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As an INFJ

INFJs are idealistic and empathetic individuals who seek meaningful connections and strive to make a positive impact on the world. They possess a unique blend of creativity and analytical skills, making them well-suited for careers in counseling, education, and public service, though they may struggle with practical aspects of work. Their deep convictions and ability to understand others' motivations often lead them to champion humanitarian causes, while their sensitivity can make them prone to emotional overwhelm.

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As an INFJ

INFJs are idealistic and empathetic individuals who seek meaningful connections and strive to make a positive impact on the world. They possess a unique blend of creativity and analytical skills, making them well-suited for careers in counseling, education, and public service, though they may struggle with practical aspects of work. Their deep convictions and ability to understand others' motivations often lead them to champion humanitarian causes, while their sensitivity can make them prone to emotional overwhelm.

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As an INFJ (Advocate), you possess a unique combination of idealism and

insight that sets you apart in today’s world. Your rich inner life is
characterized by complex emotions, vivid imagination, and a deep well of
empathy that allows you to connect with others on a profound level. You
have an unwavering commitment to your principles and an intense desire to
make a positive impact on the world around you.

Your natural ability to understand and interpret the feelings and motivations
of others is both a gift and a challenge. While it enables you to form deep,
meaningful connections and offer invaluable support to those around you, it
can also leave you feeling overwhelmed by the emotions and needs of
others. You often find yourself torn between your desire to help and your
need for privacy and solitude.
Your perfectionist tendencies drive you to constantly improve yourself and

the world around you. This relentless pursuit of growth and meaning can be
both exhilarating and exhausting. You have a knack for seeing potential and
possibilities where others might not, but you may struggle to bring your
visionary ideas into reality due to self-doubt or fear of criticism.

You possess a rare combination of creativity and analytical ability. Your


intuitive understanding of complex systems and human nature allows you to
devise innovative solutions to challenging problems. However, your
sensitivity to criticism and tendency to internalize stress can sometimes hold
you back from fully expressing your unique gifts. Learning to balance your
idealism with practicality and self-care is a key part of your personal journey.

YOUR CAREER PATH

In your professional life, you’re driven by a deep-seated need to find work


that aligns with your values and allows you to make a meaningful difference.
You thrive in environments that offer opportunities for personal growth,
creativity, and the chance to positively impact others’ lives. Your natural
empathy and insight make you particularly well-suited for roles in counseling,
healthcare, education, or non-profit organizations.

However, your idealism can sometimes clash with the realities of the working
world. You may struggle with mundane tasks or office politics, preferring to
focus on the bigger picture and long-term goals. Finding a balance between
your need for meaningful work and the practical aspects of a career is crucial
for your professional satisfaction. Look for opportunities that allow you to
exercise your creativity and work independently while still contributing to a
larger purpose.

INFJ

Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging


INFJs are distinguished by both their complexity of character and the unusual
range and depth of their talents. Strongly humanitarian in outlook, INFJs tend
to be idealists, and because of their J preference for closure and completion,
they are generally "doers" as well as dreamers. This rare combination of
vision and practicality often results in INFJs taking a disproportionate amount
of responsibility in the various causes to which so many of them seem to be
drawn.

INFJs are deeply concerned about their relations with individuals as well as
the state of humanity at large. They are, in fact, sometimes mistaken for
extroverts because they appear so outgoing and are so genuinely interested
in people -- a product of the Feeling function they most readily show to the
world. On the contrary, INFJs are true introverts, who can only be emotionally
intimate and fulfilled with a chosen few from among their long-term friends,
family, or obvious "soul mates." While instinctively courting the personal and
organizational demands continually made upon them by others, at intervals
INFJs will suddenly withdraw into themselves, sometimes shutting out even
their intimates. This apparent paradox is a necessary escape valve for them,
providing both time to rebuild their depleted resources and a filter to prevent
the emotional overload to which they are so susceptible as inherent "givers."
As a pattern of behavior, it is perhaps the most confusing aspect of the
enigmatic INFJ character to outsiders, and hence the most often
misunderstood -- particularly by those who have little experience with this
rare type.

Due in part to the unique perspective produced by this alternation between


detachment and involvement in the lives of the people around them, INFJs
may well have the clearest insights of all the types into the motivations of
others, for good and for evil. The most important contributing factor to this
uncanny gift, however, are the empathic abilities often found in Fs, which
seem to be especially heightened in the INFJ type (possibly by the
dominance of the introverted N function).

