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Careers and the 16 personalities.
Now the whole thing with Myers Briggs
and the 16 personalities,
is that it's often used for finding the best jobs,
or college majors, or career paths for people.
So this is a quite an interesting topic.
In this video,
I'm going to break it down based on the letter,
generally what kind of jobs you might prefer,
based on your type.
And then I'm also going to go through
and look at the types themselves,
grouped into pairs and say, what are some options?
Like, what should these types be looking for in particular?
It's worth pointing out though,
that anyone can do whatever job they want,
whatever they feel called to.
And the other thing is that type
doesn't indicate skill or ability.
So, you know, if we say,
oh this type should be a mathematician or whatever,
and you're like, I'm terrible at math.
I hate math, but that's my type.
What am I supposed to do?
So don't freak out about that.
And don't look at this as being too restrictive.
These are just general suggestions based on the theory
of the 16 personalities,
and perhaps statistically you might see people
of certain types grouping in some of these careers.
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So let's go through the letter preferences,
and we will talk
about what each of the letters might indicate generally
about what sort of job slash career you, you might fit best.
So we start with, E or I, extrovert or introvert.
And the big difference here is,
do you prefer your work to be outside,
like not outdoors, but like outside of you in the world,
or do you prefer the work to be done up here,
inside in your head?
So I'm going to give you examples.
And throughout this video, when I give you examples,
I'm keeping them pretty basic,
and somewhat extreme just to illustrate
what I'm talking about.
So for an E type, they want the work outside of them.
That's what they prefer because they are outward focused.
So an example of that might be sales.
Sales happens in the outside world.
You can't sell something in your mind
you can plan to sell something,
but it doesn't actually happen until you start interacting
with the outside world.
For an introvert, however,
they prefer the work to go on in their mind,
in the inner world.
So something like writing might be a better fit for them.
Now you might say, Frank, you type on a keyboard,
that's in the outside world.
Yeah.
But the real work, the generation of the words
is going on up here.
Yes, you do get them out into the outside world
at some point.
But you could do a lot, If not most of the work
here first.
Noticed the difference here, between I and E.
It's not just introverts prefer to be alone,
and extroverts prefer to be with other people.
It really has to do with where the work is,
and like how much outside focus they have to give,
versus inside focus,
which yes has to do with how many people you work with.
But that's not the full story.
Okay.
Now we move to the second letter S versus N,
sensing versus intuition.
And if you need like a quick rundown
of what all these letters mean
if you're coming in totally cold,
check out the video in the card above my head.
I explained the four letters in less than four minutes.
So for the sensor types,
who prefer to look at the world in a more factual way,
that's what they feel responsible to look
at the facts, the numbers,
they want their work to be clear-cut and fairly practical.
So something that illustrates that would be medicine,
where it is very practical.
We are doing things here in the hospital.
We are administering this drug.
We are performing this procedure,
in the real physical world,
and we're doing it for a specific purpose.
Certainly some intuitive theory comes into play here.
But it's all for the purposes of the real concrete world.
Intuitives on the other hand,
they prefer their work to be a bit more opened up,
and big picture, not as practical.
So a extreme example of that would be philosophy.
It's for the most part,
let me look at the world in an abstract way.
Let me look at these basic things that we take for granted
in life, in existence, and then ask, what is it really?
What is it beneath the surface?
What are the concepts that work here?
The next letter pear is T or F, thinking or feeling.
The feelers will prefer to do jobs
that have a little bit more emotion in them,
and deal a bit more with the value of things.
An example of that could be public relations.
Someone who has to manage people's emotional reactions
to things, someone who has to be able
to present an image that everyone likes.
The thinkers, they prefer to have work
that deals more with finding solutions
and like looking for the logic in a problem,
something like a physicist where you have to use
a bunch of knowledge about physics, and logic and stuff,
you know, physics?
Okay.
And then we come to J versus P, judgers versus perceivers.
The J types generally will like work that is more structured
and a bit more predictable.
