Understanding the Enneagram: The Practical Guide to Personality Types
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- Author：Don Richard Riso
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Summary
PERSONALITY TYPES， the first book by Don Richard Riso， has become the leading guide to the Enneagram， as well as a cherished classic in the literature of personal growth around the world。 This is the groundbreaking book that set the standard for insight and accuracy about this ancient symbol of human personality。 UNDERSTANDING THE ENNEAGRAM soon followed and has since become another indispensable reseource， teaching readers not only how to understand this psychological framework in daily life but how to use it in many different settings。 Don Riso and Russ Hudson have now fully revised and updated this authoritative guide to the Enneagram， based on their continuing work in the field， which is attracting ever-increasing attention。 Discover how to use the Enneagram to find fulfillment in your personal develpemnt and in all of your relationships。
Reviews
Frany74
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Informative and interesting book。
R。 Douglas
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Riso and Hudson book Understanding the Enneagram great。 Riso and Hudson marry spirituality and psychology。 This leads to a book that has tremendous possibilities for the reader。 I got this book from the library and halfway through it I decided I just needed to purchase it so I did。 While "The Wisdom of the Enneagram" is the most well-known book of Riso and Hudson's I think that this book could easily be a substitute to gain knowledge of the enneagram on a profound level。 Riso and Hudson book Understanding the Enneagram great。 Riso and Hudson marry spirituality and psychology。 This leads to a book that has tremendous possibilities for the reader。 I got this book from the library and halfway through it I decided I just needed to purchase it so I did。 While "The Wisdom of the Enneagram" is the most well-known book of Riso and Hudson's I think that this book could easily be a substitute to gain knowledge of the enneagram on a profound level。 。。。more
Shelly Nicholson
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My curiosity of the enneagram led me to pick this book up。 I wish I could give half stars because this would be a four and one half。 I think it’s strength lies in the disintegration of the personality types。 I found the personality test a bit hard to understand。
Cassandra Glissadevil
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3。0 starsNot Riso's best。 When it comes to the Ennegram， don't be a 3 with a 2 wing。 Don't cut corners！ 3。0 starsNot Riso's best。 When it comes to the Ennegram， don't be a 3 with a 2 wing。 Don't cut corners！ 。。。more
Kim
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I enjoyed the misidentification portion of the book， but I thought the author’s addition of orientation toward parent figures was thrown in there without much explanation as to how he developed/tested/verified his hypothesis。 I’m happy the quizzes were included， but I had even scores for 5 and 6， and the misidentification section didn’t talk about that combination。 Perhaps （likely） it was user error when taking the quiz。
Alex Wong
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While I'm not new to profiling tools and coaching， I had to read this book several times to understand about personality based on this tool。 It was very interesting， and helped me to understand more about the people around me and the motivations。 The earlier chapters on the Holy Idea， Holy Virtues etc where a little harder for me to grasp， but once we got to the later parts where he talked about the different centres of expression， that made alot of sense to me。 Once that was established， it was While I'm not new to profiling tools and coaching， I had to read this book several times to understand about personality based on this tool。 It was very interesting， and helped me to understand more about the people around me and the motivations。 The earlier chapters on the Holy Idea， Holy Virtues etc where a little harder for me to grasp， but once we got to the later parts where he talked about the different centres of expression， that made alot of sense to me。 Once that was established， it was easier for me to head back to the earlier chapters to relink them。 If one wants to understand the Enneagram more， one would probable need to keep the book close and re-read it several times to allow the insights， and nuances of the tool to sink it。 Overall， I thought the book was very in-depth and complete with regards to the Enneagram。 。。。more
Daniel Triumph
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Crunchy with facts， full of useful divisions， headers， and forms。 The voice of the writer is clear， with lots of use of the personal "I，" making it awkward to read as nonfiction。Nonetheless， it's loaded with good insight， science， and clear information。 Appears well researched。 Crunchy with facts， full of useful divisions， headers， and forms。 The voice of the writer is clear， with lots of use of the personal "I，" making it awkward to read as nonfiction。Nonetheless， it's loaded with good insight， science， and clear information。 Appears well researched。 。。。more
Steve Cox
