ESTP personality type
ESTP
Extravert-Sensor-Thinker-Perceiver
- Extraverts are outgoing, energetic and action-oriented. They are enthusiastic and expressive
- Sensors live in the present. They rely on facts, handle practical matters well and like things to be concrete and measurable.
- Thinkers make decisions using logic and impersonal analysis. They think with their heads rather than their hearts.
- Perceivers prefer a lifestyle that is spontaneous, flexible and adaptable. They like an environment that is unstructured, and like to keep their options open.
When you turn out to be an ISTJ, then:
Your Jung personality type is stereotyped as The Promoter
An ESTP at-a-glance
ESTPs are life's adventurers. When an ESTP type is around, life is really buzzing! The lights are on and the action begins. They believe that life is not a rehearsal - so everyone should go for it!
People warm to you quickly which is great because you need people. You are energetic, warm, friendly, enthusiastic and have a great sense of humor.
As an ESTP you are primarily focused on the here and now. Your motto or philosophy of life could easily be make the most of the moment! You have a built-in need to be a doer - to always be physically and mentally active. To be engaged in a great variety of activities involving as many people as possible. However, people who know you well realize that, despite all this dynamic flow of energy, you can also be logical and grounded.
Some experts in Personality Types think of an ESTP as a Super Hero character. Promoters love to move faster than a speeding bullet and leap tall buildings in a single bound!
Your probable contributions to an organization
Each Personality Type has a different set of skills, talents and attributes that they bring to an organization, group or relationship. Here is a list of those most commonly associated with Personality Types like you - ESTP.
- Places his/her whole body and soul into a project.
- Is pragmatic, outgoing, quick and flexible.
- Values and operates according to firsthand experience instead of theories.
- Becomes absorbed only in his/her interests.
- Seeks current, factual and realistic information.
- Is a skilled and vital negotiator.
- Is a master at troubleshooting and is usually successful when firing from the hip. Provides optimism and a can-do attitude.
- Meets challenges head on and straightforwardly.
- Works to resolve obstacles.
- Is fearless and willingly accepts risks.
- Sets in personal and organizational skills as the moment demands.
- Functions best in an environment that may appear chaotic, but their work is usually well put-together in the end.
- Strives for efficiency and in generating short-term results.
- Provides well-grounded, blunt and sober assessments.
- Seeks high impact solutions that reflect the person's brilliant performance.
- Readily adapts to changing situations.
- Is committed to his/her projects and the challenge of problem solving.
On a team
Some people work well on teams, others work best on their own. Understanding the personality types of team members provides information about how individuals are likely to carry out their work and interact with each other. Given your personality preferences, the following are the strengths (and possible weaknesses!) you will most likely bring to a team:
- Is flexible and responds quickly.
- Joins teams and projects with enthusiastic optimism and a conviction to succeed.
- Establishes objectives, routes, purpose and benchmarks.
- Keeps the team moving and makes compromises when necessary.
- Undertakes the task of locating resources and removing obstacles or complications.
- Makes quick decisions and presents realistic road maps.
- Provides clever solutions that yield immediate and practical results.
- May cause problems by not respecting the need for stability and security in others.
- Seeks the adrenaline rush of crises which can put off others.
- May irritate team members by being too quick to act and improvising at the spur of the moment.
- Is irritated by team members who are negative, inactive, impractical, whine, complain and lack focus.
- Becomes annoyed by people who lack a sense of humor and are not fun.
- Is vexed by members who are attracted to solutions with no quick payoff.
Jung personality types
There are sixteen Jung personality types. Take a free Jung personality test.
