Project 1
Project 1
Jeromy M. Sutphin
24622041
Liberty University
BMAL 500
ABSTRACT
This paper will serve as short synopsis of my findings from the Jung Typology Test and
the research into my individual personality traits. After reading our text and the provided online
explanations I feel that I have learned a great deal in to who I am as an individual and more
specifically as a professional. We all have our personal motivations for success or even what we
deem as being successful. This paper should give a small glimpse into who I am in that regard.
ENTJ
After taking the online assessment I was given the description of “The Executive” and
scored the personality of ENTJ – Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging. I will admit that after
first seeing the results I was intrigued by the name and wondered how this might apply to my life
both professionally and personally.
Growing up in a rural community and living on a farm taught me many life lessons,
especially when I was the third generation to join the Army. There’s a certain way of life that my
family has prided on and I was taught to appreciate that. This part led to the description of
identifying with “there is not much room for error in the world of the ENTJ. They dislike to see
mistakes repeated, and have no patience with inefficiency.” (Portrait of an ENTJ, 2016)
Patience has never been a strong suit of mine even though I can tell you all about the verses of
the Bible that speak on it and how my father, who’s a pastor, has long tried to teach me about it.
Being married and having children has also taught me about life lessons like listening and how to
work well with others after having a do it on my own mentality for so long. I thought it was
strange that the portrait touched on that as well saying “the ENTJ needs to consciously work on
recognizing the value of other people’s opinions, as well as the value of being sensitive towards
people’s feelings.” (Portrait of an ENTJ, 2016)
EXTRAVERT
There are many aspects of being an extravert that I found to hit home after reading what
our text had to say about our lives, especially in my work environment. While there were many
listed there were two which stood out to me most in description. I’ve always considered myself
just a step above being a loner when it comes to friends and relationships so when our text Type
Talk as Work said I probably “know a lot of people and count many of them among your “close
friends,” (Kroeger, Theusen, Rutledge,2002,, pg. 16) I can’t say that I truly agree with that
personally but at work I do like to make sure that everyone is involved and help out when we
need to build camaraderie or help boost staff morale. The other was how I “prefer generating
ideas with a group to doing it by yourself; you become drained if you spend too much time in
reflective thinking.” (Kroeger, Theusen, Rutledge, 2002, pg. 17) This one is absolutely true!
While I often stop to think of how we can do a process better or more efficiently, I always want
to see what others think before I’m sold on it.
INTUITIVE
Beign intuitive definitely caught me off guard from the difference of being sensing. After
taking the assessment this time and reading from the type talk text I realized that being intuitive
probably was more dominant that I thought as a professional. I’ve never been the kind to like
meeting and talking about things when there could have just been an email sent out and people
actually start working. Over the years as a professional though I have realized that not everyone
works or learns the same way and there’s nothing wrong with this as long as the process
continues to improve.
THINKING
Thinking comes as no surprise as a professional because I feel as if I’m always trying to
thinking of ways to do things better or more efficiently. I have prided myself on things our text
listed as in: “are able to stay cool, calm, and objective in situations when everyone else is upset”
and “are more firm-minded than gentle-hearted; if you disagree with people, you would rather
tell them than say nothing and let them think they’re right.” (Kroeger, Theusen, Rutledge, 2002,
pg. 22) These things can appear to some as a bit of a power struggle if you have conflicting
attitudes but I think what is important is the business at the end of the day and whether or not you
accomplished your mission. These beliefs or this aspect of thinking over feeling has helped me
professionally in both business and the military. We don’t always have time to worry about
people’s feeling when you work in career fields that I do. You want to always maintain respect
and professionalism but at the end of the day success is what is measured.
JUDGING
Judging is something we see and if you’re a Christian might think twice about because
we all remember the stories from the Bible and Jesus’ words. John 8:7 says that “Let any one of
you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (Holy Bible, New International
Version) After reading our text it’s obvious that someone who is a judger can be perceived as
such and how we often fight it. I think knowing this helps in a professional manner because we
can realize this trait in others and work on communication barriers that can come about from
people being so passionate about their own beliefs or set in their ways as some may say. The
biggest take away for this is knowing that Judgers are usually blunt and don’t hold back. This is
not to say that we don’t care or don’t have feelings but we just show them differently and see
business or success as a more vital means that our counterparts.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM TYPE TALK
I have taken a personality test for the Myers-Briggs type indicator before. This
opportunity was given to me by a friend after discussing what made is tick as individuals. So,
when I found out this is what I was doing I tried to be completely open and as honest as possible
and ended up with the same results as before.
This personality is deemed as one who likes to take charge and sees the world as both
possibilities and challenges. Over the last several years I have used a quote from Sarah Ban
Breathnach that says “The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the
world needs dreamers who do.” (BrainyQuote, 2016) I think this quote speaks a great deal to the
portrait of an ENTJ which stated as an ENTJ my “primary mode of living is focused externally,
where you deal with things rationally and logically.” (Portrait of an ENTJ, 2016) This description
applies to the later part of needing people who are doers in the world to get things accomplished.
“The ENTJ has been called life’s natural leader, and that’s not by accident. The special
combination of preferences gives this type the right mixture of basic leadership qualities:
enthusiasm, vision, objectivity, and accountability. So natural are these qualities that it is almost
difficult for an ENTJ not to step in and take charge.” (Kroeger, Theusen, Rutledge, 2002, pg. 22)
Going through life and looking back I see why sports, coaching, the military, and now as a work
professional I ended up in leadership positions. I will say that I didn’t always want them but I
understand after reading our text and other philosophies why previous leaders or mentors would
talk to me about natural leadership and how to conduct myself.
There are definite drawbacks to this personality as well. We can come off brude, rash,
arrogant, and hateful but when you are driven or want to be the best at things you don’t always
have time to worry about what others think. As a professional you want to maintain respect and
kindness but I believe you have to have priorities and be goal oriented at the same time. Not
everyone can be this personality, just like not everyone can win or be at the top but those who
strive to obtain and maintain success can understand why ENTJ’s are the way we are and what
makes us tick.
REFERENCES
Sarah Ban Breathnach. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016, from
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sarahbanbr108282.html
Portrait of an ENTJ. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2016, from
http://www.personalitypage.com/html/ENTJ.html
Holy Bible: New International Version. (2005). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
The Four Preferences in Myers-Briggs Personality Types. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2016,
from http://www.personalitypage.com/html/four-prefs.html
Kroeger, O., Thuesen, J., & Rutledge, H. (2002). Type talk at work: How the 16 personality types
determine your success on the job. New York: Dell Publishing.
Lesson 1 - A Worldview Perspective on Organizational Behavior. (n.d.). Lecture. Retrieved
October, 2016, from https://learn.liberty.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-14602093-dt-content-rid-
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