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Profile: INFJ
Revision: 1.2
Date of Revision: 2 Jan 94
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Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu)
Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier
matters of life. Those who are activists -- INFJs gravitate toward such a
role -- are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power.
INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden. They often are found
in the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress. INFJs
may fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless.
The concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ.
"There's something rotten in Denmark." Accurately suspicious about others'
motives, INFJs are not easily led. These are the people that you can rarely
fool any of the time. Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are
selective about their friends. Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that
transcends mere words.
INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. In
addition, nonverbal sensitivity enables the INFJ to know and be known by
others intimately.
Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs
frequently find their niche.
Famous INFJs:
Nathan, prophet of Israel
Aristophanes
Chaucer
Goethe
Robert Burns, Scottish poet
U.S. Presidents:
Martin Van Buren
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fanny Crosby
Mother Teresa
Fred McMurray ("My Three Sons", various movies)
Shirley Temple Black
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Reston, reporter
Shirley McClain
Michael Landon
Tom Selleck
Oprah Winfrey
Paul Stookey (PP&M)
Angela Lansbury
U. S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL)
Billy Crystal
Carrie Fisher
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Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
by Marina Margaret Heiss (mmh0m@poe.acc.virginia.edu)
INFJs are characterized by their strong sense of values, of right and wrong.
These differ from those of the SJs in that they are *humanitarian* in
orientation, rather than traditionally *societal*. Like INFPs, INFJs are
extremely idealistic, but INFJs are vastly more practical, with a strong
grasp of organization and detail which reflects itself in all of their
undertakings, whether political movements or company social events that must
satisfy a wide range of employee needs.
INFJs tend to question and examine their own motivations constantly. In
moderation this is admirable, but some go so far as to decide that any
"selfishness" (which often translates to taking care of themselves instead of
others, for once) in their desires is completely unacceptable. Needless to
say, this can cause a great deal of stress for the INFJ in question, which
they sometimes resolve in a rather convoluted manner: by deriving a Higher
Principle from the "selfish" need. ("It's not OK to object to the proposed
menu for the company dinner dance because I don't like it *myself*, but it
*is* OK to do so because it's not nutritous, or doesn't take into account
ethnic preferences, vegetarians, etc." -- all of this subconscious.)
Like all NFs, INFJs care deeply about people, both as individuals and in
terms of humanity as a whole. INFJs are notable for their exceptionally
strong empathic, even psychic abilities, which can sometimes cause them
discomfort and even pain in their dealings with others. Perhaps because of
this, INFJs truly open up to only a few intimate friends--usually very
long-term relationships or obvious "soul mates." Paradoxically, INFJs often
appear to be extroverts to most of the world; they are almost always
friendly, sympathetic, and interested in people, and sometimes positively
charismatic. This can be puzzling and disappointing to those (usually I's)
who are drawn to them in search of a non-surface friendship, and find they
just can't get very far.
Their combination of empathy and strong verbal skills make them natural
writers, especially of fiction or of non-fiction requiring a restrained
emotional tone. (I think Kiersey tags INFJ as "The Writer") Counseling and
psychiatry are classic INFJ professions, but you also find them fairly often
in higher education, especially in the liberal arts. In the 9-to-5
environment, INFJs make talented and congenial employees and co-workers, and
often-inspiring managers. They all may suffer, however, with the tendency
many Fs have of backing down to avoid confrontation, even when this is a
strategically bad move.
I'd like to add a couple of famous INFJs to Joe's list: Florence Nightingale,
and, on the fictional side, Agatha Christie's detective Miss Marple (although
she masquerades as an ISFJ).