Enneagram For Dummies

Enneagram For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020951380

ISBN: 978-1-119-77112-8; 978-1-119-77113-5 (ebk); 978-1-119-77114-2 (ebk)

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 7
5. Chapter 10
6. Chapter 14

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 6
5. Chapter 7
6. Chapter 9
7. Chapter 12
8. Chapter 13
9. Chapter 14
10. Chapter 17
11. Chapter 18
12. Appendix

For many years now, interest in the Enneagram has been growing exponentially worldwide. Maybe you've already heard of it at work, at a seminar, or from friends or relatives. The Enneagram as it is described in this book is about 20 to 30 years old, is a popular and recognized method of gaining insight into your personality, and has become an increasingly common tool across a broad spectrum of professions.

The Enneagram became popular because many people felt a need for a greater sense of self-awareness as well as a desire for increased personal development. They also wanted to better understand the people around them their partners, children, parents, bosses, colleagues, and others. Why do people do what they do? Why is it that certain people clash so severely? The Enneagram reveals the answer. The Enneagram is a compassionate method that enables people to gain not only greater insight but also a better understanding of each other and of why things happen the way they do. The Enneagram helps people build bridges between themselves and the other people in their world.

The goal of this book is to offer you a clear, concise, practical, and above all comprehensible overview of the world of the Enneagram. It should also encourage you to try the Enneagram for yourself. This is a book for you if you see your life as a journey on which you still have a lot to discover, experience, and learn. If that statement describes you, you might be interested in the answers to the following questions:

• What is the Enneagram?
• What can you do with the Enneagram?
• What is the language of the Enneagram?
• How do personality structures develop?
• What are the Enneagram personality types?
• How can I apply the Enneagram to my everyday life?
• Is there just one way to do the Enneagram?
• Does the Enneagram have a spiritual component?

I wrote this book for two reasons. First, the Enneagram has personally given me a lot in fact, I have no trouble saying it has changed my life. I have fewer difficulties with my own, personal stumbling blocks and am finding increasing amounts of freedom in the decisions I make. One outcome for me was that I sold my share in my organizational consulting firm to dedicate myself fully to the Enneagram. I want everyone to have this decision-making freedom and inner peace.

The second reason is connected to the first. At the seminars, training sessions, and workshops that I hold on the topic of the Enneagram, participants often ask which book I can recommend as an introduction to the topic a book that offers an easy way to start, a convenient overview of the possibilities out there, and exercises for further development. Youre holding this book in your hands.

This book was written for people who want to use it for their own, personal development as well as for professional users who are interested in this tool for their work. What consultants who delve deeper into the Enneagram often have in common is that they come in professional contact with people trying to function sometimes unsuccessfully in their environment. They can use a tool that gives them quicker insight into the characteristics of people with whom they work. This affects managers, mediators, coaches, personnel managers, relationship therapists, pastors, organizational consultants, management trainers, team builders, lecturers, physicians, entrepreneurs, and many others.