Salish Matter has vast stores of vital energy which endow them with considerable physical endurance and initiative. However, the greater their energy resources, the less they might be able to control the flow.

Salish Matter has a great deal of sang-froid. Their inner calm and stolidity predispose them to tasks which require self-control and perseverance. They do not readily display their emotions, even in the most hair-raising situations.

There is a good balance between Salish Matter’s need to be receptive to the other world, and their tendency to enjoy solitude and introspection. They are able to express their feelings and moods without being overwhelmed by them to the point of mistaking them for outer reality.

Salish Matter’s reactions to various stimuli are neither too phlegmatic nor too reactive. Salish Matter has an inner balance which enables Salish Matter to take time to reflect when necessary, but Salish Matter can also react promptly when circumstances require it.

Salish Matter has the ability to concentrate and focus their attention on a single object intensely and exclusively. They may become a specialist in their field.

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

Salish Matter’s fierce individualism promotes independent and original behavior. They tend to lack team spirit. On the contrary, they need to feel free and untrammeled by others to be really effective.

Although Salish Matter can adapt to a situation which requires that Salish Matter be humble and submit to the authority of a more competent person or leader, Salish Matter can also give orders and manage others.

Salish is objective about him/herself and able to recognize both his/her strengths and his/her weaknesses.

Because Salish Matter’s optimism is mild and reasonable, they rarely brood about things and are not troubled by irrational fears or anxieties.

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

Salish Matter’s mind is quite nimble. Salish Matter may adopt a rigid, methodical approach when necessary or switch to a more flexible, free attitude that expresses Salish Matter’s spontaneity.

Salish Matter’s thought processes rarely follow the laws of logical reasoning or linear thought; instead, they proceed from an overall vision, which is pieced together from more or less obscure and subconscious clues.

Salish Matter’s mind is especially perceptive of details. To arrive at a global perception, a vision of the whole, Salish Matter proceeds gradually, piece by piece, aspect after aspect, in a fairly linear fashion.

Salish Matter is inclined to arrange, classify, sort, catalogue, and compartmentalize, in all their life activities as well as their work.

Salish Matter’s behavior usually obeys their momentary whims, and they allow themselves to be inspired by their imaginations. Their openness and spontaneity give them the scope to be skillful, ingenious, or shrewd, rising to whatever the immediate circumstances require.