Esfjs Strengths And Weaknesses

Strengths ENFJs have many strengths due to the vast amount of strengths attached to each aspect of our personality. Some strengths, however, stand out among the rest as the most prominent traits. Our natural leadership is one such trait, which defines us greatly as we often take charge of situations, allowing others to see us as leaders. Our perceptiveness is also one of our greatest strengths, allowing us to understand and nearly experience others’ moods, emotions and motivations. We are also charismatic, capturing audiences with our speeches and attentiveness to the mood of the room (Future of Working, 2016). Our desire to be instructive in all things, attempting to teach everyone around us, also gives us an advantage, especially in
Our perfectionist nature makes us more sensitive to criticism than most (Future of Working, 2016). Unfortunately, we are also likely to neglect ourselves for others’ needs. Whether that means getting less sleep to help someone out or ignoring a sickness to fulfill a promise, ENFJs are apt to focus on others so much that we sometimes end up suffering (Human Metrics, n.d.). Because of our empathetic nature that allows us to actually experience what others are feeling (Type Finder, n.d.), we find it difficult to make decisions of any kind. Obviously, tough decisions involving people, such as who to fire, are the most difficult, but ENFJs also tend to find it difficult to make small decisions, such as where to eat for dinner. One would think it would be easy to decide where to eat for dinner, but if we are going with our family to dinner, our first consideration is what they may like, which goes back to neglecting ourselves, and then deciding what we would like. This becomes stressful as we feel like we have too many options to just pick one which can be overwhelming. It helps to realize that our decisions are not set in stone, and we can very easily pick a new restaurant next week (Priebe,
List a minimum of 4 barriers. You may wish to review the barriers listed on page 4 of this week’s interactive lecture to get started.
Once you have listed the barriers, create strategies that you can use to overcome each one.
Barrier Strategy
Other people need my help. My father is currently very sick and needs to be driven to all of his appointments, so I can help him walk. Because of this, it can sometimes be difficult to get work done. In order to combat this, I have designated time that is solely my schoolwork time, and we try not to interrupt this time by scheduling doctor’s appointments in the afternoon. I also tend to bring my history textbook to doctor’s appointments and read while I wait, so as to not make the visit completely