Leadership has and always will be a huge part of my life. After taking the Myers Briggs personality test I came to realize why leadership and responsibility is a natural part of my personality. On the test, I turned out to be a ENTP and after figuring out what these mean, I was able to figure out my 8 mental functions and how I can relate them to my everyday life.
My top mental function was Extraverted Intuition. This means that I create possibilities for the future and spontaneously recognize patterns and connections. For example, I recently was interested in the sports broadcasting network called CatNation here at University of Arizona and I immediately contacted someone that could help me reach my goal of becoming a sports reporter for CatNation. In doing so, I was offered to shadow CatNation this Friday to go behind the scenes and fully understand what it takes to be a CatNation reporter. Because I noticed the connection between my extroverted style of communication skills and love for being in front of the camera, I was able to determine what I want for my future. My personality profile fits this situation perfectly.
In contrast to my number one mental function, my last mental function is Extraverted Sensing. This can be described as being alive in the moment and aware of what the senses are able to immediately experience. I am clearly the complete opposite of that. I plan everything out before I do it and make sure that I am always setting myself up for the future. Many of the decisions I make depend on how it will affect me in the future. For example, my friend loves to take pictures and is always documenting our every move. We always go to parties together and the flash is always going off. It is hard to monitor what pictures are being taken and put on Facebook so me, having Extraverted Sensing last, I always ask her not to put the ones making a fool of my goofy self up on the internet. I partially do this because I don’t want my friends to think I’m a complete nut, but I mainly do it because I don’t want my future compromised by my crazy photos. I would be devastated if I did not get a job because of one crazy night in college. This is just one example of many that represent how I live my life not in the moment, but for my future.
Obviously the Myers Briggs personality test can tell someone a lot about his or her personality. I noticed many things about myself I never really noticed before and it helps me make sense of my day-to-day actions. I believe that putting a meaning to everything you do makes someone a more mature and self-confident person. When a person understands the root of what is causing them to act in a certain situation, that person is better able to evaluate themselves and everything around them.
Glad you understand your mental functions, I totally see extraverted intuition as your hero!! Great post, hope you learned a lot today during class when we talked about the ordering of the mental functions :)
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