Temperament As A Key In Knowing Your Partner

“To have a fruitful love relationship, it is important to know your temperament and that of your partner”.

A better understanding of your temperament and that of your partner can help your relationship in a lot of ways. It makes you operate better as a team, honoring each others unique strengths.

When you recognize your own temperament and the different types, it becomes easier to understand and recognize why your partner acts or reacts in a certain way.

Here is an overview of the four basic temperament, divided into strengths and weaknesses.

Sanguine

Strengths	Weaknesses
Extroverted, fun loving, enthusiastic, self confident, entertaining, optimistic, great communicators, friendly, people oriented.	Gets bored easily, disorganized, easily loses focus, fears rejection.

Phlegmatic

Strengths	Weaknesses
Introverted, calm, easygoing, loyal, practical, level headed, rational, affectionate, great team players.	Slow in responding to others, prone to hold grudges, show very little emotions, prone to procrastination.

Choleric

Strengths	Weaknesses
Extroverted, quick thinkers, active, strong-willed, self confident, decisive, I dependent, visionary, result oriented, motivational and natural born leaders.	Easily annoyed, domineering, impulsive and aggressive in nature, detests boredom, slow to build relationships, doesn’t easily empathize or show emotions.

Melancholy

Strengths	Weaknesses
Introverted, logical, analytical, perfectionists, thoughtful, self sufficient, reserved, timid, self sacrificing, gifted, well organized, creative.	Extremely suspicious, fears failure, gets bored easily, emotionally fragile, avoids working in groups, detests distractions.

When you take time to study the 4 temperaments, it would give you a clearer image of your partner and why they react and act the way they do. It will help you remodel your expectations and give you a better understanding into their world.

Knowing each temperament qualities will make you understand the qualities your partner possesses and how these qualities can help your relationship sustain itself, grow, and flourish. You would also recognize qualities you need to take responsibility for in your relationship, what both of you bring to the table, how you compliment each other and how you can provide strength where your partner is weak.

Do you know your temperament? Were you able to detect yours from the examples?

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