Everyone is a self-saboteur

All personality types have their own way of sabotaging their lives.

INTJs are so analytical they miss many opportunities because they’re analyzing the situation from every angle.

ENTPs submerge themselves so deeply they push themselves to the point of exhaustion.

INTPs refuse help of any kind.

ENTJs plan so far ahead they miss out on the present.

ESFJs focus so much on comparing their lives to everyone else’s that they don’t enjoy what they do have. ISFJs believe they aren’t worthy of a good one.

ESFPs are such jokers they refuse to take life seriously.

ISFPs avoid conflict of any type which in turn has them avoiding life.

ESTJs are such hard-workers that they put off happiness indefinitely.

ISTJs refuse to take risks, and without risks there can be no reward.

ESTPs almost always choose the path of least resistance.

ISTPs are so cynical in regards to everything they can’t enjoy a good thing when it happens.

INFPs are such dreamers they tend to check out of reality.

ENFJs settle for less than they deserve in every aspect of life.

INFJs are constantly striving for perfection.

ENFPs are so afraid of commitment they run from everything that is real in life.

You can read more detail about being a self-saboteur here.

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