Working with temperaments
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The document discusses the four temperaments - choleric, phlegmatic, sanguine, and melancholic. Each temperament is associated with typical qualities and behaviors. For example, cholerics are goal-oriented and quick to action while sanguines provide positive energy and enthusiasm. The document notes that we all have a mix of temperaments, with one or two likely being dominant. Understanding temperaments can help with self-awareness and appreciating individual differences. However, temperaments can be hidden by outside influences so we should avoid overly simplistic labeling.
Working with temperaments
- 2. What are the 4 Temperaments? • The 4 Temperaments are one window through which we can see people… • … perhaps understand them a little better… • But there are many other windows…
- 3. Other ways of knowing people… For example • Knowing a person’s life story • Observing their relationships • Discovering how they think, what they feel, what they want • ???
- 4. What are our temperament behaviours? • They are our patterns of behaviour… the ways we usually respond to situations • They are instinctive or natural behaviours, rather than learned behaviours
- 5. The Four Temperaments Typical qualities and behaviours…
- 6. Fire (Choleric) • Goal oriented, sees the whole picture • Seeks practical solutions • Moves quickly to action • Thrives on opposition • Can be blind to their effect on others • Impatient with meetings – has quick answers • Can create unnecessary work • Good at thinking, judging and deciding (not feeling, perceiving, intuiting)
- 7. Water (Phlegmatic) • Good at process • Mediates problems • Avoids conflicts • Finds it hard to be heard • Has good timing • Needs deadlines • Calm under pressure • Takes time but finds the easy way
- 8. Air (Sanguine) • Provides positive human atmosphere • Does many things at once • Does not always complete • Gets bored when novelty wears off • Has energy and enthusiasm • Inspires others to join • Cannot say no • Concerned with interaction and conflict • Does not easily know where they stand
- 9. Earth (Melancholic) • Schedule and plan orientated • Perfectionist, high standards • Detail conscious • Persistent and thorough • Orderly and organised • Sees the problems, expects the worst • Finds creative solutions • Resists change
- 10. What temperaments do I have? • We all have all 4 temperaments in us, but in different mixes • … with one or two being more dominant
- 11. Where are temperaments useful? Being aware of our temperaments can help us • to better understand each other’s and our own behaviours • to better appreciate and more fully use what gifts we have • to appreciate our differences • to find ways of bridging these differences
- 12. But look out! Temperaments can be hidden • By outside influences on us, (e.g. a very dominant parent) • By other factors such as depression, illness, hormonal imbalances etc. We must avoid labeling others and ourselves too quickly. The temperament I think I see in you may be a mask hiding your true nature