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How do Oranges deal with the recession?
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This is the fourth of four articles to discuss recession combat from the viewpoints of each of the four temperaments - the four Colors. Go to the archives to read about the other three Colors.
This week is about the freedom-loving Oranges. Dr. David Keirsey likes to call them Artisans but I prefer the term Free Agents, a title closely linked to the sports world and therefore so appropriately descriptive of the fundamentally free, physical, and talented Oranges.
Orange Free Agents often love to deal with money. They can be true entrepreneurs - as willing as the Greens to take risks, to figure out how to win, and especially to enjoy their victories. Oranges are perhaps the most competitive of all the temperaments.
In a deep recession like this one, Oranges will still not be afraid to take risks. For them, life is not about giving in to outside circumstances. They say, "Bring it on," "Just do it," and ask, "Where's the action?"
An Orange friend of mine had no qualms about short-selling his house, moving to another state, and taking on a completely different job. Oranges are tactical thinkers and can make decisions with few feelings of regret.
Contrary to general belief, many of their quick decisions are smart decisions. Oranges often have an uncanny ability to think directly to the most appropriate bottom line and are able to shed traditions, wrong relationships, and useless data in order to take action.
But, yes, there is a downside. Although many Orange Free Agents play the money game well, numerous others fail because they take on dangerous risks so easily - choosing impetuousness and spontaneity over rigorous discipline.
Like the other Colors, Oranges benefit from the strengths that others can bring. A Gold partner would balance the bank account. A Green colleague would help set up a long-term financial plan. A Blue advisor could convince an Orange to consider the needs of other people in their lives before betting the farm on flimsy prospects.
Actually, since Orange temperaments dislike sit-down detail work as much as they might hate surgery or a tax audit, the will delight in a money-management system that does all the work automatically but still gives Orange Free Agents plenty of money to play with. |
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Michael Jordan on YouTube - A Grand Orange "Free Agent" |
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The YouTube link takes you to a 14-minute interview with Michael Jordan on CBS's 60 Minutes. If you want to meet the ultimate Orange person, then meet Michael Jordan. His physicality through high-level sports participation in more than one sport looks Orange of course. Look for predictable Orange thinking like breaking rules without getting caught. His family had low expectations for him, so he spent his youth proving otherwise. He lives "in the now" - taking control and focusing on what he's good at. The best line in the interview may be that he is competitive junky. When he had a gambling "problem," someone countered he had no gambling problem but a competition problem instead.
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An Orange is hard to live with |
 Jack,
I'm not sure I want to go on another vacation with my Orange husband. I'm a Blue-Gold person. Don (we'll call him) is Orange-Green. Don has no trouble begging me to plan our trips, but he is rarely respectful of the itinerary or of my wants and needs on the road.
Just before I finalized hotel reservations, Don said we didn't need to stop in New Orleans to visit family. "I want to be with you 100% of the time, honey," he declared. Great, I thought, so Louisiana was bypassed in the new itinerary that DID have firm hotel reservations.
Two days before we left, Mr. Orange decided he missed an Aunt Theresa in New Orleans and would leave me alone in Memphis for a few days, visit the aunt, then rejoin me on the Atlanta leg of the trip.
I understand that Don does need to make last-minute changes. What I don't understand is his continued heartless shamelessness of disregarding other people's expectations.
The problem is I know that Don adores me and spends plenty of fun time with me. I can't fault him for caring not only me but other people that are close in his life, like family and friends.
But on this latest vacation, I felt like an apple core tossed to the side of the road.
Sherry Chase
Dear Sherry,
If there were ever a case for "please understand me, don't try to change me," this is one of them.
You like order. He likes free-wheeling adventure. To him, you are probably "too nice," overly organized and anal. To you, he is predictably unpredictable and rude.
With a Free Agent Orange mate like this one, continue loving him for the reason you married him. Let's face it - the guy is fun and you're rarely bored. He will take you places nobody else will. Enjoy it.
That said, draw lines where you need to. Of all the Colors, it's the Orange people who understand where you won't compromise and, if they do indeed love you, will respect those lines. For example, if you will not tolerate a messy living room, say so. Demand that shoes and food scraps never linger there. On your next vacation, if being with your husband every single day is urgently important to you, then say so. If he argues, negotiate skillfully (as he certainly will).
As a Blue-Gold person, you are not likely to want to speak this firmly - probably because you don't want to be spoken to in this way. Well, get over it. Understand that Orange people talk that way all the time and they expect to hear such messages from other people if they are going to pay attention and agree at all. When you start seeing the success of "speaking Orange" to get your way, you will find that "speaking clearly and firmly" gets easier over time.
Jack
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