Each personality type has its strengths and each has its weaknesses. No one personality type is better than another, although some types are suited to certain jobs, roles and positions than others.
4. Strengths:
Fire personalities are great leaders
and have a lot of enthusiasm. They
often encourage other people and
try to “fire them up” about an idea.
They tend to be quite strong-willed,
stronger than some of the other
types.
5. Weaknesses:
Fires tend to be aggressive and
to lack sensitivity, and they can
have problems with anger
management.
6. Fires are the types of
personality most likely to
become pushy bullies.
7. If they are confronted with
failure, this can extinguish them
and plunge them into
depression. They can also
suffer from burnout.
11. Strengths:
Waters are usually sensitive to
the needs of others and have a
lot of capacity for empathy.
They tend to be creative and
imaginative and pay a lot of
attention to detail.
12. They tend to be highly
organised and like schedules.
They are very safety-conscious.
13. Weaknesses:
Waters are the most prone to
anxiety (thanks to their obsession
with details, their tight schedules
and their perfectionism) and to
depression, caused by a lack of
boundaries and a tendency to be
overwhelmed by the problems and
feelings of others.
14. In the past, “melancholic” was
used to describe both
depression and this personality
type.
19. They are superb at jobs that
require a lot of contact with the
public – receptionists,
salespeople, speakers, etc.
They tend to have a happy
outlook on life that often rubs off
on others.
20. Weaknesses:
Airs can be very impulsive and
get themselves into trouble by
not being able to say no.
21. They can also have problems
with commitment to a project or
a person, as they tend to lose
interest with something if it isn’t
fun. They can also have
problems listening to others, as
they love to talk.
22. Key sayings:
“All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.” “Are we having
fun yet?” “Party, party, party!”
(plus many other sayings – Airs
love to talk!).