So I don't know,
maybe a career in law, or something like that,
where everything has a bunch of rules and regulations.
And the perceiver types generally will enjoy work
that is more open-ended not so restrictive.
A clear example would be like an artist,
where it's basically do whatever you want.
Now of course, having said all of this,
and what I said before, is that anyone could do anything.
and this isn't meant to make you feel restricted at all,
or be like, oh no, I really like this one job,
but it's not my type.
Don't worry about that.
Now, all that being said,
keep in mind that a single profession could be approached
from many different angles.
An example would be education.
Anyone of any type could be a teacher,
but it's like, what subject are we talking about teaching?
Cause it's very different,
if we're talking about teaching math versus teaching drama.
who are we teaching it to?
Are we teaching it to little kids?
Are we teaching it to college students?
Two people teaching the same class, in the same school,
they could approach it from totally different angles.
So that's just an illustration to show you
that anyone can be any job.
And it's worth noting because if you know your type
then you can go into any job understanding
what about it you may like, what about it You won't like,
and how you can make the job work for you.
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All right, or now we're going to go through
the 16 personalities themselves,
and talk a little about specifically,
what kind of work they may enjoy.
The examples I'm going to give you are not exhaustive
in any way.
There will be some things that pop up multiple times,
and there will be some professions that are
completely left off the list.
And it's just because I'm trying to keep things
open-ended for you,
so that you don't feel like, oh,
I have to do this because I'm this type.
And like I said before, I'm going to pair them up,
because each type has a sister type
that has the same dominant function,
meaning that's the thing they're
in autopilot in all the time.
That's the strongest attribute, if you will,
of their personality.
So let's start off with ESTJ and ENTJ.
They both have lead extroverted thinking,
which means they're going to be very people oriented,
and especially figuring out
how can people work together to get something done,
to work towards the goal, to make it work.
Check out if you haven't already,
my video on the four temperaments of the 16 personalities,
which breaks down into EJ, EP, IJ, IP,
and tells you what you can expect
of each of those groupings of types,
which can also help you when it comes to career.
And what I said in that video is,
that the EJS like to lead.
They like to manage people.
They like to be in a position
where they can kind of get people to work together,
and direct them.
So for the ENTJ, and ESTJ, if they could be
in some kind of management or consulting position,
they probably would enjoy that.
What are their problems that can be worked out logically,
not emotionally?
How can we make something work?
We need to get something done.
Let's work together, get it done.
Who has the best ideas?
All right, let's grab those and put them together.
That we'll get a an ENTJ, or ESTJ excited.
Likewise, the ESFJ, and the ENFJ,
they are extroverted feelers as their dominant function.
They will also like to be around people,
working with people, directing people.
But they're not so much looking for getting solutions
and just getting the job done.
They're caring more about how do people feel?
Are we making things fair for everybody?
Does everyone feel good?
Or are they in a good place emotionally?
Just a few examples of careers would be education,
where yes, you are giving people knowledge
but you are also, you know, trying to encourage them.
You're also mentoring them.
Or something like social work,
where you're dealing with people directly,
and helping them out with their problems in life.
Or counseling, something like that.
Perhaps in the human resources department
of a company where you're dealing
with people and their issues all the time.
Now we move on to the EPs.
We'll start with the extroverted sensors.
ESTP and ESFP.
These types, their big thing
is always looking for a new experience.
And not only that,
they are very good at keeping up
with a rapidly changing situations and environments.
They get bored with routines.
They want to find a job that's not going to just be
like the same thing over and over again.
Something where new stuff is happening.
And they will tend to excel in those kinds of jobs.
A good example would be sales.
You're trying different tactics to sell stuff.
You've got unlimited customers out there,
especially for the ESFPs.
Something like design, where it is more artistic.
The lead is extroverted sensors
have a good sense of aesthetics, of beauty,
and so something where they can make that mark
on the outside world through illustration,
clothes, design, fashion, that's what that's called.
That would be appropriate as well.
