eXtreme Tools and Techniques
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Discovering Your Temperament
The information that follows has been synthesized from Keirsey's book, Please Understand Me II (1984), as well as Jim Lewis's book, Project Leadership (2003). It will help you interpret your results and better understand why people around you are the way they are.
Keirsey associated each temperament with the individual's use of "words" and "tools." Here are a few basic definitions:
Communication. This refers to how people use words to communicate. Keirsey's two dimensions for using words are abstract and concrete. Someone who expresses himself through concrete communication uses words that appeal to the five senses; that is, this person speaks in terms of things ...
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