Birth order is a force that is working behind the scenes of each of our lives.
To understand it is to give you power over your life and that of others. It will give you another level of self-awareness.
Some people may ask, why learn about Birth Order? Here are 10 Reasons.
- Find your best friend. Your birth orders will be the same; you think and feel the same way you do.
- Understand your Siblings. Think Thanksgiving dinner, you are all back playing the roles you did as kids. Isn’t it time to understand your siblings?
- Find your husband or wife. Understand the two types of love at first sight and see if you are lucky enough to have one of them. Who has the power in the marriage?
- Understand your children. Each child is unique; you cannot treat them all the same. They may control you if their birth order is higher than yours.
- Find out if any of your children have Double Birth Orders. The spacing between the children or groups of children can add another birth order to their number.
- Learn how to approach your boss and co-workers. Knowing your boss and co-workers birth orders will unmask their personalities.
- Predict YOUR children’s behavior in a combined family. Divorce and remarriage creates combined families and new birth orders for many of the children. Who will adapt and who will not.
- Which of your children would be best to care for you in old age? Birth order will give you the answer.
- Understand every person with whom you interact. How to find out someone’s birth order and unmask their personality.
- Examine your instinctive reactions to others. Knowing who you are will allow you to understand your interactions with others. All birth order have both positive and negative characteristics. Find out yours.
I am Dr. Robert Hurst author of Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path Throughout Life. I have been an Orthodontist for over 50 years and have been observing my patients from childhood to adulthood and beyond. My patients call me Dr. Bob.