Hey, Dan here and we are continuing the series looking at The Big Five personality traits
and ENFPs, and in this video, we're looking at the trait of extroversion.
And before you hang up the call, leave this video thinking extroversion, it is really simple, it is
do you like people or not or do you like spending time with people. It's actually a lot more complex
and interesting than that. And that's what I've been one of my biggest takeaways from diving into
The Big Five and I've been just really impressed by the extra knowledge around extroversion versus
introversion. Now if you're looking at the 10 aspects, extroversion can actually be broken
down into enthusiasm and assertiveness. So enthusiasm is some of the things that we would
commonly associate with it. Liking to tell jokes, organize parties, laughing... generally wanting
to be around people, being enthusiastic. It also can include things though like having a positive
outlook for the future, having positive memories as well, being more likely to
pursue goals. You get more of a...I shouldn't say more likely to pursue goals, but you get a bit
of more of a positive dopamine kick when you make progress towards your goal if you are extroverted,
which is pretty interesting actually. And then there is the assertiveness side and assertiveness
is somewhat what it sounds like, right? Are you somewhat dominant in a social situation? Are you
more of that traditional leader? Now introverts can be very good leaders as well, but when we
think of someone you know with 20 people the person who's going to take charge and say, guys
here's what we're going to do, here's the plan, you know etc., that is an assertiveness aspect of
extraversion. So what is nice about The Big 5, the test I've taken at least, is that it gives
you your percentiles and that makes a really big difference for figuring things out because
with ENFPs, I published a video fairly recently, about ENFPs who sometimes scores INFPs and are
like do I, which one am I, am I changing, what's happening? And there's a spectrum of all of this,
right? And when you take a 16 personalities test it's often it's like you are an ENFP.
You might get the percentage of your extroversion but it's not nearly as accurate or useful as your
percentile. The percentage is just rating how you scored on the test, it's not that useful of a
number per se. Of course, if you're a 95 extrovert you're more extroverted. But the percentile is
kind of more interesting, so if you're like for instance myself, I'm giving this away here, but
if you want to get a video I've actually filmed about an hour of bonus videos where I'm going
through my own test results and exploring each of these dimensions even more and how it relates
with my own life and experiences and giving some extra tips. So if you're interested in that
you can go to dreamsaroundtheworld.com/big5enfp I will reveal in this video though my extroversion
was the 94th percentile which actually surprised me that it was that high. In the past I have not
scored quite that high. But that means if you were to compare myself to an ENFP who was maybe
in the 60th percentile in extraversion, we would have noticeable differences, right, in terms of
how we behave, how maybe loud we are, how many jokes we need to tell and that's worth knowing,
someone who is moderately extroverted is going to have differences than someone who is extremely
extroverted, right? So there's some nuance to this as well. And, of course, as an ENFP it goes
without saying that you are extroverted, you're going to score moderate to high to extremely high
on the extroversion scale. But what is my advice for ENFPs who are extroverted which is all ENFPs,
right? Rule number one: don't use so many words and be an idiot Dan if you are extroverted.
Number two is be aware that that's what you need, right? So don't take a job working remotely as a
computer programmer. With my own company, I have not hired people because they're too extroverted
and right now we don't have that many meetings, that much day-to-day contact and the whole company
works remotely. So someone's really extroverted it's they're going to be wasting their talent,
they might be able to power through and get the job done but that's not our gift
as ENFPs as people who are extroverted. So find work that will allow you to use some of that
extroverted energy. And if you don't, like let's say for instance I was a freelance copywriter for
a few years is what allowed me to move to Costa Rica, move to New York, move over to Europe,
it was a really good career in terms of freedom, skill development and actually loved writing and
you know something really cool like you wake up, you go to a cafe, you write for a few hours it was
really enjoyable, but I needed more of the human contact than that gave me and so if you do want to
make the sacrifice and do more of an introverted isolated job then make sure that you build in
lots of people time around you that you can see friends every day after you work or something
like that. And just continuing on that if you can tie your extroversion which is going to be
a significant strength of yours into your income make sure you do that, right? That's going to be
a strength you have, don't waste it. So that's extroversion a lot more complex and interesting
than all of us thought. Who knew? Right? If this is the first video of mine you have seen be sure
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to see the real value of understanding these Big 5 traits as they relate to being an ENFP.
The good news is I've just put something together for you on this as well. I'll give you the link to
a site in a second where you can sign up not only to be notified when each new video of the series
comes out, but when it's concluded I'll send you a written summary of the entire series, something
you can either print out or read in digital form. So we'll cover the main highlights of each of the
videos in this series as well as an extra video that I'm only sharing with subscribers where I
reveal my Big 5 personality test results as well as some more insights into the ENFP personality
type that I figured out while I was filming the series and just did not have time to put in here.
So if you'd like to get all those goodies you can head to dreamsaroundtheworld.com/big5enfp there
should be a card that pops up right about now and a link below in the description for that as well.