Psychology Facts

▲ ENFP - The Champion ▲

ENFP is an acronym that stands for Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

People with an ENFP personality are often described as enthusiastic, charismatic, charming, energetic, and independent. ENFPs are also creative, so they typically do best in situations where they have the freedom to create and innovate.

There are two subtypes of ENFPs: ENFP-A and ENFP-T.

ENFP-A: Someone who is an ENFP-A is also known as an "Assertive Campaigner." This ENFP subtype tends to be more confident and has more emotional control in their relationships.

ENFP-T: ENFP-Ts are known as "Turbulent Campaigners" and often have less confidence and less emotional control, also experiencing more anxiety when dealing with everyday stress.

An estimated 5% to 7% percent of the population has an ENFP personality type.

Key Characteristics:

ENFPs have excellent people skills. In addition to having an abundance of enthusiasm, they genuinely care about others and are good at understanding what people are feeling.

This can make them attractive to be around.

Given their zeal, charisma, and creativity, ENFPs can make great leaders.

They are flexible and like to keep their options open.

ENFPs can be spontaneous and highly adaptable to change.

People with an ENFP personality type strongly dislike routine and prefer to focus on the future.

They can become easily distracted, particularly when working on something that seems boring or uninspiring.

While ENFPs are great at generating new ideas, their weaknesses can include putting off important tasks until the last minute and being disorganized.

Dreaming up ideas but not seeing them through to completion is a common issue for an ENFP.

Strengths

Warm and enthusiastic
Empathetic and caring
Strong people skills
Strong communication skills
Fun and spontaneous
Highly creative

Weaknesses

Needs approval from others
Disorganized
Tends to get stressed out easily
Can be overly emotional
Overthinks
Struggles to follow rules

Cognitive Functions for ENFPs

Dominant: Extraverted Intuition

Extraverted intuition means that ENFPs generally focus on the world of possibilities. They are good at abstract thinking and prefer not to concentrate on tiny details. People with this personality type are also inventive and focused on the future.
Because of this dominant function, ENFPs are good at seeing things as they could be rather than focusing on what they are. They have a natural tendency to focus on relationships and are skilled at finding patterns and connections between people, situations, and ideas.

Auxiliary: Introverted Feeling

When making decisions, ENFPs place a greater value on feelings and values rather than logic and objective criteria. They tend to follow their heart, empathize with others, and let their emotions guide their decisions.
ENFPs have a strong desire to be true to themselves and their values. In an ideal world, there would be congruence between that world and their values.

Tertiary: Extraverted Thinking

This cognitive function is centered on logically organizing information and ideas. The ENFP may use this function to sort through disparate data to efficiently spot connections. For example, an ENFP might "think out loud" when working through a problem, laying out all the information to create an easily followed train of thought.

Inferior: Introverted Sensing

ENFPs express this function by comparing the things they are experiencing at the moment to past experiences. In doing so, they are often able to call to mind memories, feelings, and senses that they associate with those events. This allows the ENFP to identify patterns and form expectations for future events based on previous experiences.

ENFPs You Might Know:

Dr. Seuss

Salvador Dali

Ron Weasley (Harry Potter character)

Robin Williams

Tom Holland

John Mulany

Peter Pan (Disney Character)

Phil Dunphy (Modern Family Character)

Keanu Reeves

Judy Hops (Zootopia)

Popular ENFP Careers
Psychologist
Journalist
Actor
TV Anchor/Reporter
Nutritionist
Nurse
Social Worker
Politician
Counselor