'Let me give what advice I have, based on things I have learned myself.  Starting with the easiest one: Work.  Doing what is asked of you is considered a bare minimum. If you can, try to be...|||my quotes I live by:  Death before dishonor  Don't worry, be happy  and: Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all|||I'm glad. Your experience with a dysfunctional dad is very similar to my own, once I proved I could be self sufficient I did alright. Just remind your dad that there's a consequence to every action,...|||There definitely seems to be no real correlation between developmental disorders and other mental health concerns and personality type, except when being misdiagnosed.   I thought that ADHD was a...|||I ran into my dream girl when I was training for my job in the US census. It will spring up on you somewhere unexpected. You can have this feeling with any girl, just stay true to your core...|||Breaking this into a new post:  And another thing! The manic pixie dream girl stereotype is seen as bad, but that style of person is good! It's a compliment. Here's my list of qualities that I was...|||500 days of summer is one of my favorite movies of all time. Summer fits the manic pixie dream girl archetype, but not in a negative way. She's not there to make tom grow as a person, tom grows as a...|||I'm in a long term relationship with another ENFP, we've been dating for 3 years in April. Things are going great! We can both be overly emotional but we do it in different ways, and I've come to...|||Next/Possible Careers0   Network Administrator IT  current career Sales of nerd stuff  past careers  cold calling sales|||Pants! SAVIOURS OF THE UNIVERSE!|||that is my experience as well rachelinpa|||we are quick to arise emotions. We don't really feel things halfway. We either feel INTENSE joy, INTENSE sadness, INTENSE anger, INTENSE apathy... you get the idea. Not to say we're bipolar, we tend...|||I am not a huge fan of texting, but I -am- a huge fan of communication via chat. I prefer having a full keyboard in front of me and a lot more data bandwidth to work with. I also disagree that...|||yea, I did the same thing, with people who I feel confident around I can be much more open and jovial, but with someone I really am attracted to I get really embarrassed and overthink every step of...|||This is actually a symptom of ADD/ADHD as well.  I ran a similar topic to this a long time ago as a poll, I was interested to see half to more than half of the ENFPs here do not identify as having...|||my favorite emotion is abounding love and happiness. The feeling of being completely, madly, head over heels in love. The feeling of being fit to bursting with positive emotion, such that it leaks...|||I have a miniature version of this relationship with my current GF, ENFP/ENFP. My T is very heavily developed (I was convinced I was the traditional rational for the first 18 years of my life) and...|||1. Before you came to this 'ere site - Were you happy with your life?  Did you think you were happy, but on reflection, probably weren't? Where would you be now if you hadn't discovered MBTI?  I...|||you know you're ENFP when you have some major event happen, something that affects your entire day to a huge degree, and then you look back the next day and realize you were upset because you ran out...|||I'd have to agree, hyperbole and extensive use of dramatic metaphor are both hallmarks of an ENFP.  another good thing to look at is if you think you're an NF or an SP more, they're opposites :D ...|||I AM THE CRUSHINATOR! I MUST CRUSH THE SKULLS OF MY ENEMIES UPON THE FIELD OF BATTLE!  topic title.  more seriously, probably more of a girl thing than a guy thing, I don't really do it, but my...|||I think the common thread is going to be escapism here.  That's always been my way of dealing with crappy situations, stick my head in a book or play a video game, escape the situation.  it...|||business I would say is a bad pick for us. But marketing, that is a fantastic field for us.  The reason regular business is a bad one for us is because a business lives or dies by it's logistical...|||I always thought I was a typical logical thinker, I always prized logic and thinking of how to do things efficiently and logically.  so while it was not a conscious effort for me, I suppose I can...|||I like tigers! RAWR!    and SHARKS!   I pretty much stick with the same animals I liked as a little kid, because they're powerful and deadly. They sit at the top of the food chain rather...|||I think ENFPs actually do have a tendency to get depressed, partly for the reasons moby outlined, but also just because we tend to be very all in when it comes to how we experience emotions.  We...|||When I get really comfortable in a situation, I am constantly worried that I'm overstepping my social bounds, but only after I stop and think about it. I worked at a job with a tight knit set of...|||I love our logical argumental side, I think we use it for scientific/political/religious  discussions as well. I do like the image of the NF pulling out the scientist glasses, taking a deep breath,...|||ENFP :D  I'm a little rusty on the exact implementations of each, but this looked so fun I wanted to jump on the band wagon.  Cognitive functions: Ne => Fi => Se => Ti => Si => Te => Ni => Fe ...|||I trend strongly towards being a rational, to the point that I find important some of the main rational measures of self worth, and have a tendency to always want to be the expert.  I tend not to be...|||MOAR was in reference to:  http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/MOAR.jpg  ^.~|||yes, our ENFP negative side is part of ourselves we reject, and we are deeply fearful that we will be judged on this facet of our personality we don't like, and only show it to those who we are very...|||Wait! You've hit something spot on with this thread!  It's something I've spent a ton of time thinking about, I used to fix arcade machines for a living, and having extremely under-developed...|||What do you mean Kind of? It's completely sexy!|||gah! I know this thread is about stereotypes, but stop thinking every ESFP is an ENFP XD.  I'm claiming Tom:  http://wondersinthedark.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/500days.jpg  (Tom is on the...|||I have thought about it a lot myself, and I actually came to the conclusion that we -don't- share our personal information with everyone, just our line for what is personal information is drawn much...|||gah! ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES!   *runs into corner and cries*  XD.  I don't understand what it is that gives ENFP guys the traits of really immature guys, ones who flit from relationship to relationship...|||ah, I love how completely off topic we got in just 2 pages.  I did want to chime in on the original topic though.  We -do- have the power to be manipulative. If you disagree and get very...|||Ah Aladdin.  I identified with him so strongly that it was my favorite movie to watch 5 billion times as a kid.  I felt like a Diamond in the rough, I knew I was awesome, but no one else did, so...|||In some ways it is much harder being a male ENFP. The ENFP quirks and personality traits fit much better into the societally accepted woman archetype rather than the male archetype.  For example,...|||awwwww, that is SO ENFP!   back at a previous job mostly populated with normal people, my department head came in with his wife (they're both mid-late 20s, early 30s)  and introduced me,...|||Throw a shiny object in her general direction or shout SQUIRREL!  and run away really fast >.>   We ENFPs are very easily distracted. if it's only been a couple of weeks I wouldn't trip, she'll be...|||I think your theory is debunked my friend XD|||thank you for taking the time to try and help me moby, I really find it awesome that you would go out of your way to do so.  However, I am pretty happy with my social skills now, I can get along...|||Super stealth attack hugs!  *Hugs!*|||*drives by in a rainbow colored ice cream truck at 80 miles per hour and throws a huge cloud of happy ENFP magical rainbow fairy dust out the window*  Don't Worry Be Happy!!!  *drives away into...|||Wait what? I'm not the only one who does this? GODS BE PRAISED!  it annoys people around me, but I like it, it's quirky.|||I can usually be found in the library, in the gaming store, or in front of my computer. If I'm out of the house it's usually to grab food at a restaurant or to visit a friend.  If I'm going somewhere...|||ENFP? Smooth? You crazy.  Maybe just because I'm a nerd ENFP, I have NEVER been smooth, and never probably will be.  Social awkwardness goes hand in hand with nerdiness, and I had both in spades....|||ZOMG HERCULES!  God I loved that one. I didn't think it counted because it's greek mythology. Did I mention I loved greek mythology to death? Cause I did.  And I'm happy to have spurred such debate...'