Personalities

Have you ever wondered how it is that we all seem to be different? How is it that in the same situation different people seem to react differently? How we find others to have certain weaknesses that we don't posses? How we sometimes wish we had the character of another?

Ok.. So this is gonna be a LONG post. But please spend some time to read it. It will defintely allow you to know more about yourself. I guess that some of you'll know that I really love psychology. SO like 2 years ago, I chanced upon a book, 'Personality plus'. It is really awesome. I was thinking of doing something meaningful for my 21st post.

Basically, the different personalities have been divided into 4 main ones. They are the Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and the Phlegmatic.

Popular Sanguine

The simplest way to define this group of people is that they are happy-go-lucky people. Basically, they are full of life and love fun. They are bubbly. Strangers is a non-existant word in their dictonaries. They love to be popular and enjoy having fun. They are extroverts, the talkers and the optimists.

Strengths: Life of the party, Memory for colour, popular, have appealing personalities, talkative, have a habit to hold on to the listener, Good on stage, Wide-eyed, innocent, entusiastic, expressive, curious, always a child, volunteers for jobs, creative, colourful, inspires and charms others, makes friends easily, seems exciting.

Weaknesses: Talk too much, can be self-centred, uncultivated memories, can be fickle and forgetful friends, interrupt and answer for others, disorganised and can be immature.

Some sanguines (or partial ones) I know: Fiona, Divya, Nive, Ms Poh (It's true).

Perfect Melancholy

From the word melancholy, you may realise that the melancholies are the worriers. They are perfectionists. They love to be organised and need things to be in order. They are introverts, are the thinkers and are pessimists.

Strengths: Deep, thoughtful, analytical, serious, purposeful, genius, talented, creative, like lists, graphs, figures, detail concious, orderly, organized, neat, tidy, economical, show deep concern and compassion, seek ideal mates.

Weaknesses: Easily depressed, highly emotionally sensitive, have a habit to procastinate, set unrealistic goals for others.

Some melancholies (or partial ones) I know: My mom, Tharsh, Shalini, Shalini Priyaa, Ovi, Mel, Gracie.

Poweful Choleric:

Pure cholerics set fear in your bones. Ha.. exaggeration but the content is there. Cholerics are thos born leaders. They rule over others and they are very tempremental. They are the extroverts, the doers and also the optimists.

Strengths: Compulsive need for change, strong-willed, decisive, can run anything, goal oriented, organizes well, delegates work, loves competition, has little need for friends, is usually right, excels in emergencies.

Weaknesses: Tend to be bossy, compulsive workers, have to be in control, have problems handling people, tend to be unpopular.

Some cholerics (or parital ones) I know: Usha, Shalini, Mr Lee, Mr Anthony, Jessica (our head prefect).

Peaceful Phlegmatic

These are the people who love to take it easy. They never seem to stress out for anything. To them, they just simply take life as it is, cool, calm and relaxed. They are introverts, the watchers and are pessimists.

Strengths: Low-key personalities, easygoing, calm, cool, collected, happily reconciled to life, have administrative abilities, mediate problems, easy to get alog with, have many friends, are good listners.

Weaknesses: Tend not to be exciting, resist change, seem lazy, have a will of iron, appear wishy-washy.

Some phlegmatics (or partial ones) I know: Satya, Nive, Dhanya, Akshy, Shalini Priyaa.

So this is what its all about. Of course, no person can be 100% a sanguine, or any of the personalities. Its all a blend. For eg. I am a blend of the choleric and the sanguine. My dominant is the choleric. I have some charactersitics of the other 2 too. But these 2 make a bigger part of me. So similarly you guys are made up of the different personalities too. We are all made of unique blends. That's why it can be hard to relate to each other at times.

There are the different kinds of blends. There are the natural ones (sanguine-choleric / melancholy-phlegmatic), the complementary blends (choleric-melancholy / sanguine-phlegmatic) and the opposite ones (sanguine - melancholy / phlegmatic-choleric).

The natural blends are indeed the most dominant ones amongst us. While the strengths are indeed more powerful, so are the weaknesses. The complementary blends are the perfect ones, where the different weaknesses are made up by the other blends. Maximum production is obtained. The opposite blends are indeed complicated. They tend to make the people question their identities, as they are unsure of what their true charcter is. Almost making them feel they are having split persoanlities.

Hopefully, I have enlightened you on yourself and others around you. =)