Temperament

when I was in high school there was a pair of identical twins in my class. We could hardly tell them apart. They tested out identically on their IQ scores (128). But that is where the similarities stopped. One was personable; the other withdraw from people. One love sports, history, and literature; the other preferred math, physics,and language. Interesting to me was the fact that their grade-point averages were almost identical at the end of their four years in high school. Yet they did not get the same grades in most subjects. What made the difference between these young men? Their temperament

Temperament influences everything you do—from sleep habit to study habits to eating style 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 combination of temperaments. That is why it is so essential to know your temperament and to be able to analyze other people’s temperaments, not to condemn them, but so you can maximize your protential and enable them to maximize theirs.

Sit with me in the counseling room and you will see what I mean. The sanguine talks about the weather, friends and a hundred things before facing the real problem. The choleric gets right to the point. He (or she) wants you to strenuously our his partner so he can have a good home and life. The sighs deeply as he sits down with depression, self pity, and unhappiness etched on his face. The phlegmatic rarely gets around to making an appointment, and when she does it takes most of the first half hour just to prime her conversational pump.

These people are not the temperament they are because they do these things. Rather, they act the way they do because of their temperaments. Some of our acts are subtle, like tastes or preferences, while other involve outlooks and attitudes or even styles of thinking. There is hardly a function in life that is not influenced by temperament. Thus, you had better determine your temperament and consistency direct it into the best life—style for you and your family. Otherwise your temperament will subconsciously direct you. I can also judge a man’s temperament by his eating habits.sanguines eat everything in sight — and usually look it in a restaurant they so enjoy talking that they almost never look at a menu until the waitress arrives choleric—stereotype eaters__seldom very their menu from one day to the next and when it arrives, they bolt it down in big chunks, often talking while chewing their food melancholies are very picky eaters. it takes them forever to make up their minds about what to order but once it arrives they savor every bite. Phlegmatically are the most deliberate eaters of all and invariably the last ones through eating. That is the main reason they rarely gain weight.(all weight specialists warn obese patients to eat slowly, for it takes twenty minutes for food passing into the mouth to shut off hungry pangs) thinking skills and communication skills are not based solely on the brain. They also involve temperament sanguine are intuitive speakers. They are overly expressive and use exaggeration freely. Choleric are extroverted enough to to speak freely, but usually are most deliberate than sanguines. They are debaters and arguers, no one can be more biting or sarcastic. Melancholies never start talking until that have thought out precisely what they what to say. They don’t like to interrupt others, but once they get started they go in until they have unloaded their entire message. Phlegmatic are quite about everything and seldom enter into debates or thrust themselves into conversations. They will respond to questions with wit and good humor, but rarely volunteer anything unless asked