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 ISFP'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.

ISFPs need to feel good about what they do, pleasing first themselves and then others. Their work is often something to do with caring for others, but it has to be something they believe in wholeheartedly.

ISFPs take a personal approach, but because of their introverted feeling, their intense inner emotional life often remains unseen. Also, though they may feel appreciation for others they do not always express it.

This type is patient, flexible and easy to get on with. They have little need to dominate or control others. They are good short-range planners and focus on the short term. They like the sense of being focused in the here-and-now and enjoying the current process without having to race on to the next.

In partnership, the ISFP is basically trusting and understanding. They need harmonious relationships and are sensitive to conflict. They enjoy solving problems as they arise and will engender a quiet sense of fun.

They tend to 'walk their talk' and are usually content to be followers and good team members. They are often artistic and aesthetic, seeking to create beautiful environments for themselves.

Areas that ISFPs might consider for development include their tendency to work so excessively on behalf of others that they actually become ill. They must learn to care for themselves.

Also, because of their tendency to keep their thoughts to themselves, others can be surprised when the ISFP suddenly digs in his or her heels and becomes extremely stubborn. Again, they can project their own trustworthiness inappropriately onto others and be shocked by the world's more duplicitous side.

Under stress, the ISFP loses his or her calm acceptance and becomes critical and faultfinding to excess. S/he becomes very pessimistic and bossy and may even see conspiracy where none exists.

On the whole, the ISFP is adaptable up to a point, quiet and friendly. S/he is interested in people and enjoys their company on an individual basis or in small numbers. S/he enjoys the present and tends to dislike confrontation, making him or her a very supportive member of a team.

Jobs for ISFPs include:

Fashion designer, carpenter, jeweler, gardener, potter, chef, visiting nurse, animal groomer, home health aid, art therapist, exercise physiologist, surveyor, computer operator, forester, geologist, mechanic, police officer, storekeeper, beautician, social worker for the elderly, bookkeeper, legal secretary, typist, administrator.

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