Grasp The Color Code: A New Way To See Yourself, Your Relationships, And Life Drafted By Taylor Hartman Depicted In Electronic Format

book meant to help people figure out who they are and how they can get along better with other people.
The author has come up with a construct ofmain personality types which he gives color names to make it easier to understand and remember.
He details the characteristics of each personality color and how each color interacts with the other three colors.
It was pretty interesting and understandable, perhaps something that could used to good effect, Until he gets to the last chapter on Building Character, Maybe I just don't like self help or maybe this part is not as clear as the rest of the book but dear me, the words just seemed to drift around the page in meaningless circles and I'd drift off to sleep.
Such a fascinating book! I loved learning about this in my Student Success class, You learn about four main personality types Red, Blue, White, and Yellow and what they're main motives are.
It helps you better understand those around you and why they make the choices they do, Because of this you can help grow your relationships, have better workmanship and helps in deciding a career choice.
I'd highly recommend this book if you're looking for a new way to look at the world around you: This was actually VERY helpful to my family when my brother and I were teenagers, and helped us get along better with our parents.
I always really enjoyed it and we still make comments to this day about what color our kids are now! : Quite insightful both about myself and within my relationships.
I need to echo what many other reviewers have said, This isn't meant to be your Bible, It's a resource to help create general insight into how different folks view the world and interact with one another.
It can give you a reference point for speaking about personality, I think the relationship section near the back is the most helpful area it certainly helps make some sense of relationships in my life.
sitelink The central idea of this text is that everyone has an innate core motive, Each of four core motives is represented by a color, These colors are red, blue, white, and yellow, Each core motive has different natural wants, strengths, and limitations,
The central phrase of this book is "core motive, " A core motive determines many things about a person, Different core motives mean different personalities, A person's core motive can affect their relationships with themselves and others,
I think that this was a good book, It was an interesting read, It taught me things that could be useful in life, Great book to understand your own personality and those of the people you love,
Highly recommend.
I don't consider this a cureall, understandall guide for each personality amp relationship, but I do think it helps me understand better why some people act amp say what they do amp how I

can better relate to them.
I'm making more friends than offenses when I apply this knowledge,
Some people read personality books like scripture amp others have a hard time being pigeonholed, I'm somewhere in the middle in that I appreciate any influence for good a book may teach me, but I dont consider of myself as being stuckinarut either.
Partly this could be due to what Taylor Hartman taught our UVU college class in private that he didn't teach in the book following Christ's words amp actions throughout the scriptures Hartman recognized that Christ had only the good attributes amp a balance of each color.
Our goal, to become like Christ, is to train ourselves to focus on replacing a negative attribute for a positive amp seeking knowledge of how to emulate the good from each color.
In this way, we can better serve amp assist others around us, His personality test is a potential guide, not a stagnant chart, to see where one's strengths may be so one can begin improving life step by step.

The Color Code is one of the very few books that I've read covertocover multiple times.
It's a fantastic read, unfortunately I have found that the majority of people who claim to have "taken the test" either skip the instructions and take it incorrectly and/or misinterpret the results because they failed to grasp concepts which are critical to understanding the theory and your results.


It's okay, I did the same thing at first,

In fact I would say that it wasn't until I had read the book twice, covertocover, that I was able to fully embrace and understand the color code in its entirety.


This is because there are a number of easily overlooked concepts and examples sprinkled throughout the book which I found crucial to recognizing how the color code applies in a variety of situations and relationships.


Too often, people flip to the quiz, don't read the instructions, answer the questions, then skip to their color's chapter without reading the rest of the book.
Then they attack the theory for being too simplistic, inaccurate, not accounting for change in personality over time, or trying to pigeonhole people into particular boxes.
These individuals either haven't read the entire book or failed to understand it,

On the other side of the spectrum, you have those who love their result and then use it as an excuse for not developing their personality or working on their weaknesses.


All of these are issues that are specifically addressed in the book in particular, make sure that you fully understand the role of secondary colors in providing a uniquely nuanced personality, including weaknesses and strengths from other colors Chapter, and the role of character in developing your personality as you age Chapter.


All that being said, this is a great book which helped me to understand my extremely complicated Blue/Red personality and the inner conflict I so frequently experience in swinging between the extreme opposites of compassion and indifference, altruism and selfishness, timidity and boldness.
I've had a number of psychological profiles presented to me, but this is the only one that was able to help me understand WHY I'm so conflicted and how to better manage that conflict.


This is the only one that actually told me who I am,

My advice Read it carefully, Twice.

