The order of dominance for your different preferences is:

As a dominant 'feeler', you will have a strong need to empathize with others and will base your decisions on your own sense of values.

The INFP's dominant feeling preference is introverted. This means that they will be governed more by their inner 'law' than by external ones. They will also be quick to assess the impact of their decisions on others.

The INFP excels in fields to do with human potential. The extroverted intuitive preference means that they search for meaning and purpose through relationships and ideas and possibilities for people.

INFPs seldom express the intensity of their feelings and often appear reticent or calm. However, once they know you they are warm, loyal and open. They are open-minded, curious and insightful, with excellent foresight.

On a daily basis, INFPs work well by themselves and will be flexible, tolerant and adaptable. However, they do set real limits that are rooted in their strong sense of values and their very high personal standards.

In partnership, the INFP will seek to create unity through sensitive listening and quiet enthusiasm. S/he will focus on common goals and agreements and is ready to explore a wide range of options for the resolution of disagreements.

On the down side, INFPs can let their perfectionism reach the point where they never get started on their projects, but spend all their time in preparation. This is very self-defeating because they need to find a way to express themselves in the external world.

Clearly that is one area where INFPs might look to develop their strengths. Others would be to learn not to become emotionally entangled with their work and friends. This heightens the risks of trying new things and also leaves them vulnerable to an overdeveloped sense of inadequacy and being criticized.

They also need to learn how to criticize others. INFPs can also seem out of touch, perhaps not fully recognizing current realities and actually disregarding those they find unacceptable.

Under stress, INFPs become critical of everything around them. They adopt excessive behaviors and can become irritatingly picky around unimportant details.

On the whole, the INFP is flexible and adopts new insights and possibilities as they arise. S/he is very interested in ideas and may sometimes make very creative contributions. S/he has a hidden warmth for people and a desire to see self and others grow and develop - all part of wanting to do work that has a meaningful purpose.

Jobs for INFPs include:

Artist, writer, entertainer, musician, editor, college professor (humanities), researcher, psychologist, counselor, child welfare counselor, legal mediator, minister, missionary, dietitian, massage therapist, team building consultant, personnel development specialist, social scientist.

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