Now we move on to the lead extroverted intuitives,
ENTP and ENFP.
Like the, the ESFP, and ESTP, like new experiences
like things in the real world,
the extroverted intuitives like new ideas, new concepts,
you know, thinking about all the possibilities.
They too will get bored with routine.
So you want to find a job that can have a lot
of new stuff coming at you.
So something like theoretical science,
especially for the ENTPs,
something where you're not necessarily looking
at a microscope all the time,
but you are having to use your brain to figure out stuff.
Or an attorney.
The ENTP is the typical debater,
so an attorney who has to come up with an argument,
that might be something they would excel at.
Of course, I use law as the example for the J types earlier.
So I'm contradicting myself.
Of course, the ENFP could also do those things.
And ENFP might prefer something
a little more along the lines maybe,
of acting though or writing,
something where they can be a bit more creative,
where they're dealing more in the world of feelings.
Both types would also make really good teachers
just because they have so much knowledge
that they want to just share.
That's the thing about the EP types.
They want to share all of their knowledge.
And when you're getting,
when you're talking about the intuitive EPs,
we're talking about people who just have a lot of concepts,
and things they've learned about the world
that they they want to make sure everyone else knows.
Let's do the introverted sensors. ISTJ, ISFJ.
Introverted sensing is all about being organized,
in the real world.
The two biggest stereotypes I could come up with,
would be for an ISTJ, doing like accounting,
doing something where it's like,
we're keeping numbers in check here, people.
And then for the ISFJ,
this is like probably the best known NBTI stereotype
would be a nurse.
These types are really going to feel
like they're in the zone
when they are able to keep things in line,
when there are procedures to be followed,
and they can follow them to the T,
where they can make sure that everything is in its place,
things are organized, the desk is organized.
They, you know, they're helping other people.
So by contrast, if an introverted sensor
went into some kind of working environment
that was constantly in disarray,
and there was nothing they could do about it,
they would go crazy.
Now we move on to the INTJ and INFJ.
So an INTJ might be more drawn
towards something like consulting,
like I said before for the extroverted thinkers
at the beginning,
or being an entrepreneur,
you know, finding their own vision, their own pathway,
and then figuring out how to get there,
because both the IMTJ and INFJ are long-term thinkers.
They plan very far ahead,
and they create a vision for themselves.
If they can find a job where they create a vision
that can be followed either by themselves or other people,
that's a good job for them.
The INFJ on the other hand,
is maybe a little less concerned with how do we get results
and make something work,
and more like, how do we work out people's issues?
So something like a psychologist might be
where an INFJ excels.
One of the stereotypical INFJ professions
is like hypnotherapist,
because it's like understanding people's psychology,
and using that knowledge of how people work
to manipulate them.
So, yeah.
Join, a hypnotherapy school if you're an INFJ.
All right.
Now we move on to the IPs.
Now these types are very individualistic.
I said this and that temperament video.
So an INTP and INTP, the introverted thinkers,
they too are into solving problems,
you know logically.
They like to have
a complete and thorough understanding of something.
They're not looking to just get results.
They're looking to like,
conceptually grasp the entire framework of how things work.
So fields like engineering, programming,
mathematics research,
generally where they can take this nerdy stuff,
and download all this information and then use it,
and put together all the pieces of the puzzle for themselves
to then use to then work out problems.
Then we move over to INFP and ISFP, the introverted feelers.
Now these types are going to be looking for jobs
where they can really connect deeply with it,
where they really care about what they're doing.
They have to really feel like it lines up with their values.
Something like an artist or a writer
is great for these types,
because they're able to, you know, express the real them.
They can be authentic.
Counseling is another place where the INFP especially
could excel.
And that's because they're very good at listening
and connecting one-on-one with other people.
If you would like a list that is a bit more in depth,
I found a good link online.
I'll put it down below, check it out there.
Thanks for watching.
Check out another video right up here,
or the whole all about the 16 personalities playlist
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until next time, stay cool and attractive.