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PublisherShambhala Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100877739870

ISBN-139780877739876

eBay Product ID (ePID)2715366

Product Key Features

Book TitlePersonality Type: an Owner's Manual : A Practical Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others Through Typology

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicMovements / Jungian, Inspirational, Personality, Assessment, Testing & Measurement

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Psychology

AuthorLenore Thomson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-010700

SynopsisDrawing from Jungian psychology and pop culture, this detailed guide to personality types will help you develop a deeper, more meaningful sense of your truest self For Jung, knowing your type was essential to understanding yourself- a way to measure personal growth and change. But his ideas have been applied largely in the areas of career and marital counseling, so type has come to seem predictive- a way to determine your job skills and social abilities. This book reclaims type as a way to talk about people's inner potential and the choices they make in order to honor it. Using everyday examples from popular culture-films, Star Trek , soap operas, comic strips-it describes the sixteen basic ways people come to terms with their gifts and values. In this book you will find tools to understand- . How your personality takes shape .How your type reflects not only your current priorities, but your hidden potential .How unlived possibilities are trying to get your attention .How relationships at home and at work can help you to tap your unrealized gifts, The type test inside will tell you about the choices you've made and the direction you're taking--according to C. G. Jung's theory of psychological types. For Jung, knowing your type was essential to understanding yourself: a way to measure personal growth and change. But his ideas have been applied largely in the areas of career and marital counseling, so type has come to seem predictive: a way to determine your job skills and social abilities. This book reclaims type as a way to talk about people's inner potential and the choices they make in order to honor it. Using everyday examples from popular culture--films, "Star Trek," soap operas, comic strips--it describes the sixteen basic ways people come to terms with their gifts and values. In this book you will find tools to understand: - How your personality takes shape - How your type reflects not only your current priorities, but your hidden potential - How unlived possibilities are trying to get your attention - How relationships at home and at work can help you to tap your unrealized gifts Whether you're trying to figure out who you are and what you need to do in life, or recognizing that deeper meaning lies beyond what you've already accomplished, this book will help you to become aware of your greatest strengths, your opportunities to live them out, and your ability to make the most of your unique potential., Drawing from Jungian psychology and pop culture, this detailed guide to personality types will help you develop a deeper, more meaningful sense of your truest self For Jung, knowing your type was essential to understanding yourself: a way to measure personal growth and change. But his ideas have been applied largely in the areas of career and marital counseling, so type has come to seem predictive: a way to determine your job skills and social abilities. This book reclaims type as a way to talk about people's inner potential and the choices they make in order to honor it. Using everyday examples from popular culture--films, Star Trek , soap operas, comic strips--it describes the sixteen basic ways people come to terms with their gifts and values. In this book you will find tools to understand: - How your personality takes shape - How your type reflects not only your current priorities, but your hidden potential - How unlived possibilities are trying to get your attention - How relationships at home and at work can help you to tap your unrealized gifts

LC Classification NumberBF698.3.T46 1998