Temperaments And How It Affects You

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Temperament influences everything you do; from sleep habits to study habits to eating styles to the way you get along with other people. Humanly speaking, there is no other influence in your life more powerful than your temperament or combinations of temperaments. That is why it is so essential to know your temperaments and to be able to analyze other people’s temperaments, not to condemn them, but so you can maximize your potential and enable to maximize theirs.

     Temperament is defined as a person’s nature as shown in the way they behave or react to situations or people. It is the combination of traits we inherited from our parents. No one knows where it resides, but it is thought to be somewhere in the mind or emotional centre (often referred to as the heart). It is temperament that makes some people art and music enthusiasts while others are sports or industry minded.

   Although early home life, training, education and motivation also exercise powerful influences on our actions through life, temperament is however the number one influence on a person’s life, not only because it is the first thing that affects us but because like body structure, color of eyes and other physical characteristics, it escorts us through life.

The heart of the temperament theory divides people into four namely

Ø  Sanguine

Ø  Choleric

Ø  Melancholy

Ø  Phlegmatic

Each temperament type has both strengths and weakness that from a distinct part of his make up throughout life. Once a person diagnoses his own basic temperament, he is better equipped to ascertain what vocational opportunities he is suited for and what natural weakness he’ll have to combat.

    To start with sanguine, Sanguines are buoyant and lively and are so outgoing that they are usually considered super extroverts. Sanguine never lack friends because they can genuinely feel the joys and sorrows of the person he meets. Their noisy, blustering, friendly ways make them appear more confident than they really are but their energy and lovable disposition get him by the rough spots of life. In summary, sanguines are outgoing, responsible, warm, friendly, talkative, enthusiastic and compassionate. On the minus, they have the potential of being undisciplined, emotionally unstable, unproductive, egocentric and exaggerate a lot.

        
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Cholerics tend to be decisive and opinionated finding it easy to make decisions both for themselves and other people. Cholerics are also extroverts but not nearly as intense as sanguines. In summary, cholerics are strong willed, independent, visionary, practical, productive, decisive and a leader. Their potential weaknesses may also include being cold & emotional, self sufficient, impetuous, domineering, unforgiving, sarcastic, angry and cruel.

Melancholy is the richest of all the temperaments. He is gifted, analytic, aesthetic, self-sacrificing, industrious and self- disciplined. By nature he is prone to be an introvert but since his feelings predominate, he is given to a variety of moods. Prominent among his weaknesses are the fact that he can be moody, self-centered, vengeful, touchy, theoretical, unsociable, critical and sometimes negative.

Last but equally important is the phlegmatic temperament. The phlegmatic is the calm, easy going, never-get-upset individual with such a high boiling point that he almost never becomes angry. He is by nature the most likeable of all the temperaments. The phlegmatic is also dependable, objective, diplomatic, efficient, organized, practical and humorous. However, they can sometimes tend to be unmotivated, procrastinators, selfish, stingy, self-protective, indecisive, fearful and worries a lot.

In conclusion, we are all a blend of at least two temperaments. Evaluating the potential strengths and weaknesses of your temperament will help you get the best out of yourself and be that person you have always wanted to be.

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source: tim la haye "why you act the way you do"