Our family has been long time fans of "Color Coding." If you've never heard of this, it is basically a tool to learn a little more about yourself, your relationships, and your life. Pretty basic stuff. HA! You'd think!
Some people call it personality profiling. That sounds a bit negative, but it is really quite fun, interesting and insightful.
There are many types of books and tests available that you can take to see what "color" you are. The whole idea is to get to know your strengths, and of course your weaknesses. My boys have had some fun with this over the years and we have done an over abundance of labeling with our little "RED" category. These are the personalities that are motivated by POWER. Their motto is: lead, follow or get out of the way, just make sure I'm leading. We have a lot of Red's in our immediate and extended family. Enough said. :) and sometimes :(
Needless to say, one "Color" is certainly not better than another. Are we all not striving to maximize our strengths and minimize our weaknesses? Is it not of value to take inventory at times and look at ourselves in the mirror, or in this respect, shall I say in a book, and learn a bit about our propensity to act in a certain manner? How gaining insights about the ease or the complexity of the relationships in our lives? and how to improve them!!
The Color Code by, Taylor Hartman Ph.D. is a simple read. This book has 45 multiple choice questions and wala! you have your primary and secondary COLOR! It makes for great conversation, banter (if you like that kind of thing), debate, and a little mirror staring you back in the face. Keep in mind you MUST be completely honest and forthright about yourself and your natural innate tendencies when you take the test!
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