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The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,577 ratings — published 2013
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Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,476 ratings — published 1980
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Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,819 ratings — published 1998
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Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,564 ratings — published 1987
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Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 9,496 ratings — published 1984
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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.20 — 57,020 ratings — published 2016
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Personality Type Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.12 — 490 ratings — published 1998
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Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,804 ratings — published 1992
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The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,756 ratings — published 1999
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The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,446 ratings — published 2017
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.82 — 56,262 ratings — published 1996
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Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.24 — 501 ratings — published 1990
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Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,609 ratings — published 2021
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The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.05 — 541 ratings — published 2017
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Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 330 ratings — published 2011
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The INTP: Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning The INTP: Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 893 ratings — published 2013
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The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.12 — 11,477 ratings — published 2018
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Psychological Types Psychological Types (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,336 ratings — published 1921
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Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.10 — 406 ratings — published 2002
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The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.26 — 3,502 ratings — published 2018
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From Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation From Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.99 — 233 ratings — published 2001
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The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.83 — 24,597 ratings — published 2017
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Enneagram Transformations: Psychological Meditations for Twelve-Step Programs, Inner Child Work, and Recovery Enneagram Transformations: Psychological Meditations for Twelve-Step Programs, Inner Child Work, and Recovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 528 ratings — published 1993
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.07 — 487,460 ratings — published 2012
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The Essential Enneagram The Essential Enneagram (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,362 ratings — published 2000
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The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People – An Ancient Personality Test Made Simple for Everyday Life The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People – An Ancient Personality Test Made Simple for Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,461 ratings — published 1994
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The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 754 ratings — published 2000
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The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,054 ratings — published 1988
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Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,997 ratings — published 1988
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Cruel Twist of Fate (The Time Travel Trilogy of Galdebrach) Cruel Twist of Fate (The Time Travel Trilogy of Galdebrach)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2012
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 41,864 ratings — published 2023
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A Macat analysis of Milgram’s Obedience to Authority A Macat analysis of Milgram’s Obedience to Authority (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published
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Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture (Resources for Changing Lives) Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture (Resources for Changing Lives)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,654 ratings — published 2003
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The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,564 ratings — published 2000
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Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of our Identity in Christ Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of our Identity in Christ (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,327 ratings — published 2018
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How to navigate the world as an INTP: Strategies for self-improvement How to navigate the world as an INTP: Strategies for self-improvement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Productivity For INFPs: How To Be Productive Within Your Natural Rhythms Productivity For INFPs: How To Be Productive Within Your Natural Rhythms (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.72 — 53 ratings — published
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The INFJ Personality Guide: Understand yourself, reach your potential, and live a life of purpose. The INFJ Personality Guide: Understand yourself, reach your potential, and live a life of purpose. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 684 ratings — published
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The Infj Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type The Infj Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.28 — 834 ratings — published 2016
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Introduction to Type Introduction to Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.93 — 168 ratings — published 1980
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Ennea-type Structures: Self-Analysis for the Seeker (Consciousness Classics) Ennea-type Structures: Self-Analysis for the Seeker (Consciousness Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.02 — 99 ratings — published 1991
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People Types and Tiger Stripes People Types and Tiger Stripes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 64 ratings — published 1989
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Are You My Type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through the Enneagram Are You My Type, Am I Yours? Relationships Made Easy Through the Enneagram (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.96 — 260 ratings — published 1995
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Enneatypes in Psychotherapy Enneatypes in Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 25 ratings — published 1995
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What Type Am I?: The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy What Type Am I?: The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.94 — 534 ratings — published 1998
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The Four Temperaments: A Fun and Practical Guide to Understanding Yourself and the People in Your Life The Four Temperaments: A Fun and Practical Guide to Understanding Yourself and the People in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.00 — 18 ratings — published 2004
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Awareness: The Key to Acceptance, Respect, Forgiveness, and Growth Awareness: The Key to Acceptance, Respect, Forgiveness, and Growth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 4.02 — 46 ratings — published 1994
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The Art and Science of Personality Development The Art and Science of Personality Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 192 ratings — published 2015
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The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as personality-theory)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,163 ratings — published 2011
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Gordon W. Allport
“To understand what a person is, it is necessary always to refer to what he may be in the future, for every state of the person is pointed in the direction of future possibilities.”
― Gordon W. Allport, Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

Gordon W. Allport
“Philosophically speaking, values are the termini of our intentions. We never fully achieve them.”
― Gordon W. Allport, Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

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