Personality types — Learning the tendencies

I’ve always been fascinated with personalities. It’s always been intriguing to me to think about my personality and the personalities of others.

I’ve taken a number of personality tests. I learned something from each of them. And they all came out pretty much the same, when you allow for different terminology.

But I’d never seen anything that helped me learn to quickly identify personalities in other people until a little more than a year ago. Michael Dlouhy, who has since become a good friend and mentor, used colors to describer the four basic personality types.

Using colors makes it easy to remember the personalities, but what makes Michael’s system extraordinary is how he teaches people to identify them. He shows you how, by listening to someone, you can determine with a high degree of certainty the person’s personality type.

Michael’s training has helped me in many ways, most importantly how to better understand why people do the things they do. It’s helped me understand members of my family and improved my communication with other people.

The training has changed my life for the good in ways I can’t even describe.

That’s why I was excited to learn that Michael will be touring the United States and Canada teaching his colors training. His schedule for the rest of this year is below.

I'm offering all readers of my blog a free ticket to any of the events. If you’d like to attend one, e-mail me at stevedevane@gmail.com or call me at 910.978.8452.

Jacksonville, FL
10-24-08

Greenville, SC
10-25-08

Charlotte, NC
10-26-08

Roanoke, VA
10-27-08

Baltimore, MD
10-28-08

Harrisburg, PA
10-29-08

Philadelphia
10-30-08

Ridgewood, NJ
11-1-08

New York City Area
11-2-08

Marlborough, MA
11-3-08

Manchester NH
11-5-08

Moncton, Canada
11-7-08

Montreal, Canada
11-8-08

Toronto, Canada
11-9-08

Cleveland OH
11-12-08

Detroit, MI
11-13-08

Chicago, IL
11-14-08

Milwaukee, WI
11-15-08

Indianapolis, IN
11-16-08

Elizabethtown, KY
11-17-08

Nashville, TN
11-18-08

Memphis, TN
11-19-08

Little Rock, AR
11-20-08

Kansas City, MO
11-21-08

Mineapolis, MN
11-22-08

Fargo, ND
11-23-08

Winnipeg Canada
11-24-08

Sioux Falls, S.D.
11-25-08

Omaha, NB
12-1-08

Tulsa, OK
12-2-08

Boulder, CO
12-3-08

Denver, CO
12-4-08

Dallas, TX
12-5-08

Austin, TX
12-6-08

San Antonio, TX
12-7-08

Houston, TX
12-8-08

Tallahassee, FL
12-10–08

Tampa, FL
12-11-08

St. Petersburg, FL
12-12-08

Ft Myers, FL
12-13-08

Fort Lauderdale, FL
12-14-08

Steve DeVane

MLM - it's a relationship business

In my MLM career, I’ve worked with some folks who I thought were great networkers. I’ve been trained by some who I considered to be the best in the business.

I’d go to their seminars with this thought in mind, “Please just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.”

They’d tell me what to do. I’d do it. It didn’t work.

They were great ideas. At least they sounded like great ideas. But they didn’t work.

I’d listen to the tapes. I’d get motivated. I’d do what they told me to do. It didn’t work.

I didn’t know why it didn’t work. Since it worked for other folks, I thought that there must be something wrong with me.

Eventually, I discovered something — nearly everyone else was struggling as much as I was. In fact, it seemed nine out of 10 of us were working our tails off but were treading water at best.

We were being told to recruit, recruit, recruit. But it seemed that just as fast as we could sign them up at the front door, others were headed out the back door. We could never get ahead.

Then several months ago, I learned about different personality types. It was part of a no-cost MLM training program that has changed my life.

I learned that those training seminars were teaching me to be someone I wasn’t. When I tried to be non-me, I came off predictably phony.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, I found out that all those sales tricks and closing techniques are worthless for the more than 90 percent of people who don’t like to be sold.

I was trying to be someone I wasn’t doing things that don’t work. It was a double-negative that was anything but positive for me.

Now I know that MLM is not a sales business. It’s a relationship business. People join people they like.

So, I’m having fun being me helping people learn to be themselves. I’m being myself, and I like seeing other people succeed, too.

Steve DeVane
This free e-book saved me from failure and frustration