The Genius of the ENTP 

I would also recommend Richard Feynman as an ENTP genius to check out, forgot to mention him in the video.

Ego Status: Restored

Dear, ENTPs We love you. -INTJs

I feel as though Entp is the type of villain who doesnt really have any ambition but just wants to create chaos and become a master at things just to create more chaos.

HMMM YES STROKE MY EGO NATHAN YES JUST LIKE THAT.

My ENTP motto: “There’s always another way”

"everything connects to everything else" The biggest high I get as an ENTP is when I realise a new "rule" that applies to multiple phenomena and observations. I do a bit of teaching and sometimes when I'm halfway through explaining a concept I would realise it follows the same pattern/logic as a completely seemingly unrelated thing. Sometimes I get so excited in the middle of a class about a new pattern I see that my students are convinced I've lost my mind hahaha

we're charming because we literally have no option but to be. ever sit in a room with an ENTP that feels comfortable with you? you'll HATE us after a while. we enjoy confrontation, debate, talking fast, and it takes us decades to develop sympathy (not empathy. we have tons of that). suffice it to say, we're not exactly likable. so we learn to be charming. it's not our damned fault everything we enjoy or default to pisses off literally every other type.

Haven't watched, but I agree in advance

ENTPs are quite talkative. If you are the quiet type, your ENTP conversational partner will gladly keep the conversation going for hours... 😁

ENTP is the type that amazes me the most. Their thinking is quite special and different than anyone else. I can easily recognise them if they're talking about ideas and show using their logic or how they point the illogical things. If you come to an ENTP with a problem they got you the solution and at least one future plan for another few years ahead when you cannot think of specific path for the nearest future. ENTPs are seen as lazy but also they can really work hard if they want to. From all of the types I've seen them being the most honest to themselves. And if they want something they get it. If they want to have an easy life, being lazy and spending time with others that way - they do what it takes to have that life. But trust me.. if they want to step out and get their ambitions to be met they would hard work and get through mistakes through the paths that no one has seen before in order to achieve what they want. They do that it the most creatives, unconventional ways sometimes. ~ENFP

I tend to think that the genius of ENTPs is underestimated. INTPs and INTJs are mentioned most regarding being highly intelligent, but I am sure ENTPs are very much on par with them.

this "wanting to figure out by myself" thing is so true :). I used to take exams/papers in high school by not learning the maths formulas, because it was more fun (and enough time) to figure out during the exam time :D. This is actually laziness, too

I absolutely love ENTPs, because as an INTJ myself, I think they are the most compatible with us. What I like about them is the fact that they always have a new view of something that has already been done; they can play with the same rubik's cube and view it with millions of different views that you could never think of. But the worst problem with them, is that they get bored very quickly and they have the attention span of a butterfly. It is very hard for them to commit themselves to a long term project, which always prohibits them from achieving their goals. Love you ENTPs. You make the world interesting for us 👌

I just like ENTPs, sincerely INTP. "Charming bastards", lol.

I as ENTP enjoy myself learning new skills. Actually I think all skills can be learned quickly if you make it simple and smart. Most of my friends consider me a polymath

The biggest misconception about ENTPs is that they hide or don't know how to express emotions. In fact, ENTPs have a huge amount of emotions and perfectly understand the emotional state of the interlocutor and their own perfectly. The important thing is that ENTPs are guided by logic and not emotions in making decisions. Given a choice between an "emotionally kind" or "cruel but logical" solution to a problem, the ENTP will no doubt choose the latter option.

When I think of ENTP, I think of Tony Stark.

entps are cool. i kinda look up to them, to me it seems like they have the most potential to live a fun life. nice ending lol.

