MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INVENTORY

TYPE ISFP-T

PERSONALITY (“THE ADVENTURER”)

Introduction
Adventurer personalities are true artists, but not necessarily in the typical sense where they’re out
painting happy little trees. Often enough though, they are perfectly capable of this. Rather, it’s
that they use aesthetics, design and even their choices and actions to push the limits of social
convention. Adventurers enjoy upsetting traditional expectations with experiments in beauty and
behavior – chances are, they’ve expressed more than once the phrase “Don’t box me in!”

Happy to Be Who They Are

Adventurers live in a colorful, sensual world, inspired by connections with people and ideas.
These personalities take joy in reinterpreting these connections, reinventing, and experimenting
with both themselves and new perspectives. No other type explores and experiments in this way
more. This creates a sense of spontaneity, making Adventurers seem unpredictable, even to their
close friends and loved ones.
Despite all this, Adventurers are definitely Introverts, surprising their friends further when they
step out of the spotlight to be by themselves to recharge. Just because they are alone though,
doesn’t mean people with the Adventurer personality type sit idle – they take this time for
introspection, assessing their principles. Rather than dwelling on the past or the future,
Adventurers think about who they are. They return from their cloister, transformed.

Adventurers live to find ways to push their passions. Riskier behaviors like gambling and
extreme sports are more common with this personality type than with others. Fortunately, their
attunement to the moment and their environment allows them to do better than most.
Adventurers also enjoy connecting with others and have a certain irresistible charm.

However, if a criticism does get through, it can end poorly. Some Adventurers can handle kindly
phrased commentary, valuing it as another perspective to help push their passions in new
directions. But if the comments are more biting and less mature, Adventurer personalities can
lose their tempers in spectacular fashion.

Adventurers are sensitive to others’ feelings and value harmony. When faced with criticism, it
can be a challenge for people with this type to step away from the moment long enough to not
get caught up in the heat of the moment. But living in the moment goes both ways, and once the
heightened emotions of an argument cool, Adventurers can usually call the past the past and
move on as though it never occurred.

Meaning Is in Every Expression of Life

The biggest challenge facing Adventurers is planning for the future. Finding constructive ideals
to base their goals on and working out goals that create positive principles is no small task.
Adventurers don’t plan their futures in terms of assets and retirement. Rather, they plan actions
and behaviors as contributions to a sense of identity, building a portfolio of experiences, not
stocks.
If these goals and principles are noble, Adventurers can act with amazing charity and selflessness
– but it can also happen that people with the Adventurer personality type establish a more self-
centered identity, acting with selfishness, manipulation and egoism. It’s important for
Adventurers to remember to actively become the person they want to be. Developing and
maintaining a new habit may not come naturally, but taking the time each day to understand their
motivations allows Adventurers to use their strengths to pursue whatever they’ve come to love.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Adventurer Strengths

 Charming – People with the Adventurer personality type are relaxed and warm, and their
“live and let live” attitude naturally makes them likable and popular.

 Sensitive to Others – Adventurers easily relate to others’ emotions, helping them to

establish harmony and good will, and minimize conflict.

 Imaginative – Being so aware of others’ emotions, Adventurer personalities use creativity

and insight to craft bold ideas that speak to people’s hearts. While it’s hard to explain this
quality on a resume, this vivid imagination and exploratory spirit help Adventurers in
unexpected ways.

 Passionate – Beneath Adventurers’ quiet shyness beats an intensely feeling heart. When
people with this personality type are caught up in something exciting and interesting, they
can leave everything else in the dust.

 Curious – Ideas are well and good, but Adventurers need to see and explore for
themselves whether their ideas ring true. Work revolving around the sciences may seem a
poor match for their traits, but a boldly artistic and humanistic vision is often exactly
what research needs to move forward – if Adventurers are given the freedom they need to
do so.

 Artistic – Adventurers are able to show their creativity in tangible ways and with
stunning beauty. Whether writing a song, painting an emotion, or presenting a statistic in
a graph, Adventurers have a way of visualizing things that resonates with their audience.

Adventurer Weaknesses
 Fiercely Independent – Freedom of expression is often Adventurers’ top priority.
Anything that interferes with that, like traditions and hard rules, creates a sense of
oppression for Adventurer personalities. This can make more rigidly structured
academics and work a challenge.
  Unpredictable – Adventurers’ dislike long-term commitments and plans. The tendency to
actively avoid planning for the future can cause strain in Adventurers’ romantic
relationships and financial hardship later in life.

 Easily Stressed – Adventurers live in the present, full of emotion. When situations get out
of control, people with this personality type (especially Turbulent ones) can shut down,
losing their characteristic charm and creativity in favor of gnashing teeth.

 Overly Competitive – Adventurers can escalate small things into intense competitions,
turning down long-term success in their search for glory in the moment, and are unhappy
when they lose.

 Fluctuating Self-Esteem – It’s demanded that skills be quantified, but that’s hard to do
with Adventurers’ strengths of sensitivity and artistry. Adventurers’ efforts are often
dismissed, a hurtful and damaging blow, especially early in life. Adventurers can start to
believe the naysayers without strong support.

Career paths
When it comes to the career world, Adventurers need more than just a job. Wealth, power,
structure, advancement and security are all lesser goals to Adventurer personalities’ greatest
need: creative freedom. Adventurers crave a tangible outlet for their imagination, a chance to

express themselves artistically.

People with the Adventurer personality type are passionate experimenters, and whether they’re
aware of it or not, they are renowned trendsetters. With their unique perspective and simple
desire to be themselves, Adventurers are natural artists, musicians and photographers, as well as
designers of all stripes. Setting up shop on websites like Etsy is far more alluring to Adventurers
than the confines of 9-5 administrative work in some fluorescent cubicle.

