William Shakespeare INFP
Helen Keller (INFP) with Anne Sullivan
Julia Roberts
THE IDEALIST INFP
Healer INFP
Harmonizer Clarifier INFP
Insightful Enhancers INFP
Seeker & Keeper of Human Values INFP
Introverted Feeling With Extroverted Intuition INFP
Questor Performing noble service to aid society Making life kinder and gentle Inspiring idealists Sensitive
Personality Portraits INFP
POTENTIAL STRENGTHS Sense of purpose Creativity People skills Adaptability Gentle persuasion
INFP Idealistic, loyal to their values and to people who are important to them. Want an eternal life that is congruent with their values. Curious, quick to see possibilities, can be catalysts for implementing ideas. Seek to understand people and to help them fulfill their potential. Adaptable, flexible, and accepting unless a value is threatened.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT INFP
CAREER TRENDS Many occupations attractive to INFPs involve a concern with human development, particularly through one-to-one relationships with others; 7 of the top 20 are related to counseling. Another group of occupations involves exercising creativity in positions in the language or visual arts.
MOST ATTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS Artist or Entertainer/Actor Teacher Designer Psychiatrist Counselor Psychologist Marketing Specialist Trainer Human Resourses
MOST ATTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS Religious worker/Clergy Social Worker Nurse Architect Research Assistant Social Scientist Writer or Editor Laboratory Technologist Consultant: Education Therapist: Physical
Careers where the INFP's dominant function (Fi) is used most Careers where the INFP's auxiliary function (Ne) is used most Clergy/church worker Secretary Technical specialist Librarian Sales Accountant/auditor/ banker/economist Homemaker Nurse Administrator Teacher Assistant Writer/editor Professor/academic/lecturer Psychologist Human Resources Teacher Engineer Scientist/biologist/ physicist/chemist Assistant Accountant/auditor/ banker/economist Careers/occupational advice/therapy Computer specialist Consultant Artist/actor Senior Manager Manager Trainer Project manager
FAMOUS INFPs
INFP Homer Virgil Mary the Blessed Virgin St. John St. Luke William Shakespeare Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A. A. Milne Laura Ingalls Wilder Helen Keller Carl Rogers Fred Rogers Dick Clark Donna Reed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Neil Diamond Tom Brokaw James Herriot Annie Dillard James Taylor Julia Roberts Scott Bakula Terri Gross Amy Tan John F. Kennedy, Jr. Lisa Kudrow Fred Savage