The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide ― Revised & Updated – A Stanford Professor's Research-Based System for Nine Types

This is a really good introduction to the Enneagram. I've struggled in the past to identify my Enneagram type, and I don't think I would have been able to using the just the initial test at the start of this book. However, after reading the type determination and type description pages, reviewing the very helpful summary of type discriminators, and considering the explanation of the three centers of intelligence in Section 2 (which I wish had been included earlier in the book), I felt very confident that I'm a Type 6. One of the nice things about this book is that not only does it make it very easy to explore the different types and discover your own type, it also provides tips and practices for all types and for each specific type to encourage personal development. The one thing I felt frustrated about is that some of the concepts introduced in Section 2, such as the subtypes, are touched on so briefly that I didn't really understand them. I would have liked some examples in that area so I can make better use of that practice. I generally liked the layout of this book and found it easy to use. I have both the Kindle and paperback versions. Either works just fine, although I think it's a bit easier to flip back and forth in the paperback version. I highly recommend this as an introduction to the Enneagram, suitable for a wide audience interested in psychology, spirituality, and personal growth.

This book is very useful in identifying and learning one’s own place in the Enneagram. In addition, it clarifies terminology like “wings” and recommends healing practices specific to type,

This book did exactly what I wanted it to; it let me find out my Enneagram type with a minimum of fuss. It is clearly written and easy to read, and easy to follow the steps to determining your type. I wouldn't recommend the Kindle edition for first-time readers, as the process for determining your type involves a lot of flipping back and forth between sections of the book, which would be much easier with the physical book.

. Reviewed by C J Singh (Berkeley, CA) . Positive-Psychology Paths to Happiness: The Enneagram Way Initially known as "The Stanford Enneagram Discovery Inventory and Guide," THE ESSENTIAL ENNEAGRAM, first edition, was published in 2000, the second in 2009. The jacket blurb claims it as "The First and Only Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and Guide." Appendix B summarizes the "Validity of the Essential Enneagram Test." I hastened to read it. On page 116: "The overall Kappa for the entire test was 0.5254, p<0.0001, considered a significant degree of concordance." Yes. Rereading sections of the two textbooks of my Stanford graduate course "Research Methods in Psychology," I found the statistical analysis convincing. THE ESSENTIAL ENNEAGRAM comes with an optional 2-hour DVD that features the author, David Daniels MD, Stanford Psychiatrist, and Courtney Behm, Harvard MBA, management consultant. More. The DVD presents nine narrators that personify one of the nine personality types. Watching it made studying the book even more engaging. The Enneagram is a nine-pointed diagram that indicates nine types of personalities, each numbered 1 to 9. Only nine? Hang on, with the subtypes included there are many more. Your personality Type emerges from your genetic heritage and your early childhood coping responses. Each Type has its strengths and weaknesses. The Enneagram shows you the behavior changes you need to make to overcome the weaknesses of your type. You discover your Type by taking the Essential Enneagram Test (pages 5-7). The Test comprises reading nine brief paragraphs and choosing the three that come closest to describing you. [I'm Type Four. Strengths of this type are: "Sensitivity, A creative orientation. Being attuned to feelings. A capacity to empathize with suffering. Intensity. Passion. Romantic idealism. Emotional depth. Authenticity. Introspection" (page 34). Limitations of this type are: "People and experiences not living up to my romantic ideals or desire for intensity. Wanting more than is available. Envying what others have that I do not have or what they are that I am not. Unmanageable feelings, especially in emotional crises" (page 35). Yes, the enneagram test is accurate.] Type One: The Perfectionist Type Two: The Giver Type Three: The Performer Type Four: The Romantic Type Five: The Observer Type Six: The Loyal Skeptic Type Seven: The Epicure Type Eight: The Protector Type Nine: The Mediator Of the nine, Types 3, 6, 9 represent different kinds of intelligence. Type 3 personality and its neighbors 2, 4 represent an intelligence of the Heart; they focus energy on feelings and emotions. Type 6 and its neighbors 5, 7 represent an intelligence of the Mind; they focus energy on thinking and imagination; Type 9 and its neighbors 8, 1 represent an intelligence of the body; they focus energy on sensing through the body. The Enneagram shows the linkages of these 9 types with each other, as well as stress and security linkage paths, creating 45 distinct types. This complexity is easier to understand from the diagram The origins of the Enneagram's personality typology and paths to happiness are derived from the ancient teachings of Hindu-Buddhist Psychology.In early 20th century, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (of Greek-Armenian heritage) travelled to India, studied there for many years, and brought this knowledge to Russia and France in the 1920s. In the 1960s, Gurdjieff's followers took his teachings to the Americas. The Enneagram design itself is of India-origin: the "Mandala" (circle) and "Sri Yantra" (triangles and lines) shown as enclosed in a mandala of nine pointed-leaves. Even the name Ennea- is derived from the Indo-European root for nine, the earlier Sanskrit "nava" and later the Greek "ennea." If you have been told that numerals are of Arabic origin, please google the article by "Professor Ian Pearce, St. Andrews University, Indian Math History." Five-star Book and DVD.

