A style of behavior that one is born with, composed of an intellectual style and emotional style, and which can grow into a full, well-rounded personality over the lifetime. It is the raw material of identity, and gives us tendencies to communicate a certain way, to have certain dominance in particular psychological resources, to feel fulfilled in certain ways, which differ from the other three types of temperament.

It is [Read more...] about Temperament

Theseus was one of the founders of Athens, and the demigod who slew the Minotaur in the maze. Loved by the daughter of his enemy, King Minos, it was she who used a slender, golden thread, and saved him from being lost, forever in the maze, even if he did manage to kill the Minotaur. He followed the path of the golden thread back out, to the light of day. [Read more...] about Theseus Instinct

Tolerance is simple - allowing that of which one disapproves, which is the ultimate in respect for what boundaries even are - that we don’t own or control the opinions or perspectives of others.

We may be reminded of the famous quote often misattributed to Voltaire, that “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”  Like many of the [Read more...] about Tolerance

These four human traits are, perhaps, the major characteristics of the most highly successful people. In part, they are inherited from their forebears. They are crucial for both parties in intellectual attraction.

Intelligence, for example, cannot be learned for the most part. It can be practiced at, however, we have to have a foundational amount to start with in its use, otherwise, all the practice we can muster won't budge [Read more...] about Traits of Success

Being transparent is a character "vice of excess" stemming from what would otherwise be a character virtue in the form of honesty. It is intellectually narcissistic, which is to say that it contains either the intellectual narcissism of ignorance or prejudice. One may be ignorant of how much privacy that another person wants to hear from you ("TMI" - too much information), overestimating their empathy, or making them uncomfortable, such as [Read more...] about Transparency

A concept from Evolutionary Psychology, popularized by Dr Paul McLean, which conceives of the human mind as having three semi-independent processing modules, as one would see in the software of a computer.

The first, called the Reptilian Brain, is responsible for bodily processes, instincts, and survival and reproductive functions. In Romantic Dynamics, it takes on the functions of two individuals developing the first phase of human courtship: sexual attraction. [Read more...] about Triune Brain Model

"Two-factor Authentication" is a term we use for combining these two sets of four factors, to make a total of 16 Cardinal Virtues of Romance - the permutation and combination of each of four skills of intellectual attraction with four common beneficial features of intellectual attraction which also make an individual successful in life.

The Four Skills of Commitment that smooth our teamwork are also called the "4 C's" - [Read more...] about Two-factor Authentication

Unlike Propaganda, which is mainly about ideas being "forced" into another person, Tyranny is a character "vice of excess" that is more vicious and destructive in other ways than just in ideas - financial, moral, social, even physicality may be a portion of Tyranny. A vice stemming from what would otherwise be a character virtue of Authority. It is too much dispensing of authority over achieving a goal, and like [Read more...] about Tyranny