The New Temperament / NTMs

New Temperament Monographs (NTM’s) offer a single-point of focus around life’s most challenging issues, providing important insight on how to use your understanding of temperament everyday.

NTM’s help you see the subtle yet significant influence of temperament in all your personal choices and interactions, and how to use that insight to make better decisions, reduce stress and resolve conflicts.

Written by psychologists and other professionals from across the social sciences, NTM’s will be added on a regular basis. If you have a special topic in mind, please let us know. Send requests and inquiries to: ntm.editor@thenewtemperament.com

No one comes into this world ready to invent the next great thing or run a multi-national company. We’re all born with certain inherited traits. And for the first twelve-to-fourteen years of life we’re largely dependent on others for protection and sustenance. However, at some point in the maturation process we come to the realization that we are not our parents. We’re free to be ourselves. Free to make our own choices and decisions.

But wait. We’re not quite free yet. Why? There’s something called temperament. In many ways, temperament is our O.S. — our Operating System. It allows us to function quickly and automatically. It allows us to process information and make decisions — with such facility we may hardly notice. And that’s the point. Until we become aware of our temperament and how it operates, we can’t really see how it influences our decisions.

Just as we have learned to move beyond the confines and attitudes fostered by our parents and their surrogates, we can expand the boundaries of our personal O.S. With this realization we have more and better choices. As the masthead states at The New Temperament, we are in a position to “Compose Our Lives.” Instead of having our lives composed for us.

This New Temperament Monograph uses as a framework Napoleon Hill’s classic work, “Think and Grow Rich,” to explore the relationship between success and temperament.

For many people, a single frustrating encounter with one person can ruin their day. Or, at the least, interrupt their flow. Is there anything you can do to improve all your social interactions, random and routine? Indeed, there is. This NTM tells you how.

Why do so many marriages — most of them, in fact — start with a “rock” and then land on them? This NTM explores the intimate relationship between love and temperament. Whether you are in a relationship, or looking for one, consider this NTM required reading.

One of the greatest joys in life is seeing our children do well. But it’s also one of the toughest challenges in the world. This NTM gives parents valuable insight into raising children, from the infant stage into their teenage years.

Most people are aware of the debilitating affects of stress on one’s health and happiness. But there’s another aspect of stress that is not commonly discussed. That is the relationship between stress and temperament. This NTM provides insight into this dynamic. It will help you become more aware of how you are dealing with stressful situations, and through that realization find better ways to reduce your anxiety — or eliminate it entirely.

This NTM takes you through an entire day at a company called “YBH” (Your Business Here) to show how understanding temperament can positively affect every aspect of your working life. When you consider the average employee in their lifetime is going to spend 80,000 to 100,000 hours devoted to work, this is great information to have.

How can you find or create a position for yourself in the workplace that brings you the highest personal satisfaction? This NTM looks at career choices from the perspective your HomeBase and offers some expert advice on job-hunting in today’s competitive market.