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Extroverted intuitive Feeling Perceiving
by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu)
ENFPs are friendly folks. Most are really enjoyable people. Some of the most soft-hearted people are ENFPs.

ENFPs have what some call a 'silly switch.' They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated when the 'switch' is flipped.

One study has shown that ENFPs are significantly over represented in psychodrama. Most have a natural propensity for role-playing and acting.

ENFPs like to tell funny stories, especially about their friends. This penchant may be why many are attracted to journalism. I kid one of my ENFP friends that if I want the sixth fleet to know something, I'll just tell him.

ENFPs are global learners. Close enough is satisfactory to the ENFP. which may unnerve more precise thinking types, especially with such things as piano practice ("three quarter notes or four ... what's the difference?") Amazingly, some ENFPs are adept at exacting disciplines such as mathematics. Go figure.

Friends are what life is about to ENFPs, more so even than the other NFs. They hold up their end of the relationship, sometimes being taken advantage of by less caring individuals. ENFPs are energized by being around people. Some have real difficulty being alone, especially on a regular basis.

One ENFP colleague, a social worker, had such tremendous interpersonal skills that she put her interviewers at ease during her own job interview. She had the ability to make strangers feel like old friends.

ENFPs sometimes can be blindsided by their secondary Feeling function. Hasty decisions based on deeply felt values may boil over with unpredictable results. More than one ENFP has abruptly quit a job in such a moment.

Famous ENFPs:
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Walter Wenchell, radio reporter
Will Rogers, humorist
+ Ronald Reagan, U.S. President
Theodor "Dr." Seuss Geisel, children's author (_The Cat in the Hat_)
Mickey Rooney, actor
Geraldo Rivera
James Dobson, "Focus on the Family"
Andy Rooney, television news commentator
+Paul Harvey, radio announcer
Elizabeth Montgomery, actress ("Bewitched")
+Dom Delouise, actor
Dave Thomas, owner of Wendy's hamburger chain
Lewis Grizzard, author, newspaper columnist
I. King Jordan, president of Gallaudet University
Robin Williams, actor, comedian (_Dead Poet's Society_, _Mrs. Doubtfire_)
Dave Coulier (Joey on "Full House")
Candice Cameron (D.J. " " " )

Fictional:
+ Dr. Doug Ross, _ER_
Balkie ("Perfect Strangers")
Ariel (_The Little Mermaid_)
Cathy (comic strip character)
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"

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