Category: Authors
What is Barack Obama’s Enneagram Style?
Ginger Lapid-Bogda discusses Barack Obama’s enneagram style and he is not a type three…What is he? Listen to Ms. Lapid-Bogda go through her analysis; type nine, type two, type three, type five…which one is it?
September 2010, Issue 173
Learning is an ongoing process that happens regardless whether it’s through painful or pleasant experiences as long as it leaves a lasting impression, the kind that is capable of altering our world view. For example, the depth of an impression may depend on how radically different and yet convincing or unsettling a new insight is. [...]
No Self, Universal Self
~~by Alan Tower~~ No self (anatta) is one of the three characteristics of existence in the dharma, or Buddhist philosophy. Here is an exploration of this concept from a variety of directions. Imagine all the people of the earth. They have no names. Names are a convenience provided to interact with others, conventions. Six billion [...]
Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective – Part 1
by Jerry Wagner, Ph.D. When I teach the Enneagram styles, I find the following framework useful. First we look at what motivates us most deeply: our core values — what’s really important to us. Then we see how our basic values inform our vision about what our life is all about. What are we here for? [...]
April 2010, Issue 169
Last month, I was musing in the editorial about two questions: is type caused by nature or nurture (or both), and about the importance of finding a way to factor in the effect of time on our enneagram configuration (including wings, subtype etc.). I’d like to expand a little bit on that with a thought about destiny and [...]
Spellbind-Part 1
~~by Claire Cherikoff~~ Chapter One: Modern Magi Hiding in the dark shadows in the corner of the room, Max looked on in horror. A young fair-haired boy lay in the hospital bed and screamed for help as he struggled to escape the spell that pinned him down. Assembled in a semi-circle around the boy, stood grown-ups in [...]
Ennegram Interactions At Work
~~Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D.~~ created this video to show the nine Enneagram personality types interacting at work. This is a “fun” simulation with each participant providing commentary. Uploaded to youtube.com on July 20, 2010.
The Enneagram in Business
~~Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D.~~ Interview on Conscious TV by Iain McNay. Uses of the enneagram in business. Video is 52:10 minutes. Uploaded to youtube.com on June 16, 2010
