If Donald Duck was to take The Vitality Test what would what would that tell us about him?
And how would that explain his bad temper and grumpy behaviour.
Donald Duck was born in the great depression and in the early cartoons he was portrayed
If Donald Duck was to take The Vitality Test what would what would that tell us about him?
And how would that explain his bad temper and grumpy behaviour.
Donald Duck was born in the great depression and in the early cartoons he was portrayed as the poor hard done to victim that the big guys were trying to put down or control. He was often doing works he hates or resents.
Donald also had three nephews in the cartoons: Huey, Dewey, and Louie. He would often be trying to control, and sometimes be really mean to them.
This is the first big clue about his Five Energy Dynamic, the ancient Chinese way to understand your personality.
Wood Types can be victims but they can be persecutors.
And we see that playing out in lots of his cartoons.
Often this Wood Energy trait appears when someone is under stress.
This victim, persecutor and temper runs through most Donald Duck cartoons.
As the animator Fred Spencer has put it:
“The Duck gets a big kick out of imposing on other people or annoying them, but he immediately loses his temper when the tables are turned. In other words, he can dish it out, but he can’t take it”
Five Energy Dynamics is a powerful way to understand and predict how someone will respond under stress and what makes them stressed.
Wood types hate to be trapped.
With Donald we are seeing him behaving as a victim or persecutor because he is under stress and trapped doing something he hates or resents.
Poor old Donald!
Wood types can have issues around being angry or a bad temper.
The other thing Donald Duck was well known for was his irritability and temper, which aga