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These two
axes of opposite poles create four quadrants which represent four different personality
types: Abstract-Random;
Abstract-Sequential; Concrete-Random; and Concrete-Sequential. Abstract has to
do with thoughts and ideas; concrete has to do with objects and things. The sequential
approach has to do with ordering and organizing, also carrying out a process or project
involving many steps over a period of time. The random approach is more in-the-moment and
subject to change, taking more of an event-by-event view, rather than process orientation.
These various personality types naturally have radically different views of the same
situation and radically different approaches to getting things done. What a
concrete-sequential may consider enjoyable and rewarding, to an abstract-random could feel
like a prison sentence. In relationships, we often tend to be attracted to an opposite
type, and then unconsciously later begin to resent their different approach to life and
try to change them. These types effect many many different parts of our view of life, from
how we deal with money and possessions, to what kind of work we are capable of doing well,
to what kind of lifestyle we would find appealing, etc. If you can locate your own
position among these four quadrants, as well as that of your close relatives, mates,
associates, and so on, much conflict can be resolved simply by seeing and understanding
the differences in life view and approach inherent in the four types. Through effort, you
can learn to utilize the three positions not natural to you, in order to make use of them
when it is useful in various situations. But it is not possible to change your basic
orientation, and you will always feel most comfortable and fulfilled when your own type is
allowed its natural expression.
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