Month: November 2019

The MBTI has shown me multiple times that I have an INFP-T personality. This means that I am introverted, intuitive, I make decisions based on feeling, prospective, and turbulent.

There are many strengths to having this personality type. Some advantages include:

• Being idealistic – People with an INFP-T personality have a resilient attitude as a result of believing that the intentions of all people are inherently good.
• We seek and value harmony – We don’t value having more power than others, instead of working to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are heard.
• We are open-minded and flexible – As long as our principles and ideas are not being challenged, we’ll support what other people think is right to do.
• We are very creative – Using our visionary nature as well as our open-mindedness, we are able to see things from potentially unconventional perspectives.
• Being passionate and energetic – When something captures our imagination, we put a lot of effort into dedicating ourselves to the project, putting our time and energy into it.
• Being dedicated and hard-working – Our tendency to understanding the meaningfulness of what we’re doing gives a sense of purpose when it comes to accomplishing something that we believe in.

On the other hand, there are also many weaknesses to having this personality. Some disadvantages include:

• Being too idealistic – Sometimes we take our idealism too far, which can make our expectations higher than they should be which sets us up for disappointment. We may not idealize our coworkers, but idolize them, forgetting that no one is perfect.
• Being too Altruistic – We sometimes see ourselves as selfish because we want to give more than we are able to. This causes us to push ourselves to commit to a cause or person, forgetting to prioritize the needs of other people or ourselves.
• Being impractical – Sometimes we become too dedicated to a project or interest which can cause us to neglect important daily activities such as eating or drinking.
• We dislike dealing with data – We can be too focused on the bigger picture that we forget about the more important smaller details. In this case, when data is presented to us that challenges our ideals, it can be challenging for us to deal with it.
• We take things personally – We often take criticism personally instead of using criticism to improve ourselves. Difficult to Get to Know – We are quite reserved and self-conscious which makes it difficult for people to get to know us.

I generally think that I do align with a lot of these traits but there are also a lot of things that I disagree with. For example, I’ve started to accept criticism a lot better and I’ve started to use criticism to improve myself. I’ve also never seen myself being too idealistic as I do understand when people make mistakes that are reasonable. I do agree that I am quite open-

minded, and I do also agree that I am very creative as evidence of my passion for music.

A large reason for a lot of these conflicting opinions is due to these traits being quite black and white. For some of these traits, I am actually quite close to the middle, which is probably due to how I have been changing how I approach certain situations.