Hi.
Welcome to Personality Hacker.
My name is Joel Mark Witt.
And I'm Antonia Dodge and we're going to talk about the ENFP personality type in the Myers-Briggs
system or Exploration, Authenticity in the Genius Style system.
Hey, I'm an ENFP.
Hey, you're an ENFP.
What we're going to do is just take a couple minutes to riff on the type.
We've created content that goes more granular into the personality type, but we just want
to do an overview of this type and talk about things that maybe other people don't know
about them.
Yes.
The ENFP again is the Exploration, Authenticity in the Genius Style.
They lead with a process called exploration.
That's the nickname that we've given it here in the Genius System.
What this is about is it's really about going into the outside world and pushing buttons,
pulling levers, messing with people and things and then making intuitive connections based
on all that stuff we just did.
We have a tendency to mess around a lot and mess with people and things and sometimes
get ourselves in trouble when we're going through the world.
If you're an ENFP, you've probably had this experience where you've gone out and maybe
you've had a conversation with somebody and you said some things just to see what their
reaction was, because you learn information that way and sometimes you come off a little
calloused or a little crazy sometimes.
You're giving yourself permission to not be nice to ENFPs.
We've been nice to all the other types during all the other ...
Well, I'm harder on myself than other people.
videos and podcasts.
I don't know.
What do you think about ENFPs?
You're not an ENFP.
You tell me your perspective.
I’m going to be nicer than you, because I'm married to one and I think they're wonderful.
Most ENFPs are going to be females and just like you said, they lead with an intuitive
process of exploration.
Exploration is intuitive and so they're leading with a process that makes them want to learn
as much about the world as they possibly can, but in an interactive way.
You mentioned pushing buttons, pulling toggle switches.
I've always thought about it like having a machete and there's 6 foot high grass in front
of you and you're there to blaze a trail.
Now, because a lot of them are female, it's really interesting to see how the type plays
out depending upon whether or not they're male or female.
I think the gender actually alters the type a little bit.
Maybe I've got that more on my mind because I'm married to a male ENFP.
We haven't really talked about the gender breakdowns of any of the other types, but
I think ... I'm sorry.
As you were saying that about the females, I bet a word that comes to mind for female
ENFPs for a lot of people is flirty.
Mm.
Yes, I would agree.
I didn't mean to interrupt what you were saying.
Keep going.
Yes, I would agree.
I think for males it can be the same way.
Actually, I think that they can be very flirty.
In fact, I bet the Don Juan's of the past have been ENFPs and I think that's part of
what really defines them is this highly charismatic characteristics.
People are just naturally attracted to ENFPs, but what I think is more important than their
charisma, which is oftentimes what's focused on, is that I think ENFPs have a message.
I think that they ultimately want to make an impact on the world and that process of
authenticity, because we call them Exploration, Authenticity, that process of authenticity
is part of how they get to know what's important to them as an individual.
It's part of how they create conviction and really know what their personal individual
message is, whatever that is.
That authenticity process is really important for them to develop.
However, as an ENFP, I've know this in my life and I've seen it happen to other ENFPs,
if you look at your Car Model, if you've looked at the Genius System, you'll understand that
your tertiary process is a process that we've called Effectiveness.
Ten-year-old, the ten-year-old in the car model.
Ten-year-old and basically what happens with effectiveness is you find shortcuts.
You find ways to make things happen very quickly and so oftentimes, as ENFPs we'll result to
those things, because they work.
They're effective.
They make things happen.
We're pushing buttons and moving through the world so quickly that we need a lot of things
to move quickly along with us, but really that growth is coming from growing that authenticity,
that part of you that's really true to your core values, the authentic part of your heart,
your mind and your soul.
If you can really focus on that as personality and grow your personality in that way, you
can see yourself grow in a lot of ways that are incredible and then you'll see other things
in your life open up.
Yes.
It takes some patience though.
I think that's why ENFPs don't like to go to the authenticity process ...
Yes.
I would say so. because it takes patience and they're just
moving so quickly through the world.
They don't like to have to develop that patient component, but I think that's what really
gets them in touch with themselves and make sure that they show up to the world fully
authentic and in the genius Style assessment, if you are an ENFP and you haven't taken the
test, we highly recommend going to Personality Hacker dot com and taking the Genius Style
Assessment to discover if you are.
If you have already taken it and you're definitively Exploration, Authenticity, there's some really
great tips and tools and tricks and hacks that is in the premium content.
In the premium content, it really goes through some really great ways to exercise the authenticity
process, so that you aren't just moving through the world as fast as possible and sort of
racing to your death, but you're able to discover who you are, what's truly important to you,
focus on the projects that are meaningful as opposed to just jump from project to project
and never actually accomplish anything.
There are some really fantastic tools and tips in the premium content that we recommend
that you go check out and become the best version of yourself, so we can all benefit
from who you are.
Yes.
I think you hinted at it a little bit before, but what is a secret you'd say about ENFPs
that most people wouldn't know?
What is a secret about ENFPs that most people wouldn't know?
I'm guessing you're going to go back to what you've said before, but maybe not.
Maybe you have a different secret.
We'll find out.
I was thinking about it and I think that the number one thing that most people don't know
about ENFPs is how much leadership they desire.
I think they really desire and have it within them to be strong leaders and most people
wouldn't think that because there's a sense of ENFPs, especially if they're really charismatic
and always messing with their environment that they might feel a little flighty, but
I don't think they're flighty at all.
I think that's a ruse.
I think what they really want is to be powerful, strong leaders and to take people to endgame
goals that are meaningful to them.
I think that's their secret they're hiding.
Very good.
Well, thanks for joining us on this riff of the ENFP personality or the Exploration, Authenticity
in the Genius System.