To better understand your temperament, read Mindset by Carol Dweck and Learned Optimism by Marty Seligman.

FORBES: Become an Opportunity Maker With Others

"So rampant are your views, so excitable your temperament, so persuasive your tongue and so imbued with energy are you, it's quite impossible to predict when, if ever, it will be safe for you to be released into the public, " the Guardian quoted the judge as saying.

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First, prepare yourself before your bad habits separate you from reality, by learning about your own natural assets, temperament and vulnerabilities.

FORBES

It was your columnist's next-door neighbour, a woman of mild temperament, uncharacteristically a-quiver on this occasion with moral indignation.

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