(Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving)
Life’s Entrepreneurs
Career Satisfactions for ENTPs
Doing work that:
x Gives me opportunities to engage in creative problem solving and/or generating new and innovative
approaches to problems
x Lets me implement my innovative solutions in the creation of more efficiently functioning systems
x Acknowledges and encourages my creativity, competency, and ability to improvise
x Lets me experience a variety of situations filled with fun, action, and excitement
x Follows a logical order and is based upon objective and fair standards, rather than the likes or dislikes or
one individual
x Lets me increase my professional and personal power and interact frequently with other powerful people
x Lets me meet and have constant interaction with many different people, especially those I respect
x Can be done in a rapidly changing, high-energy environment with significant interaction with others
x Is done in an environment that is casual and unstructured; where I can experience a high degree of
personal freedom, time off, and the opportunity to operate in a spontaneous way
x Allows me to design or start projects but does not require me to follow through with tedious details
Source: Do What You Are, Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger, 3rd
edition, 2001
Please Understand Me
, David Keirsey & Marilyn Bates, 4th edition,
1984.
Work-Related Weaknesses
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Trouble keeping yourself organized
x Difficulty setting priorities and making decisions
x Overconfidence; you may misrepresent your abilities
or experience
x Propensity to always focus on what’s possible rather
than what’s doable or probable
x Tendency to promise more than you can deliver
x Impatience with unimaginative or inflexible people
x Tendency to lose interest in projects once problems
are solved
x Dislike of doing things in traditional, established, or
routine manner
x Lack of discipline when it comes to attending to and
following through on important details
x Tendency to become bored or easily sidetracked
x Dislike of repetitive tasks
x Impatience with people whose competence you
question
ENTP
Work-Related Strengths
x Excellent communication skills and the ability to get
others excited about your ideas
x Eagerness to “think outside the box” and consider new
possibilities
x Great creative problem-solving skills
x Courage to take some risks, try new things, and
overcome obstacles
x Broad range of interests and ability to learn new things
quickly
x Ability to withstand rejection and maintain optimism
and enthusiasm
x Great confidence and drive to continually increase your
knowledge
x Natural curiosity and skills for getting the information
you need
x Ability to see the big picture and the implications of
actions and ideas
x Ability to juggle several projects at once
x Perceptiveness about people — their needs and
motivations
x Adaptability and ease shifting gears and changing
directions quickly
x Great social ease and ability to fit comfortably into
most social situations
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