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Title: Personality Types : Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson ISBN: 0-395-79867-1 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The deepest and most incisive Enneagram book
Comment: The description of my personality type (five) is like a report on the most intimate secrets of my psyche. It seems as though it had been prepared personally for me by a psychologist. It's all there...coping methods, defense mechanisms, thought habits, tendencies, reactions to other people, strengths and challenges. I instantly recognized myself even as it revealed aspects of my personality that I hadn't previously acknowledged.
Since I first read Personality Types a few years ago, the book has helped me in many significant ways. First, it has helped me to understand and accept myself. Second, it has moved my relationship with my wife (a six) to a place where we no longer judge each other. (To paraphrase another Enneagram author, "Everybody thinks everyone else is their same personality type, just a defective version of it." Third, it has helped me to open paths of communication with people who interact with the world in a completely different manner than I do. (Not everybody lives by facts!)
This book takes a psychological approach to the Enneagram and does not pull punches when it talks about paths of disintegration. This suits a "five" just fine, but if you prefer a spiritual approach you might try Helen Palmer. I personally don't go for that, but hey...it takes all types.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Book on the Enneagram
Comment: Out of the dozen or so books I've read about the enneagram, this one is the best. Riso divides each of the 9 personality types into 9 levels, giving us 81 different readings. The readings are in depth and on target. The levels bleed into each other, so you may find that you identify with levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 of your type, for example. Riso also does an excellent job of describing the two wings to every personality type, so if you know your type you will probably be able to recognize your wing easily. I'm sure there are other possible systems of differentiating people from each other by type, besides this and Myers-Briggs, that haven't yet been discovered, but Riso's enneagram should be more widely known than it is. Educated people should know their type. Some people make the argument that individuals are all unique, that there are no types, but this attitude basically tells us not to try to understand human nature because it's too complicated. This excellent book gives us a good system to understand people.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good read.
Comment: This book is very descriptive and accurate. It is a good tool to help you learn about yourself and the people around you. According to the enneagram, you are classified under one of nine different types. Each type has sub divisions known as "wings." The book is written in clear simple language and is easy to understand. I highly recommend this book for anyone who would like to learn more about themselves.
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