5 Signs You're Actually an ESTJ

An in-depth guide to the ESTJ personality type using the cognitive functions of CPT to help you tell whether you - or people you know - may be one. This video challenges stereotypes and makes a rare and misunderstood type easier to relate to.

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About me:
Hi, I'm Harry, and I'm intensely passionate about personality typing and self-development - so much so that I have created my own Jung-inspired system, taking a more high-resolution look at the factors making up personality.

Through Cognitive Personality Theory I examine the underlying mechanisms behind cognition, and the means through which a single type can have limitless individual variation - I believe type itself is just a set of cognitive predispositions that can according to the needs of the situation be overcome.

I don't believe any type is limited in what they can achieve, but have noticed sensationalist attitudes and internet trends propagating a culture in which type-development is actively discouraged in favour of conforming to simplistic archetypes. Through CPT I hope to dispel various myths and oversimplifications of what constitutes personality type, and along the way encourage a healthier attitude towards type that allows a person to become not who they are told they are, but rather who they want to be.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - Task-centric Extraversion
03:40 - Ecosystemic Te
07:34 - Reflexive Fi
10:38 - Concretised Needs
14:39 - ENFJ Dipping
20:36 - Intuitive Thinking
23:17 - ISTP Dipping
26:36 - Wrap-up
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KEY

Ni/Introverted Intuition - Broad & plethoric perception of internal world.
Ne/Extraverted Intuition - Broad & plethoric perception of external world.

Si/Introverted Sensing - Specific and concrete perception of internal world.
Se/Extraverted Sensing - Specific and concrete perception of external world.

Fi/Introverted Feeling - Subjective codec; internal emotional data & harmony.
Fe/Extraverted Feeling - Subjective codec; external emotional data & harmony.

Ti/Introverted Thinking - Objective codec; internal logical order.
Te/Extraverted Thinking - Objective codec; external logical order.

Lens - Perceives data.
Codec - Rationalises data.

Convergent - Positive, creative, enacting change and seeking novelty.
Divergent - Negative, authoritative, instilling consequence and driving utility.

For more clarification on terms see the CPT eBook!

[queenqanna]

My younger brother is an ESTJ and youre so right when you say ESTJs are highly misunderstood.

[muzukashiinamae]

I've been waiting 4... No, 5000 years for this video!

[AbstractRuin]

Well… time to cast doubt on my theory that I have INTP preferences.

[HoraceWah-pole-ryqk]

Video background is pure art. Gonna have to sub.

[notthatvashti]

Very interesting. If I didn't have complete confidence that I'm totally introverted, I would consider possibly being an ESTJ. Thanks, Harry.

[marybethgibson]

Thank you so much for this one. As an ESTJ, it is so hard to find content about this type that is thoughtful and that isn't based on too-simple dichotomies or stereotypes. Everything you said resonated very deeply and was exceptionally validating, especially considering I know my cognition works as ESTJ and yet almost none of the stereotypes are even close to capturing how these functions actually work together. ⭐

[dc]

You do not know how long I’ve been waiting for this video

[Michel-mbyq]

I can see your exictment of waiting to release the ESTJ video for last 😅

26:36 I believe that you can learn a lot from types other than your own and even relate with, you beautifully put that out :)

[neoshadow]

Finally, some Enneagram CPT correlation on this channel!! (i really wanna see more of that lol)

also i started looking further into CPT and it’s network theory and i was greatly inspired by your Yin+Yang concept to expand into this theory on quadrants.

I put ESTJ into what I call the “Overseer” quadrant, along with INFP, ENFJ and ISTP.

And their inferior (blindspot?) network I’ve called the “Idealist” quadrant, with ISFP, ESFJ, INTP and ENTJ

Then there’s the “Philosopher” quadrant with INFJ, ENFP, ISTJ and ESTP, and finally the “Performer” quadrant with ISFJ, ESFP, INTJ and ENTP.

[hq]

This actually helps significantly with understanding and integrating the ISTP's Shadow function, it seems as though what ISTP's do internally is what ESTJ's tend to do externally, I now have a new understanding and appreciation for ESTJ's that I was grappling with prior due to the negative stereotypes.

