People from Fun Country love to have fun. They are amiable, and they love it! Their vehicle is an airplane, able to go in any direction. These people want approval for what they do.
The name “fun country” implies laziness, but they’re not lazy. They look for the fun in everything they do. Fun Country people love to be around people and they get “charged” while in the presence of other people. They would rather shovel manure with other people than sit behind a desk all day. These people want approval for what they do. This is different from Control Country – who wants appreciation for their accomplishments. Often a Fun Country person will be do things in order to make people like them — or worse — to keep people from disliking them.
If you want to discourage these people – don’t let them ever be a ham. Criticize them with the things they love — “Why do you talk to so many people?” “Can’t you be calmer when you’re on a stage?” Never encourage their open personality and tell them they need to be more reserved. If you want to discourage them — don’t encourage what they love!
lol…I don’t have any questions about this one, whatsoever…this is me right down to the last detail.
And, sadly, when I move away from Christ I become the guy who does things in order to keep people liking me!
And, I hate, hate, HATE sitting around all by myself. I really would rather shovel crap than be alone…but not in a self-pity kind of way, either. It’s hard to describe, it’s kind of a desire to enjoy the company of others…anyway, I’m rambling now… 🙂
See how we “get” the personalities we are and not the ones that we aren’t Joe? That’s the problem, when we don’t “get” people we tend to invalidate who they are, who God made them to be (and thus we have no business doing that!)And just as Joe’s comment shows, it’s easy to find the negatives in the other personality types. Every personality test I have ever taken has me equal parts sanguine and choleric. I see myself in these last two posts, trying to live in control country and fun country, or traveling between! 🙂 Isn’t it fun to discover these things about ourselves and others? It explains a lot!
I am also very equally Fun and Control, but slightly more on the “Fun.” The deepest insults I have received are when someone “caps” my creativity or outwardness.