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LET’S DO A QUICK TEST

You have 5 mins to do both pages of this test. Answer as honestly as you can. This is for you, about you and your answers

belong to you. No one will be assessing it or judging you based on your answers.

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5 MINUTE TIMER

WHO ARE YOU?

There are four overarching personality types: Sanguine Choleric Melancholy Phlegmatic

There are a lot of personality test (Myer-Briggs, D.I.S.C., etc.), but they all use these main four as the basis.

OVERVIEW

POPULAR SANGUINE

• A sanguine is an extrovert who has a high need to include and be

close to others.

• A sanguine is always cheerful, hopeful, confident and expects the

best in everything he/she does in life. They always enjoy life

• A sanguine never thinks of failure or loss, but sees everything as

an opportunity

• They are authoritative or autocratic

POPULAR SANGUINESTRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

Enjoy life and always happy Optimistic/confident Excel in communication oriented

things Talkative Warm (have sympathy for people) Talented Sincere and helpful Independent

Forgetful and unreliable Naïve (behave like children or

people without experience They do not want to be alone Superficial (surface thinking) Very demanding Unstable Exaggeration Stubborn Does many things at once and does

not always complete

POWERFUL CHOLERIC• Dominate, proud and extroverted• Leaders and directors – seeking to be in control of situations, to be on top, to

be the best• Firm and forceful in their approach to problems, believing in 'tough love', and

try to 'help' others by challenging them to prove themselves, as they themselves would

• Filling any power/leadership vacuum • Love competition, but hate to lose• Passionate about a cause and will challenge any authority that stands in the

way• Can feel that they can define and understand and advise others, as this

makes them feel more superior, but dislike being analysed themselves

POWERFUL CHOLERICSTRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

• Activists(take part in public events)

• Finish the work/project• Opportunist• Hard driving• Optimistic/confident• Perfectionist• Friendly• Tough minded• Fearless• Action oriented

• Quick tempered• Offensive• Proud• Cruel • Rash decision making• Rude• Self centered• Disrespectful• Judgmental

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC• Submissive, indecisive, calm and introverted • As un-judgmental, friendly and loyal are core traits they tend to have the

same friends for a long time• Always putting others first, or complying when others are putting their own

needs first• Excellent listeners who offer supportive feedback over criticism, and tend not

to talk too much about themselves.• Obediently happy to serve, they quietly get the job done, although they

often rely on others to motivate them• Good insight into situations as they don’t get sucked into the emotion and

can often see the bigger picture, but unless pressed they may not offer their perspective as they don’t want to risk offending others

• Can be defensive, and have a lot of excuses for their procrastinating

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATICSTRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

• Peace loving and peace maker• Even tempered• Balanced (adjust to every

situation)• Kind hearted• Even loving• Do not discriminate• Easy going• Not demanding• Witty• Consistent

• Uninvolving• Not opportunists• Indecisive• Unemotional and inexpressive• Rarely self sacrificing(do not want

to sacrifice themselves for affection)

• Unwillingness to become involved in deep relationships with people of the opposite sex

• Procrastination• Verbal defenses

PERFECT MELANCHOLY• Emotionally sensitive, perfectionistic introverts• Idealists wanting things to be a certain way, and are distressed when they are

not• Thirst for learning and understanding, and ask lots of inquisitive questions• Think and plan before they act, and are not rash or impulsive• Give attention and dedicate a lot of time to only a couple interests• Argue using reason, evidence, logic and explanations, delivered analytically

with the purpose of setting things right rather than asserting dominance• They don’t beat around the bush, but go right to the heart of the matter• Enjoy their own company, but still enjoy the company of the specially

selected friends• Moved deeply by beauty or distress, and can hold onto emotions and

grudges for a long time, but use guilt over bluntly insulting someone• Can have unrealistically high standards of themselves and others leading to

them being self-depreciative and critical of others

PERFECT MELANCHOLYSTRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

• Perfectionists and analytical• Great understanding• Self sacrificial• Value aesthetics• Gifted and talented• Responsible and decisive • Faithful, loyal and dependable• Deep commitment

• Lonely/private• Suicidal tendencies• Easily depressed• Some times procrastinate• Revengeful• Emotional• Non-romantic• Secretive• Making people guilty

D.I.S.C. VERSION

VISUAL PERSPECTIVE

COMMUNICATING & LEADING

MYER-BRIGGS

MYER-BRIGGS

LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK STYLE

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PERSONALITY LEADERSHIP

Discuss:• How do you think your personality would influence

your leadership, teamwork and communication style?

• What would your strengths be?• What would your weaknesses be?• In what areas would you like to become stronger

in?

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