Temperament

• This is a combination of inborn traits that subconsciously influence our behaviour. It influences everything we do from sleeping, eating habits, how we get along with people , how we work and pray etc.

PERSONALITY

• This represents those characteristics of a person that account for consistent patterns of feelings, thinking and behaving.

YOU ARE SPECIAL

You really are! In all the world, there’s nobody like you.

There never has been, not since the beginning of time.

Nobody has your smile. Nobody has your eyes.

Your nose, your hair, your hands, your voice.

You are Special! 

No one can be found who has your handwriting.

Nobody anywhere has your tastes in food or music or art.

No one sees things just the way you do.

In all of time , there’s been no one who laughs just like you.

No one who cries like you, and no one who reacts to situations

exactly like you do.

You are Special!

• You are the only one in all of creation, who has your set of

abilities. Sure, they’ll always be someone who’s better at one of the things.you’re good at but no one in the

universe has your unique combination of talents, ideas, skills

and feelings. You’re like a room full of musical

instruments. all being played together,

You’re a symphony.

YOU ARE RARE

• No one else through all eternity will ever look, talk,walk, think, or

do the way you do, You’re Special!

You’re rare. And like anything that’s rare, you have great value.

That’s why you don’t need to copy others.

You can accept and yes, celebrate – your differences!

You can risk being yourself.It’s no accident that you’re

special.God made you special for a very

special purpose.He must have a job for you, that

no one else can do as well.Out of all the billions of

applicants, only one is qualified.

Only one has what it takes,That one is you … because,

You’re Special!

Who are you?

• You are one of the four temperaments as discovered by Hippocrates. You have natural traits and virtues which make you act the way you do.

Sanguines / Expressives• Warm Buoyant

• Lively Outgoing

• Fun Loving Fascinating story tellers

• Receptive by nature Never lack “ friends”

• Enter room with mouth first.

• Expressive

• Decisions dominated by feelings rather than thoughts

• Greatest quality, genuine compassion and concern for others.

• MOTTO: LET’S DO IT THE ‘FUN’ WAY

AS WORKERS

• Volunteer for jobs• Look great on the surface• Creative• Inspire others• Charms others to work• Think up new activities• Energetic and enthusiastic

AS FRIENDS

• Makes friends easily• Love People• Thrive on compliments• Envied by others • Prevent dull moments• Quickly apologizes• Likes spontaneous activities• Loves the life of the party• Good emotional support

• In disciplined and lack of self control• Disorganised• Exaggerate• Unstable emotionally• Unproductive• Egocentric• Insecure• Fear rejection and disapproval• Poor listeners• Can easily forget friends and important

appointments

Sanguines / Expressives Weaknesses

• Psalms 32:11: “Rejoice and be happy in the Lord.”

• They struggle with structure and disciplined prayer times

• Their prayer life can be both sporadic and constant.

• They constantly talk to God and can easily trust him.

• Others don’t find them very spiritual.

Sanguines and Prayer

A little lashing at Sanguines• Who said you must be talking all the

time?• Who tells you that you have no faults?• Get the hint, you may be boring…. • Condense your comments, Get to the

point.• Stop exaggerating• Be sensitive to other peoples

interests

SANGUINES

• Learn to listen• Write things down • Pay attention to names• Don’t forget your Children• Friendship factor• Stop interrupting others• Grow up!!!

•The Holy spirit has a lot of work to do on the sanguine.

This is the richest of all temperaments:Analytical Emotionally sensitiveSelf sacrificing GiftedDependable Perfectionists Introverts IndustriousSelf disciplinedHard to make friends but faithfulMOTTO: LETS DO IT THE PERFECT WAY!

PERFECT MELANCHOLIES Cont…

AS FRIENDS• Makes friends cautiously• Faithful and devoted• Content to stay in the background• Avoid causing attention• Will listen to complaints• Can solve other peoples problems• Deep concern for others • Moved to tears with compassion• Seeks ideal mate (Which they never

find)

MELANCHOLY AS A WORKER• Schedule oriented• Perfectionist, high standards• Detail conscious• Persistent and thorough• Orderly and organized• Neat and tidy• Economical• Sees the problems• Finds creative solutions• Needs to finish what is started• Likes Charts, graphs, figures and lists.

Weaknesses

• Take everything personally• Get Hurt or depressed easily• Poor self image• Procrastinate (Afraid to fail)• Spend too much time planning• Put unrealistic demands on others• Too focused on details• Suspicious of others

• Matt 5:48: “Be perfect therefore even as your father in heaven is perfect.”

• Their prayers tend to be the same structure.

• Their deep nature plays an important part in their relationship with God.

• Difficult to trust due to high standards And Great expectations make them self critical.

• Do too much in their own strength.

