Bruce Matthews has a good balance between his need for movement and his tendency to be sedentary. He is just as likely to adapt to situations which require outbursts of initiative as to those which demand patience and perseverance.

Although Bruce Matthews does not take a neutral interest in most activities or subjects, he rarely engages himself passionately, either. He can thus tackle all sorts of tasks, even if they are seemingly from outside the realm of his talents or training, initially.

Bruce Matthews finds a good balance between being receptive to the other world and enjoying solitude and introspection. He is able to express his feelings and moods without being overwhelmed by them, and he doesn’t mistake them for reality.

Bruce Matthews has a phlegmatic personality, and his responses to various outer stimuli are sometimes postponed or delayed. He is fairly slow to initiate an activity, if not laboriously so, but once he begins, he is steady and determined.

Bruce Matthews has the ability to concentrate and focus his attention on a single object intensely and exclusively. He may become a specialist in his field.

Bruce Matthews’ objectivity in perception and behavior could, in the best of cases, lead to generosity and altruism.

Bruce Matthews’ fierce individualism will promote independent and original behavior. He tends to lack team spirit. On the contrary, he needs to feel free and untrammeled by others to be really effective.

Bruce Matthews has a tendency to yield, to follow, to put up with situations, and follow other people’s orders. He is modest and unassuming with a need for protection and a tendency to be dependent.

Bruce Matthews is objective about himself and able to recognize both his strengths and his weaknesses.

Bruce Matthews found it easy to make decisions because he was rarely hindered by negative feelings or anxiety. However, his optimism may have led him to overestimate his own potential and make him liable to misjudgment.

Bruce Matthews is chiefly interested in tangible facts and realistic details. A pragmatic personality, he never loses sight of the utilitarian or practical aspects of things.

Bruce Matthews approaches life the same way, planning out each step and making sure everything goes according to plan.

Although Bruce Matthews’ thought patterns generally follow a logical or linear path, his reasoning is also open to intuitive processes which arise from obscure sources in his unconscious.

Bruce Matthews thinks carefully about details. To arrive at a global perception, a vision of the whole, he proceeds gradually, piece by piece, aspect after aspect, in a fairly linear fashion.

Bruce Matthews is inclined to arrange, classify, sort, catalogue, and compartmentalize, in all his life activities as well as his work.

Bruce Matthews behaves impulsively, allowing himself to be swayed by his thoughts. His openness and spontaneity give him the ability to be clever, resourceful, or cunning, rising to whatever the current situation calls for.