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Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
Anne Bogel
3.78 AVERAGE
595 reviews for:
Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
Anne Bogel
3.78 AVERAGE
We've been doing so much work with personalities with my team, and this book seemed to go right along with all of those ideas. I appreciated the author's personal stories and examples, and the overview of many different kinds of personality assessments and what they can tell us about ourselves and others. It was interesting to better understand the positive side of these tests and also the limitations. When it was all said and done, however, it all felt much more like a series of blog posts about personality assessments, and I didn't feel like I got to any conclusions at the end.
I appreciated this short introduction to different systems of personality type. I think this book’s chief value lies in the perspective Anne gives to the process of working through discovering your type and what this can mean for your life.
3 1/2 stars
I enjoyed the overview of personality types and testing, and can imagine referring back to this book if I decide to investigate my own personality traits further. As a fan of the Modern Mrs. Darcy website and What Should I Read Next podcast, I especially appreciated the personal stories Anne peppered throughout the book.
I enjoyed the overview of personality types and testing, and can imagine referring back to this book if I decide to investigate my own personality traits further. As a fan of the Modern Mrs. Darcy website and What Should I Read Next podcast, I especially appreciated the personal stories Anne peppered throughout the book.
Dedicated WSIRN listener and MMD blog follower so I couldn’t miss reading this! Great overview of all the personality frameworks! I really enjoyed learning about Anne’s journey of discovery.
Reading People covers seven personality frameworks including: Introverts/Extroverts, Highly Sensitive People, The Five Love Languages, Keirsey's Temperaments, Myers-Briggs, Strengths Finder and The Enneagram. Anne Bogel wrote it and explained it in such a way that it was very easy to follow and understand. If you are curious about what makes you you, definitely read this one as an introduction to the above frameworks. I know I will be reading more about The Enneagram because I wasn't sure where I fall from the chapter on it. 4/5🌟
Anne Bogel's book on personalities is an excellent book to read at the beginning of the year. Understanding your personality type means a lot more than figuring out which Harry Potter character you are. It means understanding why you act and react the way you do. Once you see what's happening, you'll hopefully be better equipped to modify behavior you don't like and also become more understanding of yourself and the people around you. If you have New Year's resolutions you're hoping to stick to, this book might help you figure out what is most likely to work for you.
I found this book interesting, though not life-changing. Part of that is, I think I know myself pretty well. I understand my strengths and weaknesses, and I think I've accounted for them reasonably well. If you don't understand yourself, this book might help point you in the right direction. Even if you don't like what you learn, remember, it's not your fault that you're wired the way you are. and there are no "bad" personality types, though society does tend to value some over others.
What this book really did for me was make me more understanding of others. In particular, I don't see eye to eye with some of my fellow Governing Board members at my church. While reading through the different cognitive functions in chapter 7, some of them jumped out at me. "Ah! That's Steve!" (His name's not really Steve.) And even though I still don't agree with him, I now understand that he is thinking the way he is wired. It's not his fault, and it's not a bad thing. It's just not how I work.
Bogel makes the argument, and I agree with her, that a diverse group is a strong group. So wherever you work with people, on the job, in the community, at home, we all bring different perspectives to the table, and we'll work better together once we understand and appreciate how those different perspectives work.
She did sort of lose me in the last two chapters. I think that's largely because the frameworks she covers throughout the book gradually became more complex and less familiar to me. This is only intended to be a brief overview of the frameworks that she has found most useful. She includes suggestions for further reading if you want to really did into any of them.
I'd give this book four out of five stars. I found it pretty useful. You probably will to, and even if you don't, it will still be well written and interesting.
I found this book interesting, though not life-changing. Part of that is, I think I know myself pretty well. I understand my strengths and weaknesses, and I think I've accounted for them reasonably well. If you don't understand yourself, this book might help point you in the right direction. Even if you don't like what you learn, remember, it's not your fault that you're wired the way you are. and there are no "bad" personality types, though society does tend to value some over others.
What this book really did for me was make me more understanding of others. In particular, I don't see eye to eye with some of my fellow Governing Board members at my church. While reading through the different cognitive functions in chapter 7, some of them jumped out at me. "Ah! That's Steve!" (His name's not really Steve.) And even though I still don't agree with him, I now understand that he is thinking the way he is wired. It's not his fault, and it's not a bad thing. It's just not how I work.
Bogel makes the argument, and I agree with her, that a diverse group is a strong group. So wherever you work with people, on the job, in the community, at home, we all bring different perspectives to the table, and we'll work better together once we understand and appreciate how those different perspectives work.
She did sort of lose me in the last two chapters. I think that's largely because the frameworks she covers throughout the book gradually became more complex and less familiar to me. This is only intended to be a brief overview of the frameworks that she has found most useful. She includes suggestions for further reading if you want to really did into any of them.
I'd give this book four out of five stars. I found it pretty useful. You probably will to, and even if you don't, it will still be well written and interesting.
Some really good information and a great way to dip your toe into the different personality typing methods. I personally didn't love (what I found to be) extra personal stories, but they were good to make some of the more dry material relatable and easy to understand. I would recommend taking the tests she mentions (if you're interested) BEFORE you read more about them, then go back and finish that section to give you some insight into your results.
I was very familiar with most of the personality frameworks presented in the book. I really enjoy d Anne’s take on each and her concise explanations. The structure of the chapters also helped me follow the discussion and make comparisons more easily between each framework.
I love personality tests and quizzes and all of the things that might offer insight into being, so to speak. This book touched on so many different types of assessments and offered quality insight into what to do with all that information. Clear, accessible, fun to read.
