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Portrait of the Champion (ENFP)
Idealists (NFs) share the following core characteristics:
- Idealists
are enthusiastic, they trust their intuition, yearn for romance,
seek their true self, prize meaningful relationships, and dream of
attaining wisdom.
- Idealists
pride themselves on being loving, kindhearted, and authentic.
- Idealists
tend to be giving, trusting, spiritual, and they are focused on
personal journeys and human potentials.
- Idealists
make intense mates, nurturing parents, and inspirational leaders.
Like the other
Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the
population, but even more than the others they consider intense
emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a
wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty.
They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both
good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and
fascinating people in the world.
The most outgoing
of the Idealists, Champions often can't wait to tell others of their
extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with
others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own
words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling;
Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth
about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful
convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along
with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes
them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types. Fiercely
individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal
authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually
quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding
intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading
hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In
fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no
intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their
attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and
probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense
concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive
or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and
alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what’s
possible.
Champions are good
with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships.
They are warm and full of energy with their friends. They are likeable
and at ease with colleagues, and handle their employees or students with
great skill. They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so
spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company.
Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in
the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen.
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