ENFP
Portrait of the Champion (eNFp)
Copyrighted © 1996 Prometheus Nemesis Book Company.

The Champion Idealists are abstract in thought and
speech, cooperative in accomplishing their aims, and informative and extraverted
when relating with others. For Champions, nothing occurs which does not have
some deep ethical significance, and this, coupled with their uncanny sense of
the motivations of others, gives them a talent for seeing life as an exciting
drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil. This type is found in
only about 3 percent of the general population, but they have great influence
because of their extraordinary impact on others. Champions are inclined to go
everywhere and look into everything that has to do with the advance of good and
the retreat of evil in the world. They can't bear to miss out on what is going
on around them; they must experience, first hand, all the significant social
events that affect our lives. And then they are eager to relate the stories
they've uncovered, hoping to disclose the "truth" of people and
issues, and to advocate causes. This strong drive to unveil current events can
make them tireless in conversing with others, like fountains that bubble and
splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out.
Champions consider intense emotional experiences as
being vital to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that
a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus, while
they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves in some danger
of losing touch with their real feelings, which eNFps possess in a wide range
and variety. In the same vein, eNFps strive toward a kind of spontaneous
personal authenticity, and this intention always to "be themselves" is
usually communicated nonverbally to others, who find it quite attractive. All
too often, however, eNFps fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they
tend to heap coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest
self-conscious role-playing.
Full descriptions of the Champion and the Idealists are in
Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II