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four personality types
The four kinds of behavior types 1 2 3 - the simple four color system allows you to speedily identify a friend or coworker and adjust how you speak and share with them:
- Reds who are dominant and commanding,
- Yellows who are social and optimistic,
- Greens who are laid back and friendly,
- and Blues who are analytical and precise.
Whenever you say something, your message will be filtered through the listener’s experiences, biases and attitudes.
- red people are impatient and focused on results,
- yellow people are positive and need to be the center of attention,
- green people, which are the most common, are calm and good listeners,
- and blue people are well organized and pay attention to detail.
These four types help to picture them in a two-by-two square, with the top two, from left to right, being Blue and Red, and with Gree positioned below Blue, and Yellow below Red.
| Blue | Red |
| Green | Yellow |
Now, each side of this square shows how these different personality types share same common traits.
- At the top, both Blue and Red tend to place importance on tasks and issues.
- On the bottom, Green and Yellow tend to focus on people and relationships.
- Likewise, on left you have Blue and Green, who tend to be reserved and introverted.
- On the right you have Red and Yellow, who tend to be extroverted and proactive.