Jimmy McGill "Saul Goodman" MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Jimmy McGill "Saul Goodman"? Jimmy McGill "Saul Goodman" is an ENTP personality type in MBTI, 7w6 - sp/so - 739 in Enneagram, SCUEI in Big 5, ILE in Socionics.
『 𝙨𝙖𝙪𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 7 』 since E7 is close to becoming the consensus, i thought i’d share a little bit of my take on jimmy’s enneagram. 》“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹. 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀.” ¶ this fits jimmy so well it’s actually often his downfall. he makes so many plans, always having to cover up not only his crimes but the crimes of others aswell, and he can only hide the truth with his tricky schemes and charisma for so long. he’s even metaphorically similar to a cockroach, always finding the loophole in every situation and using it to his advantage to get himself/others out of trouble whenever a problem presents itself— which also relates to E7’s inability to face whatever may be troubling them and an over reliance on their coping mechanism. relying on his excessive charisma and his overall saul goodman persona is not only jimmy’s coping mechanism, but is also his DEFENSE mechanism which he uses to his advantage all throughout the series to get what he wants. 》“𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗺.” ¶ the whole idea of being a lawyer is in itself “altruistic” since you’re fighting for justice for the good of others, but jimmy’s motivations for being a lawyer are anything but altruistic. he enjoys it, he looks FORWARD to finding the loophole in every one of his cases, to the point that he’ll lie and scheme, double cross others, and throw people under the bus just to get his desired result. he cheats himself out of doing things morally and does the opposite of what a lawyer is supposed to do (encourage justice), and he hides behind the illusion of altruism that is being a lawyer, all for the sake of achieving his idea of significance, greatness, and etc. 》“𝗜𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗴𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.” howard: “𝗷𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗶’𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.” jimmy: “... 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲. 𝘄𝗼𝗮𝗵! 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗛𝗠, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲! 𝗼𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲? 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻! 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲” howard: “𝗼𝗵, 𝗷𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆.” jimmy: “𝗼𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳*𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝗼𝗵 𝗷𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆” 𝗺𝗲. 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲?! 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲?! 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱. 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯? 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟! 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁! 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲! 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗶 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘! 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶’𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳! 𝗶’𝗺 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗶’𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦!” ¶ the act of avoiding pain through greatness and significance is exactly what being a core 7 is about. they can’t stand to settle for mediocrity, and they always make sure to be in the position that promises the most influence and advantage, this fits jimmy perfectly. he’s always looking forward, looking for more, and he’s always looking for what gives him a feeling of significance even to the point of putting himself and others in danger.
Biography
James "Jimmy" McGill, better known by his professional alias Saul Goodman, is an Albuquerque-based lawyer who represents the city's criminal underworld, using illegal tactics and dirty schemes to get his clients released or acquitted.
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