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Understanding Yourself and Others, An Introduction to Temperament - 2.0

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Dr. Berens already effective Introduction to Temperament booklet has become an even more useful resource for understanding the four temperaments. An expanded explanation of the dimensions of each temperament (concrete - abstract; affiliative-pragmatic; and motive-structure) gives the reader a more complete understanding of why someone's temperament can look different. A one-page look at Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to include the temperament "core needs", as Dr. Berens calls them, sheds some interesting light on the subject of motivation and temperament. I was also pleased to see more resources, in the form of individual exercises, for individuals to practice the information they learn from this booklet. As a career counselor, I use this booklet to help individuals understand their motivation for working but I can see numerous applications to business and education. The size makes it an easy read and at for the price I would recommend that everyone using this personality theory have this booklet.

I ordered this book and the Sixteen Personality types book on a recommendation from someone, and I am so glad I did. It really is the best source I've ever run across (better by far than Keirsey's Please Understand Me, although the ideas in it were based on Keirsey's and are an expansion on what he wrote) and it is an extremely useful tool for helping me figure out how to relate to everyone in my life. I am an ISFP and I am particularly delighted to find absolutely NO negativity whatsoever in Berens' portrait of Artisans! I am particularly impressed with the glossary in the back, which defines key words pertaining to the temperaments so that readers are not left to make their own conclusions as to what the author means by them. I especially appreciate Berens' definitions of words that are often used as criticism but which here are put in a positive light so that they can become assets in many situations.