PERFECT MELANCHOLIES AND PRAYER

A small lashing at melancholic• Do you think you are the only right

person in this world?.• Can Life be a little more interesting

and cheerful than you make it?.• Can you look for positives in people?• What is your source of insecurity?• How much time are you spending

planning?• Could you relax your standards a little?

• Confident andVisionary• Quick, Decisive/Opinionated• Strong willed, Thrive on

activity• Aggressive • Practical and productive• Self sufficient and determined• Good starters and finishers• MOTTO: LETS DO IT MY WAY!

POWERFUL CHOLERICStrengths

As a friend

• Has little need for friends• Will work for group activity• Will lead and organize• Is usually right• Excels in emergencies

AT WORK

• Goal oriented• Well organized• Seeks practical solutions• Delegates and insists on

production• Thrives on opposition• Stimulates activity

WEAKNESSES……• Bossy• Use people to accomplish their

ends• Opportunist• Don’t sympathise• Tend to bang Doors and tables• They tend to shout and are feared by

people,• Little tolerance for mistakes• Can’t relax

• Not complementary• Dislikes tears and emotions• Enjoys controversy and arguments• Can’t say ‘I am sorry’• Possessive of friends and mate• Work may become his God• Knows everything

Cholerics and prayer

• 1cor 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am…I labored more abundantly than them all”

• It Interests them because it is action oriented

• They find it difficult to ask God to “do this and the other”……..

• They don’t give control unless they have tried it and failed…..

PHLEGMATICS Strengths

• Diplomats by nature who will do anything to avoid confrontation. Dependable in getting things done.

• Neat, efficient and have high standards of accuracy and precision.

• Don’t make sudden decisions.• Accomplish tasks with the least effort• MOTTO:LETS DO IT THE EASY WAY!!

Phlegmatics………• Calm and Dependable

• Easy going and Diplomatic• Never get upset , Efficient and

organized• Easy to get along with• By nature most likeable

temperament• Well balanced Peacemakers

Motto: Lets do things the easy way!

As friends

• Competent and steady• Peaceful and agreeable• Has good administrative abilities• Mediates problems• Avoids conflicts• Good under pressure• Finds the easy way out

AS A FRIEND

• Easy to get along with• Pleasant and enjoyable• Inoffensive• Good listener• Dry sense of humour• Enjoys watching people• Has many friends• Has compassion and concern

weaknesses

• Lack of drive and ambition• Lack of initiative.• Stubborn i.e no obvious flows but a

hidden will of iron.• Indecisiveness.• Unmotivated• Procrastinators• Fearful• Worry

QUOTE• God could have made us all Sanguine. We could have lots of fun but accomplish

little. He could have made us all Melancholies

We would have been organized and charted but not very cheerful.

He could have made us all cholericWe would have been set to lead,

but impatient that no one would follow! He could have made us all Phlegmatic

would have had a peaceful world but not much enthusiasm for life.

We need each temperament for the total function of the body.

Each part should do its work to unify the action and produce harmonious results.

PERSONALITY AND EATING HABITS

• Sanguines:Eat everything in sight, in hotel they enjoy talking and don’t look at the Menu till waiter arrives.

• Cholerics:Rarely vary menu, talk while chewing. Big appetites

• Melancholies:Picky eaters, takes them forever to make up their mind what to order

• Phlegmatics: Most deliberate eaters but usually the last ones to finish eating.

TEMPERAMENT AND SHOPPING• Sanguine: Not price conscious,

select for visual satisfaction, drawn by colourful packaging and advertising. Usually have a full trolley in a supermarket. Regret why they bought some things later.

• CHOLERICS:Men are not usually fond of shopping, only go to supermarket to buy what they need and get out, like sanguine they overbuy sometimes.

Melancholies • They are deliberate and decisive

shoppers, they compare price and quality carefully,try on an item twice,leave the shop twice or so, they know where everything is in a supermarket, they keep all receipts,they create traffic in the supermarket trying to make up their mind between two brands of tomato sauce.

Phlegmatics

• Women enjoy shopping, they take longer and shop slower, very indecisive,have to shop more frequently because they don’t buy everything on the first trip.

Vocations where Sanguines excel• Teaching Politics• Counselling Journalism• Sales and marketing• Any helping professions• Actors and entertainment• Preaching• Public relations• Any people oriented professions

Careers for melancholies• Those that need analytical skills• Accounting,medicine,dentistry• Architecture• IT Engineers• Art, Music, Philosophy• Creative arts, Graphic design• High quality craftsmen e.g.

carpenters,authors,mechanics,tailors

• Any career that provides meaningful service to humanity

Cholerics and careers

• Any profession that requires leadership

• Business• Civil engineering• Entrepreneurship• Sales• Military service• Politics• Any work that requires industry,

production, hard work and activity

Phlegmatics and careers

• Elementary school teachers (GG)• Economists• Careers that require precision• IT Software and hardware Engineers• Careers that require them to work with

few people• Pilots• Designers especially fashion

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