Let's Relax with Peaceful Phlegmatic

Here's the continuation of my "Who I am: My Personality Temperament" ... to read the intro article, click here.

This article tells the description, strengths and weaknesses of a Phlegmatic Person...still in verbatim ...in the words of Florence Littauer, author of Personality Plus....

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Oh, how the world needs Peaceful Phlegmatic!

The stability to stay straight on course.
The patience to put up with provokers.
The ability to listen, while others have their say.
The gift of meditation, uniting opposite forces.
The purpose of peace at almost any price.
The compassion ti comfort those hurting.
The determination to keep your head, while all around are losing theirs.
The will to live in such a way that even your enemies can't find anything bad to say about you.

Peaceful Phlegmatic tones down the wild schemes of Popular Sanguines. Peaceful Phlegmatic refuses to get too impressed with the brilliant decisions of Powerful Choleric. Peaceful Phlegmatic doesn't take too seriously the intricate plans of Perfect Melancholy.

Peaceful Phlegmatic is the great leveler of us all, showing us, "It doesn't really matter that much." And in the long run, it really doesn't!

Peaceful Phlegmatic Personality Temperament

• The Introvert • The Watcher • The Pessimist

STRENGTHS

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC’S EMOTIONS

Low-key personality

Easygoing and relaxed

Calm. Cool, and collected

Patient, well balanced

Consistent life,

Quiet but witty

Sympathetic and kind

Keeps emotions hidden 

Happily reconciled to life

All purpose person

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC AS A PARENT

Makes a good parent

Takes time for the children

Is not in a hurry

Can take the good with the bad

Doesn’t get upset easily

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC AT WORK

Competent and steady

Peaceful and agreeable

Has administrative ability

Mediates problems

Avoids conflicts

Good under pressure

Finds the easy way

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC AS FRIEND

Easy to get along

Pleasant and enjoyable

Inoffensive

Good listener

Dry sense of humor

Enjoys watching people

Has many friends

Has compassion and concern

WEAKNESSES

Blank

Unenthusiastic

Reticent

Fearful

Indecisive

Uninvolved

Hesitant

Plain

Aimless

Nonchalant

Worrier

Timid

Doubt

Indifferent

Mumbles

Slow

Lazy

Sluggish

Reluctant

Compromising

Source: Personality Plus by Florence Littauer

Let's Get Moving with Powerful Choleric

Here's the continuation of my "Who I am: My Personality Temperament" ... to read the intro article, click here.

This article tells the description, strengths and weaknesses of a Choleric Person...still in verbatim ...in the words of Florence Littauer, author of Personality Plus....
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Oh, how this world needs Powerful Choleric!

The firm control when others are losing theirs.
The cut of decision for foggy minds.
The grip of leadership to head us to the good.
The willingness to take a chance in a doubtful situation.
The confidence to hold true in the face of ridicule.
The independence to stand alone and be counted.
The road map to life when we've gone astray.
The urge to "take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing them, end them!

Powerful Choleric is the dynamic person who dreams the impossible dream and aims to reach the unreachable star. He feels, like Robert Browning, "A man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?" Powerful Choleric is always aiming, reaching, succeeding. While Popular Sanguine is talking and Perfect Melancholy is thinking, Powerful Choleric is achieving. He is the easiest temperament to understand and get along with, as long as you live by his golden rule: "Do it my way NOW!"

Powerful Choleric Personality Temperament

• The Extrovert • The Doer • The Optimist

STRENGTHS

POWERFUL CHOLERIC’S EMOTIONS

Born leader

Dynamic and active

Compulsive need for a change

Must correct wrongs

Strong willed and decisive

Unemotional

Not easily discouraged

Independent and self sufficient

Exudes confidence

Can run anything

POWERFUL CHOLERIC AS A PARENT

Exerts sound leadership

Establishes goal

Motivates family to action

Knows the right answer

Organizes household

POWERFUL CHOLERIC AT WORK

Goal oriented

Sees the whole picture

Organizes well

Seeks practical solutions

Moves quickly to action

Delegates work

Insists on production

Makes the goal

Stimulates activity

Thrives opposition

POWERFUL CHOLERIC AS FRIEND

Has little need for friends

Will work for group activity

Will lead and organize

Is usually right

Excels in emergencies

WEAKNESSES

Bossy

Unsympathetic

Resistant

Frank

Impatient

Unaffectionate

Headstrong

Proud

Argumentative

Nervy

Workaholic

Tactless

Domineering

Intolerant

Manipulative

Stubborn

Lord over others

Short-tempered

Rash

Crafty

Source: Personality Plus by Florence Littauer

Let's Get Organized with Perfect Melancholy

Here's the continuation of my "Who I am: My Personality Temperament" ... to read the intro article, click here.

