Why You Act the Way You Do

by Tim LaHaye

Book Overview

Readers discover how temperament affects their work, emotions, spiritual life, and relationships and learn how to make improvements. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842382127
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Tyndale Momentum
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 1.3" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

A very good book to get to know yourself better.

I love when you can learn things about yourself and you can do it through this book

Read the book and took the Temperament test

I was on my way traveling somewhere and picked this book up off of the book rack in the local Post Exchange (PX). I began to read it and began to laugh because so much of how i am jumped off of the pages. It was fun to find my husband and see why we act the way that we do. I knew that it was a Christian book and I am a Christian so it fell in line with my beliefs. I love it and decided to send away for the test. The book i had gave a coupon for a discount or something like that. They sent the test and i gave my answers - basically saying whether or not i was outgoing, or analytical, procrastinator, organized and the list goes on and on. I sent it back and received a detailed Temperament Analysis for me. It was pretty neat. I am a Sanguine/Melancholy. It said i loved sports which is not true. A lot of it was true though. What i liked the most about it is that it provides a base from the fruits of the spirit and provided those fruits that fall natually within my temperament, and those that needed work. I studied the analysis and really learned a lot from it. It allowed me to understand my husband A LOT!! I would recommend this book for the Christian who is at a point in their life where they cant seem to know who they are or where they are going. Although the Holy Bible is really the book for that - this can allow for you to see a description of yourself and offer direction in understanding it. my 2 cents.

Spirtiual Help

I found this book very helpful. Not only does it talk about the four temperments but it also shows how each temperment handles their emotions. There is a section on temperment and your emotions. This section really made me stop and think about how we live our life as defeated Christians becasue we let fear, worry and other emotions take over our life. LaHaye tells of some steps to overcome fear and he also talks about how to cope with anger. This is a must read for anyone 20 years of age and up.

This book is a must-have for anyone!

So many personality conflicts could be avoided if everyone knew the basic principles of this book. For instance, we've all come across a person at some point in our lives that really rubbed us the wrong way. Well, with the help of this book, I've been able to take a deeper look into who that person really is and in almost every case, the person's temperament is why he or she is acting that way, not because he or she is necessarily mean or nasty. The same goes for a person like me, who is extremely introverted. My spouse wondered for years why I enjoyed just staying home so much rather than getting out and socializing. Again, with the help of this book he was able to see that it was my temperament, and not that I was being rude or just shy. Get a copy of the book and read it - it could change your life!

A MUST FOR EVERY BELIEVER

This book will help you in dealing with others as well as knowing yourself better. I have already purchased a dozen books and given them to my friends and family. It has saved marraiges and friendships. Mr. LaHaye covers four personality types and how each cross over. There is the Sanquine (Expressive), Choloric (Driver), Phlegmatic (Easy going) & the Meloncholy (Anaylitical). One can just imagine the diffuculties in a marraige where one spouse is very drven (choloric) and the other is easy going (phlegmatic). This is perfect for the person in the 20's and 30's. It gives a great understanding of what makes people tick, and it allows a 20-30 year old to achieve wisdom or insight to equal the wisdom of a 60 or 70 year old.

A super-fanstastic guide on what makes people tick!

I have read this book and this critic loves it! For years I have wondered as to why people in the same environment, setting, city, and even family can come out so amazingly different. This book teaches its reader how to classify and analyze people so that you can find out their point of reference on life and understand what they value and treasure in life. If you know a person's needs you can more easily meet their needs and help them. This book gives solid, practical advise on how to recognize and appreciate a person's psychological/emotional/volitional makeup as well as how to cope with and appreciate the differences in us all. Do you want to know why your super-energetic life-of-the-party friend retains his outlook on life no matter what? Do you want to know why Mr.Domineering feels that he MUST be in charge in spite of all adversity? Do you want to know why some people seem to be so gifted and deep even in the most shallow pools of life? Do you want to know why some people are content to stay introverts all of their life and are happy that way? Well, you'll just have to get the book and enjoy finding out!