I am an ENTP pianist and went absolutely nuts when you explained the piano scale thing. There’s really no other way to put it. You described my sensation perfectly. Play around. Make it sound good. Then substantiate it with theoretical knowledge. Give value to the knowledge instead of just learning things pointlessly.

there's a video here called the 4 subtypes of ENTP/ The Empath ENTP.. the empath ENTP video got the most comments of all. apparently, the empath entp subtypes are tired of everything thinking they are sociopaths

INTP, INTJ and ENTP are the holy trinity of three personalities who get along the best

By means of craft and innate social skills, ENTP's genius manifests itself in their ability to infuriate authorities as well as friends to the level one considers murder as a viable solution... but even in those moments, one can't stop loving those 'charming bastards'! 😉 So yea, just relax and enjoy the trip to outer space whenever you talk to them :)

As an ENTP I can relate to everything you said. I have a university degree in computer science, but I got bored fast after I finished the school, after I was a electronic design engineer, and now I'm mechanical design engineer (self taught). The reactions when I go to job interviews are kinda funny, but after they listen and give me tests, they get convinced. I enjoy creating clothes, I'm an artist, I paint and draw, I study violin and piano on my own, I study psychology, astrology, philosophy, spirituality and many others but on my own. I'm ambidextrous 😅 people get confused by that all the time. I feel like I live to learn and descover, I'm always fascinated how everything is conected at one point. I'm really bad at history and making money. Having so many hobbies, makes me spend a lot on new tools, materials, books, etc. I'm ok with my money but I always ask myself why I don't have a business. I have tones of ideas but I feel descouraged because I'm not an expert in anything.

I think everyone could learn a little bit of something from an ENTP.

Ok.... I’m definitely an ENTP. Hahahaha! I was told in grade 2 I’d never be a musician. Not only did I teach myself to be a musician, I am now a professional music teacher, certified audio engineer, and credentialed professional luthier. I’m certainly not the best example of any of those, but I am quite good at all of them. I’m also a decent archer, carpenter, and I have invented some small pieces of equipment I use in my work. Never invented a world changing technology, though. I modify most pieces of equipment to suit my needs and tastes. I don’t like giving or taking orders. I have zero respect for credentials if the bearer is an obvious idiot. That all said... I often frustratedly look around for things I didn’t notice holding in my hand, or glasses hanging from my shirt collar. Every mistake I make is one of oversight. My nursery school teacher called me, “the absent minded professor”. I “didn’t apply myself to the level of my intelligence” in school. The online tests still give me INTP... but like I said, I’d guess it’s because a written test puts me in a mode that simulates INTP, simply because of the written format. I’d bet money a verbal test would result in ENTP.

In a “humorless age” like we live in, our comedic genius is not only unappreciated, but downright hated. That’s too bad as that particular tendency has much to offer this current age of crisis. Despite everything, at least I’m still laughing.

ENTPs are the best obviously

You're right im a genius i dont know how i do it.

Entp quote: there is no right path only timelines of choices that you only can only make right

Thanks Nathan you are brilliant. ENTP is always in the verge of am i crazy or am i genius. We dont have the patience to execute. We are insecure of being so much of a sore thumb in society but our brains always know that we’re so so very highly accurate in our intuitions, because everything is indeed connected if people are willing to invent them in real life. Our faith in our NeTi will overcome this Fe insecurities, eventually.

3 years (or was 2? It doesn't matter) ago I took the MBTI and only knew that is a personality test that classify you in one of 16 personalities, and that was all, didn't know anything else. Result: ENTP. I was like: "ok... I guess?" I read the description of ENTP and also make my family read it. They died of laugh and reply: What? Are people spying on you since you were child or what? The freaking test nailed it in like 80-85% with no problems: I'm a textbook ENTP since child, and became more prominent during my teenage. -When I was a kid, spend a lot of time in public library reading a lot of whatever book I found: loved learning anything, loved the excitement of the new, and loved to create connections and patterns between books, topics, authors and infos. -I was the curious trouble maker who enjoys to watch grown ups talk and do things, and then try to convince them to explain to me how things work and why they think and speak in the way they did. -I committed some crimes or misbehaviors. When I was like 12 for example, stole a book from a shop, just to know why everybody say it's bad (I didn't get it until I did it mself and only then I understood it was bad). -During my childhood (and even today) I loved every game focused on: crafting, exploring and strategy. Board games, video games, etc: any activity that put me in an "againt others in strategy", "with others to create" or "alone to exploring" are my cup of tea. -Love debate, and philosophy, economy and politics teachers loved me in highschool because in every topic, I took the opposite side that the vast majority of my classmates took, just for fun and because I love mental sparring. -I was the "A student" and directives from my school saw me as an applied person (respectful, serious, etc.) but it was the image I wanted to project: behind the scenes I behaved quite badly hahaha. Even my friends told my teachers: "you don't know how he really is" and they answer: "no, he is a good boy, you are envious". -I chose the career I'm studying right now (industrial engineering) because it gives me a lot of opportunities to work in a lot of differents environments, gives me a lot of freedom and is focussed on solving problems. -Distracted, messy, imaginative, forgetful, random, little focused, chaotic, manipulative, analyst, over-thinker, etc. are adjectives that people often use to call me. "Charming bastard" are the way my friends, parents and brother usually use to describe me. My girlfriend (INTP) joke and say that I'm a "stereotypical know it all random douchebag with no morals". I call her a "shy nerdy robot"... what a beautiful relationship. Good video by the way. Like!!

