Blend of Temperaments
Notes:
There are blend descriptions all over the Internet. All such blend descriptions are observations from people with many years of experience using the Four Temperaments.
The following are blend descriptions taken from introvert.cc. Such observations are expansive, but not conclusive. Be free to develop your own observations, over time.
1. Sanguine Choleric
The Sanguine Choleric is a study in contrasts. The most extroverted of the extroverts; the Sanguine
Choleric combines a love of social interaction with a goal oriented approach. This blend makes an excellent sales person – they are not afraid of talking with people, but they always remember that they are trying …show more content…
They mix decisiveness and determination. Because of the critical nature of the Melancholy they may be very difficult to please. If they become negative about someone or something it will have a tendency to stay with them for a long time.
The Melancholy Choleric blend does not make a good leader because both temperament types tend towards criticism and anger. They find it difficult to say kind words or have patience with stragglers. They believe they are right in most cases and therefore leave everyone else “in the wrong”.
A somewhat stereotyped image of a Melancholy Choleric is the brilliant but hated surgeon who has the drive and critical detailed nature to save the hopeless case but alienates and angers everyone they meet in the process.
The Melancholy Choleric needs people around them of Phlegmatic temperament to put up with their critical tongue. A Phlegmatic Choleric may have the drive and straightforwardness to show the Melancholy
Choleric when they are wrong – but that will take patience and determination and a whole lot of “guts”.
This temperament blend needs more than anything to develop and embrace an attitude of