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People aren’t a combination of traits. They are a mosaic of reactions to and interactions with situations. If you can get a person’s behavioral profile—a catalogue of those reactions in an if-then relationship, such as “If I feel threatened, then I will lash out”—you
Maria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic.
Kevin Dutton • The Wisdom of Psychopaths
The point is not personality; hemisphere emphasis describes the shape of the life, not the tones and textures that make up the fabric of the person’s nature. It reveals the rules of the game, not the personality of the player.
Steven Forrest • The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life
He regards social functions as a bothersome distraction: “I love people. But if I’m not learning and growing and being stimulated intellectually, I’d rather be elsewhere.” Part of what he cherishes about his wife is that “she places no demands on me, and I can’t tell you how important that is.… She understands me and lets me be me. Very few people
... See moreWilliam Green • Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
your old brain segregates all people into six categories. Is this someone to: (1) nurture, (2) be nurtured by, (3) have sex with, (4) run away from, (5) submit to, or (6) attack.
Helen LaKelly Hunt • Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
DISC and labeled as Dominance | Influence | Steadiness | Compliance (or Conscientiousness).
Gerri Brehm • Communicating with Style : A Handbook for DISCovering Yourself & Understanding Others
His hypothesis was that extroverted leaders enhance group performance when employees are passive, but that introverted leaders are more effective with proactive employees.
Susan Cain • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
A High D works well with a High C. Neither needs to be friendly while working, so they get the job done. The two personalities compliment each other very well. The High D gets on best with a High C. A High D likes to delegate, and the best one to delegate to is the High C.