How well you're able to relate with people is determined to a great extent by how much you understand them. We all come from different families, background and have different upbringings. Expecting everyone to reason, and act the way you do is impossible. People will always act different from how you expect them to. It is not their fault, it's a function of their personality. Psychologists have proved over the years, that there are four basic temperaments that determines our personality types. Being aware and understanding your temepraments and that of other people's, would help you to control yourself, discipline yourself and also help you to relate better with people. We tend to have conflicts with people not because they are bad as we think, but because we do not understand them better. The four basic temperaments are; 1. Melancholy: The melancholy is the sensitive person. He is a perfectionist, he does things in an orderly manner. He is well organised, ...