This empathy can serve as a classic example of the two-edged nature of


certain INFJ talents, as it can be strong enough to cause discomfort or pain in
negative or stressful situations. More explicit inner conflicts are also not
uncommon in INFJs; it is possible to speculate that the causes for some of
these may lie in the specific combinations of preferences which define this
complex type. For instance, there can sometimes be a "tug-of-war" between
NF vision and idealism and the J practicality that urges compromise for the
sake of achieving the highest priority goals. And the I and J combination,
while perhaps enhancing self-awareness, may make it difficult for INFJs to
articulate their deepest and most convoluted feelings.

Usually self-expression comes more easily to INFJs on paper, as they tend to


have strong writing skills. Since in addition they often possess a strong
personal charisma, INFJs are generally well-suited to the "inspirational"
professions such as teaching (especially in higher education) and religious
leadership. Psychology and counseling are other obvious choices, but overall,
INFJs can be exceptionally difficult to pigeonhole by their career paths.
Perhaps the best example of this occurs in the technical fields. Many INFJs
perceive themselves at a disadvantage when dealing with the mystique and
formality of "hard logic", and in academic terms this may cause a tendency
to gravitate towards the liberal arts rather than the sciences. However, the
significant minority of INFJs who do pursue studies and careers in the latter
areas tend to be as successful as their T counterparts, as it is *iNtuition* --
the dominant function for the INFJ type -- which governs the ability to
understand abstract theory and implement it creatively.

In their own way, INFJs are just as much "systems builders" as are INTJs; the
difference lies in that most INFJ "systems" are founded on human beings and
human values, rather than information and technology. Their systems may
for these reasons be conceptually "blurrier" than analogous NT ones, harder
to measure in strict numerical terms, and easier to take for granted -- yet it is
these same underlying reasons which make the resulting contributions to
society so vital and profound.

Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier
matters of life.Those who are activists - INFJs gravitate toward such a role -
are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power.

INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden.They often are found
in the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress.INFJs
may fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the
defenseless.The concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ.

"There's something rotten in Denmark." Accurately suspicious about others'


motives, INFJs are not easily led.These are the people that you can rarely fool
any of the time.Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are selective
about their friends. Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends
mere words.
INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. In
addition, nonverbal sensitivity enables the INFJ to know and be known by
others intimately.

Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs
frequently find their niche.

(INFJ stands for Introvert, iNtuitive, Feeling, Judging and represents


individual's preferences in four dimensions characterising personality type,
according to Jung's and Briggs Myers' theories of personality type.)

Your Type Preferences

Introvert(53%) iNtuitive(19%) Feeling(34%) Judging(19%)

Functional Analysis Of The INFJ

Based on Jung’s framework of cognitive functions

Introverted iNtuition

Introverted intuitives, INFJs enjoy a greater clarity of perception of inner,


unconscious processes than all but their INTJ cousins. Just as SP types
commune with the object and "live in the here and now" of the physical
world, INFJs readily grasp the hidden psychological stimuli behind the more
observable dynamics of behavior and affect. Their amazing ability to deduce
the inner workings of the mind, will and emotions of others gives INFJs their
reputation as prophets and seers. Unlike the confining, routinizing nature of
introverted sensing, introverted intuition frees this type to act insightfully
and spontaneously as unique solutions arise on an event by event basis.

Extraverted Feeling

Extraverted feeling, the auxiliary deciding function, expresses a range of


emotion and opinions of, for and about people. INFJs, like many other FJ
types, find themselves caught between the desire to express their wealth of
feelings and moral conclusions about the actions and attitudes of others, and
the awareness of the consequences of unbridled candor. Some vent the
attending emotions in private, to trusted allies. Such confidants are chosen
with care, for INFJs are well aware of the treachery that can reside in the
hearts of mortals. This particular combination of introverted intuition and
extraverted feeling provides INFJs with the raw material from which
perceptive counselors are shaped.

Introverted Thinking
The INFJ's thinking is introverted, turned toward the subject. Perhaps it is
when the INFJ's thinking function is operative that they are most aloof. A
comrade might surmise that such detachment signals a disillusionment, that
she has also been found lacking by the sardonic eye of this one who plumbs
the depths of the human spirit. Experience suggests that such distancing is
merely an indication that the seer is hard at work and focusing energy into
this less efficient tertiary function.

Extraverted Sensing

INFJs are twice blessed with clarity of vision, both internal and external. Just
as they possess inner vision which is drawn to the forms of the unconscious,
they also have external sensing perception which readily takes hold of
worldly objects. Sensing, however, is the weakest of the INFJ's arsenal and
the most vulnerable. INFJs, like their fellow intuitives, may be so absorbed in
intuitive perceiving that they become oblivious to physical reality. The INFJ
under stress may fall prey to various forms of immediate gratification.
Awareness of extraverted sensing is probably the source of the "SP
wannabe" side of INFJs. Many yearn to live spontaneously; it's not uncommon
for INFJ actors to take on an SP (often ESTP) role.

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