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Fascinating alternative way of looking at personalities。 The nine-category structure was refreshingly straightforward after I’ve learnt about Jung （via Meyers/Briggs） and Strengths Finder。 However， there are layers of detail and revelation to all 0f the methods that take time to absorb。 I find that I’ve learnt stuff from all of them。I was prompted to look into the Enneagram by reading a writing blog by K M Weiland。 She pointed out the way that the nine-category structure helps when building conv Fascinating alternative way of looking at personalities。 The nine-category structure was refreshingly straightforward after I’ve learnt about Jung （via Meyers/Briggs） and Strengths Finder。 However， there are layers of detail and revelation to all 0f the methods that take time to absorb。 I find that I’ve learnt stuff from all of them。I was prompted to look into the Enneagram by reading a writing blog by K M Weiland。 She pointed out the way that the nine-category structure helps when building convincing characters。 Now I’ve read the book I agree with this。 It’s very helpful to identify which category applies to you as your strengths and weaknesses are revealed。 It’s also really interesting to be shown how your character might/would change if your mental health deteriorated or improved。I think I must be a bit of a dabbler with these theories and methods of personality assessment。 It all adds to my understanding of human behaviour， and it’s fun， too。 。。。more
Paul
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The last of my Riso-Hudson enneagram books for now。 This one had two new sections; center scrambling and information on sorting out misidentified types。 It also went into more detail around the spiritual aspects of Holy Idea， Holy Passion， and Virtues。 It provided an interesting look into the early days of the enneagram and how it has evolved into the current system。
Jaymie
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Awesome！ Loved the chapters on the Centers and the psychological categories。 This was exactly what I was looking for - some “What now？” for after the reader knows his/her type。
Liz
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This is the most comprehensive book I've read about Enneagram; it discusses the Enneagram from a psychological perspective and integrates with DSM diagnostics。 It also looks at other types of Enneagram classification organizations （triad， wings， Hornian， subtypes） but doesn't cover them extensively。 This is the most comprehensive book I've read about Enneagram; it discusses the Enneagram from a psychological perspective and integrates with DSM diagnostics。 It also looks at other types of Enneagram classification organizations （triad， wings， Hornian， subtypes） but doesn't cover them extensively。 。。。more
Kathy Jackson
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Very interesting
Davonne
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be ready for some pain because the the truth you will learn about yourself is profound。 growth hurts but the end result is worth it。。。also the end result is ongoing。 warning: only read if you're looking to evolve tramendously be ready for some pain because the the truth you will learn about yourself is profound。 growth hurts but the end result is worth it。。。also the end result is ongoing。 warning: only read if you're looking to evolve tramendously 。。。more
Esma T
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Enneagrama ilgi duyduğum için hakkında yazılan her şeyi okumaya çalışıyorum。 Kitapta yazılan çoğu şeyi bilsem de bazı bölümlerde yeni şeylerle karşılaştım ve bu bölümleri çok sevdim。 İyi bir çalışmanın sonucu ortaya çıkmış bir kitap， daha çok Amerikan kültürüne uygun yazılmış olsa da ayıklandığında geriye kalacak güzel bilgiler var。
Dimitris Hall
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Found this one last year in this shop when I was in Dublin。 Having highlighted about half of it with that light blue colored penciland of mine， it took me about a year to "finish"。。。 Reference book or no， I was really attracted to the way it expanded on some of the concepts first laid out in Personality Types。 I recommend reading that one first （or maybe even The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut for a different school of thought） if you want to Found this one last year in this shop when I was in Dublin。 Having highlighted about half of it with that light blue colored penciland of mine， it took me about a year to "finish"。。。 Reference book or no， I was really attracted to the way it expanded on some of the concepts first laid out in Personality Types。 I recommend reading that one first （or maybe even The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut for a different school of thought） if you want to get into the Enneagram， and read this one for more models and， uh， experimental ways to use this tool for personal growth and helping others out。 The Enneagram is a valuable piece of social technology -- it's a tool that can help us understand others and ourselves that works。 We need to spread the word！ 。。。more
Sheila
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This book is just an longer version of the explanations of each type。 It was helpful to me in understanding the types in more detail。
Jaafar Vaezi
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After reading other book from Riso and Hudson: Enneagram transformations and translating to Persian language， reading this book was very fascinating and understandable。 Now I am reading this book and other books from Riso & Hudson: personality types and wisdom of the Enneagram。 The first book I received in Enneagram and read was: discovering your personality type and it was beginning of my journey to new life。
Kenny
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One of my favorite introductions to the Enneagram。
Caroline
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Excellent book。 The writers delved deeply into many aspects of the Enneagram。 My favorite chapter was the one containing the quiz for self-analysis， in which I was finally able to discern my type。 （I am a six。） The book covered several helpful topics， including psychological categories， levels of development， and misidentifications， the latter being an extremely helpful chapter， helping one discover their true type when being stuck between two similar options。 There is a lot of insightful inform Excellent book。 The writers delved deeply into many aspects of the Enneagram。 My favorite chapter was the one containing the quiz for self-analysis， in which I was finally able to discern my type。 （I am a six。） The book covered several helpful topics， including psychological categories， levels of development， and misidentifications， the latter being an extremely helpful chapter， helping one discover their true type when being stuck between two similar options。 There is a lot of insightful information in this book and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more about the Enneagram and self discovery。 。。。more
