The Sanguine personality is affected by a chemical called dopamine, which makes these people intensely curious and creative. Their curiosity can be expressed in their love for reading and different kinds of knowledge and they usually possess high amounts of energy, so they may seem restless and spontaneous.
The Luxurious Lifestyle
This type of personality loves the life of luxury; they like to impress others by their expensive clothes, designer accessories and sport cars. If choleric people thrive on money-making process itself, sanguine people know how to enjoy money, luxury and comfort like nobody else.
They are big spenders and when given the ability to have anything they want, they will travel the world staying in splendid hotels, enjoying exciting safaris and luxury cruises, deriving full happiness and pleasure from their wealth.
They will indulge in their rich, comfortable and sumptuous living effectively ignoring world problems and crises.
The Risk Takers
The Sanguine personalities out there are willing to take risks for the sake of pursuit of their numerous interests. These people feel bored if they are not absorbed by something intriguing and their constant cravings for adventure and novelty are the major motivating force behind their actions, decisions and choices.
People with sanguine personality adapt easily and generally can play many roles. Buoyant, lively and optimistic, they have the ability to absolutely charm the pants off anyone that seeks their attention. Their need for variety and luxury explains why they prefer to live in big cities where they can satisfy their desires much easier.
The Boredom Busters!
Sanguine people are very poor at tolerating boredom. Routine jobs, repetitive experiences and boring companions annoy and irritate them. For the most part, they will try to avoid routine and monotony at all costs. In actual fact, they love and thrive on interruptions because they get energized during these small changes in course.
These people are impulsive and they will often find it difficult to control their cravings and may struggle with weight. More than any other types of personality, this temperament is more susceptible to smoking, alcohol, drugs, gambling and risky sex. Their spontaneity reflects in last-minute plans and moments of intellectual discovery.
Sanguine people are usually more creative than other types, be it poetry, music, theater, art, business or cooking. Sadly, they are also most susceptible to chemical imbalances, addictions and mood disorders.
This personality type is characterized by curiosity and having a wide range of interests. They seem to be hungry for knowledge – some of them are walking encyclopedias, while some others visit almost every known country in the world. Many stay in school years and years after their peers have graduated. They will do almost anything to satisfy their always present need to be absorbed by something meaningful and exciting, and they will often end up having several degrees.
The Dopamine Course!
Dopamine activity promotes motivation and goal-oriented behavior, as well as enthusiasm, focus, assertiveness, incentive and drive to achieve. However, sanguine people are so busy with their numerous interests that they will procrastinate completing their tasks, they are just too busy to think about deadlines and actually finishing one task before going ahead to begin another.
These people are very autonomous and unconventional. They trust their impulses and take risks. Their motto is: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”. They launch into projects that seem sure to fail but somehow always manage to win big!
People with sanguine personality are extreme optimists who make it their job to seek joy and find a way to be happy. These are sensation seekers that derive pleasure from highly arousing experiences and it could almost be stated that they “drink life” and enjoy it to the fullest.
Find out all about how Sanguine people behave in love and relationships here.
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The Sanguine personality type is similar to the ESFP type.