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So what we're talking about in today's video
is who do you want on your dream team?
What four of the personality types of the Myers-Briggs 16
would you want to recruit to work with you
in a group project, if you're hiring them for your business,
at school, whatever, what would the four
personality types you would bring together be?
This was a question asked to me by my buddy Joe.
You can check out the video we did together down
in the description.
It's such an interesting question.
So in this video, I'm gonna tell you
what four personality types I would take
in this fantasy draft, if you will, and I want to hear
what you think of my picks and who your picks would be
if you were bringing together a group of people.
Disclaimer, first of all, is that we're just talking
about people as types stereotypically.
Of course, you all know that we're talking
about humans here, we're not talking about Pokemon.
So everyone who is a certain type is not gonna be the same,
and type does not indicate skill or ability.
So this is really just a thought experiment.
It's not meant to say that people should only be thought
of as their type because if I was hiring someone
for realsies, I would be thinking more
about are they good at their job?
Do I like working with them?
Than anything else.
I'm not, probably type wouldn't even come into my mind much.
First up, I need someone to take care of business,
someone to be a manager slash agent, someone to deal
with negotiating prices, to bring in new business,
to interface with customers and possible vendors, et cetera
to give me the best price, to make sure the numbers go up.
So who would you pick in that situation?
I know for me, first overall, I would choose an ENTJ
to bring onto my team.
The ENTJs are extroverted thinkers,
so they're all about getting results.
What works?
Let's get the job done.
What's gonna get money?
What's gonna make things work?
And part of business is making money,
and it's not my strong suit, so I need to bring someone
on the team who can look out for that part of the business.
Now, in managing an ENTJ, what you would need
to look out for is that they feel encouraged,
like they get positive reinforcement.
You know, ENTJs are very good at being independent
and doing their own thing and they don't need a bunch
of touchy feely, let's talk about our feelings stuff,
but you don't want them to suddenly have an implosion
where they're like, I'm not getting anything back
from you, boss, I need to hear a good word.
Especially if they have any kind of failures, ENTJs need you
to say, you got it, you're a boss, keep going.
That would be kind of the management style
you'd need to take with them.
Now, an alternate, let's say the ENTJ wasn't available,
who could you take there?
You could take an INTJ there.
Similar enough.
You could also take an ENFJ there
'cause they would have a lot of the same qualities
as the ENTJ, they would just go about it in a different way.
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Okay, so next I would want someone to be back at the office
who can handle administrative stuff,
who can keep things running smoothly
and to make sure the calendar is set up well,
make sure that the taxes are being paid, et cetera.
Who do I want in that role?
I would pick an ISFJ.
Now, if you look at that video I did
where I was originally asked this question,
I think I said ISTJ and that would work fine.
That would be a suitable alternative, but I think I would
rather have the ISFJ because they will not only be able
to keep things organized with their introverted sensing
and introverted sensing is good at organizing things
in the physical world, but they also have
extroverted feeling which would be good
for greasing the wheels of the business
in a sense of making sure everyone's happy.
So the ISFJ is the kind of person who is gonna think,
what is gonna make everyone feel good?
Oh, you know, it's so-and-so's birthday this weekend,
let's bring in a cake,
let's have an office party or whatever.
An ISFJ, the management style you might want
to take is making sure that they're not surprised
with too many things and you don't throw too many new ways
of doing things at them because they will be slow
to adapt to that, and if there are times where you have
to rework something in your business,
they have to do things a different way,
you bring in a new computer program they have to use,
you need to kind of baby them through that.
That'll be the thing that you have to watch out
for specifically with the ISFJs, and like I said,
a suitable alternative would be an ISTJ or maybe an ESFJ,
but we don't want to get too many EJs on the team.
We want to diversify a bit, so let's do ISFJ there.
All right, so next, because I run a YouTube channel,
I need someone with good aesthetics,
someone who can pick out my clothes for me,
someone who knows that just a blank beige wall
behind me is probably not the best background
and who can help me out with that.
