All six Personality Types are within all of us. We have a Base Personality Type but can access the other five Personality Types with varying amounts of ease. The six Personality Types are:
Harmonizers
- experience the world through their emotions with guidance from their heart
- use words like, I feel, I am comfortable with, happy, sad, love, care
- interact with compassion
- prize family and friendship
- are compassionate, sensitive, warm
- comfort and appearances are important to them
- like pleasant sights, smells, touches, sounds, tastes
- want an environment that looks pleasant, melodious, comfortable, and relaxing
Thinkers
- make contact with the world by gathering data, thinking about it, analyzing it, connecting it, and drawing logical conclusions
- use words like I think, what are the options, give me the data and time frames, who, what, where, when
- interact with logic
- prize data and information
- are logical, responsible, organized
- have the ability to take in facts and ideas and synthesize them
- they are goal and achievement oriented and using time efficiently is important
Rebels
- make contact with the world through unfiltered likes and dislikes
- use words like I like it, I don’t like it, I want it, I don’t want it, wow!, sounds like fun!
- interact with humor
- prize spontaneity and creativity
- they like thinking outside of the box
- are spontaneous, creative, playful
- have the ability to see humor in almost everything and enjoy the present
Imaginers
- make contact with the world by reflecting and imagining
- use words like not sure, wait for more information, hold back, easy pace, my own space, need time to reflect, don’t want to rock the boat
- interact with imagination
- prize privacy and their own space
- are reflective, imaginative, calm
- have the ability to be introspective
- like work requiring hand skills
Persisters
- make contact with the world by evaluating and judging it
- use words like I believe, in my opinion, we should, respect, commitment, dedication, trust
- interact with values
- prize loyalty and commitment
- are dedicated, conscientious, observant
- have the ability to share opinions, beliefs, and judgments
Promoters
- take in the world by experiencing situations and making things happen
- use words like let’s start, make it happen, go for it, the bottom line, let’s go
- prize adaptability and self-sufficiency
- are adaptable, charming, persuasive
- have the ability to be firm and direct