The color code

How do I introduce this man? At first my thoughts turn to his many degrees and professional credentials, but he has experienced so many things and enriched the hearts of so many people, those degrees and credentials can’t describe the real Taylor Hartman. When I think of his doctoral degree at the United States International University in San Diego, California, what I remember is the way he kept up with his commitment to his family and community obligations despite his heavy career and education schedule. Taylor has enjoyed many professional and civic responsibilities, and yet he always lets us know that we are the most important people in his life. Taylor is a lover. He loves people so easily that one would almost have to live with him as I do to appreciate how sincere his love is. Taylor has always been committed to improving the quality of life—not only his but that of all those he encounters. And yet he remains very playful and loves to live in the present. Taylor is as comfortable playing “horsie” and “duck-duck-goose” in our family room as he was addressing the International Congress of Psychologists in Austria. In fact, his playful behavior has often provided a creative outlet for our family. He “dated” each of our five children once a month as they grew up, and continues to romance me with frequent surprises and adventures. Despite Taylor’s busy professional counseling and consulting business, he still maintains that the highest compliment he ever received was from his nine-year-old daughter. She told her schoolteacher that she didn’t mind having personal problems, because Dad would always take time to give her private counseling. The question I am most often asked about Taylor is: “What is it really like to live with him?” Perhaps the easiest and most accurate answer is to simply say: “He’s a man who practices what he preaches.” The Color Code is a special gift from a very special person. He cares. This book will help you understand: the mysteries of yourself, the miracle of your relationships, and the magic of living. Taylor Hartman will touch your heart . . . . This book will change your life. (...) It happens to all of us. In social, business, and even family encounters, we meet some people and instantly establish a rapport—laughing at the same things, concerned about the same issues, discovering, perhaps, that we have had similar life experiences. ^en we meet others and just making conversation is a struggle—we’re on guard, uncomfortable, inexplicably hostile. Why? In tte Color Code, I group various aspects of personality and behavior into four color categories: Red, Blue, White, and Yellow. While few of us are completely one color or another—we are potential rainbows within—these categories represent a useful guide to personality types. I use color codes for personality because color is already an established metaphor for emotion and behavior. We “see red” when we’re angry. We “feel blue” when we’re sad. Using this color guide to personality, readers will be able to “see” the motives behind their own and other people’s behavior, which will help anyone establish and maintain relationships with greater ease. ^ey will be able to accept others for what they are. And, most important, they will learn to incorporate within themselves the best of all the colors of life.