True Colors

My mom used to do True Colors trainings at one point in her career (http://www.true-colors.com/index.html) - its essentially a personality profiling and group dynamics. There are four colors which stand for a dominance of character traits - green, gold, blue, and orange. Here - generically speaking - is how they break down:

Green - I have a huge goal, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. (dreamer)

Gold - I can name, number, alphabetize, colorize, organize, and administrate the steps to get to that goal. (planner)

Blue - I have so many feels about this goal, do you want to talk about this first? (feelings)

Orange - That's a really neat goal... oH LOOK... A CHICKEN! (spontinaity)

My dear husband is gold-orange dominated. To him, this is what he'd say (regarding the focal point of this goal):

I can help you plan all those steps. Want to go hiking first?

Me, on the other hand, would say this:

This goal is the culmination of my livelihood. I have been focused on this goal since I was a young adult, and have been planning/replanning since then the steps I'll need to get there. I'm sorry (or not..), that I don't focus on (or care about) how you feel about it, and I'll be really upset if you try to change this subject.

bwahaha! Yes, I am a green-gold combo.

I just happened to be pondering this as I refilled my water bottle tonight, and got a chuckle out of the buckets I put people in according to this True Colors method, and trying to imagine (based on the traits of the 4 colors) how they'd react. It's pretty funny if you ponder it. Or maybe I've just had a long day and needed a quiet giggle. :)