The 8 Cognitive Functions and How INFJs Use Them

Understanding the wiring of the personality type means diving deeper into type theory. In this article, we’ll go past the general INFJ personality description to explore the INFJ’s cognitive functions…

How INFJs Can Turn Passion Into Success

“Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.” -Chuck Close As idealists, we often feel like we need inspiration in order to accomplish something great. Unfortunately, moments of inspiration are usually few and far between. I try to maintain a normal posting schedule with this blog, and I did pretty well…

3 Ways To Know You’re Not An INFJ

Personality type goes much deeper than the four letters we receive after taking the Myers-Briggs test…

Relationships: INFJs and SJs

INFJs tend to work well with SJ partners, but the relationships definitely come with challenges if both partners aren’t able to compromise and make an effort to understand each other…

5 Ways INFJs Can Spot and Avoid Emotional Vampires

“I feel really comfortable around you.” “I feel like we have a really meaningful connection.” “You just seem to understand me so well.” The above three sentences can be filed away under Things INFJs Hear All the Time. INFJs are known as the Counselor personality type. And like a counselor, most people find it really easy to open up to us. It took me awhile to understand that having this sort of relationship with everyone…

Type Analysis: INFJ or ENFJ?

Since INFJs and ENFJs share the same functions, it’s reasonable to conclude that INFJs who near the extroverted side of the scale may mistype as ENFJs. If you strongly identify as an introvert, it’s unlikely that you will mistype as an extroverted personality type. However, those who identify with both introverted and extroverted personality traits, also known as ambiverts, may have a hard time deciding if the INFJ or ENFJ description fits them…

How to Survive the Holidays as an INFJ

This can be an overwhelming time for INFJs (and introverts in general). But there are plenty of things INFJs can do to minimize stress and enjoy the holidays…