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Type A Personality and Donald Trump

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I'm writing a paper on Donald Trump and need information on how his Type A personality has helped him become the successful business man he is today.

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This solution discusses the characteristics of Type A personality and then applies it to Donald Trump e.g. how his Type A personality has helped him become the successful business man he is today.

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Trumps personality includes key personality traits that are common to type A personality. Type A personality, also known as the Type A Behavior Pattern, is a set of characteristics that includes being impatient, excessively time-conscious, insecure about one's status, highly competitive, hostile and aggressive, and incapable of relaxation. (1)

Type A individuals are often highly achieving workaholics who multi-task, drive themselves with deadlines, and are unhappy about the smallest of delays. They have been described as stress junkies. this can easily apply to Trump's personality. However, NOT all people describe Type A personality in the same way. While the term "Type A" is ...

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