Marisa, The Benevolent Challenger (ENTP)
Overview
As The Benevolent Challenger, a Marisa is the type of girl who knows how to rock the boat and shake things up! Marisas are the people who challenge authority and throw everything upside down, often for curiosity's sake. If you are a Marisa you are able to unearth the tangled roots of something widely known but rarely questioned. You’re the first person to say “Well if those two celebrities are ACTUALLY dating why does the same paparazzi agency follow them everywhere? Sounds pre-arranged!” You might crush the dreams of those around you with your devil’s advocate tendencies but you also know how to build them back up as well with new ideas.
Marisas enjoy the power of a great debate and will go to great lengths to argue their cause. You are charismatic, engaging, often hilarious, and have a fierce as hell wit. Ever the debator, Marisas are not afraid of conflict and sometimes go a step too far! It’s okay Maris. Keep your beliefs close to your heart, show the world what you’ve got but don’t be afraid of exercising compassion that can be lost on your desire to cut through all the B.S.
Well Known ENTPs: Catherine the Great of Russia, Thomas Edison, Voltaire, Diablo Cody, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Celine Dion, Lily Tomlin.
Strengths
Marisas are the sharp-shooting charmers who know how to command a room. Her types are known as trailblazers with a disregard for conventionality and how things are usually approached. Marisas are spontaneous, thrillseekers with no time for monotony. "Rules are meant to be broken" is a mantra this Benevolent Challenger might live by.
Ever have a problem you can’t possibly see a solution too? Bring your woes to a Marisa and she’ll be able to give you 50 potential solutions in the next half hour alone. You pretty much need her on speed dial over your favorite pizza place or even your sister. Basically, a Marisa can knock it out of the park and wow those around her with wit and rapid-fire responses like a July 4th fireworks finale (aka WOW). She’s not afraid of any untackled topics and truly is great at translating intangible ideas into concrete real-world applications and projects.
Burning the midnight oil and early rising is never a barrier to a Marisa who can often be confused as the human form of a triple shot espresso. Her energy and enthusiasm for her passions have yet to be matched by other personality types. Using her extraverted intuition a Marisa is also able to form global understandings of problems and come up with innovative solutions.
Common Strengths: Unique, Debater, Brainstorming Extraordinaires, Charismatic, Energetic, Quick Minded, Knowledgeable, Thrill Seeker
Weaknesses
Ouch, Marisas need to watch their words because since their charming and engaging nature is so enthralling people tend to find great meaning in their commentary or criticisms. Being too harsh or insensitive could squash their loved ones or acquaintances hopes and make them feel too sheepish to collaborate or confide in you again. When someone says "up", Marisas would be advised to not just say "down" for the sake of debate or comeback. Being sure and confident are amazing characteristics but don’t let that get to a Marisa’s head. Also she should make sure to keep a to-do list and take goals down task by task. Marisas are likely to get side-tracked and not keep their eyes on the prize. Realize that boredom is part of success in jobs, relationships, and family if her brilliant ideas are not grueling or laborious at some point they probably won’t be as fruitful if she buckles down and trudges through the tough times.
Common Weaknesses: Tendency Towards Insensitivity, Dislike of Practicality, Difficult to Focus, Intolerant, Argumentative to the Max.
Romantic Relationships
Self-improvement is the major tenet of romance with a Marisa. Marisas hope for her relationships is that whoever she chooses to be with can also meet her desire to keep learning new skills and improving on each other's weaknesses together. Ambitious Marisas are exciting partners because they tend to impress their paramours with inspiring dates like going to a science museum or taking a cake decorating class! Every day is a high paced adventure, so if you want to romance a Marisa be up to the challenge (since not everyone can sustain that high intensity!). Marisas, however, need to think before they criticize their partners. Even though she might have her partner's best interest at heart, she does not mince words and has very little sympathy for beating around the bush about her feelings. On the bright side, a partner of a Marisa will always know where they stand with her, but she should be ready to work on compassionate criticism that softens the blow.
Friendships
Those who seek knowledge at lightning speed and want to parse through the deepest ideas over a bottle of wine are the Marisa friends. ENTPs make wonderful friends for their succinct, direct and intriguing form of ongoing debates that they do not want to be easily won. Indeed, as The Benevolent Challenger a Marisa does NOT like to surround herself with "yes-men". “Sure Marisa, crypto coin is the new frontier!” is not what a Marisa wants to hear when she tells you about her new investment. She wants the tea poured and the tensions high. Marisas need to know the opposing cards in everyone's decks so she knows how to counter and make her case. However, Marisas need to realize that friends aren’t just for lightning rounds of debates or political sparring but souls that need a little TLC. Everyone needs a Marisa in their life to help spark fires towards passions they never knew they had.
Career Path & Workplace Habits
Marisas are most at home as managers in their natural habitat, having a long-standing history of charming and instructing those around them. However getting to that management level is the most challenging part for the unconventional Marisa. She is fiery, doesn't love to follow the rules, and has that triple espresso quality that is sometimes overwhelming for the manager of a fledgling Marisa. What she needs to embrace and learn is the grunt work and long game process of working to her hard-earned spot as manager or CEO. Skipping out on the dirty work by delegating it to peers will land a Marisa in hot water, so Marias need to make sure they dedicate their brilliant idea towards the actual workload and trust her visions that power and higher level decision making that’s so natural to her will come in due time by keeping up the same drive and ferociousness that makes her so valuable to those around her in the workplace. Word of advice to ENTPs: it's okay to be told what to do sometimes!
Fun Careers for ENTPs: Lawyer (duh), Engineer, Public Relations Specialist, Film Producer, Training Manager, Creative Advertising
