by Mario Sikora | Aug 23, 2013 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Enneagram, Enneagram Type, Mario Sikora, Personality, Personality Type
The tone was pleasant enough, but the words fascinated me: “I started reading your Enneagram Journal article today but became so frustrated after a few pages that I tossed it on the bed and had to go out for a walk and a swim.” We were talking at a...
by Mario Sikora | Mar 6, 2012 | Enneagram, Personality Type, Steve Jobs, The Enneagram, Type Four
Assessing other people’s Ennea-types is tricky business, and the only thing more problematic than ennea-typing public figures is not doing so. Let me explain: First, it is best if people identify their own type. ...
by Mario Sikora | Dec 11, 2011 | Enneagram, Personality Type, The Enneagram
It would be difficult to write a more vivid account of a Preserving (Self-Preservation) Three than this article about Mitt Romney. He is portrayed as someone who is both incredibly thrifty, despite his enormous wealth, who is driven to work incessantly. This need to...
by Mario Sikora | Nov 23, 2011 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Enneagram, Halo Effect, Mario Sikora, Personality Type, The Enneagram
Linus Pauling was one of the most brilliant scientists of all time, and the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes (one in chemistry and one for peace). There will always be a cloud over his legacy, however, because Pauling made the mistake that many...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 16, 2011 | Enneagram, Instincts, Personality Assessment, Personality Type, Spain, Subtypes, The Enneagram
I’ve just returned from 10 days in Madrid, one of my favorite cities, where I did a five-day training on the Enneagram for Coaches and also got to do a bit of sight-seeing. The time off in this enchanted place was much needed after four full days of meetings in...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 14, 2011 | Coaching, Consulting, Enneagram, Organizational Culture, Personality Type, Spirituality, The Enneagram
(This post originally appeared as an article in the October issue of Nine Points Magazine, the International Enneagram Association’s quarterly online publication. For more information, go to http://www.internationalenneagram.org.) In the first part of this...