There is a quote by Miyamoto Musashi that really rings with me "There is more than one way up the mountain" In my Entp way added a line to it because it felt incomplete 😎 "There is more than one way up the mountain but depending on the conditions certain ways are more favourable than the others"

I was reading a NASA report about the characteristics of managers they have, one section was about MBTI and here are the types that become project managers in order of frequency: ENTP, ENTJ, ISTJ, INTJ, ENFP ENTPs are by far the most successful.

Thanks for not depicting ENTPs as jack of all trades, master of none! I like the idea of the Venn diagram haha!

You have no idea how validating this video is. I've struggled for years with my lack of desire to spend four+ years at a time in university focusing on the same topic the entire time. My true hankering is to hop from subject to subject, bringing them all together periodically. When I am free to do this (which includes enrolling in any short course that catches my eye if I have the time and finances to do so), I learn so much. If I were interested in a formal career such as in law or medicine, then of course I'd go to university, but there are plenty of fields where it's just not necessary, and shouldn't be used to measure someone's intelligence or dedication to the job. Thanks so much for adding a new word to my vocabulary too. Having a neutral word for what I am refutes the "social obligation" to follow someone else's life path and see my own as less valid. 🙏

Entps are inconsistent 🥴, nothing new Great work 🤟

As an ENTP I find myself in the constant pursuit of frameworks as well as the constant bending and mending of the those frameworks to achieve my goals. Which honestly my goals are beyond your understanding

It also makes sense that when you are a cross contextual thinker, you need to take in A LOT of information in order for you to assess the overall trends. And when you do that it would absolutely exhaust you to look into details of all the info.

Loved this one❤ We need people, who aren't afraid of breaking down the authorities when their theories don't make sense. So many of us are scared of admitting, that the ones on the top can be wrong as well. ENTPs, I love you❤

ENTP smiles... Good breakdown

As an INTP (Ne sub-type) have a sweet spot and admiration for ENTPs... my favorite actors, movie directors, and scientists are all ENTP... Richard Feynman and Sean Carroll (pretty sure he's an ENTP) are amazingly gifted in their respective fields and terrific communicators. Also believe it's the combination/ dichotomy of intuitive logic and tertiary Fe, the need for them to be liked and and wanting harmony whilst also willing to push boundaries, seek truth, and re-imagine, that annoys others, which results in the 'charming bastard' moniker.

Ahh. The heuristic method of learning. Thomas Edison, US inventor. ENTP. I visited his home laboratory (and beautiful estate) in Fort Myers, FL. I saw his sleeping cot (in his lab!) where he would put in 4 hours of sleep each night, and then back to work. Inspiring.

This INTJ is good at what he does - entp

INTPs - you guys have your own flavor. Stop trying to take this video from us and apply it to yourselves, to be blunt. You guys have similar but separate strengths.

I am an ENTP - and I find it most interesting & intriguing to listen to these. Its like you have taken the thoughts in my head of who I am into words, I kind of knew who I was- but I never could really put it into words, Its like finding out who you are.

