so, as a few of you know, whenever i take that one personality test that gives you the four letter acronym i always get ENTP. this always makes me happy because the description of that person type is perfect for me. i'm gonna post one website's description of ENTP's (a.k.a. me). it is eerily accurate and every single point contained within is true about me.
i suggest you read it if you want to get to know me better in a hurry. hehe.
(i've
italicized important points)
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Clever" is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type. So is the stand-up comedian whose lampoons are not only funny, but incisively accurate.
ENTPs are usually
verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally
love to argue--both for its own sake, and to
show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a
perverse sense of humor as well, and
enjoy playing devil's advocate.
They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport. (you're telling me. and yes, very rarely it
does make me feel bad. ;) - will)
ENTPs are as
innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however,
they manage to outsmart themselves. This can take the form of getting found out at "sharp practice"--ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient -- or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better.
They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones.
ENTPs are
basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become
extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (
Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determination.) ENTPs have
little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be
extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.
In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are
capable of bonding very closely and, initially, suddenly, with their loved ones. Some appear to be
deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are
so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who've only seen their professional side.
(yay for awkward ways to show feelings for others - will)
ENTPs are also
good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. Aside from those two areas, ENTPs tend to be
oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential.
Additionally,
I've noticed that ENTPs have the need to have areas of expertise/excellence/uniqueness in which they are second to none.
(see, it's not my fault i'm such an asshole about anything i do that is in any way better than something you do... hehe... - will)
I've never beaten an ENTP at his/her own game--not in the final analysis. (e.g., just tonight, my neighbor who is recuperating from an illness received a call from an ENTP friend offering his special recipe for tea. The instructions required only the finest ingredients, a particular brand of orange juice, tea made with a ball--none of those horrid teabags--..., which will of course make the best tea of which he himself drinks 50 gallons each winter!)
Some Famous ENTPs:
U.S. presidents:
John Adams, 2nd US president
James A. Garfield (who could reportedly write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, simultaneously)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Alexander the Great
Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart
Sir Walter Raleigh
Thomas Edison
Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland)
Julia Child
Suzanne Pleshette
George Carlin
Valerie Harper
John Candy
John Sununu
Weird Al Yankovick
Marilyn Vos Savant
Alfred Hitchcock
Tom Hanks
David Spade
Céline Dion
Fictional:
Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet
Horace Rumpole, from John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey series
Dorothy L. Sayers's detective Lord Peter Wimsey
"Q" (Star Trek--The Next Generation)
Shirley Feeney (Laverne and Shirley)
Bugs Bunny
Wile E. Coyote
Jon Davis's Garfield
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courtesy of
http://www.typelogic.com/entp.html
