ENTJ Personality Type

The Visionary Type

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What is the ENTJ personality type (The Visionary)?
People with an ENTJ personality type tend to be charismatic, direct, and logical in their behavior. They tend to avoid displays of emotion and may be perceived as cold in certain situations. They enjoy taking charge, working to achieve goals, and encouraging growth from those around them.

ENTJ Personality Traits

As ENTJs, Visionaries are talkative, high energy, and thrive around people. They seek action and tend to involve themselves in events. They prefer not to spend too much time alone.

They focus more on the big picture than on tiny details—they’re interested in how everything connects together and trust their internal thought process more than they trust past experience.

ENTJs use logic rather than emotion in decision making. They tend to follow what makes sense, rather than what feels right.

They are structured, organized, like to plan ahead and know what’s going to happen. They appreciate rules, processes, and schedules.


In summary, ENTJ personality types tend to...

  • Seek and take charge of situations involving groups of people
  • Process internally and base decisions on thought rather than experience
  • Trust logic and avoid emotional displays
  • Follow a day-to-day schedule and prefer routine and efficiency
  • Regularly set and achieve challenging goals

ENTJ Meaning

  • (E) EXTROVERSION: Extroverts tend to draw energy from spending time around other people.
  • (N) INTUITION: Intuitive types tend to love to explore new ideas and think in terms of the big picture.
  • (T) THINKING: Thinking types tend to follow their head and consider facts when making decisions.
  • (J) JUDGING: Judging types tend to be very structured and organized.

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Related Personality Types

Below are the DISC and Enneagram types that are similar to 16-Personality Type ENTJ. 

DISC Type D, Di, or DI

Enneagram Type 1, 3, or 8


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