Personality Type Blog

How to Bring Your INFP Team Member Back to Reality (Without Sending Them Over the Edge)

10 February 2021 / By Barbara Mellinger

You've worked with this person before and it wasn't pretty. They wanted everyone to be happy, so they let everyone else choose assignments first and took the leftovers no one wanted. They’re so helpful that they practically did the lazy team members' work for them. At the end of the project, they were exhausted and disappointed, as those other team members didn't put in anywhere near the hours or thought they needed to. As a result, not all the team's goals were met.

Welcome to the world of working with an INFP.

Category: Personality At Work

Introvert? 12 Activities to Boost Your Self-Love This Valentine’s Day

09 February 2021 / By Laura Antos

“I love me, I love me not. I love me, I love me not.” Introverts, does this sound like the voice in your head as it nears Valentine’s Day—or maybe every day?

Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate the people you love or appreciate in your life. But how much do you appreciate your own talents, strengths and unique experiences that make up who you are?

Categories: INFJ, INFP, INTJ, INTP, ISTJ, ISTP, ISFJ, ISFP

What are Maya Angelou’s Enneagram and Myers-Briggs Personality Types?

05 February 2021 / By Megan Malone

Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her award-winning memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, as well as numerous collections of poems and essays.

Apart from being a writer, Angelou was a tireless advocate for civil rights. Throughout the 1960s she worked alongside civil rights leaders like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make.

Categories: Enneagram, Famous Types, ENFJ

A Truity Q&A: Behavioral Scientist & Bestselling author Paul D. Tieger on how your type can be the key to managing stress in uncertain times

05 February 2021 / By Jayne Thompson

In a time of pandemic and global uncertainty, how one deals with stress is as relevant a topic as ever. And as we know, your unique Myers-Briggs personality type can play a critical role in how you manage and process stress and anxiety.

Categories: Personality Science, Personal Growth, Self-Discovery

How ENFPs Can Keep From Burning Out Before Spring

04 February 2021 / By RubyRaeScalera

ENFP personality types love a fresh start. They’re excited, enthusiastic, and always looking ahead to see what the future might bring. Whether it’s a brand new year, a new month, or even a new day, they like to follow paths they’ve never taken, engage in creative projects, and say yes to every opportunity that comes their way.

Categories: Relationships & Communication, Personal Growth, ENFP

Introvert? Here's Why Opening Up Can Feel Like Oversharing

03 February 2021 / By Andreia Esteves

It’s no secret that Introverts like their privacy but, for many introverted folks, opening up doesn’t come naturally – not even to those we trust and love. As a chatty INFJ who’s often mistaken for an Extravert, I, too, have wondered why it is so hard for me to share how I feel with those closest to me.

Categories: Relationships & Communication, Personal Growth, INFJ, INFP, INTJ, INTP, ISTJ, ISTP, ISFJ, ISFP

How to Be a Better Boss, Based on Your Enneagram Type

02 February 2021 / By Lynn Roulo

While the Type 8 is called the Leader or the Boss, all nine of the distinct Enneagram personality styles have the potential to be excellent leaders. Whether you lead as a Perfectionist Type 1, a Peacemaker Type 9 or any of the types in between, you too can be a great boss. But with each Enneagram personality style, there comes unique management challenges, distortion filters and blind spots.

Below we’ll outline how you can be a better boss, based on your Enneagram type.

Categories: Enneagram, Personality At Work

Enneagram and Love: What We Learned By Surveying 88,000 Enneagram Test-Takers

01 February 2021 / By Jenna Birch

Ever wonder which Enneagram type pairings are the most common? How about which types are happiest single, which types are serial monogamists, and which types are most likely to pencil “LTR” into their long-term goals? So did we.

In January 2021, Truity surveyed over 88,000 users to find out more about the Enneagram types and their relationships, and the results are in. Here’s some of the most compelling data we discovered about all the types.

Categories: Enneagram, Personalities in Love

What are Oprah Winfrey’s Enneagram and Myers-Briggs Personality Types?

29 January 2021 / By Jenna Birch

There are few people known globally by only a single name, and “Oprah” is certainly one of the icons on that list. An ambitious talent with an empathetic heart to match, she’s the sort of leader and voice that many have turned to for an extra dose of wisdom through her long-running talk show, network, books and film work.

Categories: Enneagram, Famous Types, ENFJ

Modern Twists to the Ancient Enneagram: How the Personality System has Changed Over the Last 20 Years

28 January 2021 / By Lynn Roulo

The Enneagram, a personality system sometimes called the GPS of wisdom, has been gaining in popularity over the last decade. Featuring nine distinct “habits of attention” and a complexity that can explain almost all behavior, it’s an extremely useful tool in business, relationships, and personal growth.

Categories: Enneagram, Personality Science

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