Profile: ESTP Revision: 1.2 Date of Revision: 30 Jun 94 ============================================================================= Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu) ESTPs are spontaneous, active folks. Like the other SPs, ESTPs get great satisfaction from acting on their impulses. Activities involving great power, speed, thrill and risk are attractive to the ESTP. Chronic stifling of these impulses makes the ESTP feel "dead inside." Gamesmanship is the calling card of the ESTP. Persons of this type have a natural drive to best the competition. Some of the most successful salespersons are ESTPs. P.T. Barnum ("Never give a sucker an even break") illustrates the unscrupulous contingent of this type. Almost unconsciously the ESTP looks for nonverbal, nearly subliminal cues as to what makes her quarry "tick." Once she knows, she waits for just the right time to trump the unsuspecting victim's ace and glory in her conquest. Oddly enough, the ESTP seems to admire and respect anyone who can beat her at her own game. "If I was any better, I couldn't stand it!" To an ESTP, admission of weakness feels like failure. He admires strength in himself and in others. "Shock effect" is a favored technique of this type to get the attention of his audience. ESTPs love to be at center stage, demonstrating feats of wonder and daring. Famous ESTPs: Jacob (the original Israel) Simon Peter (Christ's disciple) U.S. Presidents: Andrew Jackson Franklin Pierce James Buchanan "Teddy" Roosevelt Mae West Lucille Ball Roy Rogers John "The Duke" Wayne Chuck Yeager Joe Garagiola Jack Nicholson Ann Jillian Jimmy Conners Madonna Eddie Murphy Fictional: Heathcliffe