What's My Type?: The Enneagram Guide to Unconscious Motivation―Transform Weaknesses into Strengths

by Kathleen V. Hurley, Theodore E. Dobson

Hurley and Dobson explore how the wisdom of the Enneagram allows you to bring out the best in yourself and others. Delving deeper than other systems of personality exploration, the Enneagram system of nine distinctive patterns of unconscious motivation reveals the primary sources of our behavior and the reasons we live as we do. Through detailed descriptions and discerning self-inventory questions, Hurley and Dobson make discovering your personality type fun and easy. They provide simple, proven methods for neutralizing negative attitudes about self and others and releasing untapped potential. Armed with the Enneagram's insights, readers learn to transform weaknesses into strengths, break free of crippling patterns, choose new ways of relating to others, and enjoy balance and harmony. For

Inspirational, easy-to-use and practical -- What's My Type? puts the Enneagram system to work for you.

Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Spirituality, Counselling, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 1992

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A surprisingly good read, and one not often mentioned by the podcasts I've been listening to. A little more "meaty", but a good option when you've read "The Enneagram Made Easy" and are looking to delve deeper.

[Marci · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I ever read on the enneagram and I’ve reread it often. Still my favorite.

[Kenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best intermediate/advanced books on the Enneagram. If you have heard of stances or the harmony triads, they originated with these authors.

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is more straight-forward than most of the enneagram books I've looked at. Not so much of the weird stuff, although there's that tendency. This was the first personality test I'd come across that spoke about the pet weaknesses of each personality, and how to combat them. This book, and the enneagram system, are useful because of that. It has been helpful to me to know my pitfalls - if I can't recognize my illusions about myself and the world around me, how can I work toward the truth? Still, enneagram books have this tendency to go off on quasi-spiritual flights of fancy, and I've had to skip a few chapters of junk in order to get to something useful - this book is more practical than most of them.

[Shyra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very much enjoyed this book. Great information in putting together lots of information that I have previously read in other books. This book is great at really pinpointing the personality!

[Karen Lindholm · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the positive aspects in the back of the book the most interesting.

[Dean · Rating 2 out of 5]

It maybe a seminal work presenting enneagram methodology but it didn't help me as a new person coming to the discipline. I'll need an "Enneagram for Dummies" edition.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little new age-y...