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ESFJ: The Caregiver
As an ESFJ, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system.
Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in via your five senses in a literal, concrete fashion.
ESFJs are people persons - they love people.
They are warmly interested in others.
They gather specific, detailed information about others, and turn this information into supportive judgments.
They want to like people, and have a special skill at bringing out the best in others.
They are extremely good at reading others, and understanding their point of view.
The ESFJ's
strong desire to be liked and for everything to be pleasant makes them highly supportive of others.
People like to be around ESFJs, because the ESFJ has a special gift of invariably making people feel good about themselves.
The ESFJ takes responsibilities very seriously, and is
very dependable.
They value security and stability, and have a strong focus on the
details of life.
They see what needs to be done, and do whatever it takes to make sure that it gets done.
ESFJs are warm and energetic.
They need approval from others to feel good about themselves.
They are
hurt by indifference and don't understand unkindness.
They are very giving people, who get a lot of their personal satisfaction from the happiness of others.
They
want to be appreciated for who they are, and what they give.
They're very sensitive to others, and freely give
practical care.
ESFJs are such caring individuals, that they sometimes have a hard time seeing or accepting a difficult truth about someone they care about.
ESFJs are focused on reading other people.
They have a strong need to be in control.
They often
change their own manner to be more pleasing to whoever they're with at the moment.
The ESFJ's value system is defined externally.
They usually have very well-formed ideas about the way things should be, and are not shy about expressing these opinions.
However, they weigh their values and morals against the world around them, rather than against an internal value system.
They may have a
strong moral code, but it is defined by the community that they live in, rather than by any strongly felt internal values.
All ESFJs have a natural tendency to
want to control their environment.
Their dominant function
demands structure and organization, and seeks closure.
They're not likely to enjoy having to do things which involve abstract, theoretical concepts, or impersonal analysis.
They do enjoy creating order and structure, and are very good at tasks which require these kinds of skills.
ESFJs should be careful about controlling people in their lives who do not wish to be controlled.
ESFJs
respect and believe in the laws and rules of authority, and believe that others should do so as well.
They're traditional, and prefer to do things in the established way, rather than venturing into unchartered territory.
Their need for security drives their ready acceptance and adherence to the policies of the established system.
This tendency may cause them to sometimes blindly accept rules without questioning or understanding them.
An ESFJ may be
prone to being quite insecure, and focus all of their attention on pleasing others.
He or she might also be
overly sensitive, imagining bad intentions when there weren't any.
ESFJs at their best are warm, sympathetic,
helpful, cooperative, tactful,
down-to-earth, practical, thorough, consistent,
organized, enthusiastic, and energetic. They enjoy tradition and security, and will seek stable lives that are
rich in contact with friends and family.