I've been using the Enneagram as an essential part of my counseling work for over 20 years. When book like this comes out that makes my life easier I'm thrilled to post about it. Firstly, there is such a tendency among Enneagram devotees (deliberate use of the word) to make it sacrosanct and to project so much of their junk onto it. Like, "Oh you shouldn't tell someone what you think their type is" or "it's not that we "Test" we Explore". Whatever! It's a great tool to help us discover ourselves on a deeper level and, YES, when a person is correctly typed it serve them to a much greater degree than if they are "observing" themselves as the "wrong" number --BUT they are at least looking at their behavior that's a big part of it. So The Essential Ennegram lightens it all up for us. It's a book I can give to a curiosity seeker and 9 out of 10 times they come back to me wanting to learn more. Mr Daniels gives us an invaluable and easy to understand tool that has one of the most accurate tests I've seen (I always advise people to NOT take the test alone. We tend to see ourselves so differently through the mind's window, so invite a friend to help look at the questions with you). Great work, David! Write more!

The changes in this book make it worth the investment. In particular, sections about myths of each type and adjectives that describe the types are helpful. While this book is useful, it should be a beginning point in the understanding of Enneagram, a very powerful spiritual and psychological tool. I'd prefer it if the authors used different language than "test" for determining one's type, since there are no right or wrong answers except as the user calls them right for the individual.

I’ve been teaching the Enneagram for 20 years and this is the book I give clients after their typing interview for these reasons: 1) David originally taught me the Enneagram and his depth of understanding and compassion for the dilemmas of each of these types is stellar. He was a man of both humor and kindness. That matters when you’re helping people unpack their core defense structure. 2) He has some serious street cred. He was a psychiatrist at Stanford University and he understood the human psyche with depth. Back before anyone had ever heard of the Enneagram, he was advocating for it at Stanford as he knew how helpful it was in understanding who we are. You can see this in what he calls the “basic proposition” of each of the types. The basic proposition identifies those core survival needs of a developing child. What did we need for love, security and a sense of control and esteem? My clients are most always moved when their Enneagram patterns are positioned through this lens. They see how this is in our hardwiring. 3) David did a lot of research on the biology of emotions and was endlessly curious about neurobiology and type. This never went away. This comes through in the book particularly in his explanations of the Enneagram centers. This is a guy who both did his homework and worked with countless clients and students. Straight up academics can often miss the empathy and heart when writing about the Enneagram. Not David. You can feel his compassion particularly in the practices. If there is one weakness in the book, it is a more in depth understanding of the body center. In fairness, this book was written prior to our understanding of somatic psychology and interception where we understand the internal state of our bodies in the present moment. Our type structure house is itself in our bodies and that is not unpacked in this book. This is a crucial contemporary understanding of the Enneagram that is best learned through practice with someone who knows what they’re doing. I highly recommend this book. It’s best read slowly and digested so you have a good sense of how the type lands for you.

Really enjoyed this little book! Most books don’t have a test but this one does. Also liked the fact that it was more research based and didn’t involve Christianity or New Age (slight mention of chakras but still found it relevant and not pushy). Really gave me a different perspective on my personality. Highly recommend if you’re just getting into enneagram. Informative, even gives you exercises and ways to improve yourself based on your personality. I was in tears and feel so relieved at the information I learned.

Un'opera molto ben fatta, sia dal punto di vista teorico che pratico. La consiglio a tutti coloro che siano interessati al tema, anche se non in possesso di conoscenze preliminari.

Je n'ai pas tiré grand chose de ce livre, je n'en vois pas l'intérêt. Tout est survolé et je ne conseille donc pas sur le sujet.

Good starter book, easy to understand, workable guide and felt the content very nice and speicifc

Gute gediegene Bedienung wie man seinen Enneagram Persönlichkeit findet. ANschaulich und klar. Kann dann mit andren Büchern erweitert werden, aber zum Anfang gibt es klare ANleitung wie man sich zurecht findet, und sich auch heran tasten kann, wenn man noch Zweifel hat. ICH knnte mich gut bestätigt sehen in meine Auswertung.

Es delegado y pequeño