As an ENTJ, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things rationally and

logically. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in primarily via your intuition.

ENTJ's are natural born leaders. They live in a world of possibilities where they see all sorts of challenges

to be surmounted, and they want to be the ones responsible for surmounting them. They have a drive for

leadership, which is well-served by their quickness to grasp complexities, their ability to absorb a large

amount of impersonal information, and their quick and decisive judgments. They are "take charge" people.

ENTJ’s are very career-focused, and fit into the corporate world quite naturally. They are constantly

scanning their environment for potential problems which they can turn into solutions. They generally see

things from a long-range perspective, and are usually successful at identifying plans to turn problems

around - especially problems of a corporate nature. ENTJ’s are usually successful in the business world,

because they are so driven to leadership. They're tireless in their efforts on the job, and driven to visualize

where an organization is headed. For these reasons, they are natural corporate leaders.

There is not much room for error in the world of the ENTJ. They dislike seeing mistakes repeated, and have

no patience with inefficiency. They may become quite harsh when their patience is tried in these respects,

because they are not naturally tuned in to people's feelings, and more than likely don't believe that they

should tailor their judgments in consideration for people's feelings. ENTJ’s, like many types, have

difficulty seeing things from outside their own perspective. Unlike other types, ENTJ’s naturally have little

patience with people who do not see things the same way as the ENTJ. The ENTJ needs to consciously

work on recognizing the value of other people's opinions, as well as the value of being sensitive towards

people's feelings. In the absence of this awareness, the ENTJ will be a forceful, intimidating and

overbearing individual. This may be a real problem for the ENTJ, who may be deprived of important

information and collaboration from others. In their personal world, it can make some ENTJ’s overbearing

as spouses or parents.

The ENTJ has a tremendous amount of personal power and presence which will work for them as a force

towards achieving their goals. However, this personal power is also an agent of alienation and selfaggrandizement,

which the ENTJ would do well to avoid.

ENTJ’s are very forceful, decisive individuals. They make decisions quickly, and are quick to verbalize

their opinions and decisions to the rest of the world. The ENTJ who has not developed their Intuition will

make decisions too hastily, without understanding all of the issues and possible solutions. On the other

hand, an ENTJ who has not developed their Thinking side will have difficulty applying logic to their

insights, and will often make poor decisions. In that case, they may have brilliant ideas and insight into

situations, but they may have little skill at determining how to act upon their understanding, or their actions

may be inconsistent. An ENTJ who has developed in a generally less than ideal way may become

dictatorial and abrasive - intrusively giving orders and direction without a sound reason for doing so, and

without consideration for the people involved.

Although ENTJ’s are not naturally tuned into other people's feelings, these individuals frequently have very

strong sentimental streaks. Often these sentiments are very powerful to the ENTJ, although they will likely

hide it from general knowledge, believing the feelings to be a weakness. Because the world of feelings and

values is not where the ENTJ naturally functions, they may sometimes make value judgments and hold

onto submerged emotions which are ill-founded and inappropriate, and will cause them problems -

sometimes rather serious problems.

ENTJ’s love to interact with people. As Extroverts, they're energized and stimulated primarily externally.

There's nothing more enjoyable and satisfying to the ENTJ than having a lively, challenging conversation.

They especially respect people who are able to stand up to the ENTJ, and argue persuasively for their point

of view. There aren't too many people who will do so, however, because the ENTJ is a very forceful and

dynamic presence who has a tremendous amount of self-confidence and excellent verbal communication

skills. Even the most confident individuals may experience moments of self-doubt when debating a point

with an ENTJ.

ENTJ’s want their home to be beautiful, well-furnished, and efficiently run. They're likely to place much

emphasis on their children being well-educated and structured, to desire a congenial and devoted

relationship with their spouse. At home, the ENTJ needs to be in charge as much as he or she does in their

career. The ENTJ is likely best paired with someone who has a strong self-image, who is also a Thinking

type. Because the ENTJ is primarily focused on their careers, some ENTJ’s have a problem with being

constantly absent from home, physically or mentally.

