Welcome back! The ESFJ Myers Briggs personality type is known for being gregarious, outgoing,
encouraging, organized, practical, and strong leaders. Some famous ESFJ changemakers probably
include Prince William, Desmond Tutu, Barbara Walters and Andrew Carnegie. If you are an
ESFJ or think you might be, we are going to explore some ways that you will change the
world in this video. Welcome back! My name is Amber Melanie Smith
and I am a Nonprofit Executive Director and public speaker on social impact, leadership,
and service. I make weekly videos to help aspiring changemakers with tips and strategies
to help you change the world while living a life of impact and purpose.
So ESFJs are super cool! They are known for being both popular and grounded, kind of as
everyone's go-to friend. If you are curious what kind of Myers Briggs
personality type you might be and you don't yet know, I've left a couple of links in the
description below this video where you can take an assessment and figure it out and then
come back and comment and share with the rest of us to let us know.
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I make weekly videos on not just how the different personality types can make a difference in
the world but how we can all be a part of changemaking and creating a social impact
and what that looks like. Before we talk about the many amazing ways
that ESFJs can make an impact in the world, let's go through their personality traits.
ESFJs, like their counterparts the ISFJs, are one of the larger Myers Briggs personality
types. They make up about 12 percent of the population. ESFJs are very friendly, but perhaps
less like their introvert counterparts, they are very social! They just love going to parties
and staying heavily involved in their friends' lives.
They are supportive, encouraging, energetic, and, in tense situations, love to create a
sense of harmony and bring people back together. They are practical, loyal, and have a strong
sense of duty. A couple of weaknesses: So, ESFJs can sometimes
be overly needy, perhaps concerned with social status. They also might be a little bit inflexible.
ESFJs really need to work in a more structured or organized environment, but one that is
very social, where they know clearly what their own role is and the role that others
on the team play, and where everyone is being very appreciated for their unique roles and
contributions. Okay, so let's talk about a couple ways that
these gregarious ESFJs can change the world! Your ideal pathway to making a difference
in the world is by taking decisive action to help individuals or groups of people. You
are super action oriented, and you really don't want to wait around when you see a need
or some injustice happening - you want to get to action right away to address it. That
said, you are also really good at understanding the value of teamwork, and letting others
step up to use their own unique talents to make an impact in the situation also.
You work really well in structured teams, especially where you can oversee others who
are making a difference with you. So, all that is to say that you would make a great
leader or manager in most any positive change making effort. You're really good at turning
a desire and an intention to help into real, tangible action. And this means that you would
be able to direct others to make a difference really well.
If you work for, or aspire to work for, a private company or some kind of for-profit
business, you work really well in structured corporate environments. But you are extremely
and highly focused on building community, so I can see you playing a role in positive
change making in a company by helping others feel welcome, orienting new employees to your
positive work culture, and getting people to feel included. This can translate really
well to promoting or even managing your company's corporate social responsibility efforts, perhaps
through getting your team members to donate to support a philanthropy or charity, or even
through volunteering. If you aspire to work with a nonprofit or
social enterprise organization to make your impact, then any kind of managerial or leadership
role would suit you really well. You would make a really good fundraising event planner,
executive director, a trainer of other groups of people, or some kind of volunteer manager.
But there's a catch - as an ESFJ, you really need to work with a cause that you feel a
personal connection and attachment to. Alternatively, you're probably drawn to causes that help
people meet some of their basic needs that are very tangible like providing food to those
who are hungry or clothing, or job training. In volunteer roles you have a lot of options!
Again you'd be a great leader of other volunteers, so some kind of volunteer project leader where
you are leading groups of people to make an impact for causes especially that meet the
basic needs of other people like building homes, or packaging food or clothing.
Family is also really important to you. So if you happen to be a parent, you'd probably
really enjoy bringing the kids along to volunteer with you.
You can use your gregarious nature and your detail oriented tendencies to be an awesome
fundraising or large scale event planner as well.
Again you would really enjoy doing this for a cause that you have personal experience
with or even know someone else who has been affected by that cause too.
As a volunteer, teaching or coaching groups of people where you can impart your wisdom
and your knowledge on others on ways to improve their lives can be a really fulfilling role
for you. Things like teaching individuals or families about financial literacy, or perhaps
working with a community garden to teach others how to cook healthy meals, or even how to
build homes and being a leader of a home building project. As I mentioned before, family is
a really important theme to you - so you really have a soft spot for causes that help kids
or seniors or other families in need. Helping people or entire families get their lives
together after a difficult family situation could be a really rewarding role for you.
You might also enjoy helping families transitioning out of homelessness or even being a tutor
or a mentor to youth in need. That's it! If you are an ESFJ, or know one,
please let us know in the comments. Let us know if we've hit the mark, what other things
you are doing to make a positive impact in the community and also, don't forget, if you're
on Facebook, come check out my group Change the World or Bust. We have conversations with
each other as changemakers on how we can all work together to make an impact in our community.
Once again, don't forget to subscribe for my weekly videos on social impact and helping
out the world. And I hope to see you next time!