[ohyeah]

So good! Harry, please make a video about ESTJ vs INTJ! ❤

[jonbielli]

Thank you for the informative video, Harry! I couldn't decide whether I was an ENTJ or an ESTJ and this video made it crystal clear.

[DorlaVegas-cwkz]

I hope I'm still around when you get your PHD. Good chat an I understand you! PS I'm truly self educated so I read people more then hear

[muzukashiinamae]

Speaking about enneagram correlation, i think that social 8 is also a good possibility for estj

[gilded_spark_]

I'm super early: omg the video i've been waiting for so long 😂

[Tified]

Hi Harry it's Emma. Thank you for pointing out the stereotypes often laden onto the ESTJ. My mother in law to be is actually an ESTJ and I actually notice a lot of similarities in how we operate with myself being an ENFJ with that insane TeNe dip & as per network theory of course. She's actually emotionally vulnerable in a lot of ways as a divergent feeler I remember having a falling out with my fiancé once & she really didn't know how to broach me - so much for the 'ballsey' stereotype she actually came across as very vulnerable & didn't know how to act. She's actually really receptive to other people's input as well: she sees me as the fountain of all knowledge on things mental health related (ok so she's slightly misinformed here though I am well read given that TiNi synthesis) and she'll always come to me for advice as she's a general nurse working in a school environment where there's a lot of students with mental health problems. Again there's this stereotype that they pay no attention to others input & are instead micromanagers in the most derogatory sense of the word. I have met some ESTJs like this but the vast majority of the healthy variants are not like this; whilst they don't like 'slackers' they value everyone's input & will go out of their way to help others. I'd actually say as far as Fe & Te dominance go we can be equally blunted albeit in a caring minor but if push comes to shove I'm the more blunted with loved ones out of the two of us; she's actually cautioned my fiancé on over involvement with my own family dynamics with my parents before. A very wise woman indeed. Ps could you explain reflexive Ti as a hyperdivergent function?😊. I think when my mother in law first found out we were pregnant without marriage & no mortgage in situ that Si authority couldn't handle the lack of stability but she's extremely generous & despite her initial dismay gifted us a house deposit & steered us financially in the right direction. The irony is my ESFP fiance thinks his mum isn't extremely relational but I as an ENFJ have developed an extremely close bound with her owing to that reciprocated FeSe synchronicity. You're right she was extremely hurt by my fiancés biological dad & it caused her to clam up over time but she's ridden that storm extremely well. Yes it really does mean the world to them & I'm lucky to have her as a mother in law ❤. When she comes to stay she takes on a natural care taker motherly role; all of our ironing etc is done for us lol. I'd agree whilst as an ENFJ I do see myself as a very strategic mastermind kind of archetype I'm not good at improvising if things go off course unless my TiNi has came across the said context before...with age I've become more adept at improvising on the fly thought it's not my natural mode de operandi.

[awpprofa]

I've been passively researching MBTI for more than three years and some other typologies for a bit over 10 years — all in an effort to understand myself, see how my emotional reactions and thought processes relate to the descriptions. I've had quite a few ''stops'', one of which was actually an ENFJ and the other INTJ/INTP, also thanks to the videos of Harry. But this is, I hope, my last stop as I feel finally I resonate deeply with a type. Not like "Oh I guess it's kinda me" but more like "Oh it's me and this is where this behavior/trend comes from.."
I mean, all the things I thought I related to were more like the things I can do easily when I exert effort but this video unveiled things to which I relate on a more deep level

I also love how Harry's content has greatly evolved (I've been following you for three years, quickly finding my first video and knowing I enjoy this level of depth) both in terms of depth and presentation. A great ending on the personal level and objectively for a series I've been following for 3 years. I also enjoy the more regular schedule!

Thanks for food for thought, Harry!

[DorlaVegas-cwkz]

ESTJ: I'm looking for a ESTJ: LOOKS LIKE FUN ON THE RUN FOR ME.

[marcof.]

I think the protagonist from apocalypse now, that I sow on yesterday, is estj introvert

[sinidom]

This type is not as common as people might think, otherwise it's relatively common.

My only criticism towards them is they tend to openly hate some people, at least they are not hostile.