Guardian Portrait of the Protector (ISFJ)

It's been quite long ago since I last updated my blog..Therefore, today, I want to share something with you guys. =)

A few days ago, I randomly google searched 'personality test'. Guess what...what I came across was a website offering a free perosnality test which consist of 72 questions. It is called the 'Jung Typology Test'. According to the website :

After completing the questionnaire, you will obtain:

Your type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers typology along with the strengths of the preferences
The description of your personality type
The list of occupations and educational institutions where you can get relevant degree or training, most suitable for your personality type - Jung Career Indicator™


Well, I scrolled down and started answering the questions diligently. So, the results stated that I am an ISFJ person. So what doea it mean by ISFJ? Well, I know a little about it caused I did a different test before few years back but I think I got the same result. I stands for Introvert, S stands for Sensing, F stands for Feeling and J stands for Judging. Well, they stated the level of I, S, F and J but I couldn't remember what were the values.

So, I clicked on another link and it gave me a whole paragraph regarding my personality type.

Guardian Portrait of the Protector

We are lucky that Protectors make up as much as ten percent the population, because their primary interest is in the safety and security of those they care about - their family, their circle of friends, their students, their patients, their boss, their fellow-workers, or their employees. Protectors have an extraordinary sense of loyalty and responsibility in their makeup, and seem fulfilled in the degree they can shield others from the dirt and dangers of the world. Speculating and experimenting do not intrigue Protectors, who prefer to make do with time-honored and time-tested products and procedures rather than change to new. At work Protectors are seldom happy in situations where the rules are constantly changing, or where long-established ways of doing things are not respected. For their part, Protectors value tradition, both in the culture and in their family. Protectors believe deeply in the stability of social ranking conferred by birth, titles, offices, and credentials. And they cherish family history and enjoy caring for family property, from houses to heirlooms.

Wanting to be of service to others, Protectors find great satisfaction in assisting the downtrodden, and can deal with disability and neediness in others better than any other type. They are not as outgoing and talkative as the Provider Guardians [ESFJs], and their shyness is often misjudged as stiffness, even coldness, when in truth Protectors are warm-hearted and sympathetic, giving happily of themselves to those in need.

Their reserve ought really to be seen as an expression of their sincerity and seriousness of purpose. The most diligent of all the types, Protectors are willing to work long, hard hours quietly doing all the thankless jobs that others manage to avoid. Protectors are quite happy working alone; in fact, in positions of authority they may try to do everything themselves rather than direct others to get the job done. Thoroughness and frugality are also virtues for them. When Protectors undertake a task, they will complete it if humanly possible. They also know better than any other type the value of a dollar, and they abhor the squandering or misuse of money. To save, to put something aside against an unpredictable future, to prepare for emergencies-these are actions near and dear to the Protector's heart. For all these reasons, Protectors are frequently overworked, just as they are frequently misunderstood and undervalued. Their contributions, and also their economies, are often taken for granted, and they rarely get the gratitude they deserve.


So, what do you think? I think it's quite accurate...Two of my friends who took the test also said the same thing for their respective results. Curious to know your personality type? Well. here is the link of the website: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp