There is no right or wrong style or temperament. There is no right personality or wrong personality. God has given your personality and He did it for a purpose.

There are lots of different ways you could classify personality. Scientists and psychologists have been trying to do it for years. There’s the MMPI — Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. There’s the Myers-Briggs Survey. There’s the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis. There are many different ways and all of these ways are helpful but they’re all limited because you’re unique. For simplicity, I’m using something that a marriage counselor and author names Dr. Gary Smalley came up with in his book … Making Love Last Forever. He compares four styles or personality types to four different animals. Your style may be one of these animals or a combination of the animals.

LION – extroverted and task-oriented, Visionary, practical, productive, strong-willed, independent, decisive, leader

OTTER – extroverted and people-oriented; Outgoing, responsive, warm, friendly, talkative, enthusiastic, compassionate

GOLDEN RETRIEVER – introverted and people-oriented; Calm, easy-going, dependable, quiet, objective, diplomatic, humorous

BEAVER – introverted and task-oriented, Analytical, self-disciplined, industrious, organized, aesthetic, sacrificing

Basically, we all tend to be strong in one of these areas or have a combination of them.