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At work everyone admires Delia. She’s dynamic and efficient and if we want someone to take responsibility we know we can rely on her. ‘I’ve always been the kind of person who likes to get things done’, she told us, ‘In fact with other people I have to sometimes hold myself back because it’s so easy for me to jump in and organize them. I tend to find myself in leadership roles, I suppose it’s because I put myself forward. I can often see things that others don’t notice. In fact if someone says something isn’t possible I’ll rise to the challenge and do battle. Sometimes it’s just bloody mindedness to show that it can be done.’

In her social life Delia is just as dynamic. She belongs to many organizations which she hopes will help to change the world and make it a better place to live. One organization is Amnesty International: ‘I get outraged when I hear people are being treated unjustly. It really makes my blood boil.’

Delia’s facial colour has a greenish tinge to it and she speaks with a precise and clipped voice. These, along with her assertive disposition are indications that she is a Wood type. Acupuncture treatment helped her to deal with occasional tightness in the chest and migraines and abdominal pain prior to her period — she says she feels ‘smoother’ and ‘better in herself’ generally. She also worked on herself using some of the exercises in this book. One particularly useful exercise was learning to experience a situation from another’s point of view.

In this chapter we will be looking at the characteristics of a Wood type. As you read, you may appreciate why Delia is a Wood type and understand more about her underlying motivations. We will start by looking at the Wood Element in Chinese medicine.

Figure 2: THE CHINESE CHARACTER FOR WOOD