Don’t Work at Being Ordinary

Adventurers loathe sitting idle in colorless, unchanging environments. They are free souls and
need flexibility, opportunities for improvisation, and immersive work that engages every sense.
If they combine these needs with their competitive nature, Adventurer personalities make great
solo athletes. Adventurers prefer to live in the moment, believing the here and now is what
matters most.

This quality does have the drawback of sometimes making Adventurers reckless and
shortsighted, though those pitfalls aren’t set in stone. An emphasis on practical, tangible things,
objects that can be seen and touched, comes at the cost of ignoring less tangible ideas.
Adventurers often feel that they have little control over processes like retirement planning – they
can’t predict the future, so it does no good to worry about it now.
Life’s too Short for Us to Bore Ourselves
This mindset can hold them back from many of their ideal careers, such as psychology,
counseling and teaching, which require long-term planning and often extensive certifications to
get started. It takes a great deal of energy for Adventurers to maintain focus on a single goal like
that for so long, but it can make the day-to-day so much more rewarding for the rest of their
lives.
An easier route revolves around freelance and consulting work in just about any industry that
Adventurers enjoy. Whether organizing charity events, working with hospitals to make patients’
stays more pleasant, or laying stone to help make a house a home, Adventurers always seem to
find a way to make the world a little more beautiful and exciting, and to make a living in the
process.

Workplace Habits
In the workplace, Adventurers seek out positions that give them as much wiggle room as
possible to do things their own way. Button-down environments that revolve around tightly held
traditions and strictly enforced procedures are unlikely to appeal to Adventurer personalities.
Spontaneous, charming, and genuinely fun people to be around, Adventurers just want a chance
to express those natural qualities, and to know that their efforts are appreciated.

Adventurer Subordinates
People with the Adventurer personality type don’t like to be controlled, and this can be quite
clear in subordinate positions – they loathe being micromanaged. At the same time, Adventurers
aren’t well-known for their long-term focus, but rather their adaptability and spontaneity. They’ll
use unconventional methods, sometimes risky ones, and existing rules are just someone else’s
way of doing things. Still, Adventurers find a way to make things happen. To manage
Adventurer personalities successfully, there need to be clearly set goals, and otherwise an open
sandbox.

If this balance can be made to work, Adventurers show themselves to be eager learners and
passionate problem-solvers, especially if they get to deal one-on-one with other people or to
tackle a problem solo. People with this personality type are humble, even shy, and unlikely to put
themselves on the spot by volunteering their help. But Adventurers do love to feel appreciated,
and if assigned a task, they work hard to earn that appreciation.

Adventurer Colleagues
Among their peers Adventurers feel most comfortable. Working with equals and giving some
advice in order to solve practical problems is right where Adventurer personalities like to be.
While they may exhaust themselves if their role requires an excessive amount of social
interaction, they are otherwise quite charming and have excellent networking skills.
Adventurers are tolerant and friendly, and usually just do what needs to be done regardless of
whether their colleagues pull their own weight. At the end of the day though, Adventurers are
sensitive and need to know that these efforts are appreciated – a well-placed compliment goes a
long way. Adventurers do let their personal goals affect their approach to their work, which can
make them a little unpredictable, but this is balanced by their desire for harmony and willingness
to find win-win solutions whenever possible.

Adventurer Managers
The position that feels most unnatural to Adventurers is management. They are not a
domineering personality type, and take no joy in exerting control over others, planning long-term
goals, or disciplining unsatisfactory behavior. But just because it feels a little strange, doesn’t
mean Adventurer personalities aren’t good at it.
Adventurers’ sensitivity allows them to be great listeners, helping them to align their
subordinates’ personal motivations with the task at hand. They also give their subordinates the
freedom to do what needs to be done to solve what needs to be solved on any given day, and
Adventurers are likely to dig into that work right alongside them. This gives Adventurer
managers a marked style of inspiration and cooperation, and they’re usually well-liked.

Conclusion

Few personality types are as colorful and charming as Adventurers. Known for their kindness
and artistic skills, Adventurers are great at finding exciting new things to explore and experience.
Adventurers’ creativity and down-to-earth attitude are invaluable in many areas, including their
own personal growth.

Yet Adventurers can be easily tripped up in areas where their focus on practical matters is more
of a liability than an asset. Whether it is finding (or keeping) a partner, reaching dazzling heights
on the career ladder, or learning to plan ahead, Adventurers need to put in a conscious effort to
develop their weaker traits and additional skills.
What you have read so far is just an introduction into the complex concept that is the Adventurer
personality type. You may have muttered to yourself, “wow, this is so accurate it’s a little
creepy” or “finally, someone understands me!” You may have even asked “how do they know
more about me than the people I’m closest to?”

This is not a trick. You felt understood because you were. We’ve studied how Adventurers think
and what they need to reach their full potential. And no, we did not spy on you – many of the
challenges you’ve faced and will face in the future have been overcome by other Adventurers.
You simply need to learn how they succeeded.

But in order to do that, you need to have a plan, a personal roadmap. The best car in the world
will not take you to the right place if you do not know where you want to go. We have told you
how Adventurers tend to behave in certain circumstances and what their key strengths and
weaknesses are. Now we need to go much deeper into your personality type and answer “why?”,
“how?” and “what if?”

This knowledge is only the beginning of a lifelong journey. Are you ready to learn why
Adventurers act in the way they do? What motivates and inspires you? What you are afraid of
and what you secretly dream about? How you can unlock your true, exceptional potential?

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