ISFJ - The Nurturer

​Introverted Sensing with Extroverted Feeling

Detailed, Traditional, Patient, Organized, Devoted, Responsible, Conscientious, Loyal, Practical, Service Minded, Meticulous, Protective

General:

​ISFJs are sympathetic, loyal, considerate and conscientious. They will go to any amount of trouble, when it makes sense to them, to help those in need. They prefer situations where the rules are well defined and where traditions are to be upheld. They enjoy ordering and structuring the small things of life and often tmay over organize. focus on providing practical help and services and are often self-effacing in getting the job done. They are willing to sacrifice, especially for their families.  

Living:

​ISFJ Children are conscientious, diligent, and rarely a behavior problem to their parents or teachers. They like to know what is expected, and they will dutifully and quietly follow through like “perfect children”. Security and routine is very important to them so they often worry many things such as not enough time to complete work. ISFJs usually have a few close friends whom they likely to keep as lifetime close friends. They shy away from disharmony and try to maintain cooperation at all costs. They are more cautious and conservative than many of their peers. In their career, they are often take whatever comes along and try to make the most of it. They are loyal and diligent employee at whatever task they are given. Since they tend to save money throughout living, they often have financial resources for their retirement. In their retirement days, they focus directly on their family in projects that continue the family’s customs and heritage. 

Learning:

​ISFJs tend to be good students, diligently follow though in their work to please their teachers. They like to have assignments that are clear and that tangibly demonstrate that they have worked hard. They may not feel comfortable with independent project without defined procedure to follow. learn well from lectures that are well structured and not too fast paced.   They learn best by doing. They like clear conclusions from their learning and need to know the right answer. 

Working:

​ISFJs prefer a workplace that is attentive both to people’s needs and to getting the job done. they like peers who are conscientious, precise, and accurate as they are. They feel most comfortable if the organization provides security and if their work is clearly structured with practical service-oriented outcomes. They are calm, quite, and efficient in their work habits. They need privacy since they like to concentrate deeply on their work and avoid interruptions. Because interruptions make it difficult for ISFJs to recover their train of thought, they need to plan time alone in order to be more productive. They enjoy occupations such as preschool and elementary teachers, health service, family practice physician, nurse etc to provide helpful services to others. 

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Leading:

​ISFJs may be selected as leader based on their conscientiousness, follow-through, dependability, and mastery of previous assignments. They may not seek leadership positions but will step in because of the sense of duty. They expect compliance with organizational needs, structure and hierarchy. They are more relationship than task oriented. track details and focus on practical results. They encourage others to do things they liked to do it. 

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Leisure

ISFJs involve in leisure activities only after their work is done. Because they see so much work to do, they put off their leisure and relaxation. ISFJs tend not to be the center of attention, and often appear serious. They can be fun-loving, but only when they are comfortable and when it is the acceptable thing to do in the group to which they belong. ISFJs enjoy the pleasure of finding and maintaining attractive things for themselves and for their families. For example , many ISFJs women like to be well attired and enjoy keeping their house and office neat and tidy.

Loving:

 For ISTJs, love means security and commitment. They tend to fall in love hard as they place high value on marriage and family which gives them appropriate outlets for their love. They are willing to give a lot so they tend to expect the same sort of response from their mates and may be disappointed when their partners do not.  They are unlikely to talk with others about their disappointment. They tend to stay in relationship that may not be in their best interest because they are responsible and dutiful.