The Career Within You: How to Find the Perfect Job for Your Personality – An Enneagram Assessment for Self-Knowledge and Growth

by Elizabeth Wagele, Ingrid Stabb

“Wagele and Stabb are great detectives who will help you understand your perfect habitat for all you can bring to the workplace.
—Chip Conley, Founder/CEO, Joie de Vivre Hospitality, and author of Peak   Employing the Enneagram Personality Assessment System, Elizabeth Wagele, author of The Enneagram Made Easy , and career workshop and events organizer Ingrid Stabb can help you discover The Career Within You. Unlike “one-size-fits-all” self-help business books, The Career Within You provides everything you need to fully understand your individual strengths, gifts, needs, and distinct personality traits, and will point you toward a job uniquely tailored to you . “It will free you to become the person you know you really want to be,” says Gil Garcetti, former Los Angeles County District Attorney and Consulting Producer of “The Closer.”

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2009

About the author

Elizabeth Wagele was an American artist, musician, and author best known for her engaging and accessible works on the Enneagram of Personality and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Raised in Salt Lake City before moving to Berkeley at age 10, she was drawn to creative expression early in life, spending her time drawing, playing piano, and inventing stories. A talented pianist and composer, she studied under Bernhard Abramowitsch and Andrew Imbrie, graduating cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1961. Music remained a central part of her life, both personally and professionally.
Wagele began writing books in her mid-fifties, often infusing humor and self-drawn cartoons into her work. Her 1994 collaboration with Renee Baron, The Enneagram Made Easy, became a bestseller and was translated into 17 languages. She continued to explore the Enneagram through various lenses, including parenting (The Enneagram of Parenting), relationships (Are You My Type, Am I Yours?), and even the experience of grief (The Enneagram of Death). A champion of introversion, she authored The Happy Introvert, blending psychological insight with personal reflection.
Beyond writing, Wagele produced music CDs like The Beethoven Enneagram and Enneagram Variations, where she interpreted personality types through musical performance. Her multidisciplinary approach brought psychological concepts to life in a uniquely creative and compassionate voice. She passed away in 2017 in Berkeley, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, insight, and wit through her books, music, and art.

Reviews

[momloves2read · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was kind of interesting to read, but not very helpful. There is much more to choosing a career than your enneagram type. I would recommend the what color is your parachute book instead.

[Tanaporn · Rating 4 out of 5]

ยังหาเล่ม 2 อยู่ (ของเมืองไทยพิมพ์แยกเล่ม 1-2) ถ้าใครมี รบกวนขอยืมด้วยค่ะ จะคืนให้แน่นอน🙏

[Teresa Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the content is helpful, but the style of writing comes off as pretty cheesy sometimes. My advice would be to skim through the long written sections, and just take the tests.

[Almothana Alghunaim · Rating 4 out of 5]

الكتاب بسيط و جداً ممتاز، و يصنف طبيعة صفات الناس و الأعمال الملائمة لكل صفة. أنصح به للطلاب حديثي التخرج و لمن يبحث عن عمل يحبه أكثر من عمله الحالي.
الكتاب يستحق خمس نجوم؛ و يعيب عليه فقط أن المؤلفة لم تذكر عيوب كل صفة و الوظائف غير الملائمة لها.
تمنيت أن تذكر السلبيات بجانب المميزات أيضاً و كيفية إصلاحها أو التقليل من أثارها.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was interesting and insightful. I love the whole personality quiz and website guides, although their website could have been a bit stronger, but the book itself was exactly what I expected and so proved to be a quick enjoyable read.

[Celest · Rating 2 out of 5]

In all honesty, only skimmed this. It seems about as accurate as poorly done astrology. The types are very general, and don't come across as research based. I find the Meyers Briggs and OCEAN are more thought out and have strong validity in my life.

[Priscilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of creepy how dead on some things were.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book but nothing earth shattering.