I knew I couldn't be so wrong about my ENTP crushes

entps are like onions: their layers are easy to peel off and their sarcasm stings just about right

idk if this is weird but as a kid I remember being a lot above my reading level and reading the Hunger Games in elementary school. I LOVED IT. Not sure what it was that got me hooked. I just remember my friends at school talking about stuff like boys and who they liked the most and meanwhile I had a full list who in my class would survive based on physical capabilities and IQ. I feel like I just liked the idea of being in that kind of power and having the upper hand in such a bizarre situation. I swear I'm not a serial killer😂 but I remember wanting to be in that dystopia so badly. when the movies came out I was in love with them and I even practiced the execution walk Katniss does before shooting Coin. Now I think it's weird I was fantasizing about this as a kid and stuff but seeing these comments it's pretty normal among us :)

as an ENTP make them more comprehensive. I have a short attent

I'm extroverted but extremely lonely and don't go out of my way to make plans with anyone and I deny plans to stay home alone. I didn't leave my house for over a month, besides to go to work and errands. But when I'm talking with a friend, over text, I am energetic and full of emotion. I am very emotional, I can be impulsive to a fault but my first instinct is to think about my decision first. When I'm at work, I'm happy talking to my co workers, but sometimes it can be a little awkward and luckily I'm at work so I can just walk away. I don't leave my house to associate with people at all really. I think I am both introverted and extroverted. I like to be alone and not depend on anyone but I do feel happy talking about things that I'm doing/learning. I relate a lot to ISTP but I am expressive with around people. I relate a lot to ENTP and ESTP since I can be bold, sociable, direct, but I do care about people's feelings so I choose my words carefully. I am energetic and enthusiastic, good at communicating but since I'm so introverted and lonely I know how to relax since I am very comfortable in my own solitude. Some help here? :(

ENTP, I took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator within the U.S. Military. The exam was a 3 day testing exam, Exam to indicate if individual mentally and emotionally capable of performing under extreme stress, isolation and duress environments. The testing/exam was within the Special Operations/Military Intelligence Community, for a slot in a 6 man deep penetration Ranger/Airborne LRRP/LRSD Team. The 3 day exam was interesting to say the least and yes, I made the Teams.

No matter the arena of activity we are driven to find the patterns no one else saw yet.

I absolutely love your videos on ENTPs. While I also find your insight on other personality types interesting and inspiring, I can say that you capture this type more accurately than any other source or site I've looked at. Incredible!

Genius comparison with the spider web. Made A LOT of sense.

You captured very well how experiences, good and bad, give great meaning to the ENTP.

About the „thinking in parallels“- i am a translator and interpreter for english and spanish. I went to school for it and I already knew english for it was my second language. When learning spanish from scratch, i used my knowledge from english, to make connections in vocabulary, grammar, phrase structure etc. Whenever I talked to my classmates about different learning methods, everyone was very confused about my way of automatically connecting the two languages. Maybe it really is an ENTP thing :)

aha, As a RU-vidr myself, I do notice the views of ENTP video kinda fluctuating. Loved this video, was a huge ego boost. However, there is always a catch. Due to the constant channel changing nature of our brain, it is very hard to stay focused. So if I wanted to structure into my life for getting more done, I can't. Also, trans parallel thinking sounds good and it is, however, it is useless since most ENTP don't have a focused field to apply these insights too. Imagine have the key to change the world but you didn't because you couldn't stick to the problem long enough. Furthermore, as one gets more specialized and trying to solve one particular problem for a long long time, it is a very very lonely road. Nice video, looking forward to more!

I'm already subscribed, buddy, but keep producing these. I find them very flattering to my ego.

