ENTJ Description: Extraverted Thinking

ENTJ Description
by Joe Butt
"I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?"
ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct. This may be expressed with the charm
and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader. The ENTJ requires little
encouragement to make a plan. One ENTJ put it this way... "I make these little plans that
really don't have any importance to anyone else, and then feel compelled to carry them out."
While "compelled" may not describe ENTJs as a group, nevertheless the bent to plan
creatively and to make those plans reality is a common theme for NJ types.
ENTJs are often "larger than life" in describing their projects or proposals. This ability may be
expressed as salesmanship, story-telling facility or stand-up comedy. In combination with the
natural propensity for filibuster, our hero can make it very difficult for the customer to
decline.
TRADEMARK: -- "I'm really sorry you have to die." (I realize this is an overstatement.
However, most Fs and other gentle souls usually chuckle knowingly at this description.)
ENTJs are decisive. They see what needs to be done, and frequently assign roles to their
fellows. Few other types can equal their ability to remain resolute in conflict, sending the
valiant (and often leading the charge) into the mouth of hell. When challenged, the ENTJ may
by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves
notice: the ENTJ is not one to be trifled with.
(ENTJ stands for Extravert, iNtuitive, Thinking, 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

Extravert(11%) iNtuitive(12%) Thinking(50%) Judging(78%)
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Functional Analysis Of The ENTJ

Based on Jungs framework of mental functions - by Joe Butt
Extraverted Thinking
"Unequivocating" expresses the resoluteness of the ENTJ's dominant function. Clarity of
convictions endows these Thinkers with a knack for debate, or wanting knack, a penchant for
argument. The light and heat generated by Thinking at the helm can be impressive; perhaps
even overwhelming. Experience teaches many ENTJs that restraint may often be the better
part of valor, lest one find oneself victorious but alone.
Introverted iNtuition
The auxiliary function explores the blueprints of archetypal patterns and equips Thinking with
a fresh, dynamic sense of how things work. Improvising on the fly is something many ENTJs
do very well. As Thinking's subordinate, insights are of value only insofar as they further the
Right, True Cause celebre. [n.b.: ENTJs are capable of living on a higher plane, if you will,
and learning to value individuals even above their principles. The above dynamic suggests
less individuation.]
Extraverted Sensing
Sensing reaches out to embrace that which physically touches it. ENTJs have an awareness of
the real; of that which exists. By stilling the engines of Thinking and iNtuition, this type may
experience the Here and Now, and know things not dreamt of nor even postulated in
iNtuition's philosophy. Sensing's minor role, however, puts it at risk for distortion or extreme
weakness beneath the hustle and bustle of the giants N and T.
Introverted Feeling
Feeling is romantic, as the ethereal as the inner world from whence it doth emerge. When it be
awake, feeling evokes great passion that knows not nuance of proportion nor context. Perhaps
these lesser functions inspire glorious recreational quests in worlds that never were, or may
only ever be in fantasy. When overdone or taken too seriously, Fi turned outward often
becomes maudlin or melodramatic. Feeling in this type appears most authentic when implied
or expressed covertly in a firm handshake, accepting demeanor, or act of sacrifice thinly
covered by excuses of lack of any personal interest in the relinquished item.
Famous ENTJs
by Joe Butt
U.S. Presidents:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard M. Nixon
Lamar Alexander (US Senator)
Les Aspen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Candace Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask)
Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
Harrison Ford
Newt Gingrich
Whoopi Goldberg
Benny Goodman, "Big Band" leader
Al Gore (U.S Vice President, 1993-2001)
Penn Jillette
Steve Jobs
Dave Letterman
Steve Martin
General Norman Schwarzkopf

Patrick Stewart (STNG: Jean Luc Picard)
Margaret Thatcher
Robert James Waller (author: The Bridges of Madison County)
Sigourney Weaver
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