Temperaments and Career Choice

Temperaments unknown to most people, tend to affect most areas of our lives. As I have

discussed in my previous posts, there are four major temperaments and they include,

Sanguine, Melancholic, Phlegmatic, and Choleric. However, a person can have several

temperaments where there is one dominant and an underlying temperament. Psychologists

have referred to this kind of situation as temperament blends and I have discussed it in this

post. 

Temperaments tend to influence an individual’s choice of career due to the significant

difference in traits. These differences that determine an individuals career choice include;

Melancholic

• Deep thinkers
• Prefers routines
• They like structure
• Considered most intellectual
• Introverted

More Attributes of this temperament are on this Link

Sanguine

• Fun lovers
• Creative 
• People pleasers
• Extroverted

More Attributes of this temperament are on this Link

Phlegmatic

• Accommodative
• Gentle
• People pleaser
• Peace lover

More Attributes of this temperament are on this Link

Choleric

• Authoritative
• Tend to seek control
• Bold and assertive
• Task oriented extrovert

More Attributes of this temperament are on this Link

As a result of these important attributes, one would feel more driven towards a particular

field of work. In most cases when one has no drive to be in their work place it often due to

them overlooking what resonates with their personality. In the next posts I would discuss

every single temperament with the careers that they should incline to.