This article tells the description, strengths and weaknesses of a Melancholy Person...still in verbatim ...in the words of Florence Littauer, author of Personality Plus....
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Oh, how the world needs Perfect Melancholy!

The depth to see into the heart and soul of life.
The artistic nature to appreciate the beauty of the world.
The talent to create a masterpiece where nothing existed before.
The ability to analyze and arrive at the proper solution.
The eye for detail while others do shoddy work.
The aim to finish what they start.
The pledge, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right."
The desire to do" all things decently and in order."

Perfect Melancholies are the thinkers. They are people who are serious of purpose, dedicated to order and organization, and appreciative of beauty and intelligence. They don't dash off in search of excitement but analyze the best plan for their lives. Without Perfect Melancholies, we would have little poetry, art, literature, philosophy or symphonies. We would be missing the culture, refinement, taste, and talent so deep within our natures. We would have fewer engineers, inventors, scientist; our ledgers might be lost and our columns wouldn't balance.

Perfect Melancholies are the soul, the mind, the spirit, the heart of humanity.

Perfect Melancholy Personality Temperament

• The Introvert • The Thinker • The Pessimist

STRENGTHS

PERFECT MELANCHOLY’S EMOTIONS

Deep and thoughtful

Analytical

Serious and purposeful

Genius prone

Talented and creative

Artistic or musical

Philosophical and poetic

Appreciative of beauty

Sensitive to others

Self-sacrificing

Conscientious

Idealistic

PERFECT MELANCHOLY AS A PARENT

Set high standards

Want everything done right

Keeps home in good order

Picks up after children

Sacrifices own will for others

Encourages scholarship and talent

PERFECT MELANCHOLY AT WORK

Schedule oriented

Perfectionist, high standards

Detail conscious

Persistent and thorough

Orderly and organized

Neat and tidy

Economical

Sees the problems

Finds creative solutions

Needs to finish what is started

Likes charts, graphs, figures, lists

PERFECT MELANCHOLY AS FRIEND

Make friends cautiously

Content to stay in background

Avoids causing attention

Faithful and devoted

Will listen to complaints

Can solve others problems

Deep concern for other people

Moved to tears with compassion

Seeks ideal mate

WEAKNESSES

Bashful

Unforgiving

Resentful

Fussy

Insecure

Unpopular

Hard to please

Pessimistic

Alienated

Negative attitude

Withdrawn

Too sensitive

Depressed

Introvert

Moody

Skeptical

Loner

Suspicious

Revengeful

Critical

Source : Personality Plus by Florence Littauer

Let's Have Fun with Popular Sanguine

Here's the continuation of my "Who I am: My Personality Temperament" ... to read the intro article, click here.

This article tells the description, strengths and weaknesses of a Sanguine Person...still in verbatim ...in the words of Florence Littauer, author of Personality Plus....
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Oh! how this world needs Popular Sanguines!

The lift of joy in times of trouble.
The touch of innocence in a jaded area.
The word of wit when we're weighted down.
The lift of humor when we're heavyhearted.
The ray of hope to blow away our black clouds.
The enthusiasm and energy to start over and over again.
The creativity and charm to color a drab day.
The simplicity of a child in complex situations.

Popular Sanguine is off swinging on a star, bringing moonbeams home in a jar. Popular Sanguine loves the fairy tales of life and wants to live happily ever after.

