They seek meaning and connections in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. They want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others and their approach to life. INFJs are conscientious and firmly committed to their values. They like to develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good of all. INFJs are organized and decisive in implementing their vision. They can be hard to get to know; however, they have an unusually rich inner life and tend to share their reactions only with those they trust.

“Catalysts for Positive Changet”

INFJs tend to see helping others as their purpose in life, but while people with this personality type can be found engaging rescue efforts and doing charity work, their real passion is to get to the heart of the issue so that people need not be rescued at all.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Martin Luther King

Advocates find it easy to make connections with others, and have a talent for warm, sensitive language, speaking in human terms, rather than with pure logic and fact. It makes sense that their friends and colleagues will come to think of them as quiet Extraverted types, but they would all do well to remember that Advocates need time alone to decompress and recharge, and to not become too alarmed when they suddenly withdraw. Advocates take great care of other’s feelings, and they expect the favor to be returned – sometimes that means giving them the space they need for a few days.