Topical Guide 579
Mark Dorset
Personality Traits, Distinctive: “Staying Put” versus “Moving On”
Where Do You Stop? Chapter 6:
Mark Dorset, my sociologist friend, has said that one of the ways people can be divided into two camps is according to whether they exhibit a tendency to stay put or a tendency to move on. The difference between staying-put behavior and moving-on behavior is, he says, profoundly indicative of essential personality traits.
See also:
Personality Traits, Distinctive TG 103; TG 427
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