Josh L。
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One of the top in-depth overviews for。。。understanding the Enneagram。
Melanie Carpenter
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So fascinating！！
Anik Singal
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I really felt this book was a bit long-winded and the second half was just very 'text book' like。 However， for someone STUDYING enneagrams， it's perfect。 I was just trying to get an introduction to enneagrams。 In which case， the first half of this book is great！ I really felt this book was a bit long-winded and the second half was just very 'text book' like。 However， for someone STUDYING enneagrams， it's perfect。 I was just trying to get an introduction to enneagrams。 In which case， the first half of this book is great！ 。。。more
Ryan Johnson
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Stopping just short of throwing this book in the rubbish， I'm closing the cover at page 30， doubtful the cover will ever be cracked again。 Perhaps my ignorance will show through， but this book reeks of a filth I abor， new age psychology， pop psychology。。。。Though the authors say this is a very old ideology， method and practice I couldn't help but feel I would soon be asked for a One Time Payment of $19。99 for the next Self Help Book in the series。。。。。There are a lot of promising titles in my pile Stopping just short of throwing this book in the rubbish， I'm closing the cover at page 30， doubtful the cover will ever be cracked again。 Perhaps my ignorance will show through， but this book reeks of a filth I abor， new age psychology， pop psychology。。。。Though the authors say this is a very old ideology， method and practice I couldn't help but feel I would soon be asked for a One Time Payment of $19。99 for the next Self Help Book in the series。。。。。There are a lot of promising titles in my pile to be struggling just to view the words typed， having a separate， simultaneous dialogue in my head as to how much I hate the words I am reading。 Good Riddance。 。。。more
Debbie
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Interesting concept。 I like it because it does not claim to be a 'labeler' of personalities。 It looks at the strongest core traits and helps you understand how to perceive yourself and others and how to work with different traits。 I also like that it strongly discourages 'judgement' of others。 Riso makes it clear that we all have some of each of the traits and that any of these can come out stronger under temporary circumstances such as extreme stress。 Because Understanding the Enneagram: The Pr Interesting concept。 I like it because it does not claim to be a 'labeler' of personalities。 It looks at the strongest core traits and helps you understand how to perceive yourself and others and how to work with different traits。 I also like that it strongly discourages 'judgement' of others。 Riso makes it clear that we all have some of each of the traits and that any of these can come out stronger under temporary circumstances such as extreme stress。 Because Understanding the Enneagram: The Practical Guide to Personality Types is set up more as a reference book I can continually pick it up to use and refresh my understanding of one of the types without hunting or rereading the entire book。 This is a keeper。 。。。more
Leigh Kramer
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Such a good resource for those wanting to delve deeper into the Enneagram and how it works。 The type misidentifications and practical tips for each type are outstanding。 I wouldn't recommend this as the first people read on the Enneagram but it's a great next step after reading The Wisdom of the Enneagram。 Such a good resource for those wanting to delve deeper into the Enneagram and how it works。 The type misidentifications and practical tips for each type are outstanding。 I wouldn't recommend this as the first people read on the Enneagram but it's a great next step after reading The Wisdom of the Enneagram。 。。。more
Matt Timms
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This book doesn't claim to be an introduction to the Enneagram but certainly provides an overview。 A person new to the Enneagram may be lost by the sometimes technical language Riso utilizes。All in all， the basics of the directions of integration， basic desires/fears， and particularly the recommendations towards the end of the book are helpful tools for understanding the self。 The final chapter on essence and self-transcendence， while primarily conceptual in nature， serve to highlight well the p This book doesn't claim to be an introduction to the Enneagram but certainly provides an overview。 A person new to the Enneagram may be lost by the sometimes technical language Riso utilizes。All in all， the basics of the directions of integration， basic desires/fears， and particularly the recommendations towards the end of the book are helpful tools for understanding the self。 The final chapter on essence and self-transcendence， while primarily conceptual in nature， serve to highlight well the possible power of the Enneagram in helping us understand our spiritual growth。 。。。more
Amber van der Zouwen
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Very clear， helpful and interesting。
Rebecca
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This was an outstanding book on the personality types and does help one put others behavior into perspective。
Lea
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I'm using this book as reference rather than reading cover to cover。 I'm using this book as reference rather than reading cover to cover。 。。。more
Paul Dubuc
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