The ENTJ has many gifts which make it possible for them to have a great deal of personal power, if they

don't forget to remain balanced in their lives. They are assertive, innovative, long-range thinkers with an

excellent ability to translate theories and possibilities into solid plans of action. They are usually

tremendously forceful personalities, and have the tools to accomplish whatever goals they set out for.

Dominant: Extraverted Thinking

Auxiliary: Introverted Intuition

Tertiary: Extraverted Sensing

Inferior: Introverted Feeling

ENTJ’s are especially well-suited to be leaders and organization builders. They have the ability to clearly

identify problems and innovative solutions for the short and long-term well-being of an organization.

Having a strong desire to lead, they're not likely to be happy as followers. ENTJ’s like to be in charge, and

need to be in charge to take advantage of their special capabilities.

ENTJ people are realists, in the most basic sense of the word. Not only because their thinking is based upon

a clear view of how things actually are in the world around them, but also because their ideas and strategies

are structured around those unambiguous, “down to earth”, commonsense beliefs which sum up the

obvious and undeniable in life. But while ENTJ’s might be pragmatic about the immediate situation before

them, they are scarcely satisfied with it until it can be made more productive, useful or valuable. The

ENTJ’s reasoning on such matters is always clear and generally unemotional. If action can improve an item

or a situation then it ought to be taken, and the ENTJ will always be found in the midst of such action,

organizing, planning and leading the way forward until the best result possible has been realized. This

makes success for an ENTJ something that can be clearly seen, a real world result which can be measured.

And whether measured in dollars, bricks, bread or just happy people, the successful ENTJ knows the result

is due to their belief that it is just plain commonsense to try and make the best of every situation and get the

most out if it for the most people.

As an ENTJ, you have gifts that are specific to your personality type that aren't natural strengths for other

types. By recognizing your special gifts and encouraging their growth and development, you will more

readily see your place in the world, and be more content with your role. Nearly all ENTJ’s will recognize

the following characteristics in themselves. They should embrace and nourish these strengths:

time/real world situations.

financial or environmental development.

ENTJ’s who have a well-developed Introverted Intuitive function to complement their dominant

Extraverted Thinking will enjoy these very special gifts:

of others.

making and the benefits which flow from their achievement.

With any gift of strength, there is an associated weakness. Without "bad", there would be no "good".

Without "difficult", there would be no "easy". We value our strengths, but we often curse and ignore our

weaknesses. To grow as a person and get what we want out of life, we must not only capitalize upon our

strengths, but also face our weaknesses and deal with them. That means taking a hard look at our

personality type's potential problem areas.

ENTJ’s are strong, right minded and rational people. This should be kept in mind as you read some of the

more negative material about ENTJ weaknesses. These weaknesses are natural. We offer this information

to enact positive change, rather than as blatant criticism.

Most of the weaker characteristics in the ENTJ stem from their dominant Extraverted Thinking function

overtaking their personality, stifling the natural expression and balancing value of the other personality

functions. In such cases, an ENTJ may show some or all of the following weaknesses in varying degrees:

by others.

judgments.

forgotten.

is forgotten

make it into a kind of dogma which must be followed by those around them.

Most of the problems described above can be seen as a direct result of a too dominant Extraverted Thinking

function ruling the personality. In most cases this is exactly what is happening, but it is also worth

recognizing that some of the weaknesses in the ENTJ’s personality that are more apparent to other Types,

flow not so much from the excesses of the ENTJ’s dominant function, but from the natural inferiority of

their feeling function and its lack of adaptation. We must also recognize that the level of expression of all

functions in all people is variable and that some of the problems discussed here apply only to strongly

expressing ENTJ’s, where the attitude which flows from using Extraverted Thinking exclusively to guide

them through life creates its own particular problems.

