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Advocate Personality (INFJ-T)

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. – 
Martin Luther King

The Advocate personality type is very rare, making up less than one
percent of the population, but they nonetheless leave their mark on the
world. As members of the Diplomat Role group, Advocates have an inborn
sense of idealism and morality, but what sets them apart is that they
are not idle dreamers, but people capable of taking concrete steps to
realize their goals and make a lasting positive impact.

Advocates tend to see helping others as
their purpose in life, but while people with this personality type can
be found engaging rescue efforts and doing charity work, their real
passion is to get to the heart of the issue so that people need not be
rescued at all.

 

Help Me Help You

Advocates indeed share a unique combination of traits: though
soft-spoken, they have very strong opinions and will fight tirelessly
for an idea they believe in. They are decisive and strong-willed, but
will rarely use that energy for personal gain – Advocates will act with
creativity, imagination, conviction and sensitivity not to create
advantage, but to create balance. Egalitarianism and karma are very
attractive ideas to Advocates, and they tend to believe that nothing
would help the world so much as using love and compassion to soften the
hearts of tyrants.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Advocates find it easy to make connections with others, and have a
talent for warm, sensitive language, speaking in human terms, rather
than with pure logic and fact. It makes sense that their friends and
colleagues will come to think of them as quiet Extraverted types, but
they would all do well to remember that Advocates need time alone to
decompress and recharge, and to not become too alarmed when they
suddenly withdraw. Advocates take great care of other’s feelings, and
they expect the favor to be returned – sometimes that means giving them
the space they need for a few days.

Live to Fight Another Day

Really though, it is most important for Advocates to remember to take
care of themselves. The passion of their convictions is perfectly
capable of carrying them past their breaking point and if their zeal
gets out of hand, they can find themselves exhausted, unhealthy and
stressed. This becomes especially apparent when Advocates find
themselves up against conflict and criticism – their sensitivity forces
them to do everything they can to evade these seemingly personal
attacks, but when the circumstances are unavoidable, they can fight back
in highly irrational, unhelpful ways.

To Advocates, the world is a place full of inequity – but it doesn’t
have to be. No other personality type is better suited to create a
movement to right a wrong, no matter how big or small. Advocates just
need to remember that while they’re busy taking care of the world, they
need to take care of themselves, too.

Advocate Strengths

   
• Creative – Combining a vivid imagination with a
  strong sense of compassion, Advocates use their creativity to resolve
  not technical challenges, but human ones. People with the Advocate
  personality type enjoy finding the perfect solution for someone they
  care about, and this strength makes them excellent counselors and
  advisors.

   

• Insightful – Seeing through dishonesty and
  disingenuous motives, Advocates step past manipulation and sales tactics
  and into a more honest discussion. Advocates see how people and events
  are connected, and are able to use that insight to get to the heart of
  the matter.

   

• Inspiring and Convincing – Speaking in human
  terms, not technical, Advocates have a fluid, inspirational writing
  style that appeals to the inner idealist in their audience. Advocates
  can even be astonishingly good orators, speaking with warmth and
  passion, if they are proud of what they are speaking for.

   

• Decisive – Their creativity, insight and
  inspiration are able to have a real impact on the world, as Advocates
  are able to follow through on their ideas with conviction, willpower,
  and the planning necessary to see complex projects through to the end.
  Advocates don’t just see the way things ought to be, they act on those
  insights.

   

• Determined and Passionate – When Advocates come
  to believe that something is important, they pursue that goal with a
  conviction and energy that can catch even their friends and loved ones
  off guard. Advocates will rock the boat if they have to, something not
  everyone likes to see, but their passion for their chosen cause is an
  inseparable part of their personality.

   

• Altruistic – These strengths are used for good.
  Advocates have strong beliefs and take the actions that they do not
  because they are trying to advance themselves, but because they are
  trying to advance an idea that they truly believe will make the world a
  better place.

Advocate Weaknesses

   
• Sensitive – When someone challenges or
  criticizes Advocates’ principles or values, they are likely to receive
  an alarmingly strong response. People with the Advocate personality type
  are highly vulnerable to criticism and conflict, and questioning their
  motives is the quickest way to their bad side.

   

• Extremely Private – Advocates tend to present
  themselves as the culmination of an idea. This is partly because they
  believe in this idea, but also because Advocates are extremely private
  when it comes to their personal lives, using this image to keep
  themselves from having to truly open up, even to close friends. Trusting
  a new friend can be even more challenging for Advocates.

   

• Perfectionistic – Advocates are all but defined
  by their pursuit of ideals. While this is a wonderful quality in many
  ways, an ideal situation is not always possible – in politics, in
  business, in romance – and Advocates too often drop or ignore healthy
  and productive situations and relationships, always believing there
  might be a better option down the road.

   

• Always Need to Have a Cause – Advocates get so
  caught up in the passion of their pursuits that any of the cumbersome
  administrative or maintenance work that comes between them and the ideal
  they see on the horizon is deeply unwelcome. Advocates like to know
  that they are taking concrete steps towards their goals, and if routine
  tasks feel like they are getting in the way, or worse yet, there is no
  goal at all, they will feel restless and disappointed.

   

• Can Burn Out Easily – Their passion, poor
  patience for routine maintenance, tendency to present themselves as an
  ideal, and extreme privacy tend to leave Advocates with few options for
  letting off steam. People with this personality type are likely to
  exhaust themselves in short order if they don’t find a way to balance
  their ideals with the realities of day-to-day living.