Myers-Briggs® Personality Typing has such tremendous potential to help people understand each other and themselves better. It does require some practice and learning to be used to it’s fullest potential, however even a basic level of comprehension can go a long way in helping make sense of ‘people’ and the different ways we are wired.

One way to learn to identify ‘Personality Types’ is through using real-life examples. The ones I have included below are real-life people and well-written fictional characters, who I think display attributes consistent with a particular ‘Personality Type’.

These are meant to be educated guesses based on what cognitive functions I believe I see and in what order, but bear in mind these are still ‘guesses’.

 

Se – extraverted sensing

ISTP (Ti > Se) – ‘Wilderness Cooking’ host, Tom Cruise, Bear Grylls

ESTP (Se > Ti) – Donald J. Trump, Mark Sisson, Kari Lake

ESFP (Se > Fi) – Jamie Oliver, Chip Gaines, Mel K

ISFP (Fi > Se) – Nicole Kidman, Jack Johnson, Mikki Willis

 

Si – introverted sensing

ISTJ (Si > Te) – Mark Wiens, Joanna Gaines, Dr Mercola

ESTJ (Te > Si) – Judge Judy, Dallas Jenkins

ESFJ (Fe > Si) – Prince William, June Carter Cash, Dr Simone Gold

ISFJ (Si > Fe) – Rand Paul, Rob Bell (TV), Kate Middleton

 

Ne – extraverted intuition

INTP (Ti > Ne) – Mr Bennet (Jane Austen character), Elon Musk

ENTP (Ne > Ti) – Rowan Atkinson, Lance Wallnau

ENFP (Ne > Fi) – Kiera Knightley, Annabelle Wallnau, Rhys Darby

INFP (Fi > Ne) – J.R.R Tolkien, Isabel Briggs Myers, Princess Diana

 

Ni – introverted intuition

INTJ (Ni > Te) – Mr Darcy (Jane Austen character), Katie Wells

ENTJ (Te > Ni) – Robert Downey Jr, Eric Metaxas

ENFJ (Fe > Ni) – Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Joshua Aaron

INFJ (Ni > Fe) – Simon Sinek, Victory Boyd