Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
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Riso has pioneered a modern understanding of personality as delineated by the ancient nine-pointed Enneagram symbol. With updated descriptions of the nine personality types, Riso expands the accompanying guidelines and uncovers the Core Dynamics, or Levels of Development, within each type.
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Does this sound absurdly melodramatic? I assure you it's accurate. I knew from another source that I was a Four (Romantic), but hadn't really delved into Enneagrams. (I'd been studying Myers-Briggs.) Yet as I leafed through my chapter in Personality Types, I was stunned and mortified to find an assessment of my character so chillingly accurate, it was as if the results of 10 years of intensive psychoanalysis was handed to me on a platter. Dazed, I read on: every single sentence skewered me relentlessly. Self-recognition swept over me in waves, and I furtively glanced around to see if other book store patrons noticed that I was starting to cry. My tears were of relief that through Don Riso's extraordinarily perceptive book I was about to save my own life. I am a Four in a far-advanced state of disintegration, my life so chaotic despite my attempts at self-understanding that I've been on the verge of suicide, or madness, or both. What a revelation....Here are the insights and the help I've spent 5 decades both seeking and avoiding, and thank God, it's NOT too late! I've turned away from a path that would lead to destruction of myself and the lives of my children. And you know what? I've bought tubes of lipstick more expensive than this book. After a TON of work, MY story's going to have a happy ending. Now I have the tools. Thank you, Don Richard Riso!
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The main purpose of this book is to type yourself in order that you should know how to become a fully integrated individual. Understanding of the self is one step to self-discovery, but the next step, as the book illustrates, is to move toward one's 'point of integration', to attain one's full potential. To that end 'Character Types' has been heaven-sent for me. It becomes painfully clear that left to ourselves, we attempt to improve in the way which is exactly the opposite of what we really need. As a Four, I was constantly introspecting and obsessing, certain that if I did so long enough I would understand everything. Not until I read this book did I understand that the only way to improve would be to fight my natural tendencies, to become more open to experiencing and to take things easier. This insight, though it sounds small, leaves me indebted to Don Riso for writing a book which was as effective as any 12-step program, and which will be applicable for the rest of my life in setting goals to strive towards.
On the other hand, this book should come with some disclaimers. The first is that this book should not be used in rigidly 'typing' other individuals besides yourself. The fact is, no one can ever presume to know what goes on inside another human being, and that natural barrier should be respected. Even if someone exhibits all the signs of a certain type, they should still be respected as the complex people they are, instead of being consigned to a filing cabinet. For people to start saying, "Oh, he's such a typical Five, always reading" is ridiculous, even degrading. For a basic understanding of the many facets of human nature, reading about the other types is fascinating--but that's as far as these descriptions should be taken to apply to real-life individuals and relationships.
Also, people should take the type descriptions with a grain of salt. The book is sometimes too specific--these types should be used to describe general tendencies, not specific details within the personality. Just because I am a certain type, that does not mean I cannot be radically different from others who share my type. The world is a wonderfully complex place, and people are the most complex things in it. Sharing some similarities *does not* make us the same.
The parental orientations, while interesting to read and perhaps even relevant sometimes, are the equivalent to psychobabble on some level and should also be taken with a grain of salt. The typing of celebrities is completely irrelevant, for reasons already expressed above.
Taken all in all, 'Character Types' is a valuable tool toward attaining self-discovery and understanding the means to attain one's full potential. The levels of development are charted at length, and the points of integration and disintegration highlight the manner in which people deteriorate, or more positively, the way they achieve health and integration. It also provides insight into people other than yourself, making it possible to appreciate the differences in each human being. For a book on the Enneagram, look no further than this.
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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.
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Want more interaction with the other Enneagram fans... :-))
Dear all enneagram fans, My tutor (in Hongkong) told me that Don Riso is a number #9 person. He had met him several times in the international enneagram conference. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. März 2000 von Robin
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This is "The Bible" for Enneagram studies
I have read most Enneagram books published and there is no doubt that this is by far the most insightful and complete explanation of the system. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. März 2000 von The seeker
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Best book of its kind I've ever read.
Almost every other book in this area of interest approaches the subject from a static perspective. People are put in boxes. "This is what you are. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Oktober 1999 von J. D. Smith Jr. (jsmith@gnsys.com)
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Live this book! Don't just shelve it!
A friend lent it to me. I don't usually buy these kinds of books. However.... I found this book profoundly insightful. I found it reassuring. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Oktober 1999 von "roisinoc"
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The Best Personality Typology Bar None!
The Enneagram is a typology I have been studying and applying for several years now. Although there are several very good books out by other Enneagram authors, Riso offers,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. September 1999 veröffentlicht
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Revolutionary and Overwhelming
This book revolutionized my life. Before, I was confused by some peoples' actions. No more. This book is your key to understanding people. It is a key to understanding you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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Personality Typing via Testing Provides Therapeutic Leverage
Though put off at first, I was astonished at the number of useful insights resulting from me and my lady-love each discovering our "types" from taking the book's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Mai 1999 von J. Winokur
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Riso is the best source for Enneagram information
I had been discouraged by the vagueness and inconsistencies in Enneagram books by two other authors, when I finally found this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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Personality Types helped me to understand people
This revised edition provides the most valuable info I have ever seen in any enneagram book. It showed where I am at and where I can potentially be. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. März 1999 von agerety@shorenetworks.com
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Excellent.
This is an excellent, practical guide to understanding yourself and others better, via the Enneagram. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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