For ESFPs the dominant quality in their
lives is their enthusiastic attention to the outer world
of hands-on and real-life experiences.ESFPs are excited by continuous involvement in new
activities and new relationships.They also have a deep concern for people, and they
show their caring in warm and pragmatic gestures of helping.ESFPs are typically energetic and adaptable realists,
who prefer to experience and accept life rather than to
judge or organize.
Source:Looking at Type: The Fundamentals, Center for the
Application of Psychological Type, 1997
Some interesting facts about ESFP personality types
Among the highest
in college retention. Source: MBTI
Manual, 1998
In national
sample "Leisure Activities,"
overrepresented in "Watching TV 3
or more hours per day";
underrepresented in
"Reading" and "Working
out/exercising." Source: MBTI
Manual, 1998
Academic subject
preferred: history. Source: I.M. Myers
& M.H. McCaulley in Manual: A
guide to the development and use of
the MBTI, 1985.
Highest of all
types in national sample in liking
work environment characteristics
"Making the job as simple as
possible" and "No
expectation for working extra
hours." Source: MBTI Manual, 1998
Most important
feature on an ideal job: "A
stable and secure future."
Source: A.L. Hammer, MBTI
Applications,1996
In national
sample, dissatisfied with
"Promotions," "Job
security," "Stress,"
"Salary," and
"Accomplishment" and
satisfied with "People I work
with" in their jobs. Source: MBTI
Manual, 1998
In national
sample, among types with the lowest
income and likely to leave job.
Source: MBTI Manual, 1998
Ranked 15th out
of 16 types on using physical coping
resources and 16th out of 16 types on
using spiritual/philosophical coping
resources. Source: J. Shelton, in MBTI
Applications by A.L. Hammer, 1996.
In national
sample, ranked 2nd highest in
satisfaction with
"Marriage/intimate
relationship." Source: MBTI
Manual, 1998
