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Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types by David Keirsey,
Marilyn Bates
Dr. Keirsey challenges the reader
to abandon the pygmalion project, that endless and fruitless attempt
to change the other into a carbon copy of oneself. We are different
for a reason, and that reason is probably more good than bad. Keirsey
and Bates believe that not only is it impossible to truly change others
(which they call embarking on a "Pygmalion project"), it's
much more important to understand and affirm differences. Sounds easier
than it is, you might say. Well, this book is a guide for putting an
end to the Pygmalion projects in your life and starting on the path to
acceptance. |
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Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence
by David Keirsey
For the past twenty years Keirsey
has continued to investigate personality differences -- to refine his
theory of the four temperaments and to define the facets of character
that distinguish one from another. His findings form the basis of Please
Understand Me II, an updated and greatly expanded edition of the book,
far more comprehensive and coherent than the original, and yet with much
of the same easy accessibility. One major addition is Keirsey's view
of how the temperaments differ in the intelligent roles they are most
likely to develop. |
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The
16 Personality Types, Descriptions for Self-Discovery
by Linda V. Berens, Dario Nardi
The 16 Personality
Types, Descriptions for Self-Discovery is an invaluable tool for users
of the MBTI and related instruments. These descriptions present a living
systems approach to describing the 16 types. Dr. Berens and Dr. Nardi
have captured the essence of the 16 type patterns and crafted descriptions
to be used to by individuals to clarify their best-fit type. |
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Beside
Ourselves: Our Hidden Personality in Everyday Life by Naomi L. Quenk
Holds a plethora of information on typology
within Jungian psychology. Typology has become a popular fascination;
Quenk's book is timely. We have all experienced times when we felt out
of character or "beside ourselves," acting in unexpected or
inconsistent ways. And we have all witnessed equally confusing behavior
in other people. explores the hidden or unfamiliar side of personality,
also known as the inferior function, which surfaces when we are fatigued,
ill, under stress, or otherwise "beside ourselves." Using Jungian
psychological type theory as a framework to unravel and explain this
fascinating and often confusing side of human personality....
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Personality
Type: An Owner's Manual (Jung on the Hudson
Book Series)
by Lenore Thomson
"A sourcebook on the deeper
meaning of C.G. Jung's system of personality type, including a simple-to-take
test for determining your own type. Written for the popular audience,
this practical book draws on popular trends to help us recognize in ourselves
and others four distinct ways of knowing and interacting with the world."
Ingram |
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Dynamics
of Personality Type : Understanding and Applying Jung's Cognitive Processes
by Linda V. Berens
In Dynamics of Personality
Type, content expert Dr. Linda Berens introduces you to Jung's eight
cognitive processes and the roles they play within your personality type.
You are guided to explore the processes through applications to learning,
problem solving, and communicating. This book takes you deeper on your
journey of self-discovery. It explains how you access and gather information
and how you evaluate that information. These are the two basic processes
you use every minute of every day in every situation. They are your ways
of "knowing" that sustain you. |
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Creativity
and Personality Type : Tools for Understanding and Inspiring the Many
Voices of Creativity by Marci Segal
Creativity
and Personality Type prepares you for your future. It reveals how your
pattern of personality naturally translates and uses creative energies.
You will learn your essential energy pattern, how to shift your energies
to open yourself to new perspectives, and how to use helpful tools to
deliberately inspire the release of creativity in others as well as yourself.
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Character
and Personality Type, Discovering Your Uniqueness for Career and Relationship
Success by Dario Nardi
The self-discovery and
personal self-leadership process outlined in this book is not about just
making a one-time decision on a career, or "fixing" a current
relationship. This book is designed to give you tools and some important
organizing principles so that you can generate and maintain a life that
offers sufficient choices, resources, and flexibility for you to respond
to demands and opportunities over a lifetime. |
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Understanding
Yourself and Others, An Introduction to Temperament - 2.0
by Linda V. Berens
Understanding of Personality...
Like trees in a forest we are all unique and yet interconnected. We are
self-organizing systems within larger self-organizing systems. We must
know our own identity, maintain our uniqueness and yet be an integral
part of the larger community. Four Patterns of Personality...
Knowing these patterns allows you to know yourself and understand others
at a very deep level. A Concise and Easy-to-Read Introduction... |
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Essentials
of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment (Essentials
of Psychological Assessment Series) by Naomi L. Quenk
Releasing
hot on the heals of the publication of the newly-revised Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator (MBTI) test, this is the first and only book to provide
mental health professionals with state-of-the-art guidance on how to
interpret and administer this test. One of the most popular personality
assessment tests among teachers, counselors, government agencies, and
industrial psychologists, the MBTI was inspired by Jung, and classifies
test takers by broad personality types in order to gain valuable insights
into how they gather and process information, make decisions, and orient
themselves to the world around them. |
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What
Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers
by Richard Nelson Bolles
For nearly 30 years,
What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the guiding light for those in
pursuit of satisfying and fulfilling employment. This year's edition
has been completely revised and rewritten and is designed to work in
conjunction with the book's Web site. At the heart of Bolles's formula
for finding the right job are two questions: What do you want to do?
Where do you want to do it? Answer those and you're well on your way
to finding the job you really want. Packed with time-tested advice, What
Color Is Your Parachute? works as a good companion for those just starting
out in the "real world" as well as for those who are thinking
seriously about a career change. |
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Survival
Games Personalities Play by Eve Delunas
Dr.
Delunas has practiced individual and family therapy in California for
many years. The ideas contained in her book are rooted within an impressive
lineage of psychotherapeutic theory. The concept of neurotic defense
mechanisms rooted in childhood abuse and neglect seems to be one of the
few areas of Freudianism that continues to wear well historically, remaining
firmly perceived as a useful construct in virtually all sub-specialties
of psychotherapy in the U.S. today. Thus, a book devoted to this topic
couched in the combined language of Myers-Briggs (MB), Jung (via MB)
and TA is bound to be an exciting find for a great many. McMurry |
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Type
and Time Management by Sharon Fitzsimmons
Stories
from each of the 16 personality types illustrate how we all manage our
time differently, and the techniques we can use to manage it successfully.
The stories and advice are unique, interesting, sometimes painful and
often funny, and will resonate with others of similar personality types.
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What
Type Am I?: Discover Who You Really Are by Renee Baron
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the most
widely used psychological indicator in the world. Millions of people
take the test annually. Now a family therapist explains this fascinating
system of ideas to the public in a way that is entertaining and easy
to absorb. Based on the work of Carl Jung, the MBTI is a system that
discusses people's individual preferences on four basic scales: how they
relate to the world, take in information, make decisions, and manage
their lives. |
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The
Art of Speedreading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger, Marly A. Swick
Wouldn't
it be great to have x-ray vision into other people's personalities -
to know what they are thinking, what they care deeply about, their likes
and dislikes? With x-ray vision you'd know how best to approach people,
how to pique their interest in your ideas, how to strike a bargain, resolve
a conflict, or simply help others feel more at ease relating to you.
The authors show how easy it is to identify key personality characteristics
and how you can use this knowledge to communicate more effectively a.... |
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What
Color Is Your Personality?: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green... by Carol
Ritberger
"Out of all the personality books
I've read, this one takes the cake! Usually personality books have tests
and descriptions that are somewhat accurate, but are too general or not
as descriptive. Never have I ever come across a personality book that
nailed my personality down so completely and accurately. I have
never felt so validated by a personality book in all my life! It really
is life changing to accurately know yourself from this easy to understand,
third party point of view. Carol Ritberger seems to have true grasp of
the subject. Above all the others that I have seen, this is truely a
must have!" Burbank, Ca Reader Review |
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Showing
Our True Colors by Mary Miscisin, Jeff Haines (Illustrator), Don
Lowry (Introduction), Jennifer Adams (Editor)
Playfully illustrated, this fun, easy guide for identifying personality
styles provides insights as to why people behave as they do. Based on
Don Lowry’s True ColorsÒ model, you will discover tips for
understanding, appreciating and relating to each style. Lighthearted
anecdotes convey concepts in “real life” situations, offering
immediately useful methods for resolving conflicts, opening lines of
communication, and enhancing personal effectiveness. Convenient reference
lists and a set of color character cards are included for easy determination
of your True Colors spectrum. The end result is a celebration of the
uniqueness in yourself and others. |
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Portraits
of Temperament by David Keirsey
Portraits
of Temperament is a 124-page trade paperback first published in 1987.
It has no index, but it does have a table of contents, appendices (one
of which is the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and scoring guide), and a
useful bibliography. In each section, in addition to general descriptions
of how the various types function, Keirsey includes information on how
they function as mates, how they learn and develop skills, and how frequent
they are in the general population. For anyone who is serious about studying
Myers-Briggs, this book is definitely worth having in your library of
resources. McMurry |
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Gifts
Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers,
Peter B. Myers (Contributor)
"Describing the 16 major personality types identified
in the work of Briggs and Myers, this landmark book shows the profound
effects--on marriage, learning and career satisfaction--of a person's
style of perception and judgment. The late Isabel Briggs Myers co-authored
the most widely used personality inventory in history, Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator." Ingram |
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Nurture
by Nature: Understanding Your Child's Personality Type - And Become
a Better Parent by Barbara Barron-Tieger, Paul D. Tieger, E. Michael
Ellowich
"As a parent, I found this book to provide
remarkable insights into my child's behaviors, motivations, strengths,
and weaknesses. Although I was already quite familiar with personality
type theory, I still found this to be useful information. For those
who are not familiar with this theory, this book will provide tremendous
new insights." Bill Jones, Jr.
"After reading Nurture by Nature, I recommended
it to every parent with whom I came in contact. I was amazed at the
accuracy of the profiles of each one of my children. My husband and
I spent more time laughing and wondering if the authors had somehow
snuck in and observed our family! I came away from the book with a deeper
understanding of type and the recognition that each one of us is wired
in a different way, and each type has something to contribute to this
world. There is always a danger in identifiying type and pigeon holing
children, but used correctly, this book is an extraordinarily valuable
tool in parenting and understanding the children in one's life."
A reader from Cincinnati, Ohio |
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