Popular Sanguine Personality Temperament

• The Extrovert • The Talker • The Optimist

STRENGTHS

POPULAR SANGUINE’S EMOTIONS

Appealing personality

Talkative, Storyteller

Life of the party

Good sense of humor

Memory for color

Physically holds on to listener

Emotional and demonstrative

Enthusiastic and expressive

Cheerful and bubbling over

Curious

Good on stage

Wide-eyed and innocent

Lives in the present

Changeable disposition

Sincere at heart

Always a child

POPULAR SANGUINE AS A PARENT

Makes home fun

Is liked by children’s friends

Turns disaster into humor

Is the circus master

POPULAR SANGUINE AT WORK

Volunteers for jobs

Thinks up new activities

Looks great on the surface

Creative and colorful

Has energy and enthusiasm

Starts in a flashy way

Inspires others to join

Charms others to work

POPULAR SANGUINE AS FRIEND

Makes friends easily

Loves people

Thrives on compliments

Seems exciting

Envied by others

Doesn’t hold grudges

Apologizes quickly

Prevents dull moments

Likes spontaneous activities

WEAKNESSES

Brassy

Undisciplined

Repetitious

Forgetful

Interrupts

Unpredictable

Haphazard

Permissive

Angered easily

Naïve

Wants credit

Talkative

Disorganized

Inconsistent

Messy

Show-off

Loud

Scatterbrained

Restless

Changeable

Source : Personality Plus by Florence Littauer

Who Am I: My Personality Temperament

This time I got hold of a Personality Plus Book by Florence Littauer.

In chapter 1 of the book states "There's Only One You" "No Two Alike" "Each One of Us Is Unique" The author is right. It's What's Underneath That Counts.

Here's Florence Littauer's words in verbatim...would want to share this insights to my love ones so we understand one another and deal in better ways...

We were all born with our own temperament traits, our raw material, our own kind of rock. Some of us are granite, some marble, some alabaster, some sandstone. Our type of rock doesn't change, but our shapes can be altered. So it is with our personalities, We start with our own set of inborn traits. Some of our qualities are beautiful with strains of gold. Some are blemished with fault lines of gray. Our circumstances, IQ, nationality, economics, environment, and parental influence can mold our personalities, but the rock underneath remains the same.

My temperament is the real me; my personality is the dress I put on over me. I can look in the mirror in the morning and see my face, my body, myself. That's the real me. I can put on a flattering dress to camouflage too many curves. I've taken the real me and dressed it up, but I haven't permanently changed what's underneath.

If only we could understand ourselves:
Know what we're made of
Know who we really are
Know why we react as we do
Know our strengths and how to amplify them
Know our weaknesses and how to overcome them

I suggest that you buy a copy of the book. It shows us how to examine ourselves, how to polish up our strengths, and how to chip away our weaknesses. When we know who we are and why we act the way we do, we can begin to understand our inner selves, improve our personalities, and learn to get along with others. We are not going to try to imitate someone else, put on a brighter dress or new tie or cry over the kind of stone we're made from. We're going to do the very best we can with the raw material available.

Imitations abound, but there's only one you.

To find our own raw material and understand our basic natures, let's examine the personality or temperament groupings first established by Hippocrates 24 hundred years ago.

We will have fun with the POPULAR SANGUINES, who exude enthusiasm.

We'll get serious with PERFECT MELANCHOLIES, who strive for perfection in all things.

We'll charge forth with the POWERFUL CHOLERICS, who are born leaders.

And we'll relax with the PEACEFUL PHLEGMATICS, who are happily reconciled to life.

No matter who we are, we have something to learn from each of these types.

The book has a Personality Temperament Test inside. Having done the test, I'm a blend of Choleric-Sanguine. But other people see me as a blend of Choleric-Melancholy. This made me confuse...so being self-aware, I'm observing myself so to resolve my confusion. The result of the test is true and what other people see in me is also true. I am a blend of Choleric, Sanguine and Melancholy. I have most of the strengths of Choleric - Sanguine and the weaknesses of a Melancholy. It seems that I'm those few who have more than two blend.

Maybe, you are wondering what I'm talking about. Maybe, you are asking what is Choleric or what is Sanguine or what is Melancholy or what blend? Click on the Temperament (the capitalized letters) above so you will know the description, strengths and weaknesses.

Thanks Florence! Now, I understand why my Mom is like that...hehehe

Source: Personality Plus by Florence Littauer