INFP (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving) and ISFP (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Perceiving) personality types tend to earn the least money, often due to prioritizing meaningful work and values over high-paying careers, leading them into fields like arts or non-profits where incomes are lower, though factors like education and career choice matter significantly.
It's not a surprise to anyone that studies personality type that the 2 types with dominant Extraverted Thinking (Te), the ENTJ and ESTJ, make the most $$$. And the Types that have the opposite dominant function, Introverted Feeling (Fi), make the least $$$, that of the INFP and the ISFP.
Extroverts, sensors, thinkers, and judgers tend to be the most financially successful personality types, according to new research. The researchers surveyed over 72,000 people measuring their personality, income levels, and career-related data.
Research has identified seven distinct money personality types: the Compulsive Saver, the Gambler, the Compulsive Moneymaker, the Indifferent-to-Money, the Worrier, the Saver-Splurger, and the Compulsive Spender. Most people exhibit a combination of these traits.
The Wealth Elite
My study also found that the rich are less agreeable and less neurotic, but more conscientious, more open to experience, and more extraverted.
In the Dark Psychology of Money: The Good, The Bad, and The Evil, Dexter Morgan takes you on a journey where stakes are high, morals are corrupted, and integrity has no ground to stand on. It is a dark and evil world. From the outside, we judge and mock, assuming we would never fall into that lifestyle.
In our book, The Young Adult's Guide to Understanding Personalities, Toni Rothpletz and I give a lot of examples of celebrities with different personality types based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI. INTJforum.com recently posted that Mark Zuckerberg's type would be an INTJ.
Bill Gates, Assertive Logician (INTP-A) “I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.”
Taylor Swift is widely typed as an ESFJ (Extroverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging), often called "The Consul," known for being loyal, caring, organized, and people-focused, with an Enneagram 3w2 for being ambitious and image-conscious, though her complex career and songwriting lead to debates, with some suggesting ENFJ or ISFJ, while her music itself hints at various types.
ESFJ (the caregiver) are very warm, compassionate, and helpful people. They are often willing to go the extra mile for others. Other personality types like ISFJ, INFJ, ENFJ, ENFP, and ISFP are also loyal, kind, and gentle souls, and personalities to have as friends, leaders, and family.
Andrew Carnegie famously said, “90% of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” Is that true? I've actually used this quote before in some of my content and firm materials, but Carnegie said it over 100 years ago.
Five common money personalities are investors, savers, big spenders, debtors, and shoppers. Debtors and shoppers may tend to spend more money than is advisable. Investors and savers may overlap in personality traits when it comes to managing household money.
INFJ personality types and INFP personality types are two of the MBTI personality types that tend to struggle with unhappiness in life.
We often think of ENTJs as being the workaholics of the Myers and Briggs personality system, but ESTJs and ISTJs are just as likely to have no concept of life without work. These driven and efficient personalities are the definition of putting their nose to the grindstone and getting things done.
MBTI in Team Dynamics and Organizational Settings
Leadership positions are often held by Extraverted and Judging types, with ENTJ and ESTJ being common among CEOs.
Sixteen personality types: The most common types among gifted adolescents were INFP, INTP, ENFP, and ENTP, which constituted nearly 50% of the gifted sample compared with 19% of the normative group. The most common preference among gifted adolescents is intuition.
Enneagram Type 3: The Achiever
Enneagram Type 3s, often called The Achievers or Performers, are driven, ambitious, and masters of adaptation. Their basic fear is of being worthless or failing in the eyes of others, while their basic desire is to feel valuable, admired, and successful.
Based on our analysis, we believe that Musk is INTP in the 16-type system based on Myers and Briggs and an Enneagram Type 5. Many have typed Musk as an INTJ and Enneagram Type 8, and there's plenty of evidence pointing in that direction. But in this analysis, we're going to be guided by Musk himself.
Oprah's Myers-Briggs Personality Type: ENFJ. Oprah has the ease, warmth and confidence of an extravert. From the start of her career, she was comfortable tackling public mediums like talk radio and television, and one of her first gigs involved interviewing locals for a Baltimore TV station.
From his career and personal life, we can conclude that Albert Einstein's MBTI was INTP. People with the INTP personality type are known for their creativity, analytical thinking, and introverted nature. He also had many Enneagram 5 traits.
MBTI Types Ranked by Intelligence (based on average IQ)🧠 1️⃣ INTJ (Architect) – 130 2️⃣ INTP (Logician) – 129 3️⃣ ENTJ (Commander) – 128 4️⃣ ENTP (Debater) – 125 5️⃣ INFJ (Advocate) – 125 6️⃣ ENFJ (Protagonist) – 123 7️⃣ ISTJ (Logistician) – 123 8️⃣ ISTP (Virtuoso) – 122 9️⃣ ESTJ ( ...
"The 3 Ms of Money" typically refers to the core principles of Making, Managing, and Multiplying (or Maintaining) your income and wealth, a framework used in personal finance books and coaching for achieving financial success, stability, and independence. It's about understanding how to earn income, control spending, and grow your assets through saving, investing, and strategic planning to build long-term prosperity.
The 70% money rule usually refers to the 70/20/10 budgeting rule, a simple guideline that splits your after-tax income into three categories: 70% for needs/living expenses, 20% for savings/investments, and 10% for debt repayment or giving. It helps you balance essential spending, building wealth, and managing debt by allocating funds for day-to-day costs (housing, food, bills), future goals (retirement, emergency fund), and debt reduction (loans, credit cards).