Thursday, January 19, 2012

ESFJ - Guardian / Provider

Providers tend to think more with their emotions than their rationale, and that's exactly how I am.  I do have that motherly instinct, as many of my friends say that I am the "mommy" of the group because I worry about their safety more than usual.  People also say that I tend to act in a mature way, despite being only twenty years old.  It's due to the fact that I was raised by many adults growing up, so that was all I was exposed to, I barely had many friends and I was a fairly reserved and well behaved child.  According to Doctor David Keirsey, providers take it upon themselves to insure the health and welfare of those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of social institutions such as school, churches, social clubs and civic groups.  I do tend to be a very caring person, because I feel at utmost potential if I know I did everything in my power to make the other person feel special and spectacular, whether it be my close friend, my relative or my boyfriend.  I also respect other individuals in order to receive that same respect in return; nothing bothers me more than a disrespectful person. 
Having a close group of friends is important to me because I believe everyone needs that social circle that keeps them sane, for example if I'm having problems I can talk to my friends for advice, or If I want to go out and have fun, I can count on them.  Family is very important to me because it sucks to be alone in this world and not have people who love and care for you geniunely; love that family feels for a person cannot be compared with any other type of love.
Dr. Keirsey states "highly cooperative themselves, providers are skilled at maintaining teamwork among their helpers, and are also tireless in their attention to the details of furnishing goods and services.  "They make excellent chairpersons in charge of dances, banquets, class reunions, charity fund raisers, and the like."  "They are without fear as masters of ceremonies, able to speak publicly with ease and confidence and they are outstanding hosts or hostesses, knowing everyone by name and seemingly aware of what everyone's been doing." 

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