Personality types

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Guides to the 16 Myers-Briggs types and 9 Enneagram types: traits, cognitive functions, subtypes, relationships, careers and type comparisons.

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Myers-Briggs Personality Types Explained: The 16 Types, 4 Groups, Strengths and Weaknesses

A clear guide to the 16 Myers-Briggs types: the four letter pairs, the Analyst, Diplomat, Sentinel and Explorer groups, and each type's strengths and weaknesses.

MBTI Basics 9 min read

Type vs Trait Theory of Personality: Key Differences

Type theories sort people into categories; trait theories measure them on continuous scales. Compare both approaches, their history, evidence and limits.

Personality Theory 11 min read

The Analyst Personality Types: INTJ, INTP, ENTJ and ENTP

A guide to the four analyst (NT) personality types, INTJ, INTP, ENTJ and ENTP: shared traits, key differences, cognitive functions, rarity, work and love.

Analysts 7 min read

The Diplomat Personality Types: INFJ, INFP, ENFJ and ENFP

Meet the four Diplomat (NF) personality types, INFJ, INFP, ENFJ and ENFP: what they share, how they differ, and how they tend to show up in love and work.

Diplomats 9 min read

The Sentinel Personality Types: ISTJ, ISFJ, ESTJ and ESFJ

What the Sentinel (SJ) personality types share, how ISTJ, ISFJ, ESTJ and ESFJ differ, how common they are, and how they tend to show up at work and in love.

Sentinels 8 min read

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Foundations

What the MBTI letters and functions mean, where the theory came from and how it compares with other models.

MBTI Basics The four letter pairs, cognitive functions, Jungian roots and how to tell if you have been mistyped. 13 guides Personality Theory Type versus trait models, the Big Five and what research says about the reliability of the MBTI. 4 guides

The 16 Types

Profiles and side-by-side comparisons of every Myers-Briggs type, sorted into its temperament group.

Analysts The INTJ, INTP, ENTJ and ENTP types, with comparisons, careers and how they show love. 13 guides Diplomats The INFJ, INFP, ENFJ and ENFP types, their best matches and how to tell them apart. 13 guides Sentinels The ISTJ, ISFJ, ESTJ and ESFJ types, with famous examples, compatible types and key differences. 13 guides Explorers The ISTP, ISFP, ESTP and ESFP types, including turbulent and assertive variants and common mix-ups. 7 guides

Types in Life

How the types rank, pair up in love and friendship, and fit different careers.

Rarity and Rankings Which types are rarest by population and gender, and how the types rank on traits like friendliness. 7 guides Compatibility Which Myers-Briggs types tend to match well or clash in romance and friendship. 4 guides Careers Which personality types are drawn to fields like engineering and aviation. 1 guide

Enneagram

The nine Enneagram types, their wings, arrows and subtypes, and how they line up with MBTI types.

Enneagram Types The nine types with their wings, arrows of growth and stress, and common pairings. 10 guides Subtypes and Instincts The 27 subtypes, instinctual stackings, countertypes and how tritypes work. 7 guides MBTI and Enneagram How Myers-Briggs types and Enneagram types tend to overlap, type by type. 7 guides