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by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson
If you read only one Enneagram book, make it this one. In The Wisdom of the Enneagram, Riso and Hudson have created what is not only the most readable resource on the subject, but also the most complete as well. Starting from a purely introductory level, the authors take the reader from a basic theoretical overview of personality types, to an in-depth description of all types, concentrating on practical, existential guidance. Riso and Hudson create names for the wings and keywords for the subtypes which are wonderfully accurate, and more informative than the names which many other authors have tried to give for the basic types.
Because the goal of this book is practical help, each Temperament is given a summary of the typical issues which remain core issues in the personality, a wake-up call to pay attention to, warning signs when they may be becoming too trapped within their compulsions, and numerous suggestions on practices to help develop inner potential, as well as a description of their essence when self-actualizing.
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Fives are the: Observer, Investigator, Thinker, Philosopher or Guru
They are highly objective and able to see all sides of a question. Private and solitary by nature, they like to be invisible until they are ready to reveal themselves they tend to stay on the sidelines preferring to meet the world with their mind. They prefer to play the role of detached observer or investigator. In general, they see the world as intrusive, overwhelming and chaotic–often demanding too much and giving too little in return. They conserve their energy and focus their attention on acquiring the information necessary to make sense out of the chaos.
They are often superb teachers and/or researchers. Studious and scholarly, they develop expertise in any area that is of interest to they, often in more than one field. They believe that knowledge is power and feel it is imperative that they be as a means of survival. Often scientific, they have unparalleled powers of mental perception due in part to their ability to remain detached and unaffected by their emotions.They have an inquisitive and observant nature with an insatiable appetite for information. They think things through before offering their perceptive insights regarding systems, people or how the world works.
They tend to withdraw. Instead of dealing with their sensitivity by being emotionally detached from results, Avoiding the glaring light of scrutiny, they seek the safety of camouflage. When they feel that they lack intellect, they become withdrawn, isolated and reclusive. They see themselves as intense, unexpected, original and different from others. They are private and introspective, although others may think of they as anti-social, secretive, remote, and eccentric. Their sense of humor is based on postulating the absurd.
Why aren’t all people with a given Temperament Type successful?
You probably know a bunch of people with the same Temperament Type. Why are some successful and others are not. Why the difference? The difference is Emotional Intelligence. We use Emotional Quotient. (EQ) as a shorthand to describe Emotional Intelligence.
A person may have a high IQ. They did well in school, maybe have a college diploma or even an advanced degree. They may even be in MENSA, the select high-IQ club and still fail in business and relationships. Why are they not successful?
The answer:
Your IQ determines 20 % of your success, which leaves 80% to other forces. This is stated by Daniel Goleman the Author of “Emotional Intelligence.”
A person with a high IQ does not mean they know how to manage their thoughts and feelings any more successfully than a person with a low IQ. Success requires taking the emotional data, making sense of that data, and integrating it into your decision-making. People with higher EQ does this better.
By increasing your EQ you can use your thoughts and emotions of your Temperament Type to make the best possible decisions. Increased EQ help you get optimal results from your relationships with yourself and others.
EQ challenges the conventional belief that emotions are in the way of good decisions. By increasing your EQ it is possible to learn how to use your emotions to make better decisions. By increasing your EQ, it is possible to increase your wisdom and energy required for high performance. The Increasing your EQ is a teachable life skill. If people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathetic manager and a more empathetic father
The Power of Nine is your Key to Happiness and Joy.
There are nine Temperaments. Fifty percent (50%) of your happiness is determined by your Temperament.
Understanding your Temperament Type allows you to work with it and increase your own happiness. The ways individual people inherently view the world/themselves and process information are not the same but do tend to group in different clumps.
What do they really want?
Temperament One examples are: Hillary Clinton, Tom Brokaw, Martha Stewart, Al Gore, and Tony Randall. These people want to be good. They have high ideals and value and are attracted to situations where those ideals are met. They want to realize all their potential and help others actualize theirs. They envision making the world a better place to live.
Temperament Two examples are: Bill Cosby, Alan Alda, Nancy Reagan, Dolly Parton, and Pat Boone. These people want to know they are loving. They want to nurture others and foster relationships. They value and are attracted to love. They envision making the world a more loving place to live.
Temperament Three examples are: Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, and Bill Clinton. These people are attracted to and value productivity, industry, and competence. They envision making the world more productive, organized, efficient, and smooth running. They see the universe as chaos and want to really make it a cosmos, a harmonious and orderly system.
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Temperament Four examples are: Michael Jackson, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Neil Diamond, and Angelina Jolie. These people want to be unique individuals with lots of originality. They enjoy putting their personal touch on everything in which they are involved. They also value beauty and want to make the world a more beautiful place to live.
Temperament Five examples are: Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Howard Hughes, George Lucas, and Karl Marx. These people long for wisdom, understanding, knowledge, truth. They want to make the world a more enlightened place by discovering what is real and true and making it more intelligible to others.
Temperament Six examples are: Helen Palmer, Michael Moore, Tom Hanks, Rush Limbaugh, Richard Nixon, and Mel Gibson. These people want to make the world a safer, more secure, more reliable, more trustworthy place to live and they will question anyone’s authority in their effort to do so. They value loyalty in themselves and others and stand by their commitments.
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Temperament Seven examples are: Robin Williams, Steve Jobs, Tom Hanks, Anthony Quinn, Richard Branson and Terry Bradshaw. These people want to enjoy life and experience all its possibilities. They value joy and variety. They envision making the world a more delightful place to live.
Temperament Eight examples are: Martin Luther King, Jr., FDR, Sean Connery, Donald Trump, and John Wayne. These people want to live life fully and freely. They are attracted to, appreciate, and effectively use power. They envision using their strength to influence others and bring about a more just world where power and resources are equitably distributed.
Temperament Nine examples are: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Stewart, Carl Jung, and Dwight Eisenhower. These people want to feel at one with others and at home in the universe. They value peace, harmony, and unity. They envision making the world a more harmonious, ecumenical, and comfortable place to live for everyone.
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The study of the Nine Temperaments is called the Enneagram and is described in the free ebook listed above. The Enneagram types (Temperaments) are not made up of lists of character traits, but are founded in a person's core values. Each Temperament represents what that person considers something very important to their life such as power, security, harmony, knowledge, fulfillment, i.e.
Your Temperament enables you to make a valuable contributions to your life; but it also causes you to neglect other values, creating a psychological ‘blind spot” for you. This is why, if you: “KEEP DOING WHAT YOU BEEN DOING, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING.” Index of Articles about Thinker
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