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Conventional wisdom tells us that success is a simple matter of "being who you want to be," but this well-intentioned advice couldn't be further from the truth. By the time we're adults, our personalities are already decided by stable traits that change less than 1% in a lifetime. The Personality Code is an insightful, cage-rattling report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience that not only reveals why we do what we do and but also explores how we can make the most of our innate personalities. With a gift for making sometimes arcane research accessible and practical for every reader, Bradberry, the bestselling co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book, provides the means to attain self-awareness and to read other people. Building his case with real-life anecdotes from a man who awakens from a 19-year coma to identical twins living the same life despite being separated at birth to a devious genius who cracks one of the most popular game shows in history, Bradberry shows us how to focus on and use effectively the fixed character traits that inevitably shape our destiny. THE STUDY
The book's breakthroughs are the product of a decade-long study of more than 500,000 people worldwide. The research team discovered that personality holds the clues to our talents, strengths, and blind spots, and self-awareness is the ubiquitous skill behind successful people. It isn't which personality you hold that matters-it's how well you understand yours and put your skills to good use. THE TEST
Most original and potentially most revealing, however, is the Web-based interactive component of the book that allows you to take the IDISC Personality Profiler(tm) test to discover quickly your strengths and weaknesses inherent in your personality type and learn strategies for putting your personality to work. The revelations inside The Personality Code fly in the face of what most of us have been told our entire lives will make us successful. Decipher your code and you'll never see yourself-or anyone else for that matter-the same way again.
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Become aware of who you are and how to use this to your advantage October 29, 2008
Simon Cleveland (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great work.
It examines the study of 500,000 people from 94 counties (large sample size), their 123,000 personality combinations and the resulted 14 distinct human personalities.
The advice that appealed to me the most was to become aware of what my personality traits are and focus on using them to my advantage. This idea contrasts sharply with the traditional self-help books where one is encouraged to change to resemble someone he/she will never become.
The book investigates the reasons behind human personality, how and when it solidifies and why we can't change who we are beyond a certain point in our lives. Very intriguing.
I highly recommend it.
What makes YOU tick? This one is better than StrengthsFinder! February 22, 2008
Rick Bayer
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
We're having a blast with this book at my work! It tells you which of the 14 personality types you are, what your strengths are based upon your type, and what you can do to overcome your weaknesses. I was surprised at how spot-on the description of my type (Motivator) was. Most of my coworkers had the same reaction.
With some of my, eh hem, tougher to understand colleagues, I now have a way to understand where they are coming from and why they do some of the bizarre things that they do. The book gives us a common language that we now use to understand and describe each other. We also took the strengthsfinder test and I didn't get the same depth of information from that test, so I don't understand the review here that says that book is better. Plus that strengthsfinder book is too short and The Personality Code provides a wealth of information. Highly recommended!
Fun read June 11, 2007
Earl Jones
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I expected this book to be educational (and it was), but I was surprised by what a breezy read it turned out to be. Dr. Bradberry provides many interesting stories of how personality plays out in the real world to illustrate the concepts. These stories helped me to see the connection to people I know, as well as myself. Great book.
A twist on MBTI May 12, 2007
Mounir Dahdah (Houston, TX)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
In short, I liked the book. I took the test, found out I was an Innovator and found out who my antithesis is. All that being said, the iDISC is explained in laymen terms and makes a lot of sense. For those of us who are familiar and have used MBTI, this is along those lines and makes perfect sense.
Good Book April 27, 2007
Alicia Chen
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Fun to read
I really enjoyed the author's writing in this book. Dr. Bradberry has
influenced me to learn more about myself and to explore the perspectives of
others. I enjoyed the stories, understood the research, and the test that
comes with the book is top-notch. I have benefited so much from this
information I hope everyone who comes in contact with this information have
the same revelations as I did.
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