The Everything Enneagram Book: Identify Your Type, Gain Insight into Your Personality and Find Success in Life, Love, and Business PDF
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Enneagram Book Dear Reader, I fell in love with the Enneagram when I learned that modern-day psychologists, psychiatrists, and theologians—respected, intelligent psychologists, psychiatrists, and theologians—utilized it as a counseling tool. With a background in psychology and an ongoing quest for continuing education in the field, I put a great deal of credence on the fact that generations of original thinkers in the field found the Enneagram a legitimate theoretical system for understanding human behavior. Unlike the horoscope or other similar typing methodologies, the Enneagram is based on what happens to you in this life, on this planet. I found the Enneagram fascinating, and I integrated extensive research with my prior knowledge of psychology to find a way to present the material in an ea sy-to-understand manner—offering a broad overview that you can easily assimilate and use right off the bat. I hope you enjoy this exploration into the hidden aspects of personality dark side, and glimpse into your light side, your away with a also experience how it feels and come you’ll between. If you’re lucky, the everything relationships. in eyes and see what it feels like to see behind someone else’s to crawl that is destined to improve your they do—a feat wing. What’s your type? world the way a Four with a heavy Five By the way, I’m Susan Reynolds Welcome to the Series! These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, comprehend a fascinating topic, prepare for an exam, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. ® You can choose to read an Everything book from cover to cover or just pick out the information you want from our four useful boxes: e-questions, e-facts, e- alerts, and e-ssentials. We give you everything you need to know on the subject, but throw in a lot of fun stuff along the way, too. ® We now have more than 400 Everything books in print, spanning such wide- ranging categories as weddings, pregnancy, cooking, music instruction, foreign language, crafts, pets, New Age, and so much more. When you’re done reading ® them all, you can finally say you know Everything ! PUBLISHER Karen Cooper DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION Paula Munier MANAGING EDITOR, EVERYTHING SERIES Lisa Laing COPY CHIEF Casey Ebert ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Lisa Laing DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Elizabeth Kassab EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Hillary ® Thompson Visit at entire Everything series at www.everything.com ENNEAGRAM BOOK Identify your type, gain insight into your personality, and find success in life, love, and business Susan Reynolds Copyright ©2007, F+W Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. ® An Everything Series Book. ® ® Everything and everything.com are registered trademarks of F+W Media, Inc. Published by Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322 U.S.A. www.adamsmedia.com ISBN-10: 1-59869-276-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59869-276-1 eISBN: 978-1-44052-407-3 Printed in the United States of America. J I H G F E D C B A Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available from the publisher. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. —From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and Adams Media was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed with initial capital letters. Interior illustrations by Jennifer Oliveira This book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases. For information, please call 1-800-289-0963. With gratitude and great affection, I dedicate this book to Marjorie Sue Myers, one of my dearest friends, who was in the final stages of valiantly battling ovarian cancer while I was writing this book. She brought love, joy, and inspiration into many lives, and those lucky enough to have shared a portion of our journey with Margie miss her daily. Contents Top Ten Things You Need to Know about the Enneagram Introduction 1 What’s Your Type? Why This Test Works Enneagram Questionnaire Part 1 Part 1 Scoring Enneagram Questionnaire Part 2 Part 2 Scoring 2 An Introduction to the Enneagram The Fundamental Questions What Is the Enneagram? Personality by the Numbers The Promise of the Enneagram Schools of Thought 3 Meet the Enneatypes Sound Like Anyone You Know? Type One Type Two Type Three Type Four Type Five Type Six Type Seven Type Eight Type Nine 4 Jung’s Theory of Personality The Elements of Personality What Is a Persona? What Is a Shadow? What Are Complexes? How Your Personality Functions Introversion and Extroversion How It All Ties into the Enneagram
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