The over dominance of Extraverted Thinking leads to an intensely intellectual way of seeing the world,

where values such as right and wrong, good and bad, useful and useless are judged only by their

applicability to an almost mathematically exact - and to the ENTJ - always rational, attitude to life. Without

the balance provided by other ways of seeing or judging, the ENTJ is unable to account for actions based

upon the inner views or feeling behavior of others, hence such things are always judged negatively, either

as irrelevant - or at best - as being of small consequence. Additionally, with their thinking attitude always

turned outward and totally subject to the world beyond their senses, without the balance of some internally

felt objectivity the ENTJ will often follow their ideas and ambitions without consideration for their own

physical and emotional needs. Indeed, the ENTJ often feels that if only his project, his work, his outer

reality would just fall into line with his own rational views then all would be well within his world and all

his needs would be met. Unfortunately such an attitude can never be satisfied, for the world is not only

rational, but also full of situations and human behavior which must be appreciated and understood by quite

different, and again - to the ENTJ – often seemingly absurd criteria.

A healthy personality needs to have a good balance between its dominant and auxiliary functions. For an

ENTJ, dominant Extraverted Thinking needs to be well-supported by their auxiliary Introverted Intuitive

function. If Introverted Intuition exists only to support the intellectual rationale created by Extraverted

Thinking, then neither function is being used to its full potential.

Introverted Intuition is the ENTJ’s access to their inner world, to the information that could tell them how

the world is affecting them. Because it is introverted, its images arise from the subjective depths of the

mind, and contain all that the ENTJ has not considered within their strictly rational and object oriented

view of the world. Introverted Intuition provides the personally biased information the ENTJ needs to

balance this world view and protect the ENTJ from being totally swallowed up by their selfless and yet

single minded attachment to facts, figures and a rationale they accept only from the world outside

themselves. Because this inner information is often opposed to the ENTJ’s strongly held ideas it is often

rejected, or if accepted, turned outward to make negative judgments about external situations or the

behavior of others, rather than seen as a corrective balance to the ENTJ’s own attitudes and behavior.

To grow as an individual, the ENTJ needs to recognize the role Intuition plays in their life, and learn to

understand its language. In particular the ENTJ needs to realize that their intuitive function is not directed

outward to the world, that its images are personal, subjective and relate directly to the way the ENTJ’s

inner self is being affected by both the outside world and their own behavior.

Introverted Intuition is not an obvious process to understand, and quite unlike the rational, straightforward

thinking the ENTJ is used to. Nevertheless, if understood and fully utilized to support thinking, it can make

the ENTJ the most outwardly effective and productive of all the personality types. For this reason it is

essential to allow this gift to become what it can be, rather than limiting its talents and allowing it only to

speak when it seems to agree with the ENTJ’s outwardly focused thinking. Below are a few specific

suggestions to help you apply Introverted Intuition.

When confronted by a situation which requires an important decision, try to put it off for long enough to be

able to sit quietly with it. In doing so allow yourself to feel and see the images which arise in your mind

regarding this situation. Try to set aside those which appear immediately as the products of your own

beliefs and thinking, and regard the others closely. If these images and ideas were the opinions of people

whose judgment you trusted implicitly, try to question them in your mind and find the reasons why they

consider things in such a way.

There are some people around you who always seem to know just which way to go or how things work or

what the outcome of a certain situation will be without them seeming to have sufficient information to be

able to do so. These people are intuitive types and their world is full of possibilities which they can

immediately recognize as apt to certain situations. You also have this talent, but you have a habit of not

following it, rather you prefer to think it out and find the options which “ought” to be correct. I placed

ought in quotes for a very good reason here, for you know yourself how often things have developed in the

direction you had an inkling of, but refused to accept without thinking. Try to let these immediate

impressions have their moment and recognize them as true possibilities which ought to be examined more

closely. Understand that they are not baseless images and ideas but rely upon valid sources of information

which you simply screen out of your life by habit.