I really appreciate the deep concepts you raise and the way you paint them before our eyes, very artistic! I enjoy watching them so learning alot brother! Thank you! An entp soul😁

I've actually taste the workings of an ENTP's mind to crack a test that has been for quite a while impossible to crack for my state in my specific line of studies. The Renaissance man part is kind of the main ingredient to it. The test is a huge amalgamation of interdisciplinary MCQ based questions and that's why it's so hard to maneuver oneself across the test. Now for an ENTP this is more than just a test. It's a maze. And there is a pattern, a system so to speak. People come into the exam hall without a plan and hope whatever it is they read is sufficient. But for the Entp, everything happens within the exam hall, and no prior preparation for the exam is entirely necessary. Entp you'll find that they'll be able to talk about almost any subject atleast on a big picture level, maybe bot in-depth but certainly on a surface level. That is the first key to interdisciplinary exams. Now their other functioning helps them see through patterns more fluidly and crack what is the most likely option based on elimination and association to prior knowledge, limited as they may be. Couple these with the attempt at understanding what the exam question creator's psychology is, I finally did it. It baffles people and they think I really know stuff, but in reality I don't know shit lmao. I only exploit a certain system and received a huge amount of stipend/scholarship off of it lol...

Just casually watching this during school because its more educational than my Anthopology class. #NotSorry

Man that's such a great point that I never noticed about myself - I love hearing people's business plans/pitches/etc & I can instantly see some of the most likely problems they'll run up against & offer solutions on the spot

Do we want to BE them or to be WITH them ? That is the question. I truely appreciate and value the insight you give on the types you analyse ! Lots of love to every ENTPs, I can't help but feeling myself drawn to people with this type (don't be an ass tho, jk)🌟🦋🌟

I'm an INFJ and I'm absolutely in love with ENTPs. I seem to almost universally like them (even if I hate them I love them, love/hate relationship) I dated one for 4 years. quite literally the most intelligent and capable person I'd ever met. very polymath, charming, hilarious, flirty, funny sense of humor. it's true what they say about the ENTP INFJ match. I also love INTJs though. INTJ and ENTP are my fav 2 types. both satisfy different cravings I have as an INFJ.

ENTP here, thanks for the upload and teaching me a new thing about myself, Autodidact... its nice to have a solid concept to explore the way I've been living my life. Cheers

RU-vid seems to have least ENTP videos. I really love your explanations as an ENTP myself. Going about life seeing other's point of views, it feels good when someone else figures me/entps out too! Thank you so much

I’ve always thought I was an enfp but woah, this really resonates. Great vid one of the best deliveries on RU-vid!

“...they also can be... charming bastards!” This sounds familiar! 😂

We need more ENTPs!

These are so true and feels so good when someone understands and appreciate me for myself fr💓

ENTP NATION RISE

Underlying logic. What a perfect phrase.

Dude I rlly needed this ego stroke rn, I appreciate it

Thank you for this video. It was very informative and entertaining.

lmao can totally relate to the inconsistent views, I've been watching you guys for the last 2 years but would frequently get absorbed into different niches of youtube from time to time. I'm currently binging these along with binging paleontology documentaries (pbs eons for the win).

I can identify as an ENTP. I studied 3 different Bachelors, started a Master, worked in 5 Tech Start Ups, will start my own Company. I love to play devils advocate and crushing every concept / idea, which I will get in my hands. On the other hand Since 4 years I didn't write my final thesis of my Bachelors. 😭..🤦🏽‍♀️😂 All of my friends say that I am a mysterium, because of discrepancy between obvious potential and missing drive for perfection / get Things Done. They describe it as unpredictable but this is certain. Next stop India. At the Moment I am learning kannada(Indian language). In Love&Hate relationship with myself. Frank(27)

I think this video perfectly exemplifies the keyword 'Multifaceted' which the famous typology youtuber Michael Pierce used to describe ENTPs. The following are some of the keywords he used to describe certain types ENTJ- Subjugation INTJ - Visionary INTP - Abstracting ENTP- Multifaceted ENFJ- Persuasion INFJ- Idealism INFP- Dreamer ISTJ- Solidifying ESTJ- Responsibility ISTP - Mastery

i have trouble watching anyone talk on youtube for more than a minute,but you were really interesting and i just kept watching all your videos :)

