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I really hate putting people into these quadrants. As if that would be possible. It is certainly not possible for me, so why should it be possible for most other humans?

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Interesting perspective. There is quite a bit of research on the subject and most people typically have a dominant trait. Although, everyone can express behaviors in any of the types at any time, we typically "default" to a single one (sometimes two).

Have you taken a DiSC assessment? I find they are accurate for me and the people I work with who have taken them - anecdotal I know.

The problem with these traits is that they're so broad and vague as to be almost meaningless. Might as well use a horoscope!

There's a personality test for every type of person. If you don't like quadrants there's sextants, cross multi dimensional dialers and many others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tests#Personality_tests

I am only half kidding, of course :)

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