Then start changing yourself, your relationships, and your life for the better, Before you begin to read this lengthy collection of thoughts, just let me forewarn you that I am Canadian, but this book is American, so my mind was discombobulated and my consistency in spelling the word as either colour or color may be lacking.
I tried my best, but I can't be bothered to go back and check,

I decided to read this after reading George J, Boelcke's "Colorful Personalities", which is a similar take on what is presented in this book, There are some differences, though,

In Boelcke's book, there are four colours: Gold, Green, Blue, and Orange, To break it up really, really, really simply, Gold people are black amp white, traditional, and extremely organized, Green people are very smart, love research, and are inexpressive emotionally, Blue people are compassionate and emotional, and Orange people are adventureseeking, expressive and always looking for a good time.
Boelcke says that we each have all of the colours to some measure, but we mostly operate in our two highest colours.
I am Gold/Green, according to the test outlined in his book,

Now, in Taylor Hartman's book, four colours are presented as well: Red, White, Blue, Yellow.
I quickly realized as I started reading that I had to discard my previous notions of colour profiling, and stop trying to line up the colours from the two books.
The only colours that really line up are Yellow and Orange, and Blue and Blue and there are still differences between Boelcke's and Hartman's Blues.

In his book, Hartman tells us that each colour is impelled by a different core motive: Red desires power, White desires peace, Blue desires intimacy, and Yellow desires fun.


I really wasn't sure that I agreed with a lot of the stuff when I started reading, but I decided to keep going and just take it all with a grain of salt.
Some it was explained, and some of it I just don't take very seriously, I've taken the test three times now, twice online and once from the book, and I've gotten Red twice and Blue one time.
I don't know that I agree that personality is innate, and I really found it hard to answer the questions from a childhood pointofview.
I don't really remember how I responded to certain things as a child, I don't think I act the same way that I did when I was a child, and I think that's why I got differing answers when I took the test more than once.
I believe, after reading the rest of the book, that I'm probably Red with a high secondary Blue.
I think that part of my confusion about my personality comes from the fact that my mom is most likely Blue, my dad is probably White, and my sister is Yellow, so I've grown up learning how to respond to a rainbow of colours.
I know I've consciously practised what Hartman would call "Blue" personality traits, such as sensitivity and compassion, and I related to a lot of White traits as well.
I haven't practised Yellow traits as much, . . which is probably the biggest source of contention between my sister and I! She is openminded and adventurous, and I'm not as much that way.
I tend to want to control everything,

Another reason there was confusion for me was that you have to pay very close attention, read between the lines, and figure out what Hartman means when he uses certain words or phrases.
For example, I didn't initially connect at all to any of the descriptions of the personalities, Reds come off as belligerent, unemotional control freaks, Blues are perfectionistic, overemotional and sensitive, White people are lazy and noncommittal, and Yellows are directionless rebels that can't focus their lives.
I really didn't connect at first to the Red "power" motive, As time went on, I began to realize that I think what he meant by power was more a description of a desire to control.
He also said that Reds are very vocal, I'm not a very vocal person unless I know you well or feel very strongly about something.
BUT, I'm introverted, and I don't think I've ever had a a platform to
to really practice Red traits.
I do know that when I'm in a situation where I've been alone and/or had to take charge of running something, I act like a Red person.
I also grew up with certain people saying I was extremely controlling, I could confront friends if I felt their behaviour was unacceptable, and I got called a "drill sergeant" a few times throughout my life.


One thing I thought was pretty ridiculous was Hartman's statement where he declares that if people want to get married without first taking the color quiz and determining their compatibility, it's their funeral.
I'm paraphrasing, of course, but to me that statement has almost zero merit, People have been getting married, working together, building friendships and getting along for thousands and thousands of years without the Color Code, and they will continue to do so for as long as there's human relationships to be had.
Yes, I believe that when applied correctly, it can help ease major tensions between people who don't understand one another, and it's probably saved many marriages and other relationships, but let's not overstate its importance here.


I really believe the most important statement was made near the end of the book.
I've had to send the book back to the library so I don't have it here to quote exactly, but it addressed the biggest problem I had before I started learning about personality profiling.
Hartman basically says that the Color Code should never be used to limit another person or pigeonhole them, and you should never use it to justify your own limitations.
I've known people who, when they've found out their color, decided to just say "This is who I am, I'm never changing, and screw you if you have a problem with it.
" It's unhealthy, it destroys relationships, and it's just wrong to respond that way, Just because I'm Red doesn't mean I shouldn't constantly be working towards being a compassionate, open person, or that I shouldn't work on my Yellow traits so that I understand where my sister is coming from.


Ultimately, it's an interesting concept, but take it with a grain of salt, Make sure you read and understand everything, and don't just pick and choose what parts you're going to listen to, i.
e. don't learn your colour and decide that everybody else needs to work around you, Start building your character so you can work well with everyone, .