HarperOne Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery

One of the better books out there on this subject. Great descriptions, and thought-provoking new information. A must-have for enneagram enthusiasts.

If you enjoy taking personality tests, this book is a great choice—especially if you want to dive deeper into the topic and expand your understanding. The print quality is solid as well. I can definitely recommend it.

This is probably TMI, but my husband & I have been married for 21 years and we were struggling (not unlike most long-term marriages or relationships at some point or another). We mutually decided he needed to embark on a modern-day Aboriginal Walk-About for 30 days. I helped him pack up our travel trailer and off he went to a local RV park to live on his own...time needed to figure himself out (and time for me to re-center my soul & enjoy some alone time). He embarked on journaling and meditation (neither of which he'd ever done before) and spent time "being" with himself....a journey of self-discovery & self-reliance. I purchased two books for him to take on his journey and this book was one of them. I stumbled on this book entirely by accident through a review of another book I was considering getting for him. After reading countless reviews for this book it seemed like it might be a good read. I knew nothing about Enneagrams so the profound change that came from his reading this book was a complete fluke. My husband dove into this book his first week away. He was completely obsessed with it. He would call me in the evenings crying (he NEVER cries). It was like an awakening for him and suddenly all of his struggles and personal bewilderment became crystal clear and he understood himself for the first time in his entire life (his words). He would read to me from the book every night. It piqued my curiosity (I hadn't even opened the cover when I bought it, I just packed it into the trailer for him to read while he was away) so I decided to buy myself my own copy since he wasn't home for us to share the book. I wanted to figure out my personality, then our adult children and so on. I even bought the book for my sister. The Enneagram concept is somewhat complex, but truly mind-blowing once you get things dialed in and understand how it works. Learning how each personality type functions within the healthy to unhealthy levels and how this impacts your life and all of your personal relationships. It's frighteningly accurate (as long as you are being honest about yourself) and nothing short of fascinating. I would recommend this book to anyone. Frankly, I'm shocked that therapists (both marriage and personal) don't have their clients take the Enneagram test online before embarking on any type of therapy, understanding yourself is key to facilitating change. This book is a must read for anyone on a journey of self-enlightenment.

I have read different Enneagram books just because I find it interesting and from them all I found this one the most insightful. Specially if you want to learn about yourself, since when reading about the different levels of development in your type, you can actually see how you pass through different points in different moments in your life, for better or worse, it shows the spiral that takes you up and down and why in a clear manner. I like that the main 9 different types are described in different chapters, so you can go to the chapter you are interested instead of finding little bits of information through the whole book. I also like that the wing subtypes are also described within each of the types, giving you a bigger idea of what is the actual difference between being one wing or another. I would say if you want to have a good insight about your type or any other this is a good book for you. Be aware that you will read things you like and you don’t like about yourself, accept that, nobody and no type is perfect. If on the contrary you were looking for a quick description of all types, don’t spend your money, just do a little research on Internet and you will get that info there.

Great book to dig into the personalities