I find it cool how we love to talk and analyze like every aspect of ourselves, we love learning and finding others who are the same way, we are so selfishly focused on us that anything that might even just add a pixel to the image we have of ourselves or something that explains or validates how we think we are interested in Like, as long as it isn't too long or boring, I could sit here and talk about myself and how much I love the way my brain works and 90% of the people who reads this, guaranteed probably ENTP, of course you have no realistic way to disprove me (unless you do, if so thatd be awesome), ima just stick with that number and so that 90% of entps would be so interested in another entp who is also loving that he gets to just talk about himself and have people actively listen, so I guess the main point i was getting to was we ENTPs can like feed off each other because we love learning about others experience about our personalit type because we love learning about ourselves and the ones talking love well, talking, i know we all love that lol

going into this stuff hurts, when i was in school we did a careers/IQ test to be recommended what we should do in university, i got high in all categories, almost 100% in pattern recognition, and they told me i could just do whatever but all my friends got actual concrete ideas of what to do. Now that i’ve graduated i’ve already swapped majors, dropped out of university, become and artist, started farming - in one year. My parents and friends don’t look down on me because they don’t think i’m stupid, but they worry about me because i can’t stick to anything, and every time i say “no this is the thing, this is what i’m meant to do” and two months later i can’t be motivated by it at all anymore. I also can’t stand authority figures telling me what to do, i prefer to learn on my own or just swap interests as soon as whoever’s teaching me tries to lock me into one direction. Can ANYONE tell me how i can be useful like this because i want to be functional and appreciated even though i’m not consistent at all. please help me

It hasn’t necessarily been stated but I also believe the amount of subjects ive delved into and, subsequently, im somewhat knowledgeable in (as an ENTP) is definitely responsible for all the friends i make. The more you know the more you are susceptible to meet someone that is interested in something you are/have been interested in. Great to have conversations (and to learn more things abt the subject too)!

I really love this series so far!

I agree that self-learning and learning by doing are very valuable and I enjoy these methods. Where I run into trouble is staying motivated long enough to gain true competency. I think that is why the externally provided structure of more traditional learning methods can be quite necessary for a lot of people.

Another great vid. I'll send it to my ENTP's. Thanks!

Learning guitar and now also piano on my own. Thank you for this video.

Love these ENTP videos. So many things I've wondered about growing up, wondering if something was wrong with me (short attention span, excitement for many things, etc.). Interesting that all of these things are defining the ENTP. Feeling less worried about this now :)

I believe in idea of “transcendance”, not as in just get better or superior, but what makes entp way fun is that when the rationality is conquered then there is nothing more to prove, to observe, to get surprised about. Then the only step left is to transcend that concept into something completely new. Imagine it as a person who is ruthlessly competing to get to the top of potential, and just lose interest in it once achieved. Also the philosophy of absurd let’s us be not the seekers of meaning but the creators of it, not in the same way as a nihilistic person chooses the reason to live but in a sense that people get to choose the objective higher meaning. I was an intp in past but now I lean more on entp, and wish to master the way of entj.

YEAAAAAAAH MORE ENTPs VIDEOS

I love you videos! It will be great if you make the ENTJ version as well🙏

There is a lot here that really resonated with me (ENTP/ENFP). Being an engineer with too many hobbies, the opportunities to learn something new is always a distraction, both in personal and professional life.

This is literally me, I find it fascinating how these personalities can fit someone so well. The polymath thing in this video is so true, there are times where I just wish I could do everything, for example I consider myself an artistic person, I play the piano, read and write, but wish I could also be an IM chess player or even a physicist. The world has so many opportunities for knowledge

As an ENTP I just want to meet people who know more than me so I can learn and have convos while I'm just listening. But always ended up joining the convo cuz I know what they talking about lol

You should make a video absolutely roasting entps

Could just be my favorite ENTP video ever. Very accurate with just enough light-hearted banter. The ending is the creme de la creme, a backhanded compliment befitting ENTPs.

ENTP is the only type that offers ENTJ enough intellectual stimulation without being fastidious. That's why I married one :)

Finally an ENTP video. Sheesh! lol

Please upload more entp vids. I honestly think that there's a lack of entp contents huhu

I think when people want to be INTJ because they think it's cool, really what most people would like to be is an ENTP. It sounds healthier and a lot less lonely! ;-)

The last line "they can also be... charming bastards" got me. We really are hahahaha