When it comes to energy, Barack Obama is sometimes lacking. He is fairly apathetic and passive, preferring sluggishness to movement and leniency to initiative.

He 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.

Barack Obama 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.

He 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.

Barack Obama is capable of being open to others and the diversity of experience, but he can also focus his concentration on a single aspect of it.

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

His 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.

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

Because Barack Obama trusts in himself and his convictions, he has personality and presence. He is quite sure of himself and may tend to be rather self-satisfied, although this does not eliminate his need for other people’s approval and recognition.

Because Obama is often in a positive frame of mind, he finds it easy to make decisions and is only rarely hindered by negative feelings or anxiety. However, his optimism may lead him to overestimate his own potential and make him liable to misjudgment.

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

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

Although Barack Obama’s 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.

Obama’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.

Barack Obama is not obsessed with order, but he is aware of a necessity to arrange and classify things to some degree.

Barack Obama’s behavior usually obeys his momentary whims, and he allows himself to be inspired by his imaginations. His openness and spontaneity give him the scope to be skillful, ingenious, or shrewd, rising to whatever the immediate circumstances require.