Personality Plus Book Review

Personality Plus is one of the bestsellers books written by Florence Littauer. Basically, the book highlights the four main personality types that each person has. This book is a special tool like a personality test that brings about lasting changes to anyone who knows how to apply it in their real-life situations. Those who really have a genuine desire knowing more about themselves and to find out and improve upon their personal and professional lives will be able to experience and harness the power of this tool.

Even organizations that study the effect of this tool and know how to utilize it well could not only greatly enhance their people within, but also deeply benefits from it. This book also highlights the aspect of how personality plays its part in every human-to-human interaction. Open your mind as you explore through this book. You can get to try and obtain the best out of it. It is truly a life-long experience that you will learn.

Four dominant personality types are discussed in this book, they are Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and Phlegmatic. Each of these personlity has its own characteristics and is totally different from one another. These are the natural personalities that are programmed in to a person when he or she is born, and this person will carries this personality through his or her entire life. Although the personality is deeply programmed into a person and can never be changed no matter how, the person however, can learn the other personality type's that he or she does not have. This is an called the unnatural personality or better known as learned personality. Simply put, it is a personality that requires conscious effort to obtain rather than something that one has been given naturally.

People with sanguine personality type has the basic desire of having fun. They can be described as someone who is adventurous, talkative, having good sense of humor, and someone who likes to express their thought. Sanguine type people are usually popular and well-known. In a party for instance, they can be seen as the life of the party.

People with this personality type are excellent at making initial contact with other people. They are also great at encouraging and uplifting others. They have the desire to ensure everyone is having fun. They can also be described as creative people.

People with choleric personality have the basic desire of having control. They want to have control of most of the things around them. Choleric people can be described as someone who is loyal, likes to take charge of things and do things their way. They are fast thinking and tend to take on the leadership role. Choleric people are also better risk takers and they welcome challenges.

People with choleric personality are best at motivating people to action, instructing, and controlling job activities. They are typically viewed as a leadership person.

People with melancholy personality type have the basic desire to have perfection in their life. Melancholy people can be described as someone who is analytical, purposeful, sensitive and being serious. They can also be described as someone who likes to think. Melancholy people set high standards for things to be accomplished and they are well planned and very organized people.

In addition, they can also be seen as someone who likes to be in their own personal space and like quiet surrounding and typically hang out with a smaller group of friends.

Besides, they are also best at planning, setting long term goals and great at explaining details. They can usually work with figures pretty well too. Simply put, melancholy people are viewed as detailed people.

People with phlegmatic personality have the basic desire to have peace. Phlegmatic people can be described as someone who is calm, soft and cool. They are also friendly, well balanced and usually have many friends. Phlegmatic people are very good listeners.

Phlegmatic personality people are best at staying calm amidst chaos. They do not overreact to negative situation and tries to ensure everone is comfortable and satisfied. However, phlegmatic people can sometimes known to be undiciplined and are usually indecisive type. They are great for being support persons in a team.

An individual usually has 2 natural personalities that are combined. 4 types of personality combinations exist, they are; Sanguine+Choleric, Choleric+Melancholy, Melancholy+Phlegmatic and Phlegmatic+Sanguine.

However, it is not possible for an individual to have Sanguine+Melancholy or Phlegmatic+Choleric personality combinations. There is a reason behind this as both these personality combinations are the opposite of one another. For example, There cannot be an individual who has Phlegmatic+Choleric combination because phlegmatic people are indecisive people while choleric people likes to control, take charge and lead. Both these personalities do not bold well together. These are unnatural combinations.

In fact, most people have a dominant personality and a secondary personality built into them at birth, but the degree of dominance of the dominant personality vary greatly from one individual to another. Also, there are some individuals who have balanced personalities between the dominant and the secondary personalities.

This book provides you with valuable insight into appreciating your special god given personality. The book states that all personalities are treated equal and there is not a single personality that is much superior than the other. All personalities have their very own strengths and weaknesses. This Personality Plus book also thoroughly guides you and explain in ways on how you can improve upon your strengths and correct your weaknesses.

Finally, by reading this book, you can find out what your personality type is and understand and know why you are wired that way. Personality Plus book is definitely worth reading!