Four Personalities, One Assumption to Live By – Part 4 Phlegmatic
In previous three posts we explored how the One Assumption applies to the sanguine, choleric, and melancholy personalities. Today, the phlegmatic is thrust into the spotlight. And, as a phlegmatic, I’ll add there is a little kicking and screaming going on behind the scenes. The reason? Well, the phlegmatic personality has the distinction, in most [...]
Four Personalities, One Assumption to Live By – Part 3 Melancholy
In this series we have looked at the one assumption from the angle of the sanguine and choleric personalities. Today the melancholy temperament takes center stage. Just to review, the ONE assumption that works for all four personality types is this: Don’t assume everyone is interested in what you have to say. This may sound [...]
Four Personalities, One Assumption to Live By – Part 2 Choleric
My last post talked about the sanguine and the one assumption to live by. Today, we will look at the choleric and this assumption. In case you missed it, I’ll restate the one assumption that all four personalities should live by: Don’t assume everyone is interested in what you have to say. The sanguine personality [...]
Four Personalities, One Assumption to Live By – Part 1 Sanguine
I’m not sure if my “wisdom” in this area comes more from age, observation, and experience, or my study of personalities. Either way, both contributed to the musing I’m recording in black and white today. If you are having a fragile day emotionally, you may not want to go any further because this post is [...]
The Slow and Steady GOPer
Political polls are everywhere. Polls, polls, polls. Sometimes I wish pollsters would just let us voters make our decisions based on the candidates’ views and not the results drawn out of participants by oft skewed questions. (Don’t worry; I’m not stepping on my soapbox.) However, there is one bit of information emerging from all the [...]
2012: Resolution Solutions – Part 2
In part one of Resolution Solutions we looked at strategies to help choleric and melancholy personalities approach self improvement for 2012. In part two I’ll provide helpful hints for the laid-back phlegmatic and the easily distracted sanguine. Encouragement for the Laid Back and Easily Distracted If you are either the phlegmatic or sanguine resolutions makers, [...]
2012: Resolution Solutions – Part 1
I don’t know about you, but New Year’s Resolutions give me a headache. Well, they used to. I always had such high hopes of accomplishing great things, but I usually failed miserably when it came time to follow through. How about you? What do you think of the self-improvement game as we flip the calendar [...]
Crazy Target Lady – What Personality?
Whether you love or hate her, whether she raises your eyebrows or tickles your funny bone, it is hard to ignore Crazy Target Lady (CTL). I must admit, she makes me laugh. So, what IS it about her that catches the attention of everyone in the room when one of her commercials comes on? Click [...]
Surviving Holiday Personalities – Part 2
Do different personalities drive you nuts during the holidays? We can try to run, but it isn’t always easy to hide when 1) every nook and cranny of your house has been invaded by company or 2) you are an “invader” in someone else’s home and you don’t know WHERE to hide. In part one [...]
Surviving Holidays Personalities – Part 1
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and Christmas is just around the corner. Most of us greet the holidays with giddy anticipation often mixed with a little dread. Festive gatherings stir a variety of personalities together and sometimes the results are explosive. In this two-part series, I provide some personality tools to take the dread out [...]