Effective Communication Strategies In The 21st Century

The history of the four personality types, a.k.a. the four temperaments starts with Hippocrates 24 hundred years ago. He described the four personalities by naming them black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood.
So what do these fluids have to do with personality types? Hippocrates distinguished these fluids as representing a person’s health. Black bile = Melancholy, Yellow bile = Choleric, Phlegm = Phlegmatic and Blood = Sanguine. Melancholy, Choleric, Phlegmatic and Sanguine are the four Personality types of this day and age. Melancholy means that you're very analytic. Choleric means that you want always to be in charge. Phlegmatic means that you are a nurturer. Sanguine means you just want to have fun. This book will go into greater details about the four personality types.
Each personality has it’s own strengths and failings. Each one of us is a combination of all the four personalities, but we all have a dominant personality type and a less dominant personality type.
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Chapter 1:
The Melancholy Personality Type

Synopsis
Melancholy – also known as an Emerald, Green, Conscientious.
The Strength of this personality is: Thinker, Inventor, Planner, Analyzer, Accurate, Organized, Thoughtful, Detailed, Artistic, Philosophical, Perfectionist, Economical, Idealistic, Purposeful.
The Weaknesses of this personality is: Introverted, Easily Depressed, Over Cautious, Analysis Paralysis, Layed Back, Skeptical, Pessimistic.

Melancholy
The Melancholy Personality Type
Personality Strengths of the Melancholy
 Deep and attentive
 Analytical
 Serious and purposeful
 Genius prone
 Gifted and creative
 Artistic or musical
 Appreciative of beauty
 Sensitive to other people
 Self-sacrificing
 Conscientious
 Idealistic
 As a parent, sets high standards and wants everything done right.
 As a homemaker, keeps everything in order.
 As an employee, schedule oriented and hard working.
 A list maker and keeper.
The Melancholy As A Parent
 Sets elevated standards
 Wants everything done correctly
 Keeps home in good order

 Picks up after children
 Sacrifices own will for others
 Encourages scholarship and talent
The Melancholy At Work
 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 he starts
 Likes charts, graphs, figures, lists
The Melancholy As a Friend
 Makes friends carefully
 Content to stay in background
 Avoids causing attention
 Faithful and devoted
 Will listen to complaints
 Can solve other's problems
 Deep concern for others
 Moved to tears with compassion
 Seeks ideal mate

Personality Weaknesses of the Meloncholy
 Easily offended
 Can get too caught up in details
 Doesn't do well with change.
 Struggles with insecurity
 Tends towards depression
(I'll keep the "weakness" list short as the Melancholy may tend to linger over the negatives.)
Of all the personality types, the Melancholy likely struggles the most with a low self image as they've set such high standards for themselves and other people.
They're the most organized individuals I know. My office is trashed every week. Individuals look for things, take things and don't put them back, leave items on my desk and on the counter, leave drawers hanging open, you name it. Don't worry however, my assistant is a Melancholy.
Upon arrival, she shakes her head with tender disapproval and puts everything back in order in no time.
Before you begin to wish that you had a Melancholy of your own, don't make the error of thinking that they're all this easy going. As a matter of fact, the very same Meloncholy would have a altogether different reaction if the room in question were her own kitchen.

I live with another Melancholy. In the time that we have been sharing a house she's managed to rearrange the bathroom and kitchen and made several not so soft suggestions about the many "junk" drawers.
As exacerbating as Mela