Personality Plus · How to Understand Others by Understanding Yourself by Littauer, Florence -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

What makes you so special? Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgements PART ONE - Personality Profile: A Quick Method of Self-Examination CHAPTER 1 - There’s Only One You

No Two Alike It’s What’s Underneath That Counts Each One of Us Is Unique Where Do We Start?

CHAPTER 2 - Your Personality Profile PART TWO - Personality Potential:A Look at Our Individual Assets CHAPTER 3 - Let’s Have Fun with Popular Sanguine

Popular Sanguine Children Appealing Personality Talkative, Storyteller Life of the Party Memory for Color Hold On to the Listener Good on Stage Wide-Eyed and Innocent Enthusiastic and Expressive Curious Always a Child Volunteers for Jobs Creative and Colorful Inspires and Charms Others Makes Friends Easily Seems Exciting

CHAPTER 4 - Let’s Get Organized with Perfect Melancholy

Deep, Thoughtful, Analytical Serious and Purposeful Genius—Intellect Talented and Creative Likes Lists, Charts, Graphs, and Figures Detail Conscious Orderly and Organized Neat and Tidy Perfectionist—High Standards Economical Deep Concern and Compassion Seeks Ideal Mate

CHAPTER 5 - Let’s Look at Our Emotions

Prolonged Pattern A Lot in Common Dealing with Powerful Choleric and Peaceful Phlegmatic

CHAPTER 6 - Let’s Get Moving with Powerful Choleric

Born Leader Compulsive Need for Change Strong-Willed and Decisive Can Run Anything Goal Oriented Organizes Well Delegates Work Thrives on Opposition Has Little Need for Friends Is Usually Right Excels in Emergencies

CHAPTER 7 - Let’s Relax with Peaceful Phlegmatic

All Purpose Low-Key Personality Easygoing Calm, Cool, Collected Patient—Well Balanced Happily Reconciled to Life Has Administrative Ability Mediates Problems Easy to Get Along With Has Many Friends Is a Good Listener

PART THREE - Personality Plan: A Way to Overcome Our Personal Weaknesses Positives Carried to Extremes Become Negatives CHAPTER 8 - Let’s Organize Popular Sanguine

No Follow-Through No-Fault People PROBLEM: Popular Sanguines Talk Too Much PROBLEM: Popular Sanguines Are Self-Centered PROBLEM: Popular Sanguines Have Uncultivated Memories PROBLEM: Popular Sanguines Are Fickle and Forgetful Friends PROBLEM: Popular Sanguines Interrupt and Answer for Others. PROBLEM: Popular Sanguine Is Disorganized and Immature

CHAPTER 9 - Let’s Cheer Up Perfect Melancholy

One of a Kind? PROBLEM: Perfect Melancholies Are Easily Depressed PROBLEM: Perfect Melancholies Have Low Self-Images PROBLEM: Perfect Melancholies Procrastinate PROBLEM: Perfect Melancholies Put Unrealistic Demands on Others

CHAPTER 10 - Let’s Tone Down Powerful Choleric

Mr. No-Fault PROBLEM: Powerful Cholerics Are Compulsive Workers PROBLEM: Powerful Cholerics Must Be in Control PROBLEM: Powerful Cholerics Don’t Know How to Handle People PROBLEM: Powerful Cholerics Are Right but Unpopular

CHAPTER 11 - Let’s Motivate Peaceful Phlegmatic

PROBLEM: Peaceful Phlegmatics Are Not Exciting PROBLEM: Peaceful Phlegmatics Resist Change PROBLEM: Peaceful Phlegmatics Seem Lazy PROBLEM: Peaceful Phlegmatics Have a Quiet Will of Iron PROBLEM: Peaceful Phlegmatics Appear Wishy-Washy

PART FOUR - Personality Principles:A Path to Improved Relations with Others CHAPTER 12 - Each Person Is a Unique Blend

Natural Blends Complementary Blends Opposites To Work or Not to Work?

CHAPTER 13 - We Don’t Like to Be Fenced In

Boxes from the Beginning When We Marry Understanding Our Basic Temperament Doesn’t Fence Us In Admit Your Weaknesses Let’s Make a Personal Plan Assess Your Strengths Evaluate Your Weaknesses Seek Other Opinions Plan Your Steps for Personal Improvement Ask Your Family for Help Encourage Honest Opinion

CHAPTER 14 - Opposites Attract

Popular Sanguine/Perfect Melancholy Relations Misery Wants Company Schedule? What Schedule? Powerful Choleric/Peaceful Phlegmatic Relations Repairing the Damage

CHAPTER 15 - We Can Recognize Differences in Others

Popular Sanguine Powerful Choleric Perfect Melancholy Peaceful Phlegmatic

CHAPTER 16 - How to Get Along with Others

The Popular Sanguine Personality The Perfect Melancholy Personality The Powerful Choleric Personality The Peaceful Phlegmatic Personality

Freed from Guilt Find Spiritual Energy Present Your Bodies Be Not Conformed to This World Be Ye Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind Our Uniqueness Parts Are Not Enough Your Best Friend

APPENDIX - Personality Test Word Definitions