I don't love my career now I want to make
a change whatever stage you're in it is essential to follow your own path and to
trust yourself that if you're not happy where you are then there's a very good
chance you should change and that the advice you get from other people will
usually carry some kind of bias now I don't mean like the evil overlord bias
where they're trying to cram you into some machine but people have their own
biases right most people are risk averse so if you're 35, 40 and you're thinking of
changing a career personally I say go for it I say it's worth taking a risk to
spend the rest of your life being happier but people who are more
risk-averse are gonna look at you and say hey you know you spend all that time
on this education you'll be starting over again blah blah blah and they'll
project their own fears on to you similarly if you're younger and you're
picking your major be cautious about who you get advice from right when someone's
giving you advice on what to do in life one of the ways you can tell if they're
full of shit or not is if they ask you questions and listen to you first so if
someone's telling you hey you know what you should be an accountant or you
should go and be a consultant or something are they asking you what you
like are they getting to know you really well first and then saying hey do this
or are they just saying hey you know accountants pay well or they're
projecting what they do or what they wish they did for a living
to you that's really really important there are so many possibilities in terms
of what you can actually do for a living and yes some do tend to pay better than
others and some do have more demand than others but ultimately if you do the
thing you enjoy and you're good at you'll end up making more money in a
lower demand field than if you go into something that maybe has high demand but
you don't like it you're not very good at it you're sort of forcing your way
through and all that so for me I think it's so important to follow your heart
follow that voice in your head and actually do the thing you want to do now
when it comes to the type of place you should work the perception versus
reality becomes really really important I filmed another video on this in
general about how we might look at a profession from the outside and we love
the purpose of the work say being a counselor we like yeah hoping people
helping them figure out what they want to do maybe like a high school counselor
but the reality of dealing with bureaucracy and maybe people with egos
you work with or whatever else may not actually translate into the type of work
you thought you were getting so I want to cover some of the things that are
really really important for enfjs in terms of your work environment sometimes
you may find that within the same profession you have dramatically
different environments so if you find the right environment for you the
profession will be so much more satisfying and fulfilling whereas if you
end up in a toxic environment the same professional end up being draining and
unfulfilled so the first thing that's really important for you as an ENFJ is
to be around people and be in a positive environment you should be in an
environment that is generally conflict free that's more focused on
collaboration on helping on contributing and within that environment there should
be a very good reward system you want to know that the work you're doing mean
something and you want to be rewarded for that if you're working harder than
someone else you'd like to be rewarded for that and not be in a system where
it's maybe driven by politics or seniority where okay you're working
twice as hard as this person and you're producing better results but they've
been there longer they get more than you you're gonna find
that really frustrating the next thing that's really important is within your
position you should be able to see the bigger picture you should know the
purpose of your work what is it doing what is the big picture not everyone
needs this a lot of people are fine kind of doing their little work and focusing
what they're told to do but that's not you you need to know the bigger picture
and with that the bigger picture should be something positive ultimately you're
going to want to work in an environment where you're contributing something good
to the world and doing that in a capacity where you have enough autonomy
to actually make an impact as well so within that profession yes you want to
understand the big picture yes that big picture should be contributing as well
and third is within your role you should have enough autonomy and control to use
your organizational skills use your decision-making skills and make an
impact on your own not be stuck in some kind of bureaucracy or some kind of
corporate structure that doesn't allow you the freedom to apply yourself and
get results now as an ENFJ you care about personal growth and you love new
experiences so this needs to be part of your work as well you need to have the
opportunity to be working with a diverse range of people to have new challenges
to have the opportunity to take on different types of projects and just
stay stimulated essentially if you're doing the same thing every day you're
going to get bored with it doesn't mean you have to be radically changing
directions all the time but having some diversity and the ability to explore new
ideas new concepts to be learning what's new maybe in cutting edge it's going to
be really satisfying for you and really important within the role so overall I
want to summarize and then I'll cover some different groups of professions
specific professions that can be really good for enfjs overall you want to be an
environment that is supportive that is friendly where you get along with a
diverse group of people you want to be doing things that are sometimes new and
have different approaches and have the autonomy to get things done to know what
the big picture is and to be working towards that cause with enough freedom
to act make things happen you don't want to
feel like you're a cog in the machine doing work for works sake and not
actually getting anything done and of course the work needs to be aligned with
your beliefs and your personal values if you're not aligned with it maybe you'll
be able to do it for a year or two maybe you'll say hey the money is good it's
worth it but that's not going to last your lifetime you're not going to be
happy doing work that isn't aligned with your value system now I promised I would
share some different groups of professions and specific professions
within that that are great for ENFJ's the first I would put as the public
eye this would be things like being a writer or a journalist being a news
broadcaster being a communications director maybe working in PR enfjs
you're pretty good at being like polished presentable that sort of thing
at least when you want to be and so being in that kind of public figure can
be a really good profession for you you could even throw politician in with that
although you really want to be careful about the type of political environment
you're in I would imagine that in many countries in 2019 the political
environment may not be that friendly conflict free environment that you so
love the next group I would say is creative profession things like being a
copywriter a graphic designer an artist some kind of media producer so maybe
producing or creating videos someone where you're basically creating things
you know one of the things that I didn't mention earlier but is really important
to understand is that there's a difference between your personality and
your passions and so enfjs can love a variety of things
there's enfjs who are extremely creative artists there's enfjs who are
politicians who are deans of schools and business directors it really depends on
a lot more than just your personality type and so within this media category
is it's basically about creating stuff what you create and how you create it
will be more based on your personality and I'm sure you already know if you
love writing or you love making video or you love making music that's probably
something you already know and know that your personality is quite aligned with
doing that next up I would say our corporate world professions things like
being a sales trainer a charm manager some kind of manager in
general or a consultant within the corporate world in general where EF J's
will do their best is going to be in more training and supportive roles an
ENFJ will be a better sales trainer than they will be an actual salesperson
themselves and so look for a role where you can support other people even if
you're at a high level within the company and that's probably where you're
going to do best the next group of professions I would call the helpers and
healers this would be things like being a therapist or counselor being a
psychologist being a coach maybe being someone that helps people figure out
like what they want to do for a living could even get into things like holistic
health but ultimately working with people one-on-one and helping them in
some area of their like something enfjs excelling in the last area that is great
for enfjs is around teaching this could be
anything from being a teacher to being the dean of students and everything in
between being a college professor being a high school teacher enfjs our amazing
teacher so anything to do with education there's a very good chance you can do
well and that you can excel so now it's your turn in the comments section below
I would love to hear either the professional choices you've made and
what your experiences have been or what you're thinking about doing and what
your debate is and if this video has helped you get more clarity by the way
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