ENTP Type dynamics

There are two groups of letters in the personality type code:

• The two letters in the middle (N and T) refer to your preferred mental functions. In total, there are four functions (Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking, and Feeling) that correspond to regions of the brain. You use all of them, but the letters NT indicate which functions you prefer using.
• The letters on the outside of the code (E and P) indicate which function is dominant in your personality. The letters also describe how you like to use that function.

What does it mean for you?

ENTP Mental Muscle Diagram

The dominant function of an ENTP is the perceptive one of iNtuition. This means you like looking at information from a global viewpoint, spotting new patterns and relationships, that lead to an understanding of the key issues. You tend to focus more on possibilities for the future than the here-and-now, and you enjoy change, challenge, and variety.

The perceptive iNtuition function is extraverted. That is, iNtuition is used primarily to govern the outer world of actions and spoken words. You therefore try ideas out in practice, to explore new possibilities and discover, by experience, which ones work. You prefer to change procedures to see if any improvement can be made, rather than just operate them. You therefore take an evolutionary approach to development, perhaps with an eye on the strategy which can change. You are more interested in exploring ideas than bringing them to closure.

The diagram represents how an average ENTP uses all the functions. You can find out more about the diagram, and your personal, unique type dynamics, by completing our personality test.

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