Your Temperament

The Fourth Eye

Dr. Pradeep Khandwala, IIM-A

Scoring
1. Please answer in terms of what appeals
2.
3.

to you and what you agree with

Please transfer your scores onto the
Scoring Table and total the columns
Then find the percentage for each
column total in the Percentage Chart
and write it below the total

THE

RANGE

20 - 40%
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK

41 - 60%

< 20%

HIGH

LOW

> 60%
DYSFUNCTIONAL

Elements of temperament

FEAR OF FAILURE
ALLERGY TO
AMBIGUITY

CONFORMITY

RIGIDITY

TOUCHINESS
RESOURCE
MYOPIA

STARVED SENSIBILITY

Allergy to Ambiguity
1. Discomfort with uncertainty
1. Seeking for all the answers before taking
any step

2. Cure
1. Plan ahead
2. Remember your strengths
3. Have faith

The graveyard is the only certain place

Conformity
1. Following rules of society blindly
1. Unwilling to rock the boat; question,
disagree

2. Cure
1. Pick the issue
2. Build your case
3. Show whats in it for them

All dinosaurs are conformists

Fear of Failure
1. Overly conscious of consequences of
failure

1. Unable to take the risk of succeeding

2. Cure
1. Do a Worse Case Analysis
2. Review your assets, support system
3. Take small steps

Conscious risk taking + contingency plan

Resource Myopia
1. Unable to see own resources
1. Lack of confidence despite strengths

2. Cure
1. Do a Personal Asset Inventory
2. Ask for feedback about strengths
3. Recall own or others wins

Its often about finding the right situation

Rigidity & Stereotyping

1. Unwilling to change & forms opinion without
sufficient data

1. Afraid of new data that can challenge your

prejudice

2. Cure
1. Seek the truth always
2. Listen & record data before deciding
3. Being correct is the only important thing

Better to be right than to be sorry

Touchiness
1. Tendency to take offence easily
1. Unwilling to look at critical feedback

2. Cure
1. Feedback: Ask for data
2. Dont react: Simply thank
3. By yourself: Consider data objectively

Allergy to feedback is allergy to growth

Starved Sensibilities
1. Not developing all aspects of the
personality

1. Overly focused on one aspect alone

2. Cure
1. Reading, writing, sports, outdoors, nature,
art, craft, debates, singing,

Humor is essential to life

Reflection
1. What do you need to change?
2. What is the implication of not changing?
3. What will you gain if you are successful?

SWOT Analysis
Weaknesses

Strengths
Self
Opportunities

Opportunities

Threats

The only way to know the best that you can do is to tr