I think I would go for a sensing type,
someone who has extroverted sensing
because they are stereotypically the ones
who have the best eye.
They just have a natural understanding
for beauty and aesthetics.
So I think I would bring on an ISFP.
So you might think, that's so close to the ISFJ.
Not really.
There's only one letter off,
but they're completely different types, right?
An ISFP will be good at doing their own thing.
You say, I need you to figure out
how to make me look better on screen.
The ISFP will be like, I got you,
and because they are IP types with introverted feeling
as their dominant function, they're gonna come up
with really unique stuff.
I think ISFPs, they're very quirky and unique.
They know what's beautiful and what objectively looks good,
but then they put their own spin on it
because it's about what they think is good,
like what strikes their fancy.
Of all the things that are objectively beautiful,
how do they bring it together
to a unique presentation that they like?
So that's why I would bring on an ISFP.
An ESFP could also be a suitable alternative.
The management style for the ISFP, you would have
to be like, make them feel part of the group, you know?
An ISFP could feel isolated and feel like,
oh, no one likes what I'm doing here,
everyone's against me kind of.
So for an ISFP, you'd want to be like,
we all appreciate what you're doing.
What you're doing is helping us all work better.
You're part of the group, you're included.
I think that would help an ISFP
feel really good in your business.
All right, lastly, the role I need to fill is someone
who can be kind of a creative helper,
someone who can be on the look out for new ideas,
like an idea generator, someone who can be like,
oh, I mean, I thought of all of this stuff here.
Look at all this stuff I came up with and also, you know,
this is kind of a dual role here,
someone who can be poking holes in the way
that things are done to kind
of be constantly pushing the business to innovate.
So who would fit that role?
I think I would take an ENTP as my fourth spot there,
which is interesting 'cause it's the opposite of the ISFJ,
but the ENTP, they have extroverted intuition
as their dominant function so they are very good
at seeing a bunch of possibilities
and being like, what if we did this?
What if we did this?
And they're logical.
They're thinking types, and it's introverted thinking
so it's very precise and meticulous,
and so they'll see a bunch of patterns,
they'll see a bunch of ways that the business could go.
They're also gonna be, kind of being like,
why are we doing it this way?
What if we tried something else?
As opposed to the extroverted thinker who's gonna be like,
I don't care, it just gets results, the introverted thinker
is gonna be like, well, why don't we think
about this a little bit more and make sure
that everything is water-tight?
So the ENTP would be great to have on board to be able
to like, give me a bunch of ideas for creative content
and ways you could take the YouTube channel
and different stuff you could do,
but also be like why are you doing it that way?
A suitable alternative, I said INFP last time,
but I think I meant to say the INFP for this one.
That could be a good alternative.
ENFP could also work.
Even an INTP, that would be good.
Really like an extroverted intuitive,
that's the real thing we're looking for.
Someone who can just come up with a bunch of crazy ideas
and then I can sort through them and be like, okay,
that's too crazy, but this one is good.
Now, with an ENTP, you want to make sure
with your management style that you are keeping them
on task because ENTPs might get a little bit scattered.
They might want to just jump from thing to thing.
So as the manager there, you've gotta make sure
that they are doing what they're supposed to be doing,
that they see a project through from beginning to end.
Just make sure that they don't get too caught up
in that strong suit of coming up
with new possibilities, new things to do.
Now, here's something interesting, I picked two pairs
of types that are the opposite of each other.
I picked two NT types and two SF types, and if we get a bit
into the weeds of typology here, I left two whole quadra
of types off of my team, but I do have
every cognitive function represented
in the top two functions of these four people, right?
I think I do.
Interesting.
Was that a mistake on my part?
I'd like to hear what you think about that,
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Make sure you let me know in the comments
who you want on your dream team.
Who would you take in this fantasy draft?
Thanks for watching.
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