Some ENTJ’s have difficulty fitting into our society. Their problems are generally associated with a

strongly dogmatic and overly rational approach to life, coupled with an almost total lack of ability to

understand the needs of others. Where such a strongly expressing difficulty arises, the ENTJ finds

themselves constantly embattled by a world which refuses to conform to their ideals and creates situations

in which the ENTJ is out of their depth. Such situations are often met by the ENTJ with such a childish

emotionality that others are put off and isolate the ENTJ emotionally. Such ENTJ’s often find themselves

without friends, and with business partners or employees who are unwilling to engage the ENTJ upon any

matter other than strictly task related questions. Such behavior in others only serves to bring out underlying

sentiments in the ENTJ which, via their badly adapted intuitive function, speak to them of plots, nastiness

and covert obstructive behavior on the part of others. Suffice to say, such suspicions and childish

sentiments coupled with dogmatic demands to conform to the ENTJ’s own way of seeing the world can

soon destroy families and close relationships.

It is incumbent upon the ENTJ to break the circle of such behavior by allowing their Introverted Intuition a

place in their life. Through attention to this function the ENTJ can discover a path to understanding and

recognizing the effects not only their own behavior has upon others, but also the greater possibilities which

lie within themselves for not only a harmonious relationship with others, but also a greater sense of what

might be best for themselves.

Understanding the feeling needs and judgments of others is not an easy task for the ENTJ, but through their

Intuitive function they can find images and ideas which - whilst not speaking directly to the feeling

judgments of others – might allow them to see outside the strictly rational circle of their world view in such

a way as to recognize that there is indeed a different perspective which must be taken account of.

1. Feed Your Strengths! Give yourself every opportunity to show others your appreciation of a

situation and how you could see it through to a good outcome. Take charge where you can make it

count.

2. Face Your Weaknesses! Understand you have limits too. Your careful world view is not the whole

deal. How things look and feel may not concern you, but they concern many others. Try and allow

such things to be and learn from them.

3. Talk Time to Find Out How Others Really Think. You need to drive past your thoughts with

others and let their appreciations of a situation reach you at a deeper level. It will then be possible

for you to take account of their needs as real world objectives which if included in your ideas will

bring greater harmony and quality to life and relationships.

4. Take Time Out To Let The Whole Situation Speak To You. Don't dismiss those abstract and

seemingly hard to understand or bothersome aesthetic and feeling judgments coming from others

or from inside yourself. Drop everything for a while, stop thinking and worrying and just relax

into those ideas and let them speak to you. Perhaps they can be accommodated, perhaps

something is hiding in there which offers a new way

5. When You Get Upset, You Lose. Your energy and rational understandings are strong assets, but

can be very harmful if they turn against you and leave you with nothing but emotions you cannot

deal with. Remember that others cannot always be expected to fall into your ways of seeing, and

when your drive to make them do so fails you will suffer feelings of resentment and even

abandonment. You cannot deal with the world like this. Moderate your ideas, allow others their

spaces, and you will grow.

6. Respect your need for intellectual compatibility. Don't expect yourself to be a "touchy-feely" or

"warm-fuzzy" person. Realize that your most ardent bonds with others will start with the head,

rather than the heart. Be aware of other's emotional needs, and express your genuine love and

respect for them in terms that are real to YOU. Be yourself.

7. Be Accountable for Yourself. Don't blame the problems in your life on other people. Look

inwardly for solutions. No one has more control over your life than you have.

8. Be Humble. Judge yourself at least as harshly as you judge others.

9. Take a Positive Approach to Differences in People. Don't distress yourself and others by dwelling

on what seem to be their limitations. They need you to guide them and you need them to see

things through. Try and recognize who can perform the most ably within certain fields outside

your own competence. Let the feelings of others become a strength rather than a hindrance to you.

10. Don't Get Obsessed! Recognize the value that personal world has to you, your friends, your

family, your own inner sense of self worth and life. Take pride in just being a good person and

don’t allow external situations to control you. Try to relax and let the moment belong to the best

things you can find in others and yourself. Nothing out there is more important than your own

happiness.