MBTI (r) is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. There are loads of unofficial personality tests on the internet you can take for free. I tried a few and ENFP seems to sum me up very well. More importantly, my wife agrees.

I don’t know what you think of these personality tests. It’s very easy to use them to pigeon-hole and stereotype yourself and others with them rather than use them as indicators. Personally, I’ve found it useful to think about what I’m like, and therefore what kind of work might suit me best.

I came across these very funny reworkings of Reinhold Niebuhr’s ‘Serenity Prayer’ for the 16 MBTIs at
Squarewheels and I share them for your enjoyment:

ISTJ: Lord, help me to relax my focus on insignificant details, even though any of them may cause significant problems later. Begin this tomorrow at 8:31:04 am.

ISTP: God, please help me to consider other people’s feelings, even if most of them ARE excessively hypersensitive.

ESTP: God help me to accept responsibility for my own actions, even though problems are usually NOT my fault.

ESTJ: God, please help me to not try to RUN everything. But, if You need some help, just ask.

ISFJ: Lord, please help me to be more laid back and help me to do that EXACTLY right.

ISFP: Lord, help me to stand up for my rights (if you don’t mind my asking).

ESFP: God help me to take things more seriously, especially jokes, parties, conversation and dancing.

ESFJ: God give me the patience I need to deal with things more effectively, and I mean right NOW!

INFJ: Lord. Please help me not to be so perfectionistic! (Did I spell that correctly?)

INFP: God, help me to finish everything I sta..

ENFP: God, please help me to keep my mind on one… Look a butterfly! thing at a time.

ENFJ: God help me to do only what I can, trusting you for all the rest. But would you mind putting that in writing?

INTJ: Lord keep me open to others’ ideas, WRONG though they may be.

INTP: Lord, please help me to be a little less independent but in my own way, of course.

ENTP: Lord, please help me follow our established procedures today. On second thought, I’ll settle for a couple of minutes.

ENTJ: Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwhatIdo.

Never mind, this is as good a time as any to start again. I have a couple of new projects on the go which I hope to unveil shortly.

Photo by Iguana Jo