Who Are You, Really?: The Surprising Puzzle of Personality (TED Books)
At the personality level (4), we have our coping mechanisms, our defenses, and our ways of getting by in the world. From this level, I might decide that there must be something more to life than I am getting, and that I want something more than life is offering.
June Shiver • There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
One of the best ways you can serve the project, therefore, is to spend a fair share of your energy reflecting on the presence you bring to bear, your lights and your shadows, through whatever means work best for you: feedback from peers and friends, mentoring, coaching, reading, meditation, personal and spiritual development, and so on.
Frédéric Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
supposed to be—based on our life experiences, our internal neuro-wiring, our career choices, and input from the people around us. Our sense of self can become distorted (either inflated or deflated), and it often doesn’t match what is real.
Roxanne Howe-Murphy • Underneath Your Personality: Discover Greater Well-Being Through Deep Living With the Enneagram
This is, I think, why being a creative or an entrepreneurial person is one of the steepest paths to self-actualization. To succeed at what you are doing, you HAVE to manage yourself wisely (and thus face and break patterns that no longer serve you) to make the path work. Your ability to thrive is dependent on your ability to make what is unconsciou... See more