Opposites Attract by Renee Baron
Does your partner want to go out on Friday nights when your ideal is to curl up at home with a movie? Does your neat-freak boyfriend always want to clean up your cluttered office? Does your wife want to plan your trips six months in advance while you're a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of person? The truth is opposites attract and then drive each other crazy. But this book allows you to learn to appreciate the ways your partner is different from you and finally stop trying to change them. Using the most widely taken personality test in the world, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator[registered], family therapist Renee Baron shows how understanding your personality type, and how it differs from that of your partner, can be a powerful tool in intimate relationships. "Opposites Attract" is a playful and practical guide to reinvigorating your relationship. It includes: personality type inventories; cartoons illustrating type differences; lists of celebrities with our type; and, much more.
"After being "typed" myself in the mid 1960's, I am still amazed at the ever new levels of truth that unfold from the "MBTI"It is clearly drawing from a deep source--and here is another wonderful--and genuinely helpful application from that source." -- Richard Rohr, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico "Baron takes complicated ideas and makes them accessible and immediately useful for any couple." -- Douglas Stone, co-author, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most "Beginning with the first page, I experienced Renee's gift for explaining type preferences in a simple, elegant, understandable and very engaging way...Renee's able to employ mutliple devices - checklists, spot-on anecdotes, and very funny cartoons - to make some complex ideas not only understandable but immediately useful in real ways." -- from the Afterword by Paul D. Tieger, author of Just My Type "With simplicity and humor "Opposites Attract" explains how to determine the personality type of the one you love and provides a clear path to greater love, understanding and communication. An invaluable tool for all couples." -- Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret "This book not only delivers on the promise of helping readers create lasting relationships, it could be described as a layman's guide to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R)...The book is concise, thorough, and upbeat. The information is illustrated with cartoons--a clue to its reader-friendly tone." -- New Age Retailer
Renee Baron has been in private practice for more than twenty-five years and has taught countless workshops and seminars on the value of understanding your personality type. She uses the Enneagram and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(TM) personality assessments to give people practical yet powerful tools to develop clarity into their own and other people's behavior. Her books have been published in seventeen countries and include The Enneagram Made Easy, What Type Am I?, and Are You My Type, Am I Yours?
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| ISBN 13 | 9780061914294 |
| ISBN 10 | 0061914290 |
| Title | Opposites Attract |
| Author | Renee Baron |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2011-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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