The order of dominance for your different preferences is:

As an INFJ, your dominant preference of intuition is introverted, making you original, visionary and creative. Your approach to issues is strategic in nature. In establishing your vision, you may need to arrive at it without reference to others.

The auxiliary preference of feeling means that you see connections and associations and analyze them in humanistic terms. INFJs tend to be sensitive, compassionate and holistic.

INFJs are motivated by an inner vision that they trust in the face of any tradition or established authority. They value integrity and can be determined to the point of stubborness. They often see deeper meanings and have intuitive insights into events and behaviors.

They have the strength of their convictions and are loyal, committed, and idealistic. This can make them great leaders. In addition, they like to create harmony and will seek to win cooperation through persuasion and praise rather than through intimidation or exercise of authority.

As a partner, the INFJ is trustworthy and operates to a high standard. S/he listens carefully to different viewpoints so as to identify points of mutual agreement and development. This type is never short of creative ideas to help facilitate the enrichment and the benefits of the partnership.

Needless to say, an independent attitude such as the INFJ possesses is not always going to win friends. In particular, the tendency to generate ideas 'off line' and then bring them along as something of a 'done deal' can offend those who feel left out of the process.

INFJs are such catalysts for growth that they do not always criticize or disagree even when it is appropriate. Also, they can be perfectionists and hypersensitive to criticism.

For developing themselves, INFJs might look to be more objective about themselves and their relationships. They might also moderate their idealism with a tinge of practicality or risk having all their thought painfully rejected.

Further interpersonal skills might be developed in terms of including others - gaining buy-in - earlier in idea creation and also in promoting proposals more effectively once developed. INFJs have a tendency to believe that what is obvious to them must be obvious to everyone.

Under stress, the INFJ can become impulsive, excessive, and hypercritical. S/he will be preoccupied with detail and go round and round the same issue without making headway. S/he may also behave in a way totally at odds with usual behavior, offering slip-shod, throwaway responses in work or home environments.

On the whole, the INFJ is creative and lives with ideas which s/he needs to implement on behalf, very often, of others. S/he demonstrates a quiet concern for people and is interested in helping them to develop and grow. S/he is comfortably in touch with the most profound motivator: the search for meaning or purpose.

Jobs for INFJs include:

Career counselor, librarian, special education teacher, social worker, priest/ monk/nun, artist, playwright, poet, designer, genealogist, health care administrator, social scientist, dietitian, speech language pathologist, human resources manager, marketer, organizational development consultant, environmental lawyer.

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