8 Personality Types Explained: Where do you fit in?

Students Personal Development Hub
3 min readApr 25, 2021

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INTJ: The Architect

The architect is a person with introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging personality traits. These thoughtful bunches thrive in the perfect details in the subtle nuances of life, applying creativity and also a sense of rationality to everything they do. Their world can often be regarded as quite private while maintaining its complexity. Architects often struggle to find people who can keep to with them in their unending analysis of everything. People of architectural personality type are often regarded as ‘nerds’ or ‘bookworms’. Instead of employing a repulsive attitude towards these labels, architects tend to embrace them. Likened to the noble game of chess, relying on strategy rather than chance, architects have the tendencies to analyze every move they make.

INTP: The Logician

The logician is someone with introverted, intuitive, thinking and prospecting personality traits. Logicians, employing flexibility in their thought process, often take unconventional approaches in many aspects of their lives. Logicians are quite keen on analysis. They tend to analyze everything they come across, from subtle nuances in their environment to the people around them.

ENTJ: The Commander

The commander is someone with Extraverted, intuitive, thinking and judging personality traits. The commander as the name suggests are quite decisive people who are very keen on purposefulness and accomplishment. They do not hesitate to act upon their goals or visions. They are very intentional and do not give way to chance. Commanders can be said to be “natural born leaders”.

INFP: The Mediator

The Mediators are individuals possessing introverted, intuitive, feeling and prospecting personality traits. The Mediator is a very rare personality type. These individuals tend to be very quiet, they possess very imaginative minds, are quite open-minded and also, they do not shy away from the application of their creativity in everything endeavour attempted by them. Mediators might be seemingly quiet; they often have very vibrant inner lives. Mediators are usually great respondents to music, arts, nature, culture, values, and also they are very interactive and cultivate outstanding interrelations with people around them. Popular mediators include William Shakespeare, Alicia keys, Johnny Depp.

ENJF: The Protagonist

A protagonist is an individual that possesses traits that are Extroverted, intuitive, feeling, and judging. They are very intentional individuals. They often back their perspective and ideologies with the necessary creative energy required in the achievement of their goals. Like the commander, they can also be said to be natural-born leaders, often exhuming passion and charisma. Popular protagonists include Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lawrence, Maya Angelou.

ESTJ: The Executive

An executive possesses the extraverted, observant, thinking, and judging personality traits. They are extremely intentional, strong-willed, emphatically, possessing great fortitude and often are guided by the level of esteem they place on their judgment. They are usually strong believers of norms, tradition and order often utilizing their understanding and views on the legitimacy of things. Popular executives include John D. Rockefeller, Frank Sinatra, Judge Judy.

ISFP: The Adventurer

An adventurer is a person possessing the introverted, observant, feeling and prospecting personality traits. These individuals tend to often be open-minded, approaching situations, people, and experience with a certain sense of ease and warmth that is quite infectious. As implied, they are often very exciting people and often tend to uncover more exciting experiences due to their ability to completely exist at the moment. Adventurers often enjoy and thrive in a colourful, sensual, happy, adventurous, and exciting world, inspired by their glamorous ability to connect with people and ideas. Popular adventurers include Lana del Rey, Frida Kahlo, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson.

ESTP: The Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is someone with Extraverted, observant, thinking, and prospecting personality traits. Entrepreneurs possess a tendency to be energetic and are known to be quite action-oriented, they are another very intentional sect. They thrive in enabling environments where they can uncover the abundance of life’s opportunities. Entrepreneurs are very impactful people. They are usually of great impact and influence on their immediate surroundings. Entrepreneurs love to be the centre of attraction, and they court attention with every opportunity they get. Popular entrepreneurs include: Eddie Murphy, Madonna, Bruce Willis, Samuel. L. Jackson.

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