Ann Beattie sometimes lacks energy. She is fairly apathetic and passive, preferring sluggishness to movement and leniency to initiative.

Although Ann Beattie does not take a neutral interest in most activities or subjects, she rarely engages herself passionately, either. She can thus tackle all sorts of tasks, even if they are seemingly from outside the realm of her talents or training, initially.

Ann Beattie is a balanced person who is receptive to the other world and enjoys solitude and introspection. She is able to express her feelings and moods without being overwhelmed by them to the point of mistaking them for outer reality.

Ann Beattie has a phlegmatic personality, and her responses to various outer stimuli are sometimes postponed or delayed. She is fairly slow to initiate an activity, if not laboriously so, but once she begins, she is steady and determined.

Ann Beattie has the ability to concentrate and focus her attention on a single object intensely and exclusively. She may become a specialist in her field.

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

Ann Beattie’s individualism will promote independent and original behavior. She tends to lack team spirit. On the contrary, she needs to feel free and untrammeled by others to be really effective.

Ann Beattie is motivated by a thirst for power which gives her a certain authority. She has a feeling she is leadership material. However, she might be tempted to infringe on other people’s freedom and get involved in troublesome power struggles.

Ann Beattie sometimes doubts in herself and her skills; she might be fairly shy and self-effacing. Feelings of inferiority may interfere with her ability to take action, or, on the contrary, may propel her into action if she sees a possibility of reward or compensation.

Ann Beattie finds it easy to make decisions because she is often in a positive frame of mind. She rarely suffers from negative feelings or anxiety, but her optimism may lead her to overestimate her own potential and make her liable to misjudgment.

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

Ann Beattie approached life with the same methodical and disciplined approach. She planned out her projects and organized her schedule to yield maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Ann Beattie’s thought processes are usually clear, orderly, and linear; her reasoning obeys the dictates of deductive or discursive logic and relates to explicit goals.

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

Ann Beattie is inclined to be scattered. She is not especially eager to sort things out or arrange them. She likes to be surrounded by her chaos and usually manages to pluck out what she needs.

Ann Beattie behaves impulsively, and allows herself to be inspired by her imagination. Her openness and spontaneity give her the scope to be skillful, ingenious, or shrewd, rising to whatever the immediate circumstances require.