"Theme is providing, ensuring that physical needs are met. Talents lie in supporting others and supplying them with what they need. Genuinely concerned about the welfare of others, making sure they are comfortable and involved. Use their sociability to nurture established institutions. Warm, considerate, thoughtful, friendly. Want to please and maintain harmonious relationships. Thrive on helping others and bringing people together." ¹

       "Warm-hearted, talkative, popular, conscientious, born cooperators, active committee members. Need harmony and may be good at creating it. Always doing something nice for someone. Work best with encouragement and praise. Main interest is in things that directly and practically help people's lives." ²

       "ESFJs take their energy from the outer world of people and external events. They prefer dealing with facts, and making decisions on the basis of personal values. They like dealing with people, and organizes life on a personal basis. They are very warm people, seeking to maintain harmonious relationships with colleagues and friends, who are a very important part of their life. They can find conflict and criticism very difficult to handle. They have a strong sense of duty and loyalty, and are driven by a need to belong and be of service to people.
       ESFJs are helpful people who place a high value on harmony. Paying close attention to people's needs and wants, they work well with others to complete tasks in a timely and accurate way. They follow through on their commitments. They like closure and prefer structured, organized situations in which warmth and compassion are shown. They contribute to others by anticipating their day-to-day concerns and handling them with warmth and efficiency. They are at their best in organizing people to get a job done." ³

       "For ESFJs the dominant quality in their lives is an active and intense caring about people and a strong desire to bring harmony into their relationships. ESFJs bring an aura of warmth to all that they do, and they naturally move into action to help others, to organize the world around them, and to get things done. Sensing orients their feeling to current facts and realities, and thus gives their feeling a hands-on pragmatic quality. ESFJs take their work seriously and believe others should as well." ⁴

       "ESFJs direct their energy towards the outer world of actions and spoken words. They seek to build harmony in personal relationships, engendering team spirit and being an encouragement to others. They like dealing with people, and organize life on a personal basis." ⁵

       "The theme is providing. They use their interpersonal skills to maintain important relationships by being helpful. Warm-hearted. Active team members. Sociable and supportive. Always doing something nice for someone." ⁶

       "Friendly, talkative, and concerned about others, even strangers. Expressive voices, faces, and eyes. Speak with great conviction, using plenty of personal, value words. Decisive, enthusiastic, energetic. Tips for communicating with ESFJ: Respect their feelings! Look them in the eye and respond to what they say. Mention points of agreement first. Be clear and specific - lay out the steps whenever possible." ⁷

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