1. UNDERSTANDING MYSELF BETTER
LESSON 2
UNDERSTANDING
MYSELF
BETTER

2. Temperament, similar to personality, is different from person to person and tends to be stable over time.

3. Person’s overall emotional state, reactivity & intensity
Temperament:
Person’s overall emotional state, reactivity & intensity

4. TEMPERAMENT
Your way of reacting to the world & others
Viewed as a set of identifiable traits based on the Big 5 personality traits
(extroversion, introversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness from Lesson 1)

5. What’s MY temperament? Primary COLORS Rank personal characteristics
Find out with a Personality Inventory
Primary COLORS
Rank personal characteristics
Rank by row
Score
Score by column
Review Strengths & Pitfalls
Relate to current relationships

6. Follow Up Questions: Write the Qs in your notebook, then give a reflective response using well written sentences.
1. Do you feel the Primary COLORS tool accurately reflects your temperament and personality?__________
Why or Why not?
2. Describe and give examples of the traits you feel were accurate descriptions of your temperament and/or personality.

7. Follow Up Questions: Write the Qs in your notebook, then give a reflective response using well written sentences.
What temperament and/or personality traits would complement your own? Explain why or how.
How can understanding your own temperament and personality traits enhance your relationships with others?

8. Follow Up Questions: Write the Qs in your notebook, then give a reflective response using well written sentences.
What weaknesses might you have to be aware of in order to have a strong relationship with another person?

9. Later in this course, you’ll be asked to determine what attracts you to another person.
Do opposites attract?

10. Yes. People often admire or are drawn to strengths in others they don’t possess themselves.

11. BUT, That’s the difficulty of working out compatibility in relationships:

12. People with opposite traits have more disagreements and don’t understand each other as well.

13. Similarities in traits bring STRENGTH to relationships

14. 3 SIDES OF SELF: 1) How you REALLY ARE 2) How you SEE YOURSELF 3) How OTHERS SEE YOU

15. More overlap between 3 sides equals better self-esteem less emotional conflict, more stable personality
How you really are
How you
see yourself
How others see you