Chapter 2 -ABDOMINAL

Personality Traits:

v  Easy going, life of the party.

v  Gregarious but shy, always has time for a joke, avoids all exertion; both mentally and physically.

v  Most honest and trustworthy of all personality types.

v  Burdened by the plight of others. They are highly creative and imaginative;

Physical needs:

♦LUXURY! Dresses extremely well when they have money -- very sloppy or poorly dressed when they don’t have money.

♦ Luxurious, no maintenance home.

♦ Will not fix anything -- including cars.

♦ Large, plush furnishings.

♦ Will drive a Cadillac, or Lincoln Continental; large luxury car

♦ Loves to be seen and acknowledged.

When an Abdominal comes into your shop, you better pay attention to him and help him make a decision with elegance. An Abdominal tends to shy away from decisions or put off a decision as long as he can. Their word is their bond and they will dress extremely well even if they cannot afford it. They are told to wear clothes that make them look thin, like stripes, but they end up wearing clothes that are loud and make a statement, like pink, lavender or polka dots and checks.

If their car, which is more likely to be a big boat on the road, breaks down, an Abdominal will drop the keys on the desk of the repair shop and take a grander car to continue on. An Abdominal’s lawn will look like a green cement lawn – in other words, the perfect look that everyone talks about.

Financial Outlook:

Above average income. Create and attract money opportunities with and through other personality types.Has a tendency to overspend.

An Abdominal needs someone to manage money for them, as they will spend more time creating more money and cannot be bothered with small-minded accounting matters. 

Food Habits:

♦Loves (exists) to dine (Patronises only the very best restaurants).

♦Enjoys rich highly seasoned food.

♦Loves to cook.

♦Always ready to eat.

What they will cook is unique creations, no meals… they will eat rich and spicy foods and end up with health problems as referred to below –they love to shop and when sitting down for dinner, they very deliberately spend time on ordering and re-creating the restaurant’s or chef’s menu s earlier mentioned. Then when the food arrives, they sit down and consider the dining experience.

Health Results:

♦Indigestion.

♦Does not like pain, dentist, needles or knives.

♦Stomach, liver and kidney problems.

♦High blood pressure.

This high blood pressure is off course the result of all their “dining experiences” during which they do not pay attention to what they eat and that is why they get sick. 

Marriage Partner:

v  Capable of getting along with most types.

v  Least congenial with Cerebral or another Abdominal.

Abdominals if married with a Cerebral will end up being too sympathetic; and if with another Abdominal, they will try to out-power each other. In a later chapter we will discuss the various mixes of the five contours, where we will learn that a Muscular is often the underlying contour covered up by the Abdominal contour; and when an Abdominal marries a Muscular covered over with an Abdominal, and the Muscular tries to exercise power, the Abdominal will power up and remain in control.