Anne Bogel

If the viral Buzzfeed-style personality quizzes are any indication, we are collectively obsessed with the idea of defining and knowing ourselves and our unique place in the world. But what we're finding is this: knowing which Harry Potter character you are is easy, but actually knowing yourself isn't as simple as just checking a few boxes on an online quiz. For readers who long to dig deeper into what makes them uniquely them (and why that matters), popular blogger Anne Bogel has done the hard part--collecting, exploring, and explaining the most popular personality frameworks, such as Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, and others. She explains to readers the life-changing insights that can be gained from each and shares specific, practical real-life applications across all facets of life, including love and marriage, productivity, parenting, the workplace, and spiritual life. In her friendly, relatable style, Bogel shares engaging personal stories that show firsthand how understanding personality can revolutionize the way we live, love, work, and pray.

How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything

Reading People

Sonia Grgas

Recommended for people who are curious about personality testing and/or typing and who will find a nice overview here.

Courtney

Great highlight of the major personality categories

If you have a lot of insight into the major personality tests such as enneagram types, Myers Briggs, etc..., this might be repetitive for you but it’s a great introductory presentation and goes a bit in depth as to how they work.

Inga Kühn 

"We shape our lives - and then they shape us."

Dieses Buch bietet einen Startpunkt für jede Person, die sich dafür interessiert sich selbst und andere besser zu verstehen. Bei diesem Buch ist es besonders auffällig, wie sehr der Inhalt von den Werten, dem Umfeld und der Persönlichkeit der Autorin geprägt ist, aber das ist bei einem Buch, welches von einer Person mit Werten, einem Umfeld und einer Persönlichkeit stammt, auch zu erwarten. Dadurch ist aber zu beachten, dass Beispiele nicht objektiv wahr sein müssen, sondern wie meist auch klargestellt wird, in der Perspektive der Autorin wahr sind. Ich selbst finde einige Beispiele nicht gut gewählt, der dahinterliegende Inhalt jedoch klar und verständlich. Ich habe mich bereits vor diesem Buch für Persönlichkeiten und das Verständnis für andere begeistern können und das hat sich auch nur verstärkt.

Safiya 

From a blogger/reader... Not a fan personal experiences relared by authors themselves (it is just weird.. If you ask me).. In any case, the ultimate delight was the listing of different approaches to know thyself... Awesome

 Bruna Acioly Leão

I love Anne's blog and podcast and now also this book!!

I also love her voice, which caused me to devour the entire audiobook in one go.

This is a great book if you are looking to get started with personality frameworks or if you already know something, like me, to get more solid information without having to read complex psychology works (which still might happen, though). I have always been a personality geek, much like Anne, and much like her I have also mistyped myself many times, but as I grow older I feel more secure in who I am.

I've always known I was an introvert, and so strongly so that is pretty much the only aspect of my personality I could, for lack of a better word, rely on. After reading this book, I also think I am a highly sensitive person - I think there are degrees to this, and though I don't mind pain too much, I do get boggled down by things like: visual and mental clutter, loud conflicting noises (I always hated going to parties and thought it was because I was an introvert - but it's not the people I have problems with, if they are people I like, I love going out - but loud noises bother me too much), and I can't stand to eat certain foods, not because of how they taste but because of their texture.

Anyway, that is just one of the interesting things this book helped me gain an insight on for myself - it also explains the cognitive functions of the MBTI, which is something I never paid much attention too and it was very helpful.

To sum up, if you are interested in personality, or just want to get started with it, I would highly recommend this book!

Reading People How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything

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