I am a phlegmatic,a die hard phleg. In other peoples language, it means I am slow and a chronic procrastinator.
Let me give you a clear description of what I am trying to say. I've had this article since sunday last week and as usual,I would over think, make excuses, then put it off till the next day. But that's not all I am. There is more to phlegmatic that meets the eye.
Hippocrates linked the Phlegmatic temperament with phlegm, a body fluid that is thick, slow-moving and almost stagnant in nature. He insisted that mood and emotions depended on an excess or lack of those fluids in people’s bodies.
Temperament is individual differences in emotions, motor, reactivity, and self-regulation. Simply put, the reactions, actions or inactions, activeness or passiveness or proactivesness differentiates one temperament from the other.
There are basically four(4) temperaments:
1. Sanguine (enthusiastic, active, and social)
2. Choleric (short-tempered, fast, and irritable)
3. Melancholic (analytical, wise, and quiet)
4. Phlegmatic (relaxed and peaceful)
The strengths, weakness and career suitable for the sanguine and phlegmatic temperaments would be our focus for this week.
SANGUINE: These guys are the party 'animals'. They could walk into a room filled with strangers and everyone would know their name. They are usually confident, this helps them to make people comfortable around them.
Pause, think of a friend that's a talkative, you barely get to hang out with them because they are always doing something new, but when they do have your time, it is like a never ending experience. You wish it shouldn't end. Sanguines are cool-headed and productive.
Careers perfect for sanguines: sales, PR, customer service, marketing, travel, sports, and entertainment.
WEAKNESSES OF THE SANGUINE
1. They lose motivation and interest in work when it becomes humdrum or doesn’t require any defined responsibilities.
2. They are overly talkative and impulsive. 3. Bad listeners and attention seekers.
PHLEGMATIC: Let me start by telling you that there are more phlegmatics than any other temperaments, which means we have more service oriented, passive, calm and easy going people in the world. Phlegs are usually quiet people who love to stay around family and friends and are also loyal to a fault.
Careers perfect for phlegmatics: nursing, education, psychology, office work, assistant roles, human or social services.
WEAKNESSES OF THE PHLEGMATIC
1.They are not quick to make decisions
2. They are passive, which leads to a lack of ambition.
3. Phlegs are fearful, worried , self righteous and they resist changes.
NB: It is possible to have two temperaments or sometimes 3 in an individual. That is, it is possible to have a primary type of sanguine and a secondary type of phlegmatic, or vice versa.
©️Ezema Victor Chibuike
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