Jacques Torres sometimes lacks energy. He is fairly apathetic and passive, preferring sluggishness to movement and leniency to initiative.

Jacques Torres has a great deal of sang-froid. His inner calm and stolidity predispose him to tasks which require self-control and perseverance. He does not readily display his emotions, even in the most hair-raising situations.

Jacques Torres feels, thinks, and acts as a function of objective circumstances. The outer world is the only one which counts for him, and his awareness is entirely focused on it. He is rarely moody or preoccupied and may sometimes be wary of his subjectivity.

Jacques Torres has a phlegmatic personality. When various outer stimuli are present, his responses can be delayed or postponed. He can be fairly slow to initiate an activity, but once he begins, he is steady and determined.

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

Jacques Torres’s objectivity in perception and behavior could, in the best of cases, lead to generosity and altruism.

Jacques Torres’s 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.

Jacques Torres 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.

Jacques Torres sometimes doubts in himself and his skills; he may be fairly shy and self-effacing. Feelings of inferiority may interfere with his ability to take action, or, on the contrary, may propel him into action if he sees a possibility of reward or compensation.

Jacques Torres does not worry easily or brood on things that make him anxious. He has a balanced outlook, and does not let irrational fears control his life.

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

Jacques Torres approaches life with a systematic and disciplined approach. He plans out his projects and schedules in order to achieve maximal efficiency and effectiveness.

Jacques Torres thought processes are usually clear, orderly, and linear; his reasoning obeys the dictates of deductive or discursive logic and relates to explicit goals.

Jacques Torres’s mind is especially perceptive of 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.

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

Jacques Torres is usually ready to comply with a schedule and the constraints he feels are necessary, but he is also careful to express fleeting whims and remain open to the novelty and pleasure of serendipity and coincidence life sometimes provides.