Topic > Understanding My ISFJ Personality Type: Strengths,…

My Myers Briggs type is ISFJ. I am 22% introverted, 38% sensitive, 62% sentimental and 11% judgmental. People with this type perform better in occupations that involve a lot of person-to-person interaction. The ISFJ is also said to have great potential in the healthcare field or social work. Some ISFJ strengths may include: easy to work with, good memory, and good with people. Some not so great things about ISFJ include; they feel like they need to be needed, can easily feel unappreciated, and can be terrible at delegating. “Although their work ethic is at the top of the ISFJ's priority list, their families are the center of their lives.” (Margaret) ISFJ is one of the sixteen personality types identified in the Myers Briggs typing. 9% to 14% of the population We all seem to enjoy our jobs, we are all well organized, and we share many of the same strengths. When it comes to our differences, I think they are different enough that we can look at it from a different perspective. With the information I've been given about my personality type, I can use it to help me become a better manager by understanding that not all people think the same. That even though others may not approach a problem the way I would, it doesn't mean they aren't capable of completing the assigned task. “The goal of knowing personality type is to understand and appreciate the differences between people. Since all types are the same, there is no best type. (The Myers & Briggs Foundation) Of all the readings I read from this assignment, I found this to be the most helpful. It also made it easier for me to understand what I was looking at. “Preferred world: Do you prefer to focus on the external world or your internal world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I). Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you acquire, or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition