How to analyze people on sight through the science of human analysis : $b the five human typesBenedict, Elsie Lincoln
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How to analyze people on sight through the science of human analysis : $b the five human types
Benedict, Elsie Lincoln
Characters and characteristics
The Osseous person does not mislay his things. He knows so well where
they are that he can "go straight to them in the dark." Such a man is
careful of his tools and keeps his work-bench or desk "shipshape." A
woman of this type is an excellent housekeeper. Her sewing basket,
dresser drawers and pantry shelves are all systematically arranged in
apple-pie order.
The typical New England housewife, who washes on Mondays, irons on
Tuesdays and bakes on Saturdays for forty years, is a direct descendant
of the Puritans, most of whom belong to this bony, pioneering type.
The Stiff Sitter
¶ Extremely Osseous people are inclined to be somewhat formal in their
movements. They make fewer motions than any other type. They do not
wave their hands or arms about when talking and are almost devoid of
gesticulation of any kind. They sit upright instead of slumping down in
their chairs, except when tall and lanky, and usually prefer
"straight-backs" to rockers.
The Osseous Walk
¶ The extremely raw-boned person has also a formal gait. His walk, like
all his other movements, is inclined to be deliberate and somewhat
mechanical.
¶ Nothing about the five types is more interesting than the walk which
distinguishes each. The Alimentive undulates or rolls along; the
Thoracic is an impulsive walker, and the Muscular is forceful in his
walk. But the Osseous walks mechanically, deliberately, and refuses to
hurry or speed up.
The Naturally Poised
¶ The Osseous has more natural poise than any other type.
He is not impressionable, excitable or arousable. Things do not "stir
him up" as they do other people. He is more self-contained,
self-controlled and self-sufficient than any other. He is not easily
carried off his feet and seldom yields to impulse. It is difficult to
get him to do anything on the spur of the moment. He usually has his
evenings, Sundays and vacations all planned in advance and won't change
his schedule.
Not Given to "Nerves"
¶ Literally as well as figuratively the Osseous is not a man of
"nerves." Every fiber of his being is less susceptible to outside
stimuli than that of other types. In this he is the exact opposite of
the Thoracic whose nerves, as we have pointed out, are so finely
organized that he is hypersensitive.
Resists Change
¶ Osseous people do not change anything, from their hair dress to their
minds, any oftener than necessary. When they do, it is for what they
consider overpoweringly good reasons.
These people are not flighty. They have their work, their time and their
lives laid out systematically and do not allow trivialities to upset
them. They take a longer time to deliberate on a proposed line of
action, but once they have made a decision, adhere to it with much
greater tenacity than any other type.
The Constant
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