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#002: Understanding the Personalities Part 1 (Podcast)

#002: Understanding the Personalities Part 1 (Podcast)

Christy

If you’ve ever asked, “Why does she act that way?” then you’re going to want to listen to this podcast as I give an overview of the first 2 personality styles with an emphasis on how to recognize them along with answering what is the key motivator for each.

The study of The Personalities is very old – dating all the way back to Hippocrates in about 400B.C.  He started it, and still today we are wondering why people act the way they do.  Florence Littauer has written the most user-friendly book on the subject that I have found.  You can find Personality Plus Here.  Back to Hippocrates, he categorized people into 4 basic styles:

Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegmatic and Melancholy.  Today we  still find it useful to recognize these general categories.

In this podcast, I explain in detail about the Sanguine – “Popular Sanguine” and the Melancholy – “Perfect Melancholy”.

Popular Sanguine:  You know her because she is;

  • Loud…voice and clothes
  • Open…with her body and her life
  • Messy…with everything, even her mind!

Her motivator is to HAVE FUN!!!

Perfect Melancholy:  You know her because she is;

  • Quiet…voice
  • Closed…with her body and personal information
  • Analyzed…to the point of analysis paralysis!

Her motivator is for PERFECTION!

These are general ways we recognize the people in our lives.  Be sure to check back for podcast #3 – #5 where I continue with an overview including the very powerful